Leviticus 21:13
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
And he shall take a wife in her virginity.
American King James Version (AKJV)
And he shall take a wife in her virginity.
American Standard Version (ASV)
And he shall take a wife in her virginity.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
And let him take as his wife one who has not had relations with a man.
Webster's Revision
And he shall take a wife in her virginity.
World English Bible
"'He shall take a wife in her virginity.
English Revised Version (ERV)
And he shall take a wife in her virginity.
Clarke's Leviticus 21:13 Bible Commentary
He shall take a wife in her virginity - בתוליה bethuleyha. This is a full proof that בתולה bethulah is the proper Hebrew term for a virgin; from the emphatic root בתל bathal, to separate; because such a person was in her separate state, and had never been in any way united to man.
Wesley's Leviticus 21:13 Bible Commentary
21:13 In her virginity - Or, a virgin, partly because as he was a type of Christ, so his wife was a type of the church, which is compared to a virgin, and partly for greater caution and assurance that his wife was not a defiled or deflowered person. Most of these things are forbidden to all the priests; and here to the high - priest, to shew that he also, and he especially is obliged to the same cautions.
