Leviticus 21
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Leviticus 21:17-21

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.

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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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