Leviticus 21:7
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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,

that is a whore

Leviticus 21:8 And offer the loaves of proposition. Let them therefore be holy because I also am holy: the Lord, who sanctify them.

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.

1 Timothy 3:11 The women in like manner: chaste, not slanderers, but sober, faithful in all things.

put away

Deuteronomy 24:1-4 If a man take a wife, and have her, and she find not favour in his eyes, for some uncleanness: he shall write a bill of divorce, and shall give it in her hand, and send her out of his house. . . .

Isaiah 50:1 Thus saith the Lord: What is this bill of the divorce of your mother, with which I have put her away? or who is my creditor, to whom I sold you: behold you are sold for your iniquities, and for your wicked deeds have I put your mother away.

Context
Holiness Required of Priests
6They shall be holy to their God, and shall not profane his name. For they offer the burnt offering of the Lord, and the bread of their God: and therefore they shall be holy. 7They 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,8And offer the loaves of proposition. Let them therefore be holy because I also am holy: the Lord, who sanctify them.…
Cross References
Genesis 38:24
And behold, after three months, they told Juda, saying: Thamar, thy daughter-in-law, hath played the harlot, and she appeareth to have a big belly. And Juda said: Bring her out that she may be burnt.

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

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
[A priest] must not
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

marry
יִקָּ֔חוּ (yiq·qā·ḥū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3947: To take

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

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

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

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

divorced
גְּרוּשָׁ֥ה (gə·rū·šāh)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1644: To drive out from a, possession, to expatriate, divorce

by her husband,
מֵאִישָׁ֖הּ (mê·’î·šāh)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

for
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

[the priest]
ה֖וּא (hū)
Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

is holy
קָדֹ֥שׁ (qā·ḏōš)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6918: Sacred, God, an angel, a saint, a sanctuary

to his God.
לֵאלֹהָֽיו׃ (lê·lō·hāw)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative


Additional Translations
A priest must not marry a woman defiled by prostitution or divorced by her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy to his God.

They shall not take a woman that is a harlot, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God.

They shall not take a woman who is a harlot and profaned, or a woman put away from her husband; for he is holy to the Lord his God.

They shall not take as wife a whore, or a dishonoured woman; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband; for he is holy unto his God.

They shall not take a woman that is a harlot, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God.

They shall not take a wife that is a lewd woman, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy to his God.

"'They shall not marry a woman who is a prostitute, or profane; neither shall they marry a woman divorced from her husband: for he is holy to his God.

A woman, a harlot, or polluted, they do not take, and a woman cast out from her husband they do not take, for he is holy to his God;
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