21Leviticus 21

1And the LORD said to Moses, Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them, There shall none be defiled for the dead among his people:Select Leviticus 21:1

2But for his kin, that is near to him, [that is], for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother,Select Leviticus 21:2

3And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh to him, who hath had no husband: for her he may be defiled.Select Leviticus 21:3

4[But] he shall not defile himself, [being] a chief man among his people, to profane himself.Select Leviticus 21:4

5They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.Select Leviticus 21:5

6They shall be holy to 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.Select Leviticus 21:6

7They shall not take a wife [that is] a lewd woman, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he [is] holy to his God.Select Leviticus 21:7

8Thou shalt sanctify him therefore, for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy to thee: for I the LORD, who sanctify you, [am] holy.Select Leviticus 21:8

9And the daughter of any priest, if she shall profane herself by lewdness, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.Select Leviticus 21:9

10And [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;Select Leviticus 21:10

11Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;Select Leviticus 21:11

12Neither 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.Select Leviticus 21:12

13And he shall take a wife in her virginity.Select Leviticus 21:13

14A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, [or] a harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people for a wife.Select Leviticus 21:14

15Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the LORD do sanctify him.Select Leviticus 21:15

16And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,Select Leviticus 21:16

17Speak to Aaron, saying, whoever [he may be] of thy seed in their generations that hath [any] blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God:Select Leviticus 21:17

18For whatever man [he may 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,Select Leviticus 21:18

19Or a man that is broken-footed, or broken-handed,Select Leviticus 21:19

20Or crooked-backed, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his peculiar members broken:Select Leviticus 21:20

21No man of the seed of Aaron the priest, that hath a blemish, 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.Select Leviticus 21:21

22He shall eat the bread of his God, [both] of the most holy, and of the holy.Select Leviticus 21:22

23Only he shall not go in to the vail, nor come nigh to the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he may not profane my sanctuaries: for I the LORD do sanctify them.Select Leviticus 21:23

24And Moses told [it] to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the children of Israel.Select Leviticus 21:24