He may eat the food of his God from what is especially holy as well as from what is holy.

But because he has a defect, he must not go near the curtain or approach the altar. He is not to desecrate My sanctuaries, for I am Yahweh who sets them apart.”

Moses said this to Aaron and his sons and to all the Israelites.

They are not to marry a woman defiled by prostitution. They are not to marry one divorced by her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.

or who is a hunchback or a dwarf, or who has an eye defect, a festering rash, scabs, or a crushed testicle.

The Lord said to Moses: “Speak to Aaron’s sons, the priests, and tell them: A priest is not to make himself ceremonially unclean for a dead person among his relatives,

If a priest’s daughter defiles herself by promiscuity, she defiles her father; she must be burned up.

“The priest who is highest among his brothers, who has had the anointing oil poured on his head and has been ordained to wear the garments, must not dishevel his hair or tear his garments.

“Priests may not make bald spots on their heads, shave the edge of their beards, or make gashes on their bodies.

“Tell Aaron: None of your descendants throughout your generations who has a physical defect is to come near to present the food of his God.

They are to be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God. For they present the fire offerings to Yahweh, the food of their God, and they must be holy.

The Lord spoke to Moses:

“He is to marry a woman who is a virgin.

No man who has any defect is to come near: no man who is blind, lame, facially disfigured, or deformed;

He is not to marry a widow, a divorced woman, or one defiled by prostitution. He is to marry a virgin from his own people,

You are to consider him holy since he presents the food of your God. He will be holy to you because I, Yahweh who sets you apart, am holy.

He must not go near any dead person or make himself unclean even for his father or mother.

except for his immediate family: his mother, father, son, daughter, or brother.

He is not to make himself unclean for those related to him by marriage and so defile himself.

He must not leave the sanctuary or he will desecrate the sanctuary of his God, for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is on him; I am Yahweh.

so that he does not corrupt his bloodline among his people, for I am Yahweh who sets him apart.”

No descendant of Aaron the priest who has a defect is to come near to present the fire offerings to the Lord. He has a defect and is not to come near to present the food of his God.

no man who has a broken foot or hand,

He may make himself unclean for his young unmarried sister in his immediate family.