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Leviticus 21:7

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7–8“Because a priest is holy to his God he must not marry a woman who has been a harlot or a cult prostitute or a divorced woman.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

They shall not marry a prostitute or a woman who has been defiled, neither shall they marry a woman divorced from her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“ ‘They must not marry women defiled by prostitution or divorced from their husbands, because priests are holy to their God.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

They are not to marry a woman defiled by prostitution. They are not to marry one divorced by her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.

NLTNew Living Translation

“Priests may not marry a woman defiled by prostitution, and they may not marry a woman who is divorced from her husband, for the priests are set apart as holy to their God.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“ ‘They shall not marry a woman who is a prostitute and defiled, nor shall they marry a woman divorced from her husband, because each priest is holy for his God.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.