StoneCryAI Bible Dictionary

Leviticus 21:13

WEB

📖 Read Leviticus 21
◀ Lev 21:12Lev 21:14 ▶

“ ‘He shall take a wife in her virginity.

Context

10“ ‘He who is the high priest among his brothers, upon whose head the anointing oil is poured, and who is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not let the hair of his head hang loose, or tear his clothes.
11He must not go in to any dead body, or defile himself for his father or for his mother.
12He shall not go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon him. I am Yahweh.
13“ ‘He shall take a wife in her virginity.
14He shall not marry a widow, or one divorced, or a woman who has been defiled, or a prostitute. He shall take a virgin of his own people as a wife.
15He shall not profane his offspring among his people, for I am Yahweh who sanctifies him.’ ”
16Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

Read full chapter →

Ask AI about this verse

Answers based solely on Scripture.

Ask directly

📖 Leviticus — All Chapters

123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627

Read Leviticus 21 →