21:1 And the LORD 3068 said 559 8799 unto Moses 4872, Speak 559 8798 unto the priests 3548 the sons 1121 of Aaron 175, and say 559 8804 unto them, There shall none be defiled 2930 8691 for the dead 5315 among his people 5971:

21:2 But for his kin 7607, that is near 7138 unto him, [that is], for his mother 517, and for his father 1, and for his son 1121, and for his daughter 1323, and for his brother 251,

21:3 And for his sister 269 a virgin 1330, that is nigh 7138 unto him, which hath had no husband 376; for her may he be defiled 2930 8691.

21:4 [But] he shall not defile 2930 8691 himself, [being] a chief man 1167 among his people 5971, to profane 2490 8736 himself.(he…: or, being an husband among his people, he shall not defile himself for his wife, etc)

21:5 They shall not make 7139 8799 baldness 7144 upon their head 7218, neither shall they shave off 1548 8762 the corner 6285 of their beard 2206, nor make 8295 8799 any cuttings 8296 in their flesh 1320.

21:6 They shall be holy 6944 unto their God 430, and not profane 2490 8762 the name 8034 of their God 430: for the offerings 801 0 of the LORD 3068 made by fire 801, [and] the bread 3899 of their God 430, they do offer 7126 8688: therefore they shall be holy 6918.

21:7 They shall not take 3947 8799 a wife 802 [that is] a whore 2181 8802, or profane 2491; neither shall they take 3947 8799 a woman 802 put away 1644 8803 from her husband 376: for he [is] holy 6918 unto his God 430.

21:8 Thou shalt sanctify 6942 8765 him therefore; for he offereth 7126 8688 the bread 3899 of thy God 430: he shall be holy 6918 unto thee: for I the LORD 3068, which sanctify 6942 8764 you, [am] holy 6918.

21:9 And the daughter 1323 of any 376 priest 3548, if she profane 2490 8735 herself by playing the whore 2181 8800, she profaneth 2490 8764 her father 1: she shall be burnt 8313 8735 with fire 784.

21:10 And [he that is] the high 1419 priest 3548 among his brethren 251, upon whose head 7218 the anointing 4888 oil 8081 was poured 3332 8714, and that is consecrated 4390 8765 3027 to put 3847 8800 on the garments 899, shall not uncover 6544 8799 his head 7218, nor rend 6533 8799 his clothes 899;

21:11 Neither shall he go in 935 8799 to any dead 4191 8801 body 5315, nor defile 2930 8691 himself for his father 1, or for his mother 517;

21:12 Neither shall he go out 3318 8799 of the sanctuary 4720, nor profane 2490 8762 the sanctuary 4720 of his God 430; for the crown 5145 of the anointing 4888 oil 8081 of his God 430 [is] upon him: I [am] the LORD 3068.

21:13 And he shall take 3947 8799 a wife 802 in her virginity 1331.

21:14 A widow 490, or a divorced woman 1644 8803, or profane 2491, [or] an harlot 2181 8802, these shall he not take 3947 8799: but he shall take 3947 8799 a virgin 1330 of his own people 5971 to wife 802.

21:15 Neither shall he profane 2490 8762 his seed 2233 among his people 5971: for I the LORD 3068 do sanctify 6942 8764 him.

21:16 And the LORD 3068 spake 1696 8762 unto Moses 4872, saying 559 8800,

21:17 Speak 1696 8761 unto Aaron 175, saying 559 8800, Whosoever 376 [he be] of thy seed 2233 in their generations 1755 that hath [any] blemish 3971, let him not approach 7126 8799 to offer 7126 8687 the bread 3899 of his God 430.(bread: or, food)

21:18 For whatsoever man 376 [he be] that hath a blemish 3971, he shall not approach 7126 8799: a blind 5787 man 376, or a lame 6455, or he that hath a flat nose 2763 8803, or any thing superfluous 8311 8803,

21:19 Or a man 376 that is brokenfooted 7667 7272, or brokenhanded 7667 3027,

21:20 Or crookbackt 1384, or a dwarf 1851, or that hath a blemish 8400 in his eye 5869, or be scurvy 1618, or scabbed 3217, or hath his stones 810 broken 4790;(a dwarf: or, too slender)

21:21 No man 376 that hath a blemish 3971 of the seed 2233 of Aaron 175 the priest 3548 shall come nigh 5066 8799 to offer 7126 8687 the offerings 801 0 of the LORD 3068 made by fire 801: he hath a blemish 3971; he shall not come nigh 5066 8799 to offer 7126 8687 the bread 3899 of his God 430.

21:22 He shall eat 398 8799 the bread 3899 of his God 430, [both] of the most 6944 holy 6944, and of the holy 6944.

21:23 Only he shall not go in 935 8799 unto the vail 6532, nor come nigh 5066 8799 unto the altar 4196, because he hath a blemish 3971; that he profane 2490 8762 not my sanctuaries 4720: for I the LORD 3068 do sanctify 6942 8764 them.

21:24 And Moses 4872 told 1696 8762 [it] unto Aaron 175, and to his sons 1121, and unto all the children 1121 of Israel 3478.

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