Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away: but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that had a priest before.
KJV
Hebrew original
וְ/אַלְמָנָה֙ וּ/גְרוּשָׁ֔ה לֹֽא יִקְח֥וּ לָ/הֶ֖ם לְ/נָשִׁ֑ים כִּ֣י אִם בְּתוּלֹ֗ת מִ/זֶּ֨רַע֙ בֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְ/הָֽ/אַלְמָנָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תִּֽהְיֶ֣ה אַלְמָנָ֔ה מִ/כֹּהֵ֖ן יִקָּֽחוּ
Louis Segond 1910
Ils ne prendront pour femme ni une veuve, ni une femme répudiée, mais ils prendront des vierges de la race de la maison d'Israël; ils pourront aussi prendre la veuve d'un sacrificateur.
KJV
Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away: but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that had a priest before.
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 130 (Migne)
us non ducat uxorem, quia scriptum est: «Sacerdos uxorem virginem accipiat, non viduam, non ejectam (Ezech. XLIV, 22) ,» utique qui ad sacerdotium labore suo et vitae probitate contendit, cavere debet, ne hoc praejudicio impeditus pervenire non possit, V. Ut si quis viduam lice…
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