Bible verse

Leviticus 21:13

The woman he marries must be a virgin.

Leviticus 21:13 · BSB

Leviticus 21:13 in context

The verses around it, from Leviticus 21.

9 If a priest’s daughter defiles herself by prostituting herself, she profanes her father; she must be burned in the fire.

10 The priest who is highest among his brothers, who has had the anointing oil poured on his head and has been ordained to wear the priestly garments, must not let his hair hang loose or tear his garments.

11 He must not go near any dead body; he must not defile himself, even for his father or mother.

12 He must not leave or desecrate the sanctuary of his God, for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is on him. I am the LORD.

13 The woman he marries must be a virgin.

14 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,

15 so that he does not defile his offspring among his people, for I am the LORD who sanctifies him.”

16 Then the LORD said to Moses,

17 “Say to Aaron, ‘For the generations to come, none of your descendants who has a physical defect may approach to offer the food of his God.

Read all of Leviticus 21

Leviticus 21:13 in other translations

KJV

And he shall take a wife in her virginity.

ASV

And he shall take a wife in her virginity.

ERV

And he shall take a wife in her virginity.

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