Leviticus 21

1 And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Speak unto the priests, sons of Aaron, and thou hast said unto them, For [any] person [a priest] is not defiled among his people,

And the Lord said vnto Moses, Speake vnto the Priestes the sonnes of Aaron, and say vnto them, Let none be defiled by the dead among his people,

2 except for his relation who [is] near unto him — for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother.

But by his kinseman that is neere vnto him: to wit, by his mother, or by his father, or by his sonne, or by his daughter, or by his brother,

3 and for his sister, the virgin, who is near unto him, who hath not been to a man; for her he is defiled.

Or by his sister a maid, that is neere vnto him, which hath not had a husband: for her he may lament.

4 'A master [priest] doth not defile himself among his people — to pollute himself;

He shall not lament for the Prince among his people, to pollute him selfe.

5 they do not make baldness on their head, and the corner of their beard they do not shave, and in their flesh they do not make a cutting;

They shall not make balde partes vpon their head, nor shaue off the locks of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.

6 they are holy to their God, and they pollute not the name of their God, for the fire-offerings of Jehovah, bread of their God, they are bringing near, and have been holy.

They shalbe holy vnto their God, and not pollute the name of their God: for the sacrifices of the Lord made by fire, and the bread of their God they doe offer: therefore they shalbe holie.

7 'A woman, a harlot, or polluted, they do not take, and a woman cast out from her husband they do not take, for he [is] holy to his God;

They shall not take to wife an whore, or one polluted, neither shall they marrie a woman diuorced from her husband: for such one is holy vnto his God.

8 and thou hast sanctified him, for the bread of thy God he is bringing near; he is holy to thee; for holy [am] I, Jehovah, sanctifying you.

Thou shalt sanctifie him therefore, for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy vnto thee: for I the Lord, which sanctifie you, am holy.

9 'And a daughter of any priest when she polluteth herself by going a-whoring — her father she is polluting; with fire she is burnt.

If a Priestes daughter fall to play the whore, she polluteth her father: therefore shall she be burnt with fire.

10 'And the high priest of his brethren, on whose head is poured the anointing oil, and hath consecrated his hand to put on the garments, his head doth not uncover, nor rend his garments,

Also ye hie Priest among his brethren, (vpon whose head the anointing oyle was powred, and hath consecrated his hand to put on the garments) shall not vncouer his head, nor rent his clothes,

11 nor beside any dead person doth he come; for his father and for his mother he doth not defile himself;

Neither shall he goe to any dead bodie, nor make him selfe vncleane by his father or by his mother,

12 nor from the sanctuary doth he go out, nor doth he pollute the sanctuary of his God, for the separation of the anointing oil of his God [is] on him; I [am] Jehovah.

Neither shall he goe out of the Sanctuarie, nor pollute the holy place of his God: for the crowne of the anoynting oyle of his God is vpon him: I am the Lord.

13 'And he taketh a wife in her virginity;

Also he shall take a maide vnto his wife:

14 widow, or cast out, or polluted one — a harlot — these he doth not take, but a virgin of his own people he doth take [for] a wife,

But a widowe, or a diuorced woman, or a polluted, or an harlot, these shall he not marrie, but shall take a maide of his owne people to wife:

15 and he doth not pollute his seed among his people; for I [am] Jehovah, sanctifying him.'

Neyther shall he defile his seede among his people: for I am the Lord which sanctifie him.

16 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

17 'Speak unto Aaron, saying, No man of thy seed to their generations in whom there is blemish doth draw near to bring near the bread of his God,

Speake vnto Aaron, and say, Whosoeuer of thy seede in their generations hath any blemishes, shall not prease to offer the bread of his God:

18 for no man in whom [is] blemish doth draw near — a man blind, or lame or dwarfed, or enlarged,

For whosoeuer hath any blemish, shall not come neere: as a man blinde or lame, or that hath a flat nose, or that hath any misshapen member,

19 or a man in whom there is a breach in the foot, or a breach in the hand,

Or a man that hath a broken foote, or a broken hande,

20 or hump-backed, or a dwarf, or with a mixture in his eye, or a scurvy person, or scabbed, or broken-testicled.

Or is crooke backt, or bleare eyed, or hath a blemish in his eye, or be skiruie, or skabbed, or haue his stones broken.

21 'No man in whom is blemish (of the seed of Aaron the priest) doth come nigh to bring near the fire-offerings of Jehovah; blemish [is] in him; the bread of his God he doth not come nigh to bring near.

None of the seede of Aaron the Priest that hath a blemish, shall come neere to offer the sacrifices of the Lord made by fire, hauing a blemish: he shall not prease to offer the bread of his God.

22 'Bread of his God — of the most holy things, and of the holy things — he doth eat;

The bread of his God, euen of the most holie, and of the holy shall he eate:

23 only, unto the vail he doth not enter, and unto the altar he doth not draw nigh; for blemish [is] in him; and he doth not pollute My sanctuaries; for I [am] Jehovah, sanctifying them.'

But he shall not goe in vnto the vaile, nor come neere the altar, because hee hath a blemish, least he pollute my Sanctuaries: for I am the Lord that sanctifie them.

24 And Moses speaketh unto Aaron, and unto his sons, and unto all the sons of Israel.

Thus spake Moses vnto Aaron, and to his sonnes, and to all the children of Israel.