Leviticus 21:13 KJV — MannaFest

Leviticus 21:13

And he shall take a wife in her virginity.

KJV

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ASV

And he shall take a wife in her virginity.

WEB

The woman he marries must be a virgin.

YLT

`And he taketh a wife in her virginity;

DBT

And he shall take a wife in her virginity.

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Old Testament

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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.

Author: Moses — receives these laws at Sinai; the repeated formula is ‘the LORD spake unto Moses, saying’
Date: Composed during Israel's year at Sinai (15th–13th century BC)

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Leviticus 21:7
They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God.
Hebrews 13:4
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
2 Corinthians 11:2
For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
Ezekiel 44:22
Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away: but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that had a priest before.
Revelation 14:4
These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.

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Moreover, the high dignity of his office demanded a corresponding superiority in personal holiness, and stringent rules were prescribed for the purpose of upholding the suitable dignity of his station and family. The same rules are extended to the families of Christian ministers (1Ti 3:2;

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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 (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 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

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LEV 21:132CO 11:2 HOS 2:19-20
LEV 21:13LEV 21:7 LEV 21:13-14
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LEV 21:132CO 11:2 EPH 5:26-27
LEV 21:132CO 11:2 ISA 54:5
LEV 21:13REV 14:4 REV 3:4
LEV 21:13REV 14:4 2CO 11:2
LEV 21:13REV 14:4 JAS 1:18
LEV 21:132CO 11:2 COL 1:28

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