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Chapter 21 |
| 1 | And the LORD
said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them,
There shall none be defiled for the dead among his people: |
| 2 | 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. |
| 3 | And for
his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no husband; for her
may he be defiled. |
| 4 | But he shall not defile himself, being a
chief man among his people, to profane himself. |
| 5 | They shall not
make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their
beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh. |
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6 | They shall be holy unto
their God, and not profane the name of their God: for the offerings of the LORD
made by fire, and the bread of their God, they do offer: therefore they shall
be holy. |
| 7
| They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane;
neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto
his God. |
| 8
| Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the
bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the LORD, which sanctify
you, am holy. |
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9 | And the daughter of any priest, if she profane
herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with
fire. |
| 10 |
And he that is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose
head the anointing oil was poured, and that is consecrated to put on the
garments, shall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes; |
| 11 | Neither
shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his
mother; |
| 12
| Neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the
sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon
him: I am the LORD. |
| 13 | And he shall take a wife in her
virginity. |
| 14
| A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or an harlot,
these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people to
wife. |
| 15 |
Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the
LORD do sanctify him. |
| 16 | And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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| 17 | Speak unto Aaron, saying, Whosoever he be of thy seed in their
generations that hath any blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of
his God. |
| 18
| For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall
not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or any thing
superfluous, |
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19 | Or a man that is broken-footed, or
broken-handed, |
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20 | Or crookbacked, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish
in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken; |
| 21 |
No man that hath a blemish of the seed of Aaron the priest shall come nigh to
offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire: he hath a blemish; he shall not
come nigh to offer the bread of his God. |
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22 | He shall eat the bread of
his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy. |
| 23 | Only he
shall not go in unto the vail, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a
blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I the LORD do sanctify
them. |
| 24 |
And Moses told it unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all
the children of Israel. |
