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Leviticus 21:8-18 Modern English Version (MEV)

8. You shall sanctify him, for he offers the food of your God. He shall be holy to you, for I the Lord, who sanctifies you, am holy.

9. The daughter of any priest, if she defiles herself by being a whore, she also defiles her father. She shall be burned with fire.

10. He who is the high priest among his brothers, on whose head the anointing oil was poured and who is consecrated to wear the garments, shall not dishevel his hair, nor tear his clothes;

11. nor shall he approach any dead body, nor make himself unclean, even for his father or his mother;

12. nor shall he go out of the sanctuary, so as not to defile the sanctuary of his God, for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the Lord.

13. He shall take a wife in her virginity.

14. A widow, or a divorced woman, or a defiled woman, or a prostitute, these he shall not marry. But he shall take for a wife a virgin of his own people,

15. so that he does not defile his offspring among his people, for I am the Lord who sanctifies him.

16. The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

17. Speak to Aaron, saying: None of your offspring in their generations who has any blemish may approach to offer the food of his God.

18. For whoever has a blemish, he shall not approach, whether a blind or lame man, or one who has a physical flaw on his face or a limb that is too long,

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