A priest must not marry a woman defiled by prostitution or divorced by her husband, for the priest is holy to his God. Cross References Genesis 38:24 About three months later, Judah was told, "Your daughter-in-law Tamar has prostituted herself, and now she is pregnant." "Bring her out!" Judah replied. "Let her be burned to death!" Leviticus 21:13 The woman he marries must be a virgin. Leviticus 21:14 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, Ezekiel 44:22 And they shall not marry a widow or a divorced woman, but must marry a virgin of the descendants of the house of Israel, or a widow of a priest. Treasury of Scripture 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 to his God. that is a whore Leviticus 21:8 Ezekiel 44:22 1 Timothy 3:11 put away Deuteronomy 24:1-4 Isaiah 50:1 |