Leviticus 21
1 dixit quoque Dominus ad Mosen loquere ad sacerdotes filios Aaron et dices eis ne contaminetur sacerdos in mortibus civium suorum
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,
2 nisi tantum in consanguineis ac propinquis id est super matre et patre et filio ac filia fratre quoque
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.
3 et sorore virgine quae non est nupta viro
and for his sister, the virgin, who is near unto him, who hath not been to a man; for her he is defiled.
4 sed nec in principe populi sui contaminabitur
'A master [priest] doth not defile himself among his people — to pollute himself;
5 non radent caput nec barbam neque in carnibus suis facient incisuras
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;
6 sancti erunt Deo suo et non polluent nomen eius incensum enim Domini et panes Dei sui offerunt et ideo sancti erunt
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.
7 scortum et vile prostibulum non ducet uxorem nec eam quae repudiata est a marito quia consecratus est Deo suo
'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;
8 et panes propositionis offert sit ergo sanctus quia et ego sanctus sum Dominus qui sanctifico vos
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.
9 sacerdotis filia si deprehensa fuerit in stupro et violaverit nomen patris sui flammis exuretur
'And a daughter of any priest when she polluteth herself by going a-whoring — her father she is polluting; with fire she is burnt.
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
'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,
11 et ad omnem mortuum non ingredietur omnino super patre quoque suo et matre non contaminabitur
nor beside any dead person doth he come; for his father and for his mother he doth not defile himself;
12 nec egredietur de sanctis ne polluat sanctuarium Domini quia oleum sanctae unctionis Dei sui super eum est ego Dominus
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.
13 virginem ducet uxorem
'And he taketh a wife in her virginity;
14 viduam et repudiatam et sordidam atque meretricem non accipiet sed puellam de populo suo
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,
15 ne commisceat stirpem generis sui vulgo gentis suae quia ego Dominus qui sanctifico eum
and he doth not pollute his seed among his people; for I [am] Jehovah, sanctifying him.'
16 locutusque est Dominus ad Mosen dicens
And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,
17 loquere ad Aaron homo de semine tuo per familias qui habuerit maculam non offeret panes Deo suo
'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,
18 nec accedet ad ministerium eius si caecus fuerit si claudus si vel parvo vel grandi et torto naso
for no man in whom [is] blemish doth draw near — a man blind, or lame or dwarfed, or enlarged,
19 si fracto pede si manu
or a man in whom there is a breach in the foot, or a breach in the hand,
20 si gibbus si lippus si albuginem habens in oculo si iugem scabiem si inpetiginem in corpore vel hirniosus
or hump-backed, or a dwarf, or with a mixture in his eye, or a scurvy person, or scabbed, or broken-testicled.
21 omnis qui habuerit maculam de semine Aaron sacerdotis non accedet offerre hostias Domino nec panes Deo suo
'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.
22 vescetur tamen panibus qui offeruntur in sanctuario
'Bread of his God — of the most holy things, and of the holy things — he doth eat;
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
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.'
24 locutus est ergo Moses ad Aaron et filios eius et ad omnem Israhel cuncta quae sibi fuerant imperata
And Moses speaketh unto Aaron, and unto his sons, and unto all the sons of Israel.
