Mitzvah #172 Negative Prohibition (Mitzvah Lo Ta'asseh)
„A priest must not marry a divorcee“
Scripture Reference: LEV 21:7 (Torah Portion (Parashah): Emor)
Scripture Texts
English Translation
'They shall not take a woman who is profaned by harlotry, nor shall they take a woman divorced from her husband; for he is holy to his God.
Hebrew Text (Torah)
ז אִשָּׁה זֹנָה וַחֲלָלָה לֹא יִקָּחוּ, וְאִשָּׁה גְּרוּשָׁה מֵאִישָׁהּ לֹא יִקָּחוּ: כִּי-קָדֹשׁ הוּא, לֵאלֹהָיו.
Greek Text (Septuagint)
7 γυναῖκα πόρνην καὶ βεβηλωμένην οὐ λήμψονται καὶ γυναῖκα ἐκβεβλημένην ἀπὸ ἀνδρὸς αὐτῆς· ἅγιός ἐστιν τῷ κυρίῳ θεῷ αὐτοῦ.
Theological Classification
Torah Portion (Parashah) Emor
Sefer HaChinuch Number #268
Mishneh Torah (Maimonides)
Holiness (Buch 5)
Section: Forbidden Sexual Relations
Systematic Category (P119f) Levites & Priests