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11 He shall not (A)go in to any dead bodies nor make himself unclean, even for his father or for his mother. 12 (B)He shall not go out of the sanctuary, lest he (C)profane the sanctuary of his God, for the (D)consecration of the anointing oil of his God is on him: I am the Lord. 13 And he shall take a wife in her virginity.[a]

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  1. Leviticus 21:13 Or a young wife

11 He must not enter a place where there is a dead body.(A) He must not make himself unclean,(B) even for his father or mother,(C) 12 nor leave the sanctuary(D) of his God or desecrate it, because he has been dedicated by the anointing oil(E) of his God. I am the Lord.

13 “‘The woman he marries must be a virgin.(F)

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