Chapter 21

And the LORD said⁴ unto Moses, Speak³ unto the priests the sons of Aaron, and say¹ unto them, There shall none be defiled¹⁰¹ for the dead among his people:

But for his kin, that is near unto him, [that is], for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother,

And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no husband; for her may he be defiled.¹⁰¹

[But] he shall not defile¹⁰¹ himself, [being] a chief man among his people, to profane⁹ himself.

They shall not make⁴ baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off¹⁷ the corner of their beard, nor make⁴ any cuttings in their flesh.

They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane¹⁷ the name of their God: for the offerings of the LORD made by fire, [and] the bread of their God, they do offer:⁵⁶ therefore they shall be holy.

They shall not take⁴ a wife [that is] a whore,⁶ or profane; neither shall they take⁴ a woman put away⁷ from her husband: for he [is] holy unto his God.

Thou shalt sanctify¹⁴ him therefore; for he offereth⁵⁶ the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the LORD, which sanctify¹⁸ you, [am] holy.

And the daughter of any priest, if she profane¹¹ herself by playing the whore,² she profaneth¹⁸ her father: she shall be burnt¹¹ with fire.

And [he that is] the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil was poured,⁹³ and that is consecrated^{14 3027} to put on² the garments, shall not uncover⁴ his head, nor rend⁴ his clothes;

Neither shall he go in⁴ to any dead⁵ body, nor defile¹⁰¹ himself for his father, or for his mother;

Neither shall he go out⁴ of the sanctuary, nor profane¹⁷ the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God [is] upon him: I [am] the LORD.

And he shall take⁴ a wife in her virginity.

A widow, or a divorced woman,⁷ or profane, [or] an harlot,⁶ these shall he not take:⁴ but he shall take⁴ a virgin of his own people to wife.

Neither shall he profane¹⁷ his seed among his people: for I the LORD do sanctify¹⁸ him.

And the LORD spake¹⁷ unto Moses, saying,²

Speak¹⁶ unto Aaron, saying,² Whosoever [he be] of thy seed in their generations that hath [any] blemish, let him not approach⁴ to offer⁵³ the bread of his God.

For whatsoever man [he be] that hath a blemish, he shall not approach:⁴ a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose,⁷ or any thing superfluous,⁷

Or a man that is brokenfooted, ⁷²⁷² or brokenhanded, ³⁰²⁷

Or crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken;

No man that hath a blemish of the seed of Aaron the priest shall come nigh⁴ to offer⁵³ the offerings of the LORD made by fire: he hath a blemish; he shall not come nigh⁴ to offer⁵³ the bread of his God.

He shall eat⁴ the bread of his God, [both] of the most holy, and of the holy.

Only he shall not go in⁴ unto the vail, nor come nigh⁴ unto the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane¹⁷ not my sanctuaries: for I the LORD do sanctify¹⁸ them.

And Moses told¹⁷ [it] unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel.