## Sefer HaMitzvot, Negative Commandments

###### Sefer HaMitzvot, Negative Commandments 159:1
[Sefer HaMitzvot, Negative Commandments 159:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sefer%20HaMitzvot/s/Negative%20Commandments/r/159:1)

שהזהיר הכהן שלא יקח חללה. והוא אמרו וחללה לא יקחו. וכל זמן שיבא עליה חייב מלקות. (שם, שם):

**Sefaria Edition 2021, Translated by Rabbi Francis Nataf:**
That He prohibited a priest - that he not take (marry) a desecrated woman. And that is His saying, "They shall not take a woman that is 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.)