Lev 21:1 And יהוה said to Mosheh, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aharon,
and say to them: ‘No one is to be defiled for the dead among his people,
Lev 21:2 except for his relatives who are nearest to him: for his mother, and
for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother;
Lev 21:3 and for his maiden sister who is near to him, who has had no
husband – for her he is defiled.
Lev 21:4 ‘A leader does not defile himself among his people, to profane
himself;
Lev 21:5 they do not make any bald place on their heads, and they do not
shave the corner of their beard, and they do not make a cutting in their flesh.
Lev 21:6 ‘They are set-apart to their Elohim and do not profane the Name of
their Elohim, for they bring the offerings of יהוה made by fire, and the bread
of their Elohim, and shall be set-apart.
Lev 21:7 ‘They do not take a woman who is a whore or a defiled woman,
and they do not take a woman put away from her husband, for he is set-apart
to his Elohim.
Lev 21:8 ‘And you shall set him apart, for he brings the bread of your
Elohim, he is set-apart to you. For I, יהוה, setting you apart, am set-apart.
Lev 21:9 ‘And when the daughter of any priest profanes herself by whoring,
she profanes her father. She is burned with fire.
Lev 21:10 ‘And the high priest among his brothers, on whose head the
anointing oil was poured and who is ordained to wear the garments, does not
unbind his head nor tear his garments,
Lev 21:11 nor come near any dead body, nor defile himself for his father or
his mother,
Lev 21:12 nor go out of the set-apart place, nor profane the set-apart place
of his Elohim, for the sign of dedication of the anointing oil of his Elohim is
upon him. I am יהוה.
Lev 21:13 ‘And let him take a wife in her maidenhood.
Lev 21:14 ‘A widow or one put away or a defiled woman or a whore –
these he does not take. But a maiden of his own people he does take as a
wife.
Lev 21:15 ‘And he does not profane his offspring among his people, for I am
יהוה, who sets him apart.’ ”
Lev 21:16 And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying,
Lev 21:17 “Speak to Aharon, saying, ‘No man of your offspring throughout
their generations, who has any defect, is to draw near to bring the bread of
his Elohim.
Lev 21:18 ‘For any man who has a defect is not to draw near: a man blind or
one lame or disfigured or deformed,
Lev 21:19 a man who has a broken foot or broken hand,
Lev 21:20 or is a hunchback or a dwarf, or a man who has a defect in his
eye, or eczema or scab, or is a eunuch.
Lev 21:21 ‘No man among the offspring of Aharon the priest, who has a
defect, is to come near to bring the offerings made by fire to יהוה– he has a
defect, he does not come near to bring the bread of his Elohim.
Lev 21:22 ‘He does eat the bread of his Elohim, both the most set-apart and
the set-apart,
Lev 21:23 only, he does not go near the veil or approach the altar, because
he has a defect, lest he profanes My set-apart places. For I am יהוה, who sets
them apart.’ ”
Lev 21:24 Thus Mosheh spoke to Aharon and his sons, and to all the
children of Yisra’ĕl.
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