Leviticus 21

1 Yahweh said to Moses: “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them, 'No one among you shall make himself unclean for those who die among his people,

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

2 except for his closest relatives—his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, his brother,

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

3 or his virgin sister who is dependent on him, since she has no husband—for her he may make himself unclean.

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

4 But he must not make himself unclean for other relatives and so defile himself.

not to defile master: husband in/on/with kinsman his to/for to profane/begin: profane him

5 Priests must not shave their heads or shave off the corners of their beards, nor cut their bodies.

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

6 They must be holy to their God and not disgrace the name of their God, because the priests offer Yahweh's food offerings, the bread of their God. Therefore the priests must be holy.

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

7 They must not marry any woman who is a prostitute and who is defiled, and they must not marry a woman divorced from her husband, for they are separate for their God.

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

8 You will set him apart, for he is the one who offers bread to your God. He must be holy to you, because I, Yahweh who makes you holy, am holy.

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

9 Any daughter of any priest who defiles herself by becoming a prostitute disgraces her father. She must be burned.

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

10 The one who is the high priest among his brothers, on whose head the anointing oil has been poured, and who has been consecrated to wear the special garments of the high priest, must not wear his hair loose or tear his clothes.

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

11 He must not go anywhere that a dead body is present and defile himself, even for his father or his mother.

and upon all soul: dead to die not to come (in): come to/for father his and to/for mother his not to defile

12 The high priest must not leave the sanctuary area of the tabernacle or profane the sanctuary of his God, because he has been consecrated as high priest by the anointing oil of his God. I am Yahweh.

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

13 The high priest must marry a virgin as his wife.

and he/she/it woman: wife in/on/with virginity her to take: marry

14 He must not marry a widow, a divorced woman, or a woman who is a prostitute. He will not marry these kinds of women. He may only marry a virgin from his own people,

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

15 so he will not defile his children among his people, for I am Yahweh, who makes him holy.'”

and not to profane/begin: profane seed: children his in/on/with kinsman his for I LORD to consecrate: consecate him

16 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

and to speak: speak LORD to(wards) Moses to/for to say

17 “Speak to Aaron and tell him, 'Whoever of your descendants throughout their generations has a bodily defect, he must not approach to offer the food to his God.

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

18 Any man who has a bodily defect must not approach Yahweh, such as a blind man or a man who is unable to walk, one who is disfigured or deformed,

for all man which in/on/with him blemish not to present: come man blind or lame or to slash or to extend

19 a man with a crippled hand or foot,

or man which to be in/on/with him breaking foot or breaking hand

20 a man who has a hump in his back or is abnormally thin or short, or a man with a defect in his eyes, or with a disease, sore, scabs, or whose testicles have been crushed.

or humpbacked or thin or defect in/on/with eye: seeing his or scab or scab or crushed testicle

21 No man among the descendants of Aaron the priest with a bodily defect may come near to perform the offerings made by fire for Yahweh. Such a man has a bodily defect; he must not come near to offer the bread of his God.

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

22 He may eat the food of his God, whether some of the most holy or some of the holy.

food: bread God his from holiness [the] holiness and from [the] holiness to eat

23 However, he must not enter inside the curtain or come near the altar, because he has a bodily defect, so that he does not defile my holy place, for I am Yahweh, who makes them holy.'”

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

24 So Moses spoke these words to Aaron, to his sons, and to all the people of Israel.

and to speak: speak Moses to(wards) Aaron and to(wards) son: child his and to(wards) all son: descendant/people Israel