Leviticus 21:14 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or an harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife.”

Leviticus 21:14 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Leviticus 21:14 in 6 Bible Translations

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Leviticus 21:14 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“He shall not marry a widow, or one divorced, or a woman who has been defiled, or a prostitute. He shall take a virgin of his own people as a wife.”

Leviticus 21:14 — World English Bible

Leviticus 21:14 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“A widow, or one divorced, or a profane woman, a harlot, these shall he not take: but a virgin of his own people shall he take to wife. ”

Leviticus 21:14 — American Standard Version

Leviticus 21:14 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“widow, or cast out, or polluted one--a harlot--these he doth not take, but a virgin of his own people he doth take <FI>for<Fi> a wife,”

Leviticus 21:14 — Young's Literal Translation

Leviticus 21:14 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“A widow, or a divorced woman, or a dishonoured one, a harlot, these shall he not take; but he shall take as wife a virgin from among his peoples. ”

Leviticus 21:14 — Darby Translation

Leviticus 21:14 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“But a widowe, or a diuorced woman, or a polluted, or an harlot, these shall he not marrie, but shall take a maide of his owne people to wife:”

Leviticus 21:14 — Geneva Bible

Leviticus 21:14 in Context — Leviticus 21

12 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 the Lord.

13 And he shall take a wife in her virginity.

14 A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or an harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife.

15 Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the Lord do sanctify him.

16 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

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What Does Leviticus 21:14 Mean?

Leviticus 21:14 is a verse from the Book of Leviticus, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Leviticus chapter 21. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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