7They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God.
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And he shall take a wife in her virginity. …
Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away: but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that had a priest before.
Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the LORD, which sanctify you, am holy.
Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-9)It was before appointed that the priests should teach the people the statutes God had given concerning the difference between clean and unclean , Lev. 10:10 , 11 . Now here it is provided that they should themselves observe what they were to teach the people. Note, Those whose office it is to instruct must do it by example as well as precept, 1 Tim. 4:12. The priests were to draw nearer to God tha…
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