Revised Version 1895

Leviticus 21:1-5

1And theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559untoMosesמֹשֶׁ֔הmo.ShehH4872,Speakאֱמֹ֥ר'e.MorH559unto thepriestsהַכֹּהֲנִ֖יםha.ko.ha.NimH3548thesonsבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121ofAaronאַהֲרֹ֑ן'a.ha.RonH175, andsayוְאָמַרְתָּ֣ve.'a.mar.TaH559unto them, There shallnoneלֹֽא־lo'-H3808defileיִטַּמָּ֖אyi.ta.Ma'H2930himselfH5315for thedeadH5315among hispeopleבְּעַמָּֽיו׃be.'a.MavH5971;

2exceptאִם־'im-H518for his kin, that isnearהַקָּרֹ֖בha.ka.RoH7138unto him, for hismotherלְאִמּ֣וֹle.'i.MoH517, and for hisfatherוּלְאָבִ֔יוu.le.'a.VivH1, and for hissonוְלִבְנ֥וֹve.liv.NoH1121, and for hisdaughterוּלְבִתּ֖וֹu.le.vi.ToH1323, and for hisbrotherוּלְאָחִֽיו׃u.le.'a.ChivH251;

3and for hissisterוְלַאֲחֹת֤וֹve.la.'a.cho.ToH269avirginהַבְּתוּלָה֙ha.be.tu.LahH1330, that isnearהַקְּרוֹבָ֣הha.ke.ro.VahH7138unto him,whichאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834hath hadnoלֹֽא־lo'-H3808husbandלְאִ֑ישׁle.'IshH376, forherאֵלָ֔יו'e.LavH413may hedefileH2930himselfH2930.

4He shallnotלֹ֥אlo'H3808defileH2930himselfH2930, being a chiefmanבַּ֣עַלBa.'alH1167among hispeopleבְּעַמָּ֑יוbe.'a.MavH5971, toprofaneלְהֵ֖חַלּֽוֹ׃le.He.cha.LoH2490himselfH2930.

5They shallnotלֹֽא־lo'-H3808makeיִקְרְח֤וּyik.re.chahH7139baldnessקָרְחָה֙ka.re.ChahH7144upon theirheadבְּרֹאשָׁ֔םbe.ro.ShamH7218,neitherלֹ֣אlo'H3808shall theyshaveיְגַלֵּ֑חוּye.ga.Le.chuH1548offH1548thecornerH7218of theirbeardזְקָנָ֖םze.ka.NamH2206,norלֹ֥אlo'H3808makeH7139anyH7139cuttings in theirfleshוּבִ֨בְשָׂרָ֔םu.Viv.sa.RamH1320.

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