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The high priest must not marry a widow

Commandment 169ProhibitionParashat EmorForbidden Sexual Relations

Scripture

'A widow, or a divorced woman, or one who is profaned by harlotry, these he may not take; but rather he is to marry a virgin of his own people,

Hebrew

יד אַלְמָנָה וּגְרוּשָׁה וַחֲלָלָה זֹנָה, אֶת-אֵלֶּה לֹא יִקָּח: כִּי אִם-בְּתוּלָה מֵעַמָּיו, יִקַּח אִשָּׁה.

Greek

14 χήραν δὲ καὶ ἐκβεβλημένην καὶ βεβηλωμένην καὶ πόρνην, ταύτας οὐ λήμψεται, ἀλλ᾿ ἢ παρθένον ἐκ τοῦ γένους αὐτοῦ λήμψεται γυναῖκα·

Classification

  • Parashah: Emor
  • Sefer HaChinuch: 273
  • Mishneh Torah: Holiness — Forbidden Sexual Relations

Stated in

Enumeration and classification from BibleData. The Greek is the Septuagint reading of the same verse, carried by the source for comparison.