Permissability of Widow Marriage Chart

Old Covenant

New Covenant

Widow Marriage Tolerated Except to the High Priest (Leviticus 21:14)

It would be considered adultery for a married woman to marry another man (Ex. 20:14) but a widow does not have a living husband so she could marry another man except the high priest.

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Widow Marriage Tolerated

Female virgin purity condition: Woman knowing only one living man in her life

Chaste Widow:

Good to remain single (1 Cor. 7:8)

But permitted to marry (1 Cor. 7:9)

See Romans 7:3.

Jesus Christ the Lord is our High Priest (Hebrews 5:1-10). See Ephesians 5:25-27; 2 Cor. 11:2; Romans 7:4.