Imamat 21:13-15

21:13 He must take a wife who is a virgin. ¹  21:14 He must not marry ²  a widow, a divorced woman, or one profaned by prostitution; he may only take a virgin from his people ³  as a wife. 21:15 He must not profane his children among his people, ⁴  for I am the Lord who sanctifies him.’”

Yehezkiel 44:22

44:22 They must not marry a widow or a divorcee, but they may marry a virgin from the house of Israel ⁵  or a widow who is a priest’s widow.

[21:13]  ¹ tn Heb “And he, a wife in her virginity he shall take.”

[21:14]  ² tn Heb “take.” In context this means “take as wife,” i.e., “marry.”

[21:14]  ³ tc The MT has literally, “from his peoples,” but Smr, LXX, Syriac, Targum, and Tg. Ps.-J. have “from his people,” referring to the Israelites as a whole.

[21:15]  ⁴ tc The MT has literally, “in his peoples,” but Smr, LXX, Syriac, Targum, and Tg. Ps.-J. have “in his people,” referring to the Israelites as a whole.

[44:22]  ⁵ tn Heb “from the offspring of the house of Israel.”