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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.

KJV

viduam autem et repudiatam, et sordidam, atque meretricem non accipiet, sed puellam de populo suo :

Vulgate

χήραν δὲ καὶ ἐκβεβλημένην καὶ βεβηλωμένην καὶ πόρνην, ταύτας οὐ λήμψεται, ἀλλ’ ἢ παρθένον ἐκ τοῦ λαοῦ αὐτοῦ λήμψεται γυναῖκα·

LXX

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

ASV

אַלְמָנָ֤ה וּ/גְרוּשָׁה֙ וַ/חֲלָלָ֣ה זֹנָ֔ה אֶת אֵ֖לֶּה לֹ֣א יִקָּ֑ח כִּ֛י אִם בְּתוּלָ֥ה מֵ/עַמָּ֖י/ו יִקַּ֥ח אִשָּֽׁה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִם
'm
conjunction · 1065×
אֵ֖לֶּה
'lh
pronoun · 744×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אַלְמָנָ֖ה
'lmnh
noun · 56×
בְּתוּלַ֖ת
btvlt
noun · 50×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
זוֹנָ֔ה
zvnh
verb · 92×
חַלְלֵי
chlly
adjective · 92×
י
y
noun · 1849×
יִּקַּ֣ח
yqch
verb · 963×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
ם
m
verb · 47×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

1. The Power of Harmony in Relation to Prayer. Again I say unto you that if two of you shall agree on earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them. Matthew 18:19 The word symphony is strictly applied to the harmonies of sounds in music. And there are indeed among musical sounds some accordant and others discordant. But the Evangelic Scripture is fam…

Cross-references

  • Lev 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.