Leviticus 21
1 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto
the priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall
none be defiled for the dead among his people:
2 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,
3 And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath
had no husband; for her may he be defiled.
4 But he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his
people, to profane himself.
5 They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall
they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings
in their flesh.
6 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.
7 They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neither
shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy
unto his God.
8 Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of
thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the LORD, which
sanctify you, am holy.
9 And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by
playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt
with fire.
10 ¶ 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;
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 upon him: I am the LORD.
13 And he shall take a wife in her virginity.
14 A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or an harlot, these
shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people
to wife.
15 Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the
LORD do sanctify him.
16 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
17 Speak unto Aaron, saying, Whosoever he be of thy seed in their
generations that hath any blemish, let him not approach to offer
the bread of his God.
18 For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not
approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or
any thing superfluous,
19 Or a man that is brokenfooted, or brokenhanded,
20 Or crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye,
or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken;
21 No man that hath a blemish of the seed of Aaron the priest
shall come nigh to offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire:
he hath a blemish; he shall not come nigh 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 unto the vail, nor come nigh unto the
altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my
sanctuaries: for I the LORD do sanctify them.
24 And Moses told it unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all
the children of Israel.