OLD TESTAMENT

Leviticus 21:3

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and for his virgin sister who is near to him, who has had no husband; for her he may defile himself.

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Verse 3. Sister, of the same parents. Vatable.—Husband; for if she have, he ought to bury his wife, and to mourn for her. To be deprived of these advantages, was then esteemed a great misfortune.

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