Negative Commandment #170 of 613
The high priest must not have sexual relations with a widow even outside of marriage
Commandment #170 — a prohibition from Leviticus 21:15, classified under Levites & Priests in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“so that he will not profane his offspring among his people; for I am the LORD who sanctifies him.'"”
— Leviticus 21:15
Hebrew
טו וְלֹא-יְחַלֵּל זַרְעוֹ, בְּעַמָּיו: כִּי אֲנִי יְהוָה, מְקַדְּשׁוֹ. {ס}
Greek (Septuagint)
15 καὶ οὐ βεβηλώσει τὸ σπέρμα αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ λαῷ αὐτοῦ· ἐγὼ κύριος ὁ ἁγιάζων αὐτόν.
Classification
- Type
- Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
- Category
- Levites & Priests
- Book
- leviticus
- Chapter
- 21
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Emor
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #274
- Mishneh Torah
- HolinessForbidden Sexual Relations
Related Commandments in “Levites & Priests”
#78: The priests must bless the Israelite nation daily
Numbers 6:23
#169: The high priest must not marry a widow
Leviticus 21:14
#171: The high priest must marry a virgin maiden
Leviticus 21:13
#172: A priest must not marry a divorcee
Leviticus 21:7
#173: A priest must not marry a woman who has had a forbidden sexual relationship
Leviticus 21:7
#174: A priest must not marry a desecrated woman
Leviticus 21:7
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