Leviticus:21

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* And Yahweh said to Moses , Speak to the priests , the sons of Aaron , and say to them , None will defile himself for the dead among his relatives ; * 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 , that has had no husband ; for her he may defile himself . * He will not defile himself suddenly among his relatives , to profane himself . * They will not make baldness on their head , neither will they shave off the corner of their beard , nor make any cuttings in their flesh . * They will be [in a state of ] holiness to their God , and not profane the name of their God ; for the offerings of Yahweh made by fire , the bread of their God , they offer : therefore they will be holy . * They will not take a woman who is a prostitute , or profane ; neither will they take a woman put away from her husband : for he is holy to his God . * You will sanctify him therefore ; for he offers the bread of your God : he will be holy to you : for I Yahweh , who sanctify you (note :){+}(:note ), am holy . * And the daughter of any priest , if she profanes herself by prostituting , she profanes her father : she will be burnt with fire . * And he who is the high priest among his brothers , on whose head the anointing oil is poured , and who is consecrated to put on the garments , will not let the hair of his head go loose , nor rend his clothes ; * neither will he go in to any dead body , nor defile himself for his father , or for his mother ; * neither will he go out of the sanctuary , nor profane the sanctuary of his God ; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is on him : I am Yahweh . * And he will take a wife in her virginity . * A widow , or one divorced , or a profane woman , a prostitute , these he will not take : but a virgin of his own relatives he will take as wife . * And he will not profane his seed among his relatives : for I am Yahweh who sanctifies him . * And Yahweh spoke to Moses , saying , * Speak to Aaron , saying , Whoever he is of your seed throughout their generations that has a blemish , do not let him approach to offer the bread of his God . * For whatever man he is that has a blemish , he will not approach : a blind man , or a lame , 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 that has a blemish in his eye , or is scurvy , or scabbed , or has his stones broken ; * no man of the seed of Aaron the priest , that has a blemish , will come near to offer the offerings of Yahweh made by fire : he has a blemish ; he will not come near to offer the bread of his God . * He will eat the bread of his God , both of the most holy , and of the holy : * only he will not go in to the veil , nor come near to the altar , because he has a blemish ; that he does not profane my sanctuaries : for I am Yahweh who sanctifies them . * So Moses spoke to Aaron , and to his sons , and to all the sons of Israel .

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