## Sefer HaMitzvot, Negative Commandments

###### Sefer HaMitzvot, Negative Commandments 158:1
[Sefer HaMitzvot, Negative Commandments 158:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sefer%20HaMitzvot/s/Negative%20Commandments/r/158:1)

שהזהיר הכהן שלא יקח זונה. והוא אמרו אשה זונה וחללה לא יקחו וכל זמן שיבא עליה חייב מלקות. (אמור אל הכהנים, קדושה הלכות איסורי ביאה פרק י"ז י"ח י"ט):

**Sefaria Edition 2021, Translated by Rabbi Francis Nataf:**
That He prohibited a priest from taking (marrying) a *zonah* (a woman who had sexual relations with someone forbidden for any Israelite to marry). And that is His saying, "They shall not take a woman that is a *zonah* or desecrated" (Leviticus 21:7). And each time he has sexual relations with her, he is lashed. (See Parashat Emor; Mishneh Torah, Forbidden Intercourse 17-19.)