Leviticus:21

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* And LORD said to Moses , Speak to the priests , the sons of Aaron , and say to them , There shall none defile himself for the dead among his people , * except for his kin , who is near to him : for his mother , and for his father , and for his son , and for his daughter , and for his brother . * And for his sister a virgin , who is near to him , who has had no husband , for her he may defile himself . * He shall not defile himself , [who is ] a chief man among his people , to profane himself . * They shall not make baldness upon their head , neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard , nor make any cuttings in their flesh . * They shall be holy to their God , and not profane the name of their God . For they offer the offerings of LORD made by fire , the bread of their God . Therefore they shall be holy . * They shall not take a woman who is a harlot , or profane , neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband , for he is holy to his God . * Thou shall sanctify him therefore , for he offers the bread of thy God . He shall be holy to thee , for I LORD , who sanctify you , am holy . * And the daughter of any priest , if she profanes herself by playing the harlot , she profanes her father . She shall be burnt with fire . * And he who is the high priest among his brothers , upon whose head the anointing oil is poured , and who is consecrated to put on the garments , shall not let the hair of his head go loose , nor tear his clothes , * neither shall he go in to any dead body , nor defile himself for his father , or for his mother , * neither shall he go out of the sanctuary , nor profane the sanctuary of his God , for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon him . I am LORD . * And he shall take a wife in her virginity . * A widow , or one divorced , or a profane woman , a harlot , these he shall not take , but he shall take to wife a virgin of his own people . * And he shall not profane his seed among his people , for I am LORD who sanctifies him . * And LORD spoke to Moses , saying , * Speak to Aaron , saying , Whoever he is of thy seed throughout their generations who has a blemish , let him not approach to offer the bread of his God . * For whatever man he is who has a blemish , he shall not approach : [not ] a blind man , or a lame [man ], or he who has a flat nose , or anything superfluous , * or a man who is broken-footed , or broken-handed , * or crook-backed , or a dwarf , or who has a blemish in his eye , or is scurvy , or scabbed , or has his testicles broken . * No man of the seed of Aaron the priest , who has a blemish , shall come near to offer the offerings of LORD made by fire ; he has a blemish , he shall not come near to offer the bread of his God . * He shall eat the bread of his God , both of the most holy , and of the holy , * only he shall not go in to the veil , nor come near to the altar , because he has a blemish , that he not profane my sanctuaries , for I am LORD who sanctifies them . * So Moses spoke to Aaron , and to his sons , and to all the sons of Israel .

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