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Leviticus 21:7-18 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

7. They are not to marry a woman defiled by prostitution. They are not to marry one divorced by her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.

8. You are to consider him holy since he presents the food of your God. He will be holy to you because I, Yahweh who sets you apart, am holy.

9. If a priest’s daughter defiles herself by promiscuity, she defiles her father; she must be burned up.

10. “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 garments, must not dishevel his hair or tear his garments.

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

12. He must not leave the sanctuary or he will desecrate the sanctuary of his God, for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is on him; I am Yahweh.

13. “He is to marry a woman who is a virgin.

14. 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,

15. so that he does not corrupt his bloodline among his people, for I am Yahweh who sets him apart.”

16. The Lord spoke to Moses:

17. “Tell Aaron: None of your descendants throughout your generations who has a physical defect is to come near to present the food of his God.

18. No man who has any defect is to come near: no man who is blind, lame, facially disfigured, or deformed;

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