Verse 7
HOLINESS IN FAMILY RELATIONS, Leviticus 21:7-15.
7. Whore A woman wilfully wanton.
Profane Hebrew, profaned or dishonoured in any way, whether by violence or with consent.
Put away A divorced woman may be perfectly virtuous, but the priest’s wife, like Caesar’s, must be above suspicion. He may marry a widow, unless he be a high priest. See Leviticus 21:14. We call attention to the absence of all limitations as to nationality. The priest might marry a non-Israelite if not an idolater; but not a Canaanite, because of their idolatry, nor an Ammonite nor a Moabite, on account of national antipathy. Exodus 34:16; Deuteronomy 7:3; Deuteronomy 23:3. From Leviticus 21:14 we infer that he was permitted to marry a widow, as Josephus declares. Others infer from Ezekiel 44:22 that he could marry only the widow of a priest.
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