Leviticus 21
1 and to say LORD to(wards) Moses to say to(wards) [the] priest son: child Aaron and to say to(wards) them to/for soul: dead not to defile in/on/with kinsman his
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Speak to Aaron’s sons, the priests, and tell them that a priest is not to defile himself for a dead person among his people,
2 that if: except if: except to/for flesh his [the] near to(wards) him to/for mother his and to/for father his and to/for son: child his and to/for daughter his and to/for brother: male-sibling his
except for his immediate family—his mother, father, son, daughter, or brother,
3 and to/for sister his [the] virgin [the] near to(wards) him which not to be to/for man: husband to/for her to defile
or his unmarried sister who is near to him, since she has no husband.
4 not to defile master: husband in/on/with kinsman his to/for to profane/begin: profane him
He is not to defile himself for those related to him by marriage, and so profane himself.
5 not (to make bald *Q(k)*) bald spot in/on/with head their and side beard their not to shave and in/on/with flesh their not to incise incision
Priests must not make bald spots on their heads, shave off the edges of their beards, or make cuts in their bodies.
6 holy to be to/for God their and not to profane/begin: profane name God their for [obj] food offering LORD food: bread God their they(masc.) to present: bring and to be holiness
They must be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God. Because they present to the LORD the offerings made by fire, the food of their God, they must be holy.
7 woman to fornicate and profaned not to take: marry and woman to drive out: divorce from man: husband her not to take: marry for holy he/she/it to/for God his
A priest must not marry a woman defiled by prostitution or divorced by her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.
8 and to consecrate: consecate him for [obj] food: bread God your he/she/it to present: bring holy to be to/for you for holy I LORD to consecrate: consecate you
You are to regard him as holy, since he presents the food of your God. He shall be holy to you, because I the LORD am holy—I who set you apart.
9 and daughter man priest for to profane/begin: profane to/for to fornicate [obj] father her he/she/it to profane/begin: profane in/on/with fire to burn
If a priest’s daughter defiles herself by prostituting herself, she profanes her father; she must be burned in the fire.
10 and [the] priest [the] great: large from brother: male-relative his which to pour: pour upon head his oil [the] anointing and to fill [obj] hand: donate his to/for to clothe [obj] [the] garment [obj] head his not to neglect and garment his not to tear
The priest who is highest among his brothers, who has had the anointing oil poured on his head and has been ordained to wear the priestly garments, must not let his hair hang loose or tear his garments.
11 and upon all soul: dead to die not to come (in): come to/for father his and to/for mother his not to defile
He must not go near any dead body; he must not defile himself, even for his father or mother.
12 and from [the] sanctuary not to come out: come and not to profane/begin: profane [obj] sanctuary God his for consecration: crown oil anointing God his upon him I LORD
He must not leave or desecrate the sanctuary of his God, for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is on him. I am the LORD.
13 and he/she/it woman: wife in/on/with virginity her to take: marry
The woman he marries must be a virgin.
14 widow and to drive out: divorce and profaned to fornicate [obj] these not to take: marry that if: except if: except virgin from kinsman his to take: marry woman: wife
He is not to marry a widow, a divorced woman, or one defiled by prostitution. He is to marry a virgin from his own people,
15 and not to profane/begin: profane seed: children his in/on/with kinsman his for I LORD to consecrate: consecate him
so that he does not defile his offspring among his people, for I am the LORD who sanctifies him.”
16 and to speak: speak LORD to(wards) Moses to/for to say
Then the LORD said to Moses,
17 to speak: speak to(wards) Aaron to/for to say man from seed: children your to/for generation their which to be in/on/with him blemish not to present: come to/for to present: bring food: bread God his
“Say to Aaron, ‘For the generations to come, none of your descendants who has a physical defect may approach to offer the food of his God.
18 for all man which in/on/with him blemish not to present: come man blind or lame or to slash or to extend
No man who has any defect may approach—no man who is blind, lame, disfigured, or deformed;
19 or man which to be in/on/with him breaking foot or breaking hand
no man who has a broken foot or hand,
20 or humpbacked or thin or defect in/on/with eye: seeing his or scab or scab or crushed testicle
or who is a hunchback or dwarf, or who has an eye defect, a festering rash, scabs, or a crushed testicle.
21 all man which in/on/with him blemish from seed: children Aaron [the] priest not to approach: approach to/for to present: bring [obj] food offering LORD blemish in/on/with him [obj] food: bread God his not to approach: approach to/for to present: bring
No descendant of Aaron the priest who has a defect shall approach to present the offerings made by fire to the LORD. Since he has a defect, he is not to come near to offer the food of his God.
22 food: bread God his from holiness [the] holiness and from [the] holiness to eat
He may eat the most holy food of his God as well as the holy food,
23 surely to(wards) [the] curtain not to come (in): come and to(wards) [the] altar not to approach: approach for blemish in/on/with him and not to profane/begin: profane [obj] sanctuary my for I LORD to consecrate: consecate them
but because he has a defect, he must not go near the veil or approach the altar, so as not to desecrate My sanctuaries. For I am the LORD who sanctifies them.’”
24 and to speak: speak Moses to(wards) Aaron and to(wards) son: child his and to(wards) all son: descendant/people Israel
Moses told this to Aaron and his sons and to all the Israelites.
