Leviticus:21-22

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* And the LORD said to Moses , "Speak to the priests , the sons of Aaron , and say to them : "None shall defile himself for the dead among his people , * except for his relatives who are nearest to him : his mother , his father , his son , his daughter , and his brother ; * also his virgin sister who is near to him , who has had no husband , for her he may defile himself . * Otherwise he shall not defile himself , being a chief man among his people , to profane himself . * "They shall not make any bald place on their heads , nor shall they shave the edges of their beards 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 the LORD made by fire , and the bread of their God ; therefore they shall be holy . * They shall not take a wife who is a harlot or a defiled woman , nor shall they take a woman divorced from her husband ; for the priest is holy to his God . * Therefore you shall consecrate him , for he offers the bread of your God . He shall be holy to you , for I the LORD , who sanctify you , am holy . * The daughter of any priest , if she profanes herself by playing the harlot , she profanes her father . She shall be burned with fire . * "He who is the high priest among his brethren , on whose head the anointing oil was poured and who is consecrated to wear the garments , shall not uncover his head nor tear his clothes ; * nor shall he go near any dead body , nor defile himself for his father or his mother ; * nor shall he go out of the sanctuary , nor profane the sanctuary of his God ; for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is upon him : I am the LORD . * And he shall take a wife in her virginity . * A widow or a divorced woman or a defiled woman or a harlot--these he shall not marry ; but he shall take a virgin of his own people as wife . * Nor shall he profane his posterity among his people , for I the LORD sanctify him ."' * And the LORD spoke to Moses , saying , * "Speak to Aaron , saying : "No man of your descendants in succeeding generations , who has any defect , may approach to offer the bread of his God . * For any man who has a defect shall not approach : a man blind or lame , who has a marred face or any limb too long , * a man who has a broken foot or broken hand , * 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 . * No man of the descendants of Aaron the priest , who has a defect , shall come near to offer the offerings made by fire to the LORD . He has a defect ; he shall not come near to offer the bread of his God . * He may eat the bread of his God , both the most holy and the holy ; * only he shall not go near the veil or approach the altar , because he has a defect , lest he profane My sanctuaries ; for I the LORD sanctify them ."' * And Moses told it to Aaron and his sons , and to all the children of Israel . * Then the LORD spoke to Moses , saying , * "Speak to Aaron and his sons , that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel , and that they do not profane My holy name by what they dedicate to Me : I am the LORD . * Say to them : "Whoever of all your descendants throughout your generations , who goes near the holy things which the children of Israel dedicate to the LORD , while he has uncleanness upon him , that person shall be cut off from My presence : I am the LORD . * "Whatever man of the descendants of Aaron , who is a leper or has a discharge , shall not eat the holy offerings until he is clean . And whoever touches anything made unclean by a corpse , or a man who has had an emission of semen , * or whoever touches any creeping thing by which he would be made unclean , or any person by whom he would become unclean , whatever his uncleanness may be -- * the person who has touched any such thing shall be unclean until evening , and shall not eat the holy offerings unless he washes his body with water . * And when the sun goes down he shall be clean ; and afterward he may eat the holy offerings , because it is his food . * Whatever dies naturally or is torn by beasts he shall not eat , to defile himself with it : I am the LORD . * "They shall therefore keep My ordinance , lest they bear sin for it and die thereby , if they profane it : I the LORD sanctify them . * "No outsider shall eat the holy offering ; one who dwells with the priest , or a hired servant , shall not eat the holy thing . * But if the priest buys a person with his money , he may eat it ; and one who is born in his house may eat his food . * If the priest 's daughter is married to an outsider , she may not eat of the holy offerings . * But if the priest 's daughter is a widow or divorced , and has no child , and has returned to her father 's house as in her youth , she may eat her father 's food ; but no outsider shall eat it . * "And if a man eats the holy offering unintentionally , then he shall restore a holy offering to the priest , and add one-fifth to it . * They shall not profane the holy offerings of the children of Israel , which they offer to the LORD , * or allow them to bear the guilt of trespass when they eat their holy offerings ; for I the LORD sanctify them ."' * And the LORD spoke to Moses , saying , * "Speak to Aaron and his sons , and to all the children of Israel , and say to them : "Whatever man of the house of Israel , or of the strangers in Israel , who offers his sacrifice for any of his vows or for any of his freewill offerings , which they offer to the LORD as a burnt offering -- * you shall offer of your own free will a male without blemish from the cattle , from the sheep , or from the goats . * Whatever has a defect , you shall not offer , for it shall not be acceptable on your behalf . * And whoever offers a sacrifice of a peace offering to the LORD , to fulfill his vow , or a freewill offering from the cattle or the sheep , it must be perfect to be accepted ; there shall be no defect in it . * Those that are blind or broken or maimed , or have an ulcer or eczema or scabs , you shall not offer to the LORD , nor make an offering by fire of them on the altar to the LORD . * Either a bull or a lamb that has any limb too long or too short you may offer as a freewill offering , but for a vow it shall not be accepted . * "You shall not offer to the LORD what is bruised or crushed , or torn or cut ; nor shall you make any offering of them in your land . * Nor from a foreigner 's hand shall you offer any of these as the bread of your God , because their corruption is in them , and defects are in them . They shall not be accepted on your behalf ."' * And the LORD spoke to Moses , saying : * "When a bull or a sheep or a goat is born , it shall be seven days with its mother ; and from the eighth day and thereafter it shall be accepted as an offering made by fire to the LORD . * Whether it is a cow or ewe , do not kill both her and her young on the same day . * And when you offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the LORD , offer it of your own free will . * On the same day it shall be eaten ; you shall leave none of it until morning : I am the LORD . * "Therefore you shall keep My commandments , and perform them : I am the LORD . * You shall not profane My holy name , but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel . I am the LORD who sanctifies you , * who brought you out of the land of Egypt , to be your God : I am the LORD ." * And the LORD spoke to Moses , saying ,

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