Leviticus 21:13
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He shall take a virgin unto his wife.

Leviticus 21:7 They shall not take to wife a harlot or a vile prostitute, nor one that has been put away from her husband: because they are consecrated to their God,

Ezekiel 44:22 Neither shall they take to wife a widow, nor one that is divorced, but they shall take virgins of the seed of the house of Israel: but they may take a widow also, that is, the widow of a priest.

2 Corinthians 11:2 For I am jealous of you with the jealousy of God. For I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.

Revelation 14:4 These are they who were not defiled with women: for they are virgins. These follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were purchased from among men, the firstfruits to God and to the Lamb.

Context
Holiness Required of Priests
12Neither 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. 13He shall take a virgin unto his wife.14But a widow or one that is divorced, or defied, or a harlot, he shall not take: but a maid of his own people.…
Cross References
Leviticus 21:7
They shall not take to wife a harlot or a vile prostitute, nor one that has been put away from her husband: because they are consecrated to their God,

Leviticus 21:12
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.

Leviticus 21:14
But a widow or one that is divorced, or defied, or a harlot, he shall not take: but a maid of his own people.

Ezekiel 44:22
Neither shall they take to wife a widow, nor one that is divorced, but they shall take virgins of the seed of the house of Israel: but they may take a widow also, that is, the widow of a priest.

Lexicon
The woman
אִשָּׁ֥ה (’iš·šāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 802: Woman, wife, female

he
וְה֕וּא (wə·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

marries
יִקָּֽח׃ (yiq·qāḥ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3947: To take

must be a virgin.
בִבְתוּלֶ֖יהָ (ḇiḇ·ṯū·le·hā)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1331: Virginity, the tokens of it


Additional Translations
The woman he marries must be a virgin.And he shall take a wife in her virginity.

And he shall take a wife in her virginity.

He shall take for a wife a virgin of his own tribe.

And he shall take a wife in her virginity.

And he shall take a wife in her virginity.

And he shall take a wife in her virginity.

"'He shall take a wife in her virginity.

'And he taketh a wife in her virginity;
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