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A widow, or one divorced, or a profane woman, a prostitute, these shall he not take: but a virgin of his own people shall he take as a wife.
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A Higher Standard for Leadership
Commentators explain that the high priest's marital rules were exceptionally strict, even forbidding him from marrying a widow, which was permitted for all other Israelites. This unique standard was designed to maintain the supreme dignity and sanctity of his office as Israel's spiritual representative before God.
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19th Century
Anglican
A widow. —By this the high priest was not only forbidden to marry the widow of an ordinary Israelite, or even the widow of a pries…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
A widow The high priest might not marry, whether the widow of a priest or of an Israelite, as Aben Ezra, that is, of…
Presbyterian
As these priests were types of Christ, so all ministers must be followers of him, that their example may teach others to imitate the Saviour. Witho…
