Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 21:14:
- Kupsabiny: “Do not let him marry a widow or one whose husband has chased her or a prostitute. He must marry a relative who is a virgin” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “A woman whose husband has died, [or] whose husband has divorced her, a defiled woman or a prostitute, these he must not marry. He must marry a virgin from his own tribe.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The head priest must marry a virgin and his fellow Israelite. He is- not -to-marry a widow, or a woman who has-been- separated/has-been-divorced by her husband, or a woman that is dirty/unclean because she sells her body.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “You priests must not marry widows or prostitutes or divorced women, because if you did that, if you later have sons, they would not be acceptable to be priests among your people. You must marry only virgins from among your own people. I am Yahweh, who sets priests apart to be holy.’’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
