Leviticus 21
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Leviticus 21:16-24

16And YhwhH3068 spakeH1696 unto MosesH4872, sayingH559, 17SpeakH1696 unto AaronH175, sayingH559, WhosoeverH376 he be of thy seedH2233 in their generationsH1755 that hath any blemishH3971, let him not approachH7126 to offerH7126 the breadH3899 of his GodH430.1 18For whatsoever manH376 he be that hath a blemishH3971, he shall not approachH7126: a blindH5787 manH376, or a lameH6455, or he that hath a flat noseH2763, or any thing superfluousH8311, 19Or a manH376 that is brokenfootedH7272H7667, or brokenhandedH3027H7667, 20Or crookbacktH1384, or a dwarfH1851, or that hath a blemishH8400 in his eyeH5869, or be scurvyH1618, or scabbedH3217, or hath his stonesH810 brokenH4790;2 21No manH376 that hath a blemishH3971 of the seedH2233 of AaronH175 the priestH3548 shall come nighH5066 to offerH7126 the offeringsH801 of YhwhH3068 made by fireH801: he hath a blemishH3971; he shall not come nighH5066 to offerH7126 the breadH3899 of his GodH430. 22He shall eatH398 the breadH3899 of his GodH430, both of the mostH6944 holyH6944, and of the holyH6944. 23Only he shall not go inH935 unto the vailH6532, nor come nighH5066 unto the altarH4196, because he hath a blemishH3971; that he profaneH2490 not my sanctuariesH4720: for I YhwhH3068 do sanctifyH6942 them. 24And MosesH4872 toldH1696 it unto AaronH175, and to his sonsH1121, and unto all the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478.

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Notes

  1. 1. Leviticus 21:17 bread: or, food. ↩
  2. 2. Leviticus 21:20 a dwarf: or, too slender. ↩

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