bSee Deut. 24:1-4
Leviticus 21:7
7 aThey shall not marry a prostitute or a woman who has been defiled, neither shall they marry a woman bdivorced from her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.Leviticus 21:13-15
13And he shall take a wife in her virginity. ▼▼Or a young wife
14A widow, dor a divorced woman, or a woman who has been defiled, or a prostitute, these he shall not marry. But he shall take as his wife a virgin ▼▼Hebrew young woman
of his own people, 15that he may not profane his offspring among his people, for fI am the Lord who sanctifies him.” Ezekiel 44:22
22 gThey shall not marry a widow or a divorced woman, but only virgins of the offspring of the house of Israel, or a widow who is the widow of a priest.Luke 1:5-6
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5 hIn the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah, ▼▼Greek Zacharias
jof kthe division of Abijah. And he had a wife from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. 6And they were both lrighteous before God, walking mblamelessly in all the commandments and statutes of the Lord. Titus 2:3
3 nOlder women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, onot slanderers por slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good,
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