Leviticus 21

1 Dixit quoque Dominus ad Moysen: Loquere ad sacerdotes filios Aaron, et dices ad eos: Ne contaminetur sacerdos in mortibus civium suorum,

And the Lord said vnto Moses, Speake vnto the Priestes the sonnes of Aaron, and say vnto them, Let none be defiled by the dead among his people,

2 nisi tantum in consanguineis, ac propinquis, id est, super patre et matre, et filio, et filia, fratre quoque,

But by his kinseman that is neere vnto him: to wit, by his mother, or by his father, or by his sonne, or by his daughter, or by his brother,

3 et sorore virgine quae non est nupta viro:

Or by his sister a maid, that is neere vnto him, which hath not had a husband: for her he may lament.

4 sed nec in principe populi sui contaminabitur.

He shall not lament for the Prince among his people, to pollute him selfe.

5 Non radent sacerdotes caput, nec barbam, neque in carnibus suis facient incisuras.

They shall not make balde partes vpon their head, nor shaue off the locks of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.

6 Sancti erunt Deo suo, et non polluent nomen eius: incensum enim Domini, et panes Dei sui offerunt, et ideo sancti erunt.

They shalbe holy vnto their God, and not pollute the name of their God: for the sacrifices of the Lord made by fire, and the bread of their God they doe offer: therefore they shalbe holie.

7 Scortum et vile prostibulum non ducent uxorem, nec eam, quae repudiata est a marito: quia consecrati sunt Deo suo,

They shall not take to wife an whore, or one polluted, neither shall they marrie a woman diuorced from her husband: for such one is holy vnto his God.

8 et panes propositionis offerunt. Sint ergo sancti, quia et ego sanctus sum, Dominus, qui sanctifico eos.

Thou shalt sanctifie him therefore, for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy vnto thee: for I the Lord, which sanctifie you, am holy.

9 Sacerdotis filia si deprehensa fuerit in stupro, et violaverit nomen patris sui, flammis exuretur.

If a Priestes daughter fall to play the whore, she polluteth her father: therefore shall she be burnt with fire.

10 Pontifex, id est, sacerdos maximus inter fratres suos, super cuius caput fusum est unctionis oleum, et cuius manus in sacerdotio consecratae sunt, vestitusque est sanctis vestibus, caput suum non discooperiet, vestimenta non scindet:

Also ye hie Priest among his brethren, (vpon whose head the anointing oyle was powred, and hath consecrated his hand to put on the garments) shall not vncouer his head, nor rent his clothes,

11 et ad omnem mortuum non ingredietur omnino. super patre quoque suo, et matre non contaminabitur.

Neither shall he goe to any dead bodie, nor make him selfe vncleane by his father or by his mother,

12 Nec egredietur de sanctis, ne polluat Sanctuarium Domini, quia oleum sanctae unctionis Dei sui super eum est. ego Dominus.

Neither shall he goe out of the Sanctuarie, nor pollute the holy place of his God: for the crowne of the anoynting oyle of his God is vpon him: I am the Lord.

13 Virginem ducet uxorem:

Also he shall take a maide vnto his wife:

14 Viduam autem et repudiatam, et sordidam, atque meretricem non accipiet, sed puellam de populo suo:

But a widowe, or a diuorced woman, or a polluted, or an harlot, these shall he not marrie, but shall take a maide of his owne people to wife:

15 ne commisceat stirpem generis sui vulgo gentis suae: quia ego Dominus qui sanctifico eum.

Neyther shall he defile his seede among his people: for I am the Lord which sanctifie him.

16 Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen, dicens:

And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

17 Loquere ad Aaron: Homo de semine tuo per familias qui habuerit maculam, non offeret panes Deo suo,

Speake vnto Aaron, and say, Whosoeuer of thy seede in their generations hath any blemishes, shall not prease to offer the bread of his God:

18 nec accedet ad ministerium eius: si caecus fuerit, si claudus, si vel parvo vel grandi, vel torto naso,

For whosoeuer hath any blemish, shall not come neere: as a man blinde or lame, or that hath a flat nose, or that hath any misshapen member,

19 si fracto pede, si manu,

Or a man that hath a broken foote, or a broken hande,

20 si gibbus, si lippus, si albuginem habens in oculo, si iugem scabiem, si impetiginem in corpore, vel herniosus.

Or is crooke backt, or bleare eyed, or hath a blemish in his eye, or be skiruie, or skabbed, or haue his stones broken.

21 Omnis qui habuerit maculam de semine Aaron sacerdotis, non accedet offerre hostias Domino, nec panes Deo suo:

None of the seede of Aaron the Priest that hath a blemish, shall come neere to offer the sacrifices of the Lord made by fire, hauing a blemish: he shall not prease to offer the bread of his God.

22 vescetur tamen panibus, qui offeruntur in Sanctuario,

The bread of his God, euen of the most holie, and of the holy shall he eate:

23 ita dumtaxat, ut intra velum non ingrediatur, nec accedat ad altare, qui maculam habet, et contaminare non debet Sanctuarium meum. Ego Dominus qui sanctifico eos.

But he shall not goe in vnto the vaile, nor come neere the altar, because hee hath a blemish, least he pollute my Sanctuaries: for I am the Lord that sanctifie them.

24 Locutus est ergo Moyses ad Aaron, et ad filios eius, et ad omnem Israel cuncta quae fuerant sibi imperata.

Thus spake Moses vnto Aaron, and to his sonnes, and to all the children of Israel.