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Leviticus 21:13

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And he shall take a wife in her virginity.

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  1. Leviticus 21:11

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

  2. Leviticus 21:12

    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.

  3. 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.

  4. Leviticus 21:15

    Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the Lord do sanctify him.

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