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.

Put away

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Bible References

A widow

Leviticus 21:7
Never marry prostitutes, those who have lost their virginity, or divorced women because a priest is God's holy man.
1 Timothy 3:2
The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate in habits, sound in mind, orderly, hospitable, qualified to teach;
Titus 1:6
A blameless man will be the husband of one wife. He will have children that believe and who are not accused of violence and disobedience.

Put away

Deuteronomy 24:1
When a man marries a woman and later decides he does not love her because he found something he does not like about her he writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her out from his house.

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Leviticus 21:13
The anointed priest should marry a virgin.