Mitzvah #169 Negative Prohibition (Mitzvah Lo Ta'asseh)
„The high priest must not marry a widow“
Scripture Reference: LEV 21:14 (Torah Portion (Parashah): Emor)
Scripture Texts
English Translation
'A widow, or a divorced woman, or one who is profaned by harlotry, these he may not take; but rather he is to marry a virgin of his own people,
Hebrew Text (Torah)
יד אַלְמָנָה וּגְרוּשָׁה וַחֲלָלָה זֹנָה, אֶת-אֵלֶּה לֹא יִקָּח: כִּי אִם-בְּתוּלָה מֵעַמָּיו, יִקַּח אִשָּׁה.
Greek Text (Septuagint)
14 χήραν δὲ καὶ ἐκβεβλημένην καὶ βεβηλωμένην καὶ πόρνην, ταύτας οὐ λήμψεται, ἀλλ᾿ ἢ παρθένον ἐκ τοῦ γένους αὐτοῦ λήμψεται γυναῖκα·
Theological Classification
Torah Portion (Parashah) Emor
Sefer HaChinuch Number #273
Mishneh Torah (Maimonides)
Holiness (Buch 5)
Section: Forbidden Sexual Relations
Systematic Category (P119f) Levites & Priests