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Leviticus 21:11-16 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

11. He must not go near any dead person or make himself unclean even for his father or mother.

12. He must not leave the sanctuary or he will desecrate the sanctuary of his God, for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is on him; I am Yahweh.

13. “He is to marry a woman who is a virgin.

14. He is not to marry a widow, a divorced woman, or one defiled by prostitution. He is to marry a virgin from his own people,

15. so that he does not corrupt his bloodline among his people, for I am Yahweh who sets him apart.”

16. The Lord spoke to Moses:

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