Thematic Bible
Leviticus 21:1 (show verse)
Jehovah gave Moses these instructions for Aaron's sons, the priests: Touching a dead body will make you unclean. So do not go near a dead relative,
Leviticus 21:2 (show verse)
except for your mother, father, son, daughter, brother,
Leviticus 21:3 (show verse)
or an unmarried sister, who has no husband to take care of her.
Leviticus 21:4 (show verse)
As the head of your people, you should never become unclean. That would make you unholy.
Leviticus 21:5 (show verse)
You should never mourn by shaving bald spots on your heads, shaving the edges of your beards, or slashing your bodies.
Leviticus 21:6 (show verse)
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.
Leviticus 21:7 (show verse)
Never marry prostitutes, those who have lost their virginity, or divorced women because a priest is God's holy man.
Leviticus 21:8 (show verse)
Be holy because you offer the food of your God. Be holy because I, Jehovah, am holy. I set you apart as holy.
Leviticus 21:9 (show verse)
When a priest's daughter dishonors herself by becoming a prostitute, she dishonors her father. She must be burned.
Leviticus 21:10 (show verse)
The priest who is anointed with oil and wears the chief priest's clothes is chief over his brothers. He must never mourn by leaving his hair uncombed or by tearing his clothes.
Leviticus 21:11 (show verse)
He must not go near any dead bodies or become unclean, even for his father or mother.
Leviticus 21:12 (show verse)
He must not leave the holy tent of his God. If he does, he will be dishonoring it, because he is dedicated with the anointing oil of his God. I am Jehovah.
Leviticus 21:13 (show verse)
The anointed priest should marry a virgin.
Leviticus 21:14 (show verse)
He must not marry a widow, a divorced woman, a woman who has lost her virginity, or a prostitute. He may only marry a virgin from his own people.
Leviticus 21:15 (show verse)
He must not dishonor his children among his people because I, Jehovah, set him apart as holy.
Leviticus 21:16 (show verse)
Jehovah spoke to Moses:
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Leviticus 21:17 (show verse)
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.
Leviticus 21:18 (show verse)
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,
Leviticus 21:19 (show verse)
or a crippled hand or foot,
Leviticus 21:20 (show verse)
who is a hunchback or dwarf, who has defective sight, skin diseases, or crushed testicles.
Leviticus 21:21 (show verse)
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.
Leviticus 21:22 (show verse)
He may eat the food of his God, what is holy and what is very holy.
Leviticus 21:23 (show verse)
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.'
Leviticus 21:24 (show verse)
Thus Moses spoke to Aaron and his sons and to all the Israelites.
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