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Leviticus 21:13
He shall take a virgin unto his wife.
Leviticus 21:13 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
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Leviticus 21:13 in other translations
And he shall take a wife in her virginity.
The woman he marries must be a virgin.
“‘He shall take a wife in her virginity.
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In context
10 The high priest, that is to say, the priest who is the greatest among his brethren, upon whose head the oil of unction hath been poured; and whose hands have been consecrated for the priesthood; and who hath been vested with the holy vestments. He shall not uncover his head: he shall not rend his garments.
11 Nor shall he go in at all to any dead person: not even for his father, or his mother, shall he be defiled.
12 Neither shall he go out of the holy places, lest he defile the sanctuary of the Lord: because the oil of the holy unction of his God is upon him. I am the Lord.
13 He shall take a virgin unto his wife.
14 But a widow or one that is divorced, or defied, or a harlot, he shall not take: but a maid of his own people.
15 He shall not mingle the stock of his kindred with the common people of this nation: for I am the Lord who sanctify him.
16 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
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