Adam Clarke Commentary - Leviticus 21:13

Adam Clarke Commentary - Leviticus 21:13 - 21:13

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Adam Clarke Commentary - Leviticus 21:13 - 21:13

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21:13 - 21:13
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He shall take a wife in her virginity - בתוליה bethuleyha. This is a full proof that בתולה bethulah is the proper Hebrew term for a virgin; from the emphatic root בתל bathal, to separate; because such a person was in her separate state, and had never been in any way united to man.