Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

General references

Bible References

That is a whore

Leviticus 21:8
And you shall sanctify him, for he offers the bread of your God. He shall be holy to you. For I am holy, Jehovah who sanctifies you.
Ezekiel 44:22
Nor shall they take for their wives a widow nor her who is put away. But they shall take virgins of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow who had a priest before.
1 Timothy 3:11
Even so their wives are to be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.

Put away

Deuteronomy 24:1
When a man has taken a wife and married her, and it happens that she finds no favor in his eyes, because he has found some uncleanness in her, then let him write her a bill of divorce and put it in her hand, and send her out of his house.
Isaiah 50:1
So says Jehovah, Where is your mother's bill of divorce, whom I have put away? Or to which of My creditors have I sold you? Behold, you were sold for your iniquities, and your mother is put away for your sins.

General references

Leviticus 21:13
And he shall take a wife in her virginity.
Numbers 30:9
But every vow of a widow and of her who is divorced, all which she has bound on her soul shall stand against her.