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Leviticus 21:6-20 The Scriptures 1998 (ISR98)

6. ‘They are set-apart to their Elohim and do not profane the Name of their Elohim, for they bring the offerings of יהוה made by fire, and the bread of their Elohim, and shall be set-apart.

7. ‘They do not take a woman who is a whore or a defiled woman, and they do not take a woman put away from her husband, for he is set-apart to his Elohim.

8. ‘And you shall set him apart, for he brings the bread of your Elohim, he is set-apart to you. For I, יהוה, setting you apart, am set-apart.

9. ‘And when the daughter of any priest profanes herself by whoring, she profanes her father. She is burned with fire.

10. ‘And the high priest among his brothers, on whose head the anointing oil was poured and who is ordained to wear the garments, does not unbind his head nor tear his garments,

11. nor come near any dead body, nor defile himself for his father or his mother,

12. nor go out of the set-apart place, nor profane the set-apart place of his Elohim, for the sign of dedication of the anointing oil of his Elohim is upon him. I am יהוה.

13. ‘And let him take a wife in her maidenhood.

14. ‘A widow or one put away or a defiled woman or a whore – these he does not take. But a maiden of his own people he does take as a wife.

15. ‘And he does not profane his offspring among his people, for I am יהוה, who sets him apart.’ ”

16. And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying,

17. “Speak to Aharon, saying, ‘No man of your offspring throughout their generations, who has any defect, is to draw near to bring the bread of his Elohim.

18. ‘For any man who has a defect is not to draw near: a man blind or one lame or disfigured or deformed,

19. a man who has a broken foot or broken hand,

20. or is a hunchback or a dwarf, or a man who has a defect in his eye, or eczema or scab, or is a eunuch.

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