Ezekiel 44:22 “And they shall not marry a widow or a divorced woman, but must marry a…”

Ezekiel 44:22

And they shall not marry a widow or a divorced woman, but must marry a virgin of the descendants of the house of Israel, or a widow of a priest.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

They shall not take for their wives a widow, or her who is put away; but they shall take virgins of the offspring of the house of Israel, or a widow who is the widow of a priest.

American Standard Version

Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away; but they shall take virgins of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that is the widow of a priest.

Geneva Bible 1599

Neither shall they take for their wiues a widowe, or her that is diuorced: but they shall take maidens of the seede of the house of Israel, or a widow that hath bene the widow of a Priest.

Darby Translation

And they shall not 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 is the widow of a priest.

Young's Literal Translation

And a widow and divorced woman they do not take to them for wives: but — virgins of the seed of the house of Israel, and the widow who is widow of a priest, do they take.

Bible in Basic English

And they are not to take as wives any widow or woman whose husband has put her away: but they may take virgins of the seed of Israel, or a widow who is the widow of a priest.

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Cross references

“a widow”

Leviticus 21:7 1 Timothy 3:2 Titus 1:6 Leviticus 21:13 Leviticus 21:14 1 Timothy 3:4

Leviticus 21:7 · BSB

A priest must not marry a woman defiled by prostitution or divorced by her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.

1 Timothy 3:2 · BSB

An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

Titus 1:6 · BSB

An elder must be blameless, the husband of but one wife, having children who are believers and who are not open to accusation of indiscretion or insubordination.

Leviticus 21:13 · BSB

The woman he marries must be a virgin.

Leviticus 21:14 · BSB

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,

1 Timothy 3:4 · BSB

An overseer must manage his own household well and keep his children under control, with complete dignity.

“put away”

Deuteronomy 24:1–4

Deuteronomy 24:1–4 · BSB

If a man marries a woman, but she becomes displeasing to him because he finds some indecency in her, he may write her a certificate of divorce, hand it to her, and send her away from his house.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

21No priest may drink wine before he enters the inner court.

23They are to teach My people the difference between the holy and the common and show them how to discern between the clean and the unclean.

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