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Leviticus 21:17-22 New Century Version (NCV)

17. “Tell Aaron: ‘If any of your descendants have something wrong with them, they must never come near to offer the special food of their God.

18. Anyone who has something wrong with him must not come near: blind men, crippled men, men with damaged faces, deformed men,

19. men with a crippled foot or hand,

20. hunchbacks, dwarfs, men who have something wrong with their eyes, men who have an itching disease or a skin disease, or men who have damaged sex glands.

21. “ ‘If one of Aaron’s descendants has something wrong with him, he cannot come near to make the offerings made by fire to the Lord. He has something wrong with him; he cannot offer the food of his God.

22. He may eat the most holy food and also the holy food.

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