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Leviticus 21:16-23

16And theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068spake untoMosesמֹשֶׁ֥הmo.ShehH4872,sayingלֵּאמֹֽר׃le.MorH559,

17Speakדַּבֵּ֥רda.BerH1696untoAaronאַהֲרֹ֖ן'a.ha.RonH175,sayingלֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559, Whosoever he be of thyseedמִֽזַּרְעֲךָ֞mi.zar.'a.KhaH2233throughoutH1755theirgenerationsלְדֹרֹתָ֗םle.do.ro.TamH1755that hath ablemishמ֔וּםMumH3971,letיִהְיֶ֥הyih.YehH1961himnotלֹ֣אlo'H3808approachיִקְרַ֔בyik.RavH7126toofferלְהַקְרִ֖יבle.hak.RivH7126thebreadלֶ֥חֶםLe.chemH3899of hisGodאֱלֹהָֽיו׃'e.lo.HavH430.

18ForwhatsoeverH3605manאִ֛ישׁ'ishH376he be that hath ablemishמ֖וּםmumH3971, he shallnotלֹ֣אlo'H3808approachיִקְרָ֑בyik.RavH7126: ablindעִוֵּר֙'i.VerH5787manאִ֤ישׁ'ishH376, or alameפִסֵּ֔חַfi.Se.achH6455, or he that hath a flat nose, oranyH3605thingכִּ֥יkiH3588superfluous,

19or amanאִ֔ישׁ'IshH376that is brokenfooted, or brokenhanded,

20or crookbackt, or adwarfדַ֔קDakH1851, or that hath a blemish in hiseyeבְּעֵינ֑וֹbe.'ei.NoH5869, or is scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken;

21noלֹ֣אlo'H3808manאִ֞ישׁ'ishH376of theseedמִזֶּ֙רַע֙mi.Ze.ra'H2233ofAaronאַהֲרֹ֣ן'a.ha.RonH175thepriestהַכֹּהֵ֔ןha.ko.HenH3548, that hath ablemishמ֗וּםMumH3971, shallcomeH7126nigh toofferH7126theofferingsH801of theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068madeכָּל־kol-H3605byfireאִשֵּׁ֣י'i.SheiH801: he hath ablemishמ֣וּםmumH3971; he shallnotלֹ֥אlo'H3808comeH7126nigh toofferH7126thebreadלֶ֣חֶםLe.chemH3899of hisGodאֱלֹהָ֔יו'e.lo.HavH430.

22He shalleatיֹאכֵֽל׃yo.KhelH398thebreadלֶ֣חֶםLe.chemH3899of hisGodאֱלֹהָ֔יו'e.lo.HavH430,bothוּמִן־u.min-H4480of themostמִקָּדְשֵׁ֖יmi.ka.de.SheiH6944holyהַקֳּדָשִׁ֑יםha.ko.da.ShimH6944, and of theholyהַקֳּדָשִׁ֖יםha.ko.da.ShimH6944.

23Onlyאַ֣ךְ'akhH389he shallnotלֹ֣אlo'H3808goיָבֹ֗אya.Vo'H935in unto theveilהַפָּרֹ֜כֶתha.pa.Ro.khetH6532,norלֹ֥אlo'H3808comeH935nigh unto thealtarהַמִּזְבֵּ֛חַha.miz.Be.achH4196,becauseH3588he hath ablemishמ֣וּםmumH3971; that heprofaneיְחַלֵּל֙ye.cha.LelH2490notוְלֹ֤אve.Lo'H3808mysanctuariesמִקְדָּשַׁ֔יmik.da.ShaiH4720: for I am theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068whichsanctifyמְקַדְּשָֽׁם׃me.ka.de.ShamH6942them.

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