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

Context
Holiness Required of Priests
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.15He shall not mingle the stock of his kindred with the common people of this nation: for I am the Lord who sanctify him.…
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 21:13
He shall take a virgin unto his wife.

Leviticus 21:15
He shall not mingle the stock of his kindred with the common people of this nation: for I am the Lord who sanctify him.

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
He is not
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

to marry
יִקָּ֑ח (yiq·qāḥ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3947: To take

a widow,
אַלְמָנָ֤ה (’al·mā·nāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 490: A widow, a desolate place

a divorced woman,
וּגְרוּשָׁה֙ (ū·ḡə·rū·šāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1644: To drive out from a, possession, to expatriate, divorce

or one defiled
וַחֲלָלָ֣ה (wa·ḥă·lā·lāh)
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2491: Pierced, polluted

by prostitution.
זֹנָ֔ה (zō·nāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2181: To commit adultery, to commit idolatry

He is to marry
יִקַּ֥ח (yiq·qaḥ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3947: To take

a virgin
בְּתוּלָ֥ה (bə·ṯū·lāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1330: A virgin, sometimes, a bride

from his own people,
מֵעַמָּ֖יו (mê·‘am·māw)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock


Additional Translations
He is not to marry a widow, a divorced woman, or one defiled by prostitution. He is to marry a virgin from his own people,A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or an harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife.

A widow, or one divorced, or a profane woman, a harlot, these shall he not take: but a virgin of his own people shall he take to wife.

But a widow, or one that is put away, or profaned, or a harlot, these he shall not take; but he shall take for a wife a virgin of his own people.

A widow, or a divorced woman, or a dishonoured one, a harlot, these shall he not take; but he shall take as wife a virgin from among his peoples.

A widow, or one divorced, or a profane woman, an harlot, these shall he not take: but a virgin of his own people shall he take to wife.

A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or a harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people for a wife.

A widow, or one divorced, or a woman who has been defiled, or a prostitute, these he shall not marry: but a virgin of his own people shall he take as a wife.

widow, or cast out, or polluted one -- a harlot -- these he doth not take, but a virgin of his own people he doth take for a wife,
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