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Leviticus 21:11-13
International Standard Version
Leviticus 21:11-13
International Standard Version
11 He is not to come near any dead body—whether the deceased[a] is his father or his mother—so as not to defile himself. 12 He is not to go out of the sanctuary or defile the sanctuary of his God, because his God’s consecrating oil of anointing rests on him. I am the Lord.
13 “Furthermore, he is to marry a true virgin.[b]
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- Leviticus 21:11 The Heb. lacks the deceased
- Leviticus 21:13 Lit. a wife in her virginity
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