14A 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.


In Context

11 neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;

12 neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am Jehovah.

13 And he shall take a wife in her virginity.

14 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.

15 And he shall not profane his seed among his people: for I am Jehovah who sanctifieth him.

16 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

Leviticus 21:14 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:14A 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

21:14He must not marry a widow, a divorced woman, or a woman defiled by prostitution, but only a virgin from his own people,

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:14A 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

21:14A 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:14A 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:14A 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

21:14widow, 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,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:14A 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.