13 And he shall take a wife in her virginity.[a]

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  1. Leviticus 21:13 Or a young wife

13 “‘The woman he marries must be a virgin.(A)

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It is these who have not defiled themselves with women, for (A)they are virgins. It is these (B)who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These have been redeemed from mankind as (C)firstfruits for God and the Lamb,

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These are those who did not defile themselves with women, for they remained virgins.(A) They follow the Lamb wherever he goes.(B) They were purchased from among mankind(C) and offered as firstfruits(D) to God and the Lamb.

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For I feel a divine jealousy for you, since (A)I betrothed you to one husband, (B)to present you (C)as a pure virgin to Christ.

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I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. I promised you to one husband,(A) to Christ, so that I might present you(B) as a pure virgin to him.

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22 (A)They shall not marry a widow or a divorced woman, but only virgins of the offspring of the house of Israel, or a widow who is the widow of a priest.

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22 They must not marry widows or divorced women; they may marry only virgins of Israelite descent or widows of priests.(A)

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

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

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