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Leviticus 21:7

NETBible	They must not take a wife defiled by prostitution,¹ nor are they to take a wife divorced from her husband,² for the priest³ is holy to his God.⁴
NIV © biblegateway Lev 21:7	"‘They must not marry women defiled by prostitution or divorced from their husbands, because priests are holy to their God.
NASB © biblegateway Lev 21:7	‘They shall not take a woman who is profaned by harlotry, nor shall they take a woman divorced from her husband; for he is holy to his God.
NLT © biblegateway Lev 21:7	"The priests must not marry women defiled by prostitution or women who have been divorced, for the priests must be set apart to God as holy.
MSG © biblegateway Lev 21:7	"Because a priest is holy to his God he must not marry a woman who has been a harlot or a cult prostitute or a divorced woman.
BBE © SABDAweb Lev 21:7	They may not take as wife a loose or common woman, or one who has been put away by her husband: for the priest is holy to his God.
NRSV © bibleoremus Lev 21:7	They shall not marry a prostitute or a woman who has been defiled; neither shall they marry a woman divorced from her husband. For they are holy to their God,
NKJV © biblegateway Lev 21:7	‘They shall not take a wife who is a harlot or a defiled woman, nor shall they take a woman divorced from her husband; for the priest is holy to his God.
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KJV	They shall not take <03947> (8799) a wife <0802> [that is] a whore <02181> (8802)_, or profane <02491>_; neither shall they take <03947> (8799) a woman <0802> put away <01644> (8803) from her husband <0376>_: for he [is] holy <06918> unto his God <0430>_.
NASB © biblegateway Lev 21:7	'They shall not take <03947> a woman <0802> who is profaned <02491> by harlotry <02181> , nor <03808> shall they take <03947> a woman <0802> divorced <01644> from her husband <0376> ; for he is holy <06918> to his God <0430> .
LXXM	gunaika <1135> N-ASF pornhn <4204> N-ASF kai <2532> CONJ bebhlwmenhn <953> V-RPPAS ou <3364> ADV lhmqontai <2983> V-FMI-3P kai <2532> CONJ gunaika <1135> N-ASF ekbeblhmenhn <1544> V-RPPAS apo <575> PREP androv <435> N-GSM authv <846> D-GSF agiov <40> A-NSM estin <1510> V-PAI-3S tw <3588> T-DSM kuriw <2962> N-DSM yew <2316> N-DSM autou <846> D-GSM
NET [draft] ITL	They must not <03808> take <03947> a wife <0802> defiled <02491> by prostitution <02181> , nor <03808> are they to take <03947> a wife <0802> divorced <01644> from her husband <0376> , for <03588> the priest is holy <06918> to his God <0430> .
HEBREW	wyhlal <0430> awh <01931> sdq <06918> yk <03588> wxqy <03947> al <03808> hsyam <0376> hswrg <01644> hsaw <0802> wxqy <03947> al <03808> hllxw <02491> hnz <02181> hsa (21:7) <0802>

NETBible

They must not take a wife defiled by prostitution,¹ nor are they to take a wife divorced from her husband,² for the priest³ is holy to his God.⁴

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “A wife harlot and profaned they shall not take.” The structure of the verse (e.g., “wife” at the beginning of the two main clauses) suggests that “harlot and profaned” constitutes a hendiadys, meaning “a wife defiled by harlotry” (see the explanation in B. A. Levine, Leviticus [JPSTC], 143, as opposed to that in J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [WBC], 343, 348; cf. v. 14 below). Cf. NASB “a woman who is profaned by harlotry.”

²sn For a helpful discussion of divorce in general and as it relates to this passage see B. A. Levine, Leviticus (JPSTC), 143-44.

³tn Heb “he”; the referent (the priest) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁴tn The pronoun “he” in this clause refers to the priest, not the former husband of the divorced woman.