Leviticus 21
1 dixit quoque Dominus ad Mosen loquere ad sacerdotes filios Aaron et dices eis ne contaminetur sacerdos in mortibus civium suorum
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,
2 nisi tantum in consanguineis ac propinquis id est super matre et patre et filio ac filia fratre quoque
except for his closest relatives—his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, his brother,
3 et sorore virgine quae non est nupta viro
or his virgin sister who is dependent on him, since she has no husband—for her he may make himself unclean.
4 sed nec in principe populi sui contaminabitur
But he must not make himself unclean for other relatives and so defile himself.
5 non radent caput nec barbam neque in carnibus suis facient incisuras
Priests must not shave their heads or shave off the corners of their beards, nor cut 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 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.
7 scortum et vile prostibulum non ducet uxorem nec eam quae repudiata est a marito quia consecratus est Deo suo
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.
8 et panes propositionis offert sit ergo sanctus quia et ego sanctus sum Dominus qui sanctifico vos
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.
9 sacerdotis filia si deprehensa fuerit in stupro et violaverit nomen patris sui flammis exuretur
Any daughter of any priest who defiles herself by becoming a prostitute disgraces her father. She must be burned.
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 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.
11 et ad omnem mortuum non ingredietur omnino super patre quoque suo et matre non contaminabitur
He must not go anywhere that a dead body is present and defile himself, even for his father or his mother.
12 nec egredietur de sanctis ne polluat sanctuarium Domini quia oleum sanctae unctionis Dei sui super eum est ego Dominus
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.
13 virginem ducet uxorem
The high priest must marry a virgin as his wife.
14 viduam et repudiatam et sordidam atque meretricem non accipiet sed puellam de populo suo
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,
15 ne commisceat stirpem generis sui vulgo gentis suae quia ego Dominus qui sanctifico eum
so he will not defile his children among his people, for I am Yahweh, who makes him holy.'”
16 locutusque est Dominus ad Mosen dicens
Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
17 loquere ad Aaron homo de semine tuo per familias qui habuerit maculam non offeret panes Deo suo
“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.
18 nec accedet ad ministerium eius si caecus fuerit si claudus si vel parvo vel grandi et torto naso
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,
19 si fracto pede si manu
a man with a crippled hand or foot,
20 si gibbus si lippus si albuginem habens in oculo si iugem scabiem si inpetiginem in corpore vel hirniosus
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.
21 omnis qui habuerit maculam de semine Aaron sacerdotis non accedet offerre hostias Domino nec panes Deo suo
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.
22 vescetur tamen panibus qui offeruntur in sanctuario
He may eat the food of his God, whether some of the most holy or some of the holy.
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
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.'”
24 locutus est ergo Moses ad Aaron et filios eius et ad omnem Israhel cuncta quae sibi fuerant imperata
So Moses spoke these words to Aaron, to his sons, and to all the people of Israel.
