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New American Standard Bible (1995)
Leviticus 21:13
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He shall take a wife in her virginity.
And he shall take a wife in her virginity.
"‘And he himself must take a wife in her virginity.
"‘The high priest must marry a woman who is a virgin.
He must take a wife who is a virgin.
'He shall take a wife in her virginity.
'He shall take a wife in her virginity.
Also he shall take a maide vnto his wife:
And he shall take a wife in her virginity.
If you are the high priest, you must marry only a virgin
"‘He is to marry a virgin;
And he shall take a wife in her virginity.
"The high priest must marry a woman who is a virgin.
And he shall take a wife in her virginity.
And he shall take a wife in her virginity.
He shall marry a virgin,
“He is to marry a woman who is a virgin.
And he shall take a wife in her virginity.
A virgin shal he take to wife,
And he shall take a wife in her virginity.
And let him take as his wife one who has not had relations with a man.
He shall take a mayde vnto his wife.
And he shall take a wife in her virginity.
And he shall take a wife in her virginitie.
He shall take for a wife a virgin of his own tribe.
And he shall take a wife in her virginity.
The woman he marries must be a virgin.
He schal wedde a wijf virgyn;
`And he taketh a wife in her virginity;
And he shall take a wife in her virginity.
And he shall take a wife in her virginity.
He shall take a wife in her virginity.
And he shall take a wife in her virginity.
"The high priest may marry only a virgin.
He should take a wife who has never had a man before.
He shall marry only a woman who is a virgin.
But, he, shall take a woman in her virginity:
He shall take a virgin unto his wife.
And he shall take a wife in her virginity.
"He is to marry a young virgin, not a widow, not a divorcee, not a cult prostitute—he is only to marry a virgin from his own people. He must not defile his descendants among his people because I am God who makes him holy."
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Leviticus 21:7, Ezekiel 44:22, 2 Corinthians 11:2, Revelation 14:4
Reciprocal: Ezra 10:18 - the sons 1 Timothy 3:11 - their Hebrews 13:4 - Marriage
Cross-References
Moreover, the angel of the LORD said to her, "I will greatly multiply your descendants so that they will be too many to count."
"As for Ishmael, I have heard you; behold, I will bless him, and will make him fruitful and will multiply him exceedingly. He shall become the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.
But God said to Abraham, "Do not be distressed because of the lad and your maid; whatever Sarah tells you, listen to her, for through Isaac your descendants shall be named.
"Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him by the hand, for I will make a great nation of him."
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And he shall take a wife in her virginity. One, and not two, or more, as Ben Gersom observes; and so Maimonides says q, an high priest might never take two women together; for it is said, "a wife", or "woman", one, and not two; and so it is explained in the Talmud r; for though polygamy was practised by the Israelites, and even by the common priests, yet these writers suppose it was by no means allowed to an high priest: among the Egyptians, though they took as many wives as they pleased, their priests, married but one s; and so a minister of the New Testament is to be the husband of one wife, 1 Timothy 3:2; and this wife the high priest was to take was to be a "virgin", one that not only had never known a man, but that was never betrothed to any; yea, according to the Talmudists t, who was not quite ripe for marriage, or the time of her puberty not fully completed, which was the age of twelve years; within, or somewhat before that time, the high priest was to marry her, that it might be out of all doubt that she was a pure virgin; since it is said, "in her virginity", within the time of her puberty, before it was quite up; this, by many, is thought to be an emblem of Christ and his church; as he was typified by the high priest, so the church by the virgin he married, which is espoused to Christ as a chaste virgin, 2 Corinthians 11:2.
q Hilchot Issure Biah, c. 17. sect. 13. r T. Bab. Yebamot, fol. 59. 1. s Diodor. Sicul. l. 1. p. 72. t T. Bab. Yebamot, ibid. Maimon. ut supra. (Cele Hamikdash, c. 5. sect. 5, 6.)
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Leviticus 21:13. He shall take a wife in her virginity. — ×ת×××× bethuleyha. This is a full proof that ×ת××× bethulah is the proper Hebrew term for a virgin; from the emphatic root ××ª× bathal, to separate; because such a person was in her separate state, and had never been in any way united to man.
