ח אֵיזוּ הִיא זוֹנָה, כָּל שֶׁאֵינָהּ בַּת יִשְׂרָאֵל, אוֹ בַּת יִשְׂרָאֵל שֶׁנִּבְעֶלֶת לְאָדָם שֶׁהִיא אֲסוּרָה לִנָּשֵׂא לוֹ אִסוּר הַשָּׁוֶה לַכֹּל, אוֹ שֶׁנִּבְעֲלָה לְחָלָל אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁהִיא מֻתֶּרֶת לִנָּשֵׂא לוֹ. לְפִיכָךְ, הַנִּרְבַּעַת לִבְהֵמָה, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁהִיא בִּסְקִילָה, לֹא נַעֲשֵׂית זוֹנָה וְלֹא נִפְסְלָה לִכְהֻנָּה, שֶׁהֲרֵי לֹא נִבְעֲלָה לְאָדָם. הַבָּא עַל הַנִּדָּה, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁהִיא בְּכָרֵת, לֹא נַעֲשֵׂית זוֹנָה וְלֹא נִפְסְלָה לִכְהֻנָּה, שֶׁהֲרֵי אֵינָהּ אֲסוּרָה לִנָּשֵׂא לוֹ. וְכֵן הַבָּא עַל הַפְּנוּיָה, אֲפִלּוּ הָיְתָה קְדֵשָׁה שֶׁהִפְקִירָה עַצְמָהּ שֶׁהִיא בְּמַלְקוֹת, לֹא נַעֲשֵׂית זוֹנָה וְלֹא נִפְסְלָה מֵהַכְּהֻנָּה, שֶׁהֲרֵי אֵינָהּ אֲסוּרָה לִנָּשֵׂא לוֹ. אֲבָל הַנִּבְעֶלֶת לְאֶחָד מֵאִסוּרֵי לָאוִין הַשָּׁוִין בַּכֹּל וְאֵינָם מְיֻחָדִים בַּכֹּהֲנִים אוֹ מֵאִסוּרֵי עֲשֵׂה, וְאֵין צָרִיךְ לוֹמַר לְמִי שֶׁהִיא אֲסוּרָה לוֹ מִשּׁוּם עֶרְוָה, אוֹ לְכּוּתִי וְעֶבֶד, הוֹאִיל וְהִיא אֲסוּרָה לִנָּשֵׂא לוֹ הֲרֵי זוֹ זוֹנָה. וְכֵן הַגִּיּוֹרֶת וְהַמְשֻׁחְרֶרֶת, אֲפִלּוּ נִתְגַּיְּרָה וְנִשְׁתַּחְרְרָה פְּחוּתָה מִבַּת שָׁלשׁ שָׁנִים, הוֹאִיל וְאֵינָהּ בַּת יִשְׂרָאֵל הֲרֵי זוֹ זוֹנָה וַאֲסוּרָה לְכֹהֵן. וְכֵן יְבָמָה שֶׁבָּא עָלֶיהָ זָר, עֲשָׂאָהּ זוֹנָה. וְיֵשׁ אוֹמְרִים שֶׁהַבָּא עַל חַיָּבֵי עֲשֵׂה אוֹ עַל חַיָּבֵי לָאוִין, אֲפִלּוּ חַיָּבֵי לָאוִין דִּשְׁאֵר, לֹא עֲשָׂאָהּ זוֹנָה, חוּץ מֵהַבָּא עַל הַיְבָמָה:
8 Who is deemed a "zonah" [who is forbidden to a kohen]? Whoever is not a Jewess, or who is a Jewess that had sexual relations with a man to whom she is forbidden to marry in a generally applicable prohibition, or who had sexual relations with a "cholol" (the child of a kohen and a woman who was forbidden to the kohen), even though she is permitted to be married to this man. Accordingly, a woman who committed bestiality, even though she [is punished] with stoning, she does not become a zonah and she does not become invalid to a kohen, because she did not have sexual relations with a human. And a man that has relations with a menstruating woman, even though she is punished with kareth, she does not become a zonah and she does not become invalid to a kohen, because she is not forbidden to him. And similarly a man that has relations with a single woman, even though she is a lewd woman that made herself freely available, which is punishable with lashes, she does not become a zonah and she does not become invalid to a kohen, because she is not forbidden to him. However, a woman who had sexual relations with someone who is forbidden by a Biblical negative commandment, which are generally prohibited and are not uniquely [forbidden] to kohanim, or with someone who is forbidden by a Biblical affirmative commandment—and it need not even be said with someone who is forbidden by virtue of a forbidden incestual relationship—or with a non-Jew or slave, since she is forbidden to this person to marry, she is deemed a zonah. And so with a convert and a freed slave, even if she converted or was freed while she was less than three years old, since she was not a Jewess, she is deemed a zonah and is forbidden to a kohen. And so a woman who is subject to yibum (levirate marriage) with whom an unrelated person had relations, she becomes a zona. Some opinions say that one who has relations with one who is forbidden by a Biblical affirmative commandment or by a Biblical negative commandment—even the other negative commandments—she does not become a zonah except for instance in which one has relations with a woman subject to yibum.