< Leviticus 21 >

1 Yahweh also said to Moses/me, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them,
and to say LORD to(wards) Moses to say to(wards) [the] priest son: child Aaron and to say to(wards) them to/for soul: dead not to defile in/on/with kinsman his
2 ‘You priests must not cause yourselves to become unfit to do my work by [touching] corpses. Priests are permitted to touch only the corpses of close relatives, such as the priest’s mother or father or his son or daughter or his brother.
that if: except if: except to/for flesh his [the] near to(wards) him to/for mother his and to/for father his and to/for son: child his and to/for daughter his and to/for brother: male-sibling his
3 Priests are also permitted to touch the corpse of a sister if she is not married, because she has no husband [to bury her body].
and to/for sister his [the] virgin [the] near to(wards) him which not to be to/for man: husband to/for her to defile
4 Priests must not cause themselves to become unfit to do my work [DOU] by [touching corpses of] people who were married to one of their close relatives.
not to defile master: husband in/on/with kinsman his to/for to profane/begin: profane him
5 You priests must not shave your heads or shave the edges of your beards or cut your bodies [to show that you are mourning for someone who has died].
not (to make bald *Qk) bald spot in/on/with head their and side beard their not to shave and in/on/with flesh their not to incise incision
6 You must act in ways that I, your God, consider to be holy, and not disgrace my name/reputation. You are the ones who present to me the offerings that are burned. [It is as though] those offerings are food for me, your God; so you must act in ways that are holy.
holy to be to/for God their and not to profane/begin: profane name God their for [obj] food offering LORD food: bread God their they(masc.) to present: bring and to be holiness
7 You priests must not marry women who have been prostitutes or who have been divorced from their husbands, because you priests are (set apart for me/holy).
woman to fornicate and profaned not to take: marry and woman to drive out: divorce from man: husband her not to take: marry for holy he/she/it to/for God his
8 You must consider that you are holy, because you offer food to me, your God. Consider yourselves to be holy because I, Yahweh, [the one who caused you to be priests and] the one who enables you to be holy, am holy.
and to consecrate: consecate him for [obj] food: bread God your he/she/it to present: bring holy to be to/for you for holy I LORD to consecrate: consecate you
9 If a priest’s daughter disgraces herself by becoming a prostitute, she disgraces her father; and she must be killed by being burned in a fire.
and daughter man priest for to profane/begin: profane to/for to fornicate [obj] father her he/she/it to profane/begin: profane in/on/with fire to burn
10 The Supreme Priest is the one among his relatives who has been [appointed for that work] by having his head anointed with olive oil. He is also the one who has been appointed to wear the special garments that priests wear. He must not allow the hair on his [head] to remain uncombed, and he must not tear his clothes [when he is mourning for someone].
and [the] priest [the] great: large from brother: male-relative his which to pour: pour upon head his oil [the] anointing and to fill [obj] hand: donate his to/for to clothe [obj] [the] garment [obj] head his not to neglect and garment his not to tear
11 He must not enter some place where there is a corpse. He must not do that and cause himself to become unfit for his work, even if it is his father or his mother who has died.
and upon all soul: dead to die not to come (in): come to/for father his and to/for mother his not to defile
12 He must not leave the Sacred Tent [to join those who are mourning], because he would cause himself to become unfit for his work and would also defile/desecrate the Sacred Tent. He must not leave the Sacred Tent [at that time], because by being anointed with olive oil he has been (appointed/set apart) to serve his God [in the Sacred Tent]. I, Yahweh, [am the one who am commanding this].
and from [the] sanctuary not to come out: come and not to profane/begin: profane [obj] sanctuary God his for consecration: crown oil anointing God his upon him I LORD
13 Women whom you priests marry must be virgins.
and he/she/it woman: wife in/on/with virginity her to take: marry
14 You priests must not marry widows or prostitutes or divorced women, because if you did that, [if you later have] sons, they would not be acceptable to be priests among your people. You must marry only virgins from among your own people. I am Yahweh, who sets priests apart to be holy.’”
widow and to drive out: divorce and profaned to fornicate [obj] these not to take: marry that if: except if: except virgin from kinsman his to take: marry woman: wife
and not to profane/begin: profane seed: children his in/on/with kinsman his for I LORD to consecrate: consecate him
16 Yahweh also said to Moses/me,
and to speak: speak LORD to(wards) Moses to/for to say
17 “Say this to Aaron: 'For all future time, none of your descendants who has any defects [on his body] will be allowed to come near [the altar] to offer [sacrifices to me which will be like] [MET] my food:
to speak: speak to(wards) Aaron to/for to say man from seed: children your to/for generation their which to be in/on/with him blemish not to present: come to/for to present: bring food: bread God his
18 No one who is blind or lame or deformed, or whose [face is] disfigured,
for all man which in/on/with him blemish not to present: come man blind or lame or to slash or to extend
19 no man with a crippled foot or a crippled hand,
or man which to be in/on/with him breaking foot or breaking hand
20 no man who is a hunchback or a dwarf, no man whose eyes are defective, no man who has a skin disease [DOU] or whose testicles have been damaged is allowed to brings sacrifices.
or humpbacked or thin or defect in/on/with eye: seeing his or scab or scab or crushed testicle
21 No descendant of Aaron, the [first Supreme] Priest, who has any defect is allowed to come to the altar to offer to me, his God, sacrifices that will be burned.
all man which in/on/with him blemish from seed: children Aaron [the] priest not to approach: approach to/for to present: bring [obj] food offering LORD blemish in/on/with him [obj] food: bread God his not to approach: approach to/for to present: bring
22 Priests who have defects are permitted to eat the various kinds of holy food offered to me.
food: bread God his from holiness [the] holiness and from [the] holiness to eat
23 But because of their defects, they must not go near the curtain [in the Sacred Tent] or near the altar, because if they did that, they would desecrate my Sacred Tent. I am Yahweh, the one who sets those places apart as being holy.'”
surely to(wards) [the] curtain not to come (in): come and to(wards) [the] altar not to approach: approach for blemish in/on/with him and not to profane/begin: profane [obj] sanctuary my for I LORD to consecrate: consecate them
24 So Moses/I told this to Aaron and to his sons and to all the Israeli people.
and to speak: speak Moses to(wards) Aaron and to(wards) son: child his and to(wards) all son: descendant/people Israel

< Leviticus 21 >