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Negative commandment 161 of 365

That the High Priest shall not take a widow in marriage

Maimonides

That the High Priest shall not take a widow in marriage, as it is said, “A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or a harlot (these shall he not take)” (Lev. 21:14).

Leviticus 21:14

KJV
A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or an harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife.
ASV
A widow, or one divorced, or a profane woman, a harlot, these shall he not take: but a virgin of his own people shall he take to wife.
WEB
He shall not marry a widow, or one divorced, or a woman who has been defiled, or a prostitute. He shall take a virgin of his own people as a wife.
JPS
A widow, or one divorced, or a profaned woman, or a harlot, these shall he not take; but a virgin of his own people shall he take to wife.