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Leviticus 21:7

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“‘They shall not marry a woman who is a prostitute, or profane. A priest shall not marry a woman divorced from her husband; for he is holy to his God.

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Verse 7. Vile, (verse 14,) defiled, (sordidam). Hebrew chalala, “a profane woman,” (Pagnin) or one of ill-fame; as captives, inn-keepers, are generally esteemed. Zone, means a common prostitute. Joseph. iii. 3. None of these fit matches for the priests.

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