Leviticus 21:7-9

New King James Version

⁷^(A)They shall not take a wife who is a harlot or a defiled woman, nor shall they take a woman ^(B)divorced from her husband; for ^[a]the priest is holy to his God. ⁸Therefore you shall ^[b]consecrate him, for he offers the bread of your God. He shall be holy to you, for ^(C)I the Lord, who ^(D)sanctify you, am holy. ⁹The daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by playing the harlot, she profanes her father. She shall be ^(E)burned with fire.

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Leviticus 21:7 Lit. he
Leviticus 21:8 set him apart

Leviticus 21:7-9

New International Version

⁷“‘They must not marry women defiled by prostitution or divorced from their husbands,^(A) because priests are holy to their God.^(B) ⁸Regard them as holy,^(C) because they offer up the food of your God.^(D) Consider them holy, because I the Lord am holy—I who make you holy.^(E)