World English Bible
Leviticus 21:13
“He shall take a wife in her virginity.”
Verse in context — Leviticus 21
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neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;
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neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon him. I am Yahweh.
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He shall take a wife in her virginity.
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A widow, or one divorced, or a woman who has been defiled, or a prostitute, these he shall not marry: but a virgin of his own people shall he take as a wife.
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He shall not profane his seed among his people: for I am Yahweh who sanctifies him.
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