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Leviticus 21:10-17 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

10. “ ‘As for the priest who is higher than his brothers, on whose head the oil of anointment is poured and he was ordained to wear the garments, he shall not dishevel his head, and he shall not tear his garments.

11. And he shall not go near any dead person, nor shall he make himself unclean for his father or for his mother.

12. And he shall not go out from the sanctuary, and he shall not profane his God’s sanctuary, because the dedication of his God’s oil of anointment is on him; I am Yahweh.

13. “ ‘And he himself must take a wife in her virginity.

14. A widow or a divorced woman or a defiled woman, a prostitute—these he must not take; he shall take only a virgin from his people as wife.

15. And he shall not profane his offspring among his people, because I am Yahweh, who consecrates him.’ ”

16. Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

17. “Speak to Aaron, saying, ‘A man from your offspring throughout their generations, in whom is a physical defect, shall not come near to present your God’s food.

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