They shall not take a wife that is a harlot, or is defiled; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Vile, (ver. 14,) defiled, (sordid am). Hebrew chalala, "a profane woman "(Pagnin) or one of ill-fame; as captives, inn-keepers, are generally esteemed. Zone, means a common prostitute. (Josephus, iii. 3.) None of these fit matches for the priests.
