God’s Word Translation
Leviticus 21:7-15
7You should never marry prostitutes, those who have lost their virginity, or divorced women because a priest is God’s holy man.
8Be holy because you offer the food of your God. Be holy because I, the Lord, am holy. I set you apart as holy.
9When a priest’s daughter dishonors herself by becoming a prostitute, she dishonors her father. She must be burned.
10“The priest who is anointed with oil and wears the chief priest’s clothes is chief over his brothers. He must never mourn by leaving his hair uncombed or by tearing his clothes.
11He must never go near any dead bodies or become unclean, even for his father or mother.
12He must not leave the holy tent of his God. If he does, he will be dishonoring it, because he is dedicated with the anointing oil of his God. I am the Lord.
13“The anointed priest must marry a virgin.
14He must never marry a widow, a divorced woman, a woman who has lost her virginity, or a prostitute. He may only marry a virgin from his own people.
15He must not dishonor his children among his people because I, the Lord, set him apart as holy.”
Commentaries on Leviticus 21
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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