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1611 Bible BooksLeviticus 21:7 (1611 King James Bible)
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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 vnto his God.
- 1611 King James Bible
Other Translations of Leviticus 21:7
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 unto his God.
- King James Version (Pure Cambridge 'Authorized Version')
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.
- American Standard Version (1901)
They may not take as wife a loose or common woman, or one who has been put away by her husband: for the priest is holy to his God.
- Basic English Bible
They may not take as wife a loose or common woman, or one who has been put away by her husband: for the priest is holy to his God.
- Darby Bible
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.
- Webster's Bible
'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.
- World English Bible
`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;
- Youngs Literal Bible
They shall not take a woman that is a harlot, or profaned; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband; for he is holy unto his God.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
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View Wesley's Notes for Leviticus 21:7
21:7 Profane - Or defiled, or deflowered, though it were done secretly, or by force: because the priest must take care that all the members of his family be free not only from gross wickedness, but from all suspicions of evil.
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