Leviticus 21

1 dixit quoque Dominus ad Mosen loquere ad sacerdotes filios Aaron et dices eis ne contaminetur sacerdos in mortibus civium suorum

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 nisi tantum in consanguineis ac propinquis id est super matre et patre et filio ac filia fratre quoque

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 et sorore virgine quae non est nupta viro

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

4 sed nec in principe populi sui contaminabitur

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

5 non radent caput nec barbam neque in carnibus suis facient incisuras

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 sancti erunt Deo suo et non polluent nomen eius incensum enim Domini et panes Dei sui offerunt et ideo sancti erunt

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 scortum et vile prostibulum non ducet uxorem nec eam quae repudiata est a marito quia consecratus est Deo suo

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 et panes propositionis offert sit ergo sanctus quia et ego sanctus sum Dominus qui sanctifico vos

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 sacerdotis filia si deprehensa fuerit in stupro et violaverit nomen patris sui flammis exuretur

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

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

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 et ad omnem mortuum non ingredietur omnino super patre quoque suo et matre non contaminabitur

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

12 nec egredietur de sanctis ne polluat sanctuarium Domini quia oleum sanctae unctionis Dei sui super eum est ego Dominus

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 virginem ducet uxorem

Also he shall take a maide vnto his wife:

14 viduam et repudiatam et sordidam atque meretricem non accipiet sed puellam de populo suo

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 ne commisceat stirpem generis sui vulgo gentis suae quia ego Dominus qui sanctifico eum

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

16 locutusque est Dominus ad Mosen dicens

And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

17 loquere ad Aaron homo de semine tuo per familias qui habuerit maculam non offeret panes Deo suo

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 nec accedet ad ministerium eius si caecus fuerit si claudus si vel parvo vel grandi et torto naso

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 si fracto pede si manu

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

20 si gibbus si lippus si albuginem habens in oculo si iugem scabiem si inpetiginem in corpore vel hirniosus

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 omnis qui habuerit maculam de semine Aaron sacerdotis non accedet offerre hostias Domino nec panes Deo suo

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 vescetur tamen panibus qui offeruntur in sanctuario

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

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

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 locutus est ergo Moses ad Aaron et filios eius et ad omnem Israhel cuncta quae sibi fuerant imperata

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