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A plain-white-linen priest and an eligible Israelite woman join hands in a dignified marriage covenant before both families and elders, while the community welcomes them with respect.
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Leviticus 21:7-8

Priestly marriage and communal honor

Holiness in the Priesthood · Leviticus 21

Story guide: A plain-white-linen priest and an eligible Israelite woman join hands in a dignified marriage covenant before both families and elders, while the community welcomes them with respect.

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7They shall not take a woman who is a prostitute or defiled, and they shall not take a woman divorced from her husband, for he is holy to his God.

8You shall treat him as holy, because he offers the food of your God. He shall be holy to you, for I, Yahweh who sanctify you, am holy.

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