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


In Context

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 defiled, 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 his nation: for I am the Lord who sanctify him.

16 And the Lord spoke to 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 American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

21:14A 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.

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.