Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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.
A widow
Put away
General references
Bible References
A widow
Leviticus 21:7
They shall not take as wife a whore, or a dishonoured woman; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband; for he is holy unto his God.
1 Timothy 3:2
The overseer then must be irreproachable, husband of one wife, sober, discreet, decorous, hospitable, apt to teach;
Titus 1:6
if any one be free from all charge against him, husband of one wife, having believing children not accused of excess or unruly.
Put away
Deuteronomy 24:1
When a man taketh a wife, and marrieth her, it shall be if she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some unseemly thing in her, that he shall write her a letter of divorce, and give it into her hand, and send her out of his house.
General references
Leviticus 21:13
And he shall take a wife in her virginity.