Mitzvah #171 Positive Commandment (Mitzvah Asseh)
„The high priest must marry a virgin maiden“
Scripture Reference: LEV 21:13 (Torah Portion (Parashah): Emor)
Scripture Texts
English Translation
'He shall take a wife in her virginity.
Hebrew Text (Torah)
יג וְהוּא, אִשָּׁה בִבְתוּלֶיהָ יִקָּח.
Greek Text (Septuagint)
13 οὗτος γυναῖκα παρθένον ἐκ τοῦ γένους αὐτοῦ λήμψεται·
Theological Classification
Torah Portion (Parashah) Emor
Sefer HaChinuch Number #272
Mishneh Torah (Maimonides)
Holiness (Buch 5)
Section: Forbidden Sexual Relations
Systematic Category (P119f) Levites & Priests
