7A 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;


In Context

4 A master priest doth not defile himself among his people — to pollute himself;

5 they do not make baldness on their head, and the corner of their beard they do not shave, and in their flesh they do not make a cutting;

6 they are holy to their God, and they pollute not the name of their God, for the fire-offerings of Jehovah, bread of their God, they are bringing near, and have been holy.

7 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;

8 and thou hast sanctified him, for the bread of thy God he is bringing near; he is holy to thee; for holy am I, Jehovah, sanctifying you.

9 And a daughter of any priest when she polluteth herself by going a-whoring — her father she is polluting; with fire she is burnt.

Leviticus 21:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:7They 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 unto his God.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

21:7" 'They must not marry women defiled by prostitution or divorced from their husbands, because priests are holy to their God.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

21:7They 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,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

21:7They 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:7They 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

21:7They 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:7They 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:7|'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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:7They 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.