Leviticus:21
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And the LORD said unto Moses ,
Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron ,
and say unto them ,
There shall none be defiled for the dead among his people :
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But for his kin ,
that is near unto him ,
that is ,
for his mother ,
and for his father ,
and for his son ,
and for his daughter ,
and for his brother ,
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And for his sister a virgin ,
that is nigh unto him ,
which hath had no husband ;
for her may he be defiled .
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But he shall not defile himself ,
being a chief man among his people ,
to profane himself .
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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 .
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They shall be holy unto their God ,
and not profane the name of their God :
for the offerings of the LORD made by fire ,
and the bread of their God ,
they do offer :
therefore they shall be holy .
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They shall not take a wife that is a whore ,
or profane ;
neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband :
for he is holy unto his God .
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Thou shalt sanctify him therefore ;
for he offereth the bread of thy God :
he shall be holy unto thee :
for I the LORD ,
which sanctify you ,
am holy .
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And the daughter of any priest ,
if she profane herself by playing the whore ,
she profaneth her father :
she shall be burnt with fire .
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And he that is the high priest among his brethren ,
upon whose head the anointing oil was poured ,
and that is consecrated to put on the garments ,
shall not uncover his head ,
nor rend his clothes ;
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Neither shall he go in to any dead body ,
nor defile himself for his father ,
or for his mother ;
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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 the LORD .
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And he shall take a wife in her virginity .
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A widow ,
or a divorced woman ,
or profane ,
or an harlot ,
these shall he not take :
but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife .
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Neither shall he profane his seed among his people :
for I the LORD do sanctify him .
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And the LORD spake unto Moses ,
saying ,
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Speak unto Aaron ,
saying ,
Whosoever he be of thy seed in their generations that hath any blemish ,
let him not approach to offer the bread of his God .
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For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish ,
he shall not approach :
a blind man ,
or a lame ,
or he that hath a flat nose ,
or any thing superfluous ,
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Or a man that is brokenfooted ,
or brokenhanded ,
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Or crookbackt ,
or a dwarf ,
or that hath a blemish in his eye ,
or be scurvy ,
or scabbed ,
or hath his stones broken ;
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No man that hath a blemish of the seed of Aaron the priest shall come nigh to offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire :
he hath a blemish ;
he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God .
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He shall eat the bread of his God ,
both of the most holy ,
and of the holy .
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Only he shall not go in unto the vail ,
nor come nigh unto the altar ,
because he hath a blemish ;
that he profane not my sanctuaries :
for I the LORD do sanctify them .
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And Moses told it unto Aaron ,
and to his sons ,
and unto all the children of Israel .