Lev 21:7-14, Deu 23:18, Judg 11:1, 1Ki 3:16 | ESV | STEP | They shall not marry a prostitute or a woman who has been defiled , neither shall they marry a woman divorced from her husband , for the priest is holy to his God .

Leviticus 21:7-14

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. 8 You shall sanctify him, for he offers the bread of your God. He shall be holy to you, for ^cI, the Lord, who sanctify you, ^dam holy. 9 And the daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by whoring, profanes her father; ^eshe shall be burned with fire.

10 ^f“The priest who is chief among his brothers, on whose head the anointing oil is poured and who has been consecrated to wear the garments, ^gshall not let the hair of his head hang loose nor tear his clothes. 11 He shall not ^hgo in to any dead bodies nor make himself unclean, even for his father or for his mother. 12 ⁱHe shall not go out of the sanctuary, lest he ^jprofane the sanctuary of his God, for the ^kconsecration of the anointing oil of his God is on him: I am the Lord. 13 And he shall take a wife in her virginity. ^{▼▼Or a young wife} 14 A widow, ^mor 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,

Deuteronomy 23:18

18 You shall not bring the fee of a prostitute or the wages of a dog ^{▼▼Or male prostitute} into the house of the Lord your God in payment for any vow, for both of these are an abomination to the Lord your God.

Judges 11:1

Jephthah Delivers Israel

1 Now ^pJephthah the Gileadite was ^qa mighty warrior, but he was the son of a prostitute. Gilead was the father of Jephthah.

1 Kings 3:16

Solomon’s Wisdom

16 Then two prostitutes came to the king ^rand stood before him.