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12 He shall not leave the sanctuary when on duty,[a] nor treat my Tabernacle like an ordinary house, for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is upon him; I am Jehovah. 13 He must marry a virgin. 14-15 He may not marry a widow, nor a woman who is divorced, nor a prostitute. She must be a virgin from his own tribe, for he must not be the father of children of mixed blood—half priestly and half ordinary.”[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 21:12 when on duty, implied.
  2. Leviticus 21:14 for he must not be the father of children of mixed blood—half priestly and half ordinary, literally, “he must not profane his offspring among his people.”

12 nor leave the sanctuary(A) of his God or desecrate it, because he has been dedicated by the anointing oil(B) of his God. I am the Lord.

13 “‘The woman he marries must be a virgin.(C) 14 He must not marry a widow, a divorced woman, or a woman defiled by prostitution, but only a virgin from his own people,

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