And he shall take a wife in her virginity.
And he shall take a wife in her virginity.
`And he taketh a wife in her virginity;
And he shall take a wife in her virginity.
Leviticus — A holy people before a holy God. Five offerings, a priesthood, a purity code — and at the centre, a single day that carries the sins of a year to a cleansed Most Holy Place.
Voices4
And he shall take a wife in her virginity.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed
He shall take a wife in her virginity - בתוליה bethuleyha. This is a full proof that בתולה bethulah is the proper Hebrew term for a virgin; from the emphatic root בתל bathal, to separate; because such a person was in her separate state, and had never been in any way united to man.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832evangelical
In her virginity - Or, a virgin, partly because as he was a type of Christ, so his wife was a type of the church, which is compared to a virgin, and partly for greater caution and assurance that his wife was not a defiled or deflowered person.
John Wesley· Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament, 1765evangelical
The reason of this was to put a difference between him and other priests in this matter; and (as some suggest) that he might be a type of Christ, to whom the church was to be presented a chaste virgin, 2 Cor. xi. Christ must have our first love, our pure love, our entire love; thus the virgins love thee ( Cant. i. 3 ), and such only are fit to follow the Lamb, Rev. xiv.
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first — the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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2 Corinthians 11:2I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.
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So I will betroth you to Me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in loving devotion and compassion.
to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,
For your husband is your Maker— the LORD of Hosts is His name— the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; He is called the God of all the earth.
We proclaim Him, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone perfect in Christ.
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Leviticus 21:7A priest must not marry a woman defiled by prostitution or divorced by her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.
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The woman he marries must be a virgin.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
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Revelation 14:4These are the ones who have not been defiled with women, for they are virgins. They follow the Lamb wherever He goes. They have been redeemed from among men as firstfruits to God and…
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But you do have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their garments, and because they are worthy, they will walk with Me in white.
I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.
He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of His creation.
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The verses this one reaches7
A priest must not marry a woman defiled by prostitution or divorced by her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.
Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.
And they shall not marry a widow or a divorced woman, but must marry a virgin of the descendants of the house of Israel, or a widow of a priest.
These are the ones who have not been defiled with women, for they are virgins. They follow the Lamb wherever He goes. They have been redeemed from among men as firstfruits to God and to the Lamb.
In the same way, the women must be dignified, not slanderers, but temperate and faithful in all things.
Among the descendants of the priests who had married foreign women were found these descendants of Jeshua son of Jozadak and his brothers:
