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Holiness and the Priests
And the Lord said to Moses, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them, No one shall make himself unclean for the dead among his people,
And the Lord said to Moses, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them, No one shall make himself unclean for the dead among his people,
Holiness Required of Priests
And 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,
And 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,
except for his closest relatives, his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, his brother,
except 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;
or his virgin sister (who is near to him because she has had no husband; for her he may make himself unclean).
and for his sister, a virgin, that is near unto him, who hath had no husband, for her may he make himself unclean.
He shall not make himself unclean as a husband among his people and so profane himself.
He shall not make himself unclean [who is] a chief among his peoples, to profane himself.
They shall not make bald patches on their heads, nor shave off the edges of their beards, nor make any cuts on their body.
They 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.
They shall be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God. For they offer the Lord’s food offerings, the bread of their God; therefore they shall be holy.
They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their God; for they present Jehovah's offerings by fire, the bread of their God; therefore shall they be holy.
They shall not marry a prostitute or a woman who has been defiled, neither shall they marry a woman divorced from her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.
They 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.
You shall sanctify him, for he offers the bread of your God. He shall be holy to you, for I, the Lord, who sanctify you, am holy.
And thou shalt hallow him; for the bread of thy God doth he present: he shall be holy unto thee; for I, Jehovah, who hallow you am holy.
And the daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by whoring, profanes her father; she shall be burned with fire.
And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burned with fire.
“The priest who is chief among his brothers, on whose head the anointing oil is poured and who has been consecrated to wear the garments, shall not let the hair of his head hang loose nor tear his clothes.
And 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.
He shall not go in to any dead bodies nor make himself unclean, even for his father or for his mother.
Neither shall he come near any person dead, nor make himself unclean for his father and for his mother;
He shall not go out of the sanctuary, lest he profane the sanctuary of his God, for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is on him: I am the Lord.
neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am Jehovah.
A 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.
that he may not profane his offspring among his people, for I am the Lord who sanctifies him.”
And he shall not profane his seed among his peoples; for I am Jehovah who do hallow him.
“Speak to Aaron, saying, None of your offspring throughout their generations who has a blemish may approach to offer the bread of his God.
Speak unto Aaron, saying, Any of thy seed throughout their generations that hath any defect, shall not approach to present the bread of his God;
For no one who has a blemish shall draw near, a man blind or lame, or one who has a mutilated face or a limb too long,
Restrictions against Those with Blemishes
for 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,
for 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,
or a man who has an injured foot or an injured hand,
or a man that is broken-footed, or broken-handed,
or a hunchback or a dwarf or a man with a defect in his sight or an itching disease or scabs or crushed testicles.
or hump-backed, or withered, or that hath a spot in his eye, or hath the itch, or scabs, or his testicles broken.
No man of the offspring of Aaron the priest who has a blemish shall come near to offer the Lord’s food offerings; since he has a blemish, he shall not come near to offer the bread of his God.
No 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.
He may eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy and of the holy things,
The bread of his God, of the most holy and of the holy, shall he eat;
only 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.