Leviticus 21
21
1The Lord said also to Moses: Speak to the priests the sons of Aaron, and thou shalt say to them: Let not a priest incur an uncleanness at the death of his citizens.
2But only for his kin, such as are near in blood: that is to say, for his father and for his mother, and for his son, and for his daughter, for his brother also:
3And for a maiden sister, who hath had no husband.
4But not even for the prince of his people shall he do any thing that may make him unclean.
5Neither shall they shave their head, nor their beard, nor make incisions in their flesh.
6They shall be holy to their God, and shall not profane his name. For they offer the burnt-offering of the Lord, and the bread of their God: and therefore they shall be holy.
7They shall not take to wife a harlot or a vile prostitute, nor one that has been put away from her husband: because they are consecrated to their God,
8And offer the loaves of proposition. Let them therefore be holy because I also am holy, the Lord, who sanctify them.
9If the daughter of a priest be taken in whoredom, and dishonour the name of her father, she shall be burnt with fire.
10The high priest, that is to say, the priest, is the greatest among his brethren, upon whose head the oil of unction hath been poured; and whose hands have been consecrated for the priesthood; and who hath been vested with the holy vestments, he shall not uncover his head: he shall not rend his garments.
11Nor shall he go in at all to any dead person: not even for his father, or his mother, shall he be defiled.
12Neither shall he go out of the holy places, lest he defile the sanctuary of the Lord: because the oil of the holy unction of his God is upon him. I am the Lord.
13He shall take a virgin unto his wife.
14But a widow or one that is divorced, or defiled, or a harlot, he shall not take: but a maid of his own people.
15He shall not mingle the stock of his kindred with the common people of his nation: for I am the Lord who sanctify him.
16And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
17Say to Aaron: Whosoever of thy seed throughout their families hath a blemish, he shall not offer bread to his God.
18Neither shall he approach to minister to him: If he be blind; if he be lame; if he have a little, or a great, or a crooked nose;
19If his foot, or if his hand be broken;
20If he be crookbacked; or blear eyed; or have a pearl in his eye, or a continual scab, or a dry scurf in his body, or a rupture.
21Whosoever of the seed of Aaron the priest hath a blemish; he shall not approach to offer sacrifices to the Lord, nor bread to his God.
22He shall eat nevertheless of the loaves, that are offered in the sanctuary.
23Yet so that he enter not within the veil, nor approach to the altar: because he hath a blemish, and he must not defile my sanctuary. I am the Lord who sanctify them.
24Moses therefore spoke to Aaron, and to his sons and to all Israel, all the things that had been commanded him.
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Leviticus 21
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1And Jehovah said to Moses, Speak unto the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none make himself unclean for a dead person among his peoples, 2except for his immediate relation, who is near unto him — for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother; 3and for his sister, a virgin, that is near unto him, who hath had no husband, for her may he make himself unclean. 4He shall not make himself unclean who is a chief among his peoples, to profane himself. 5They shall not make any baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corners of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh. 6They shall be holy unto their God#GodHebrew: Elohim and not profane the name of their God#GodHebrew: Elohim for they present Jehovah's offerings by fire, the bread of their God#GodHebrew: Elohim therefore shall they be holy. 7They shall not take as wife a whore, or a dishonoured woman; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband; for he is holy unto his God#GodHebrew: Elohim 8And thou shalt hallow him; for the bread of thy God#GodHebrew: Elohim doth he present: he shall be holy unto thee; for I, Jehovah, who hallow you am holy. 9And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burned with fire.
10And the high priest among his brethren, on whose head the anointing oil was poured, and who is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor rend his garments. 11Neither shall he come near any person dead, nor make himself unclean for his father and for his mother; 12neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God#GodHebrew: Elohim for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God#GodHebrew: Elohim is upon him: I am Jehovah. 13And he shall take a wife in her virginity. 14A widow, or a divorced woman, or a dishonoured one, a harlot, these shall he not take; but he shall take as wife a virgin from among his peoples. 15And he shall not profane his seed among his peoples; for I am Jehovah who do hallow him.
16And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, 17Speak unto Aaron, saying, Any of thy seed throughout their generations that hath any defect, shall not approach to present the bread of his God#GodHebrew: Elohim 18for whatever man hath a defect, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or one limb longer than the other, 19or a man that is broken-footed, or broken-handed, 20or hump-backed, or withered, or that hath a spot in his eye, or hath the itch, or scabs, or his testicles broken. 21No man of the seed of Aaron the priest that hath defect shall come near to present Jehovah's offerings by fire: he hath a defect; he shall not come near to present the bread of his God#GodHebrew: Elohim 22The bread of his God#GodHebrew: Elohim of the most holy and of the holy, shall he eat; 23only he shall not come in unto the veil, nor shall he draw near unto the altar; for he hath a defect: that he profane not my sanctuaries; for I am Jehovah who do hallow them. 24And Moses told it to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the children of Israel.
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First published in 1890. This edition is maintained by the British and Foreign Bible Society.