Positive Commandment #171 of 613
The high priest must marry a virgin maiden
Commandment #171 — a positive obligation from Leviticus 21:13, classified under Levites & Priests in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“'He shall take a wife in her virginity.”
— Leviticus 21:13
Hebrew
יג וְהוּא, אִשָּׁה בִבְתוּלֶיהָ יִקָּח.
Greek (Septuagint)
13 οὗτος γυναῖκα παρθένον ἐκ τοῦ γένους αὐτοῦ λήμψεται·
Classification
- Type
- Positive (Thou Shalt)
- Category
- Levites & Priests
- Book
- leviticus
- Chapter
- 21
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Emor
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #272
- 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
#170: The high priest must not have sexual relations with a widow even outside of marriage
Leviticus 21:15
#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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