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Leviticus 21:12

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Neither shall he 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 the Lord.

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  1. Leviticus 21:10

    And he that is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil was poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes;

  2. Leviticus 21:11

    Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;

  3. Leviticus 21:13

    And he shall take a wife in her virginity.

  4. Leviticus 21:14

    A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or an harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.