Rules for Levitical Priests
Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away: but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that had a priest before. Eze 44:22
Neither shall they... The priests were not forbidden to marry. They were to be very careful who they married. We see this was forbidden in the Levitical law.
Lev. 21:7 “They shall not take a wife [that is] a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he [is] holy unto his God.”
Lev. 21:13 “And he shall take a wife in her virginity.”
There are more Scriptures on this, but I believe this is sufficient. The wife of a priest must live a holy life, as well as the priest.
As we see here, also restrictions will be placed on whom they can marry(cf. read Lev. 21:7, Lev. 21:13-15).
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