Lev 21 | ABEn | STEP | And the lord said to Moses, saying, Speak to the priests, to the sons of Aaron! And you shall say to them, that among their dead souls they shall not defile themselves among their nation;

Leviticus 21

CHAPTER 21 Laws Regarding Priestly Conduct

1 And the lord said to Moses, saying, Speak to the priests, to the sons of Aaron! And you shall say to them, that among their dead souls they shall not defile themselves among their nation; 2 but only among the members of the family near them -- for father, and for mother, and for sons, and for daughters, and for brother, 3 and for [³sister ¹his ²virgin] being near to him, the sister not being espoused to a man; for these he shall not defile himself 4 suddenly among his people by profaning himself. 5 And to baldness you shall not shave your head for the dead; and the appearance of the beard they shall not shave; and upon their flesh they shall not mutilate by cuts. 6 They shall be holy to their God, and they shall not profane the name of their God. [⁴the ¹For ⁵sacrifices ⁶of the lord ⁷as gifts ⁸to ⁹their God ²they ³offer], and they shall be holy. 7 A woman harlot and being profaned they shall not take; and a woman being cast out from her husband they shall not take; for he is holy to the lord his God. 8 And you shall sanctify him; for the gifts of the lord your God this one offers -- he shall be holy. For [³am holy ¹I ²the lord], the one sanctifying them. 9 And a daughter of a man being a priest, if she should be profaned to fornicate, [³the ⁴name ⁵of her father ¹she ²profanes]; with fire she shall be incinerated. 10 And the [²priest ¹great] from among his brethren, of the one having [⁵poured ⁶upon ⁷his head ¹the ²oil ³of the ⁴anointing], and [²having been perfected ¹his hands] to put on the garments -- the head shall not be without a turban, and the garments he shall not tear up; 11 and [³unto ⁴any ⁵soul ⁶coming to an end ¹he shall not ²enter]; [²by ³his father ⁴nor ⁵by ⁶his mother ¹he shall not be defiled]. 12 And from out of the holies he shall not come forth; and he shall not profane the thing having been sanctified of his God, for the holy [²oil ¹anointing] of his God is upon him. I am the lord. 13 This one [³woman ²a virgin ⁴from ⁵his family ¹shall take]. 14 But a widow, and one being cast out and being profaned, and a harlot -- these he shall not take; but only a virgin from out of his people shall he take for a wife. 15 And he shall not profane his semen among his people. I am the lord God, the one sanctifying him. 16 And the lord spoke to Moses, saying, 17 Speak to Aaron, saying, A man from your kind, throughout your generations, to any if there might be on him a blemish, shall not come forward to offer the gifts of his God. 18 Any man in which ever might be in him a blemish, shall not come forward -- [²man ¹a blind], or lame, or splitmouth, or with mutilated ears, 19 or a man in which might be in him a broken hand, or a broken foot, 20 or humpback, or peeling, or hairless of the eyes, or a man in which ever might be in him [²mange ¹a wild], or scabbed, or having one testicle. 21 Every man in which there is on him a blemish from the seed of Aaron the priest, shall not approach to offer the sacrifices to the lord, that has a blemish on him; [³the ⁴gifts ⁵of his God ¹he shall not come forward ²to bring]. 22 The holy of the holies, and of the holy things he shall eat. 23 Except to the veil he shall not come forward, and to the altar he shall not approach, for [²a blemish ¹he has], and he shall not profane the holy things of his God, for I the lord, am the one sanctifying them. 24 And Moses spoke to Aaron and his sons, and to all of the sons of Israel.