Leviticus 21

1 And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Speak unto the priests, sons of Aaron, and thou hast said unto them, For [any] person [a priest] is not defiled among his people,

The LORD said to Moses, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them, ‘A priest shall not defile himself for the dead amongst his people,

2 except for his relation who [is] near unto him — for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother.

except for his relatives that are near to him: for his mother, for his father, for his son, for his daughter, for his brother,

3 and for his sister, the virgin, who is near unto him, who hath not been to a man; for her he is defiled.

and for his virgin sister who is near to him, who has had no husband; for her he may defile himself.

4 'A master [priest] doth not defile himself among his people — to pollute himself;

He shall not defile himself, being a chief man amongst his people, to profane himself.

5 they do not make baldness on their head, and the corner of their beard they do not shave, and in their flesh they do not make a cutting;

“‘They shall not shave their heads or shave off the corners of their beards or make any cuttings in their flesh.

6 they are holy to their God, and they pollute not the name of their God, for the fire-offerings of Jehovah, bread of their God, they are bringing near, and have been holy.

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, the bread of their God. Therefore they shall be holy.

7 'A woman, a harlot, or polluted, they do not take, and a woman cast out from her husband they do not take, for he [is] holy to his God;

“‘They shall not marry a woman who is a prostitute, or profane. A priest shall not marry a woman divorced from her husband; for he is holy to his God.

8 and thou hast sanctified him, for the bread of thy God he is bringing near; he is holy to thee; for holy [am] I, Jehovah, sanctifying you.

Therefore you shall sanctify him, for he offers the bread of your God. He shall be holy to you, for I the LORD, who sanctify you, am holy.

9 'And a daughter of any priest when she polluteth herself by going a-whoring — her father she is polluting; with fire she is burnt.

“‘The daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by playing the prostitute, she profanes her father. She shall be burnt with fire.

10 'And the high priest of his brethren, on whose head is poured the anointing oil, and hath consecrated his hand to put on the garments, his head doth not uncover, nor rend his garments,

“‘He who is the high priest amongst his brothers, upon whose head the anointing oil is poured, and who is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not let the hair of his head hang loose, or tear his clothes.

11 nor beside any dead person doth he come; for his father and for his mother he doth not defile himself;

He must not go in to any dead body, or defile himself for his father or for his mother.

12 nor from the sanctuary doth he go out, nor doth he pollute the sanctuary of his God, for the separation of the anointing oil of his God [is] on him; I [am] Jehovah.

He shall not 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.

13 'And he taketh a wife in her virginity;

“‘He shall take a wife in her virginity.

14 widow, or cast out, or polluted one — a harlot — these he doth not take, but a virgin of his own people he doth take [for] a wife,

He shall not marry a widow, or one divorced, or a woman who has been defiled, or a prostitute. He shall take a virgin of his own people as a wife.

15 and he doth not pollute his seed among his people; for I [am] Jehovah, sanctifying him.'

He shall not profane his offspring amongst his people, for I am the LORD who sanctifies him.’”

16 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

17 'Speak unto Aaron, saying, No man of thy seed to their generations in whom there is blemish doth draw near to bring near the bread of his God,

“Say to Aaron, ‘None of your offspring throughout their generations who has a defect may approach to offer the bread of his God.

18 for no man in whom [is] blemish doth draw near — a man blind, or lame or dwarfed, or enlarged,

For whatever man he is that has a defect, he shall not draw near: a blind man, or a lame, or he who has a flat nose, or any deformity,

19 or a man in whom there is a breach in the foot, or a breach in the hand,

or a man who has an injured foot, or an injured hand,

20 or hump-backed, or a dwarf, or with a mixture in his eye, or a scurvy person, or scabbed, or broken-testicled.

or hunchbacked, or a dwarf, or one who has a defect in his eye, or an itching disease, or scabs, or who has damaged testicles.

21 'No man in whom is blemish (of the seed of Aaron the priest) doth come nigh to bring near the fire-offerings of Jehovah; blemish [is] in him; the bread of his God he doth not come nigh to bring near.

No man of the offspring of Aaron the priest who has a defect shall come near to offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire. Since he has a defect, he shall not come near to offer the bread of his God.

22 'Bread of his God — of the most holy things, and of the holy things — he doth eat;

He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy.

23 only, unto the vail he doth not enter, and unto the altar he doth not draw nigh; for blemish [is] in him; and he doth not pollute My sanctuaries; for I [am] Jehovah, sanctifying them.'

He shall not come near to the veil, nor come near to the altar, because he has a defect; that he may not profane my sanctuaries, for I am the LORD who sanctifies them.’”

24 And Moses speaketh unto Aaron, and unto his sons, and unto all the sons of Israel.

So Moses spoke to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the children of Israel.