1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the
sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none be defiled for the dead
among his people:
2 But
for his kin, that is near unto him, that is, for his mother, and for
his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother,
3 And
for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no husband; for
her may he be defiled.
4 But he shall not defile himself, being a
chief man among his people, to profane himself.
5 They
shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the
corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.
6 They
shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their God: for the
offerings of the LORD made by fire, and the bread of their God, they do offer:
therefore they shall be holy.
7 They
shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neither shall
they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy
unto his God.
8 Thou
shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be
holy unto thee: for I the LORD, which sanctify you, am holy.
9 And
the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she
profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.
10 And he that is the
high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil was poured,
and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor
rend his clothes;
11 Neither
shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his
mother;
12 Neither
shall he 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 shall take a wife in her virginity.
14 A
widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or an harlot, these shall he not take:
but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife.
15 Neither
shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the LORD do sanctify him.
16 And
the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
17 Speak
unto Aaron, saying, Whosoever he be of thy seed in their generations that
hath any blemish,
let him not approach to offer the bread of his God.
18 For
whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not
approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or any thing superfluous,
19 Or
a man that is brokenfooted, or brokenhanded,
20 Or
crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or
scabbed, or hath his stones broken;
21 No
man that hath a blemish of the seed of Aaron the priest shall come nigh to
offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire: he hath a blemish; he shall not
come nigh to offer the bread of his God.
22 He
shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy.
23 Only
he shall not go in unto the vail, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath
a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I the LORD do sanctify them.
24 And
Moses told it unto
Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel.
