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Leviticus 21:9-20 Common English Bible (CEB)

9. If the daughter of a priest defiles herself by being promiscuous, she defiles her father. She must be burned with fire.

10. The high priest—the one whose head has been anointed with the anointing oil and who is ordained to dress in the priestly clothing—must not dishevel his hair or tear his clothing.

11. He must not go near any dead bodies and cannot make himself unclean even for his father or mother.

12. He must not exit the sanctuary, making his God’s sanctuary impure by doing so, because his God’s anointing oil, which separates, is upon him; I am the Lord.

13. The high priest must marry a woman who is a virgin.

14. He cannot marry a widow, a divorced woman, or a woman defiled by promiscuity. He can only marry a virgin from his own people

15. so that he doesn’t make his children impure among his people, because I am the Lord, who makes him holy.

16. The Lord said to Moses,

17. Say to Aaron: None of your future descendants who have some kind of imperfection are allowed to offer their God’s food.

18. No one who has an imperfection will be allowed to make an offering: this includes anyone who is blind, crippled, disfigured, or deformed;

19. anyone who has a broken foot or hand;

20. anyone who is a hunchback or too small; anyone who has an eye disease, a rash, scabs, or a crushed testicle.

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