[1] Yahweh said to Moses, Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say
to them, There shall none defile himself for the dead among his people; [2]
except for his relatives, that is near to him, for his mother, and for his
father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother, [3] and
for his sister a virgin, that is near to him, that has had no husband; for
her may he defile himself. [4] He shall not defile himself, [being] a chief
man among his people, to profane himself. [5] They shall not make baldness
on their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor
make any cuttings in their flesh. [6] They shall be holy to their God, and
not profane the name of their God; for the offerings of Yahweh made by
fire, the bread of their God, they do offer: therefore they shall be holy.
[7] They shall not take a woman that is a prostitute, or profane; neither
shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy to his
God. [8] You shall sanctify him therefore; for he offers the bread of your
God: he shall be holy to you: for I Yahweh, who sanctify you, am holy. [9]
The daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the
prostitute, she profanes her father: she shall be burnt with fire. [10] He
who is the high priest among his brothers, on whose head the anointing oil
is poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not let
the hair of his head go loose, nor tear his clothes; [11] neither shall he
go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his
mother; [12] 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 on
him: I am Yahweh. [13] He shall take a wife in her virginity. [14] A widow,
or one divorced, or a profane woman, a prostitute, these shall he not take:
but a virgin of his own people shall he take as a wife. [15] He shall not
profane his seed among his people: for I am Yahweh who sanctifies him. [16]
Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, [17] Speak to Aaron, saying, Whoever he be
of your seed throughout their generations that has a blemish, let him not
approach to offer the bread of his God. [18] For whatever man he be that
has a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that
has a flat nose, or any deformity, [19] or a man that is broken-footed, or
broken-handed, [20] or crook-backed, or a dwarf, or that has a blemish in
his eye, or is scurvy, or scabbed, or has his stones broken; [21] no man of
the seed of Aaron the priest, that has a blemish, shall come near to offer
the offerings of Yahweh made by fire: he has a blemish; he shall not come
near to offer the bread of his God. [22] He shall eat the bread of his God,
both of the most holy, and of the holy: [23] only he shall not go in to the
veil, nor come near to the altar, because he has a blemish; that he not
profane my sanctuaries: for I am Yahweh who sanctifies them. [24] So Moses
spoke to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the children of Israel.
