Thematic Bible
Leviticus 21:1 (show verse)
And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none defile himself for the dead among his people:
Leviticus 21:2 (show verse)
But for his kin, that is near unto him, that is, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother,
Leviticus 21:3 (show verse)
And for his sister a virgin, that is near unto him, who has had no husband; for her he may be defiled.
Leviticus 21:4 (show verse)
But he shall not otherwise defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself.
Leviticus 21:5 (show verse)
They shall not make any bald place upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.
Leviticus 21:6 (show verse)
They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their God: for the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and the bread of their God, they do offer: therefore they shall be holy.
Leviticus 21:7 (show verse)
They shall not take a wife that is a harlot, or is defiled; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God.
Leviticus 21:8 (show verse)
You shall sanctify him therefore; for he offers the bread of your God: he shall be holy unto you: for I the LORD, who sanctifies you, am holy.
Leviticus 21:9 (show verse)
And the daughter of any priest, if she defiles herself by playing the harlot, she defiles her father: she shall be burned with fire.
Leviticus 21:10 (show verse)
And he that is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil was poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes;
Leviticus 21:11 (show verse)
Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;
Leviticus 21:12 (show verse)
Neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the LORD.
Leviticus 21:13 (show verse)
And he shall take a wife in her virginity.
Leviticus 21:14 (show verse)
A widow, or a divorced woman, or defiled, or a harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people as wife.
Leviticus 21:15 (show verse)
Neither shall he defile his descendants among his people: for I the LORD do sanctify him.
Leviticus 21:16 (show verse)
And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying,
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Leviticus 21:17 (show verse)
Speak unto Aaron, saying, Whosoever he be of your descendants in their generations that has any blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God.
Leviticus 21:18 (show verse)
For whatsoever man he is that has a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or lame, or he that has a marred face, or any limb too long,
Leviticus 21:19 (show verse)
Or a man that has a broken foot, or broken hand,
Leviticus 21:20 (show verse)
Or a hunchback, or a dwarf, or that has a defect in his eye, or an itching disease, or scabs, or is a eunuch;
Leviticus 21:21 (show verse)
No man that has a blemish of the descendants of Aaron the priest shall come near to offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire: he has a blemish; he shall not come near to offer the bread of his God.
Leviticus 21:22 (show verse)
He may eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy.
Leviticus 21:23 (show verse)
Only he shall not go in unto the veil, nor come near unto the altar, because he has a blemish; that he defile not my sanctuaries: for I the LORD do sanctify them.
Leviticus 21:24 (show verse)
And Moses told it unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel.
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