Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible



Tell Aaron: 'If any of your descendants, now or in future generations, has a physical defect, he must never bring food to offer to God. No one who has a physical defect may ever come near the altar. That means anyone who is blind or lame, who has a disfigured face, a deformity, or a crippled hand or foot, read more.
who is a hunchback or dwarf, who has defective sight, skin diseases, or crushed testicles. If a descendant of the priest Aaron has a physical defect, he must never bring sacrifices by fire to Jehovah. He has a defect. He must never bring food to offer to God. He may eat the food of his God, what is holy and what is very holy. However, he must never come up to the canopy or to the altar, since he has a physical defect. He must never dishonor the holy places because I, Jehovah, set them apart as holy.'

Your descendants who survive will have to go to that priest and ask him for money and food, and beg to be allowed to help the priests, in order to have something to eat.' Verse ConceptsBowing

Be God's holy men. Do not dishonor the name of your God. Be holy because you bring sacrifices by fire to Jehovah. It is the food (bread) of your God. Verse ConceptsCripplesHoliness Of MinistersIrreverenceMinisters, Should BeProfaning God's NameMaking People Holy

Be holy because you offer the food of your God. Be holy because I, Jehovah, am holy. I set you apart as holy. Verse ConceptsCommands, in OTRitual LawBe Holy For I Am Holy

Tell Aaron: 'If any of your descendants, now or in future generations, has a physical defect, he must never bring food to offer to God. Verse ConceptsPriests, Function In Ot Times

If a descendant of the priest Aaron has a physical defect, he must never bring sacrifices by fire to Jehovah. He has a defect. He must never bring food to offer to God. He may eat the food of his God, what is holy and what is very holy.

Never bring any kind of castrated animal received from a foreigner as a food offering for your God. A castrated animal will not be accepted on your behalf because castration is a physical defect.' Verse ConceptsAcceptance, Of WorshipStrangersBlemished CreaturesAcceptancecorruption

The priests of the illegal worship sites had never gone to Jehovah's altar in Jerusalem. Instead, they ate their unleavened bread among the other worshipers. Verse ConceptsThe Altar Of The Lord

Tell Aaron: 'If any of your descendants, now or in future generations, has a physical defect, he must never bring food to offer to God. No one who has a physical defect may ever come near the altar. That means anyone who is blind or lame, who has a disfigured face, a deformity, or a crippled hand or foot, read more.
who is a hunchback or dwarf, who has defective sight, skin diseases, or crushed testicles. If a descendant of the priest Aaron has a physical defect, he must never bring sacrifices by fire to Jehovah. He has a defect. He must never bring food to offer to God. He may eat the food of his God, what is holy and what is very holy. However, he must never come up to the canopy or to the altar, since he has a physical defect. He must never dishonor the holy places because I, Jehovah, set them apart as holy.'

Tell Aaron: 'If any of your descendants, now or in future generations, has a physical defect, he must never bring food to offer to God. No one who has a physical defect may ever come near the altar. That means anyone who is blind or lame, who has a disfigured face, a deformity, or a crippled hand or foot, read more.
who is a hunchback or dwarf, who has defective sight, skin diseases, or crushed testicles. If a descendant of the priest Aaron has a physical defect, he must never bring sacrifices by fire to Jehovah. He has a defect. He must never bring food to offer to God. He may eat the food of his God, what is holy and what is very holy. However, he must never come up to the canopy or to the altar, since he has a physical defect. He must never dishonor the holy places because I, Jehovah, set them apart as holy.'