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King James Version
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
And
the LORD said unto
Moses, Speak unto
the priests the
sons
of
Aaron
, and say
unto
them ,
There
shall
none
be
defiled
for the
dead among his people :
Then
the LORD said to
Moses, “
Speak to
Aaron’s
sons,
the priests, and tell
them that
a
priest
is
not
to
defile
himself
for a
dead person
among his people ,
But
for his kin,
that
is
near
unto
him,
that
is,
for
his mother, and
for
his
father, and
for
his
son, and
for
his
daughter, and
for
his
brother .
except
for his immediate
family—
his mother, father, son, daughter, or
brother ,
And
for
his sister a
virgin,
that
is nigh
unto
him, which
hath
had
no husband ;
for
her
may
he
be
defiled
.
or
his unmarried
sister who
is near
to
him, since
she
has
no husband.
But
he shall
not defile himself ,
being
a
chief
man
among
his
people,
to profane himself.
He is
not to
defile himself for
those
related
to him
by
marriage,
and
so
profane himself.
They
shall
not make baldness
upon
their head
, neither
shall
they
shave off the corner
of their beard
, nor
make any
cuttings
in their flesh
.
Priests
must
not make bald
spots
on
their heads
, shave off the edges
of their beards
, or
make cuts
in their bodies
.
They shall
be holy unto
their God ,
and not profane the name of their God :
for
the
offerings
of
the LORD made by fire, and
the bread
of their God, they do
offer:
therefore
they
shall
be holy.
They must
be holy to
their God and not profane the name of their God .
Because
they
present
to
the LORD the
offerings
made by fire, the food
of their God, they must
be holy.
They
shall
not
take
a wife
that
is
a
whore,
or
profane;
neither
shall
they
take
a woman put
away
from
her husband :
for he
is holy unto
his God.
A priest
must
not
marry
a woman defiled
by
prostitution
or
divorced
by
her husband ,
for the
priest
is holy to
his God.
Thou
shalt
sanctify
him therefore;
for
he offereth
the bread
of thy
God :
he shall be holy unto
thee:
for
I the LORD ,
which
sanctify
you,
am holy.
You
are
to
regard
him as
holy,
since
he presents
the food
of your
God .
He shall be holy to
you,
because
I the LORD am holy —I
who
set
you
apart
.
And
the
daughter
of
any
priest,
if she
profane
herself by playing
the
whore
, she profaneth
her father :
she shall
be burnt
with
fire.
If a
priest’s
daughter
defiles
herself by prostituting
herself
, she profanes
her father ;
she must
be burned
in
the
fire.
And
he
that
is
the high
priest among his brethren
, upon
whose
head
the anointing oil was
poured ,
and that
is
consecrated
to put
on
the garments, shall
not uncover
his head,
nor
rend
his clothes;
The priest who
is
highest
among his brothers
, who
has
had
the anointing oil poured on
his
head
and has
been
ordained
to wear
the priestly
garments, must
not let
his hair
hang
loose
or
tear
his garments.
Neither
shall
he go in
to
any dead body ,
nor
defile himself for his father ,
or for
his
mother ;
He must
not
go near
any dead body ;
he
must
not
defile himself ,
even
for his father or mother .
Neither
shall
he go
out
of
the
sanctuary,
nor
profane
the sanctuary of his God ;
for the crown
of the anointing oil of his God is upon
him :
I am the LORD.
He must
not
leave
or
desecrate
the sanctuary of his God ,
for the consecration
of the anointing oil of his God is on
him .
I am the LORD.
And
he shall
take
a wife
in
her
virginity
.
The
woman
he marries
must
be
a virgin
.
A widow, or
a divorced woman, or profane,
or
an
harlot,
these
shall
he
not
take:
but
he shall
take
a virgin of
his own people to
wife.
He
is
not
to
marry
a widow, a divorced woman, or one
defiled
by
prostitution.
He is
to
marry
a virgin from
his own people ,
Neither
shall
he profane
his seed
among his people :
for I the LORD do
sanctify
him.
so
that
he does
not
defile
his offspring
among his people ,
for I am
the LORD who
sanctifies
him. ”
And
the LORD spake
unto
Moses, saying,
Then
the LORD said
to
Moses,
Speak
unto
Aaron, saying,
Whosoever
he
be
of
thy
seed
in
their
generations that
hath
any
blemish
, let
him
not
approach to offer the bread
of his God.
“Say
to
Aaron, ‘For
the
generations to
come
, none
of
your
descendants
who
has
a
physical
defect
may
approach to offer the food
of his God.
For
whatsoever
man he
be
that
hath
a
blemish,
he
shall
not
approach :
a
blind
man, or
a
lame, or
he
that
hath
a
flat
nose
, or any
thing
superfluous,
No
man who
has
any
defect
may
approach —no
man who
is
blind
, lame, disfigured
, or deformed;
Or
a
man that
is
broken -footed,
or broken-handed
,
no
man who
has
a
broken foot
or hand
,
Or crookbacked,
or
a dwarf, or that
hath
a
blemish
in
his
eye, or
be
scurvy
, or
scabbed
, or hath
his
stones
broken;
or who
is
a hunchback
or
dwarf, or who
has
an
eye defect
, a
festering
rash
, scabs
, or a
crushed
testicle.
No man
that
hath
a
blemish
of
the
seed
of Aaron the priest shall come
nigh
to offer
the offerings of
the
LORD
made by fire :
he hath
a blemish;
he shall
not come nigh
to offer the bread
of his God.
No descendant
of Aaron the priest who
has
a
defect
shall approach
to present
the offerings made by fire to
the
LORD.
Since
he has
a defect,
he is
not to
come near
to offer the food
of his God.
He shall
eat the bread
of his God ,
both
of
the most
holy, and
of
the
holy.
He may
eat the most
holy
food
of his God as
well
as
the holy food
,
Only
he shall
not go in
unto
the vail,
nor
come
nigh
unto
the altar, because
he
hath
a
blemish;
that
he
profane
not my sanctuaries :
for I the LORD do
sanctify
them.
but
because
he has
a
defect,
he
must
not go near
the veil
or
approach
the altar, so
as
not to
desecrate
My sanctuaries .
For I am
the LORD who
sanctifies
them. ’”
And
Moses told it
unto
Aaron ,
and to
his sons ,
and unto
all the children
of
Israel
.
Moses told this
to
Aaron and his sons and to
all the Israelites
.
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