Leviticus 21
1 dixit quoque Dominus ad Mosen loquere ad sacerdotes filios Aaron et dices eis ne contaminetur sacerdos in mortibus civium suorum
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 nisi tantum in consanguineis ac propinquis id est super matre et patre et filio ac filia fratre quoque
except for his immediate family—his mother, father, son, daughter, or brother,
3 et sorore virgine quae non est nupta viro
or his unmarried sister who is near to him, since she has no husband.
4 sed nec in principe populi sui contaminabitur
He is not to defile himself for those related to him by marriage, and so profane himself.
5 non radent caput nec barbam neque in carnibus suis facient incisuras
Priests must not make bald spots on their heads, shave off the edges of their beards, or make cuts in their bodies.
6 sancti erunt Deo suo et non polluent nomen eius incensum enim Domini et panes Dei sui offerunt et ideo sancti erunt
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 scortum et vile prostibulum non ducet uxorem nec eam quae repudiata est a marito quia consecratus est Deo suo
A priest must not marry a woman defiled by prostitution or divorced by her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.
8 et panes propositionis offert sit ergo sanctus quia et ego sanctus sum Dominus qui sanctifico vos
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 sacerdotis filia si deprehensa fuerit in stupro et violaverit nomen patris sui flammis exuretur
If a priest’s daughter defiles herself by prostituting herself, she profanes her father; she must be burned in the 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 discoperiet vestimenta non scindet
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 et ad omnem mortuum non ingredietur omnino super patre quoque suo et matre non contaminabitur
He must not go near any dead body; he must not defile himself, even for his father or mother.
12 nec egredietur de sanctis ne polluat sanctuarium Domini quia oleum sanctae unctionis Dei sui super eum est ego Dominus
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 virginem ducet uxorem
The woman he marries must be a virgin.
14 viduam et repudiatam et sordidam atque meretricem non accipiet sed puellam de populo suo
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 ne commisceat stirpem generis sui vulgo gentis suae quia ego Dominus qui sanctifico eum
so that he does not defile his offspring among his people, for I am the LORD who sanctifies him.”
16 locutusque est Dominus ad Mosen dicens
Then the LORD said to Moses,
17 loquere ad Aaron homo de semine tuo per familias qui habuerit maculam non offeret panes Deo suo
“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 nec accedet ad ministerium eius si caecus fuerit si claudus si vel parvo vel grandi et torto naso
No man who has any defect may approach—no man who is blind, lame, disfigured, or deformed;
19 si fracto pede si manu
no man who has a broken foot or hand,
20 si gibbus si lippus si albuginem habens in oculo si iugem scabiem si inpetiginem in corpore vel hirniosus
or who is a hunchback or dwarf, or who has an eye defect, a festering rash, scabs, or a crushed testicle.
21 omnis qui habuerit maculam de semine Aaron sacerdotis non accedet offerre hostias Domino nec panes Deo suo
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 vescetur tamen panibus qui offeruntur in sanctuario
He may eat the most holy food of his God as well as the holy food,
23 ita dumtaxat ut intra velum non ingrediatur nec accedat ad altare quia maculam habet et contaminare non debet sanctuarium meum ego Dominus qui sanctifico eos
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 locutus est ergo Moses ad Aaron et filios eius et ad omnem Israhel cuncta quae sibi fuerant imperata
Moses told this to Aaron and his sons and to all the Israelites.
