Mitzvah #173 Negative Prohibition (Mitzvah Lo Ta'asseh)
„A priest must not marry a woman who has had a forbidden sexual relationship“
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)
אִשָּׁה זֹנָה וַחֲלָלָה לֹא יִקָּחוּ וְאִשָּׁה גְּרוּשָׁה מֵאִישָׁהּ לֹא יִקָּחוּ כִּי־קָדֹשׁ הוּא לֵאלֹהָיו׃
Greek Text (Septuagint)
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 #266
Mishneh Torah (Maimonides)
Holiness (Buch 5)
Section: Forbidden Sexual Relations
Systematic Category (P119f) Levites & Priests