Leviticus 21:13

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He must take a wife who is a virgin.

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Referenced Verses

  • Lev 21:7 : 7 They must not take a wife defiled by prostitution, nor are they to take a wife divorced from her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.
  • Ezek 44:22 : 22 They must not marry a widow or a divorcee, but they may marry a virgin from the house of Israel or a widow who is a priest’s widow.
  • 2 Cor 11:2 : 2 For I am jealous for you with godly jealousy, because I promised you in marriage to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.
  • Rev 14:4 : 4 These are the ones who have not defiled themselves with women, for they are virgins. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were redeemed from humanity as firstfruits to God and to the Lamb,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Lev 21:14-15
    2 verses
    91%

    14He must not marry a widow, a divorced woman, or one profaned by prostitution; he may only take a virgin from his people as a wife.

    15He must not profane his children among his people, for I am the LORD who sanctifies him.’”

  • Lev 21:7-9
    3 verses
    84%

    7They must not take a wife defiled by prostitution, nor are they to take a wife divorced from her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.

    8You must sanctify him because he presents the food of your God. He must be holy to you because I, the LORD who sanctifies you all, am holy.

    9If a daughter of a priest profanes herself by engaging in prostitution, she is profaning her father. She must be burned to death.

  • Ezek 44:22
    82%

    22They must not marry a widow or a divorcee, but they may marry a virgin from the house of Israel or a widow who is a priest’s widow.

  • Lev 21:2-4
    3 verses
    78%

    2except for his close relative who is near to him: his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, his brother,

    3and his virgin sister who is near to him, who has no husband; he may defile himself for her.

    4He must not defile himself as a husband among his people so as to profane himself.

  • Lev 21:11-12
    2 verses
    77%

    11He must not go where there is any dead person; he must not defile himself even for his father and his mother.

    12He must not go out from the sanctuary and must not profane the sanctuary of his God, because the dedication of the anointing oil of his God is on him. I am the LORD.

  • Exod 21:9-10
    2 verses
    77%

    9If he designated her for his son, then he will deal with her according to the customary rights of daughters.

    10If he takes another wife, he must not diminish the first one’s food, her clothing, or her marital rights.

  • Deut 20:7
    75%

    7Or who among you has become engaged to a woman but has not married her? He may go home, lest he die in battle and someone else marry her.”

  • Deut 21:11-13
    3 verses
    74%

    11if you should see among them an attractive woman whom you wish to take as a wife,

    12you may bring her back to your house. She must shave her head, trim her nails,

    13discard the clothing she was wearing when captured, and stay in your house, lamenting for her father and mother for a full month. After that you may sleep with her and become her husband and she your wife.

  • Deut 22:13-15
    3 verses
    73%

    13Purity in the Marriage Relationship Suppose a man marries a woman, sleeps with her, and then rejects her,

    14accusing her of impropriety and defaming her reputation by saying,“I married this woman but when I approached her for marital relations I discovered she was not a virgin!”

    15Then the father and mother of the young woman must produce the evidence of virginity for the elders of the city at the gate.

  • Deut 22:23
    73%

    23If a virgin is engaged to a man and another man meets her in the city and goes to bed with her,

  • Deut 22:28-30
    3 verses
    72%

    28Suppose a man comes across a virgin who is not engaged and takes hold of her and sleeps with her and they are discovered.

    29The man who has slept with her must pay her father fifty shekels of silver and she must become his wife. Because he has humiliated her, he may never divorce her as long as he lives.

    30(23:1) A man may not marry his father’s former wife and in this way dishonor his father.

  • Exod 22:16-17
    2 verses
    72%

    16Moral and Ceremonial Laws“If a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged and goes to bed with her, he must surely pay the marriage price for her to be his wife.

    17If her father refuses to give her to him, he must pay money for the bride price of virgins.

  • Lev 20:21
    72%

    21If a man has marital relations with his brother’s wife, it is indecency. He has exposed his brother’s nakedness; they will be childless.

  • 1 Cor 7:36-38
    3 verses
    72%

    36If anyone thinks he is acting inappropriately toward his virgin, if she is past the bloom of youth and it seems necessary, he should do what he wishes; he does not sin. Let them marry.

    37But the man who is firm in his commitment, and is under no necessity but has control over his will, and has decided in his own mind to keep his own virgin, does well.

    38So then, the one who marries his own virgin does well, but the one who does not, does better.

  • Jer 16:2
    72%

    2“Do not get married and do not have children here in this land.

  • Lev 22:12-13
    2 verses
    72%

    12If a priest’s daughter marries a lay person, she may not eat the holy contribution offerings,

    13but if a priest’s daughter is a widow or divorced, and she has no children so that she returns to live in her father’s house as in her youth, she may eat from her father’s food, but no lay person may eat it.

  • Lev 18:18-19
    2 verses
    71%

    18You must not take a woman in marriage and then marry her sister as a rival wife while she is still alive, to have sexual relations with her.

    19“‘You must not approach a woman in her menstrual impurity to have sexual relations with her.

  • Num 30:3
    71%

    3Vows Made by Single Women“If a young woman who is still living in her father’s house makes a vow to the LORD or places herself under an obligation,

  • Deut 24:5
    71%

    5When a man is newly married, he need not go into the army nor be obligated in any way; he must be free to stay at home for a full year and bring joy to the wife he has married.

  • Deut 22:19-20
    2 verses
    71%

    19They will fine him one hundred shekels of silver and give them to the young woman’s father, for the man who made the accusation ruined the reputation of an Israelite virgin. She will then become his wife and he may never divorce her as long as he lives.

    20But if the accusation is true and the young woman was not a virgin,

  • Deut 28:30
    71%

    30You will be engaged to a woman and another man will rape her. You will build a house but not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but not even begin to use it.

  • Num 5:13
    70%

    13and a man goes to bed with her, for sexual relations, without her husband knowing it, and it is hidden that she has defiled herself, since there was no witness against her, nor was she caught–

  • Deut 7:3
    70%

    3You must not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,

  • Deut 24:1
    70%

    1If a man marries a woman and she does not please him because he has found something indecent in her, then he may draw up a divorce document, give it to her, and evict her from his house.

  • Gen 24:38
    70%

    38but you must go to the family of my father and to my relatives to find a wife for my son.’

  • Deut 25:5
    70%

    5Respect for the Sanctity of Others If brothers live together and one of them dies without having a son, the dead man’s wife must not remarry someone outside the family. Instead, her late husband’s brother must go to her, marry her, and perform the duty of a brother-in-law.

  • Ezek 18:6
    69%

    6does not eat pagan sacrifices on the mountains or pray to the idols of the house of Israel, does not defile his neighbor’s wife, does not approach a woman for marital relations during her period,

  • Deut 17:17
    69%

    17Furthermore, he must not marry many wives lest his affections turn aside, and he must not accumulate much silver and gold.

  • Ezek 18:15
    69%

    15He does not eat pagan sacrifices on the mountains, does not pray to the idols of the house of Israel, does not defile his neighbor’s wife,

  • Exod 21:3
    69%

    3If he came in by himself he will go out by himself; if he had a wife when he came in, then his wife will go out with him.

  • Num 30:16
    69%

    16These are the statutes that the LORD commanded Moses, relating to a man and his wife, and a father and his young daughter who is still living in her father’s house.