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Leviticus 21:12-14
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12 He must not go out from the sanctuary and must not profane[a] the sanctuary of his God, because the dedication of the anointing oil of his God is on him. I am the Lord. 13 He must take a wife who is a virgin.[b] 14 He must not marry[c] a widow, a divorced woman, or one profaned by prostitution; he may only take a virgin from his people[d] as a wife,

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 21:12 sn Regarding “profane,” see the note on Lev 10:10 above.
  2. Leviticus 21:13 tn Heb “And he, a wife in her virginity he shall take.”
  3. Leviticus 21:14 tn Heb “take.” In context this means “take as wife,” i.e., “marry.”
  4. Leviticus 21:14 tc The MT has literally, “from his peoples,” but Smr, LXX, Syriac, Targum, and Tg. Ps.-J. have “from his people,” referring to the Israelites as a whole.
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