אִשָּׁ֨ה זֹנָ֤ה וַחֲלָלָה֙ לֹ֣א יִקָּ֔חוּ וְאִשָּׁ֛ה גְּרוּשָׁ֥ה מֵאִישָׁ֖הּ לֹ֣א יִקָּ֑חוּ כִּֽי־קָדֹ֥שׁ ה֖וּא לֵאלֹהָֽיו׃
Kobiety rozpustnej albo zniesławionej pojmować nie będą; kobiety téż porzuconej przez męża nie pojmować im; bo świętym każdy z nich Bogu swojemu.
Shenei Luchot HaBerit
In פרשת אמור the Torah details the sanctity of the priests. They must not defile themselves ritually through contact or association with a dead body because it is they who offer up the sacrifices which are to rehabilitate Man who introduced such impurity into the world. They are forbidden to marry divorcees, harlots, or women who are the issue of marriages forbidden to priests. The latter symbolize expulsion, i.e. Man's rejection from the inner circles of sanctity to a domain in which Samael, i.e. the קליפות also exercise a dominant influence. Both the priests who offer the sacrifices and the animals to be offered must be free of blemishes because they represent sanctity. Any blemish, however insignificant, is termed רע, because it originates in the pollutant man has absorbed from the original serpent.