Leviticus 21:1-23

1Then the Lord said to Moses, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them:

‘1No one shall defile himself for a dead person among his people, 22except for his relatives who are nearest to him, his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, and his brother, 3also for his virgin sister who is near to him 3because she has not had a husband; for her, he may defile himself. 4He shall not defile himself as a 4relative by marriage among his people, so as to profane himself. 55They shall not shave any area on their heads bald, 6nor shave off the edges of their beards, 7nor make any cuts in their flesh. 6They shall be holy to their God and 8not profane the name of their God, because they present the offerings by fire 9to the Lord, 10the food of their God; so they shall be holy. 711They shall not take a woman who is a prostitute and 12profaned, nor shall they take a woman divorced from her husband; for he is holy to his God. 8You shall consecrate him, therefore, because he offers 13the food of your God. He shall be holy to you; for I the Lord, who sanctifies you, am holy. 914Also the daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by prostitution, she profanes her father; she shall be burned with fire.

10‘The priest who is 15highest among his brothers, on whose head the anointing oil has been poured and 16who has been consecrated to wear the garments, 17shall not 18uncover his head nor tear his clothes; 1119nor shall he approach any dead person, nor defile himself even for his father or his mother; 1220nor shall he leave the sanctuary nor profane the sanctuary of his God, for 21the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is on him; I am the Lord. 13He shall take a wife in her virginity. 1422A widow, or a divorced woman, or one who is profaned by prostitution, these he shall not take; but rather he is to 23marry a virgin of his own people, 15so that he will not profane his 24children among his people; for I am the Lord who sanctifies him.’”

16Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 17“Speak to Aaron, saying, ‘None of your 25descendants throughout their generations who has an impairment shall approach to offer the 26food of his God. 1827For no one who has an impairment shall approach: a man who is blind, or one who limps, or one who has a 28slit nose, or one with any conspicuous feature, 19or someone who has a broken foot or broken hand, 20or a contorted back, or one who is a dwarf, or has a spot in his eye, or a festering rash or scabs, or 29crushed testicles. 21No man among the 30descendants of Aaron the priest who has an impairment is to come forward to offer the Lord’s offerings by fire; since he has an impairment, he shall not come forward to offer 31the food of his God. 22He may eat 32the food of his God, both of the most holy and of the holy, 23only he shall not come up to the veil or approach the altar, since he has an impairment, so that he does not profane My sanctuaries. For I am the Lord who sanctifies them.’”