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,
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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