Leviticus 21
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Leviticus 21:16-24

16The Lord spoke to Moses:

17“Tell Aaron: None of your descendants throughout your generations who has a physical defect is to come near to present the food of his God.

18No man who has any defect is to come near: no man who is blind, lame, facially disfigured, or deformed;

19no man who has a broken foot or hand,

20or who is a hunchback or a dwarf, or who has an eye defect, a festering rash, scabs, or a crushed testicle.

21No descendant of the priest Aaron who has a defect is to come near to present the food offerings to the Lord. He has a defect and is not to come near to present the food of his God.

22He may eat the food of his God from what is especially holy as well as from what is holy.

23But because he has a defect, he must not go near the curtain or approach the altar. He is not to desecrate my holy places, for I am the Lord who sets them apart.”

24Moses said this to Aaron and his sons and to all the Israelites.

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