Leviticus 21

1And the Lord said to Moses, Say to the priests, the sons of Aaron, Let no man make himself unclean for the dead among his people;

1And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Speak unto the priests, sons of Aaron, and thou hast said unto them, For <FI>any<Fi> person <FI>a priest<Fi> is not defiled among his people,

2But only for his near relations, for his mother or his father, his son or his daughter, and his brother;

2except for his relation who <FI>is<Fi> near unto him--for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother.

3And for his sister, a virgin, for she is his near relation and has had no husband, he may make himself unclean.

3and for his sister, the virgin, who is near unto him, who hath not been to a man; for her he is defiled.

4But let him, being a chief among his people, not make himself unclean in such a way as to put shame on himself.

4`A master <FI>priest<Fi> doth not defile himself among his people--to pollute himself;

5They are not to have their hair cut off for the dead, or the hair on their chins cut short, or make cuts in their flesh.

5they do not make baldness on their head, and the corner of their beard they do not shave, and in their flesh they do not make a cutting;

6Let them be holy to their God and not make the name of their God common; for the fire offerings of the Lord and the bread of their God are offered by them, and they are to be holy.

6they are holy to their God, and they pollute not the name of their God, for the fire-offerings of Jehovah, bread of their God, they are bringing near, and have been holy.

7They may not take as wife a loose or common woman, or one who has been put away by her husband: for the priest is holy to his God.

7`A woman, a harlot, or polluted, they do not take, and a woman cast out from her husband they do not take, for he <FI>is<Fi> holy to his God;

8And he is to be holy in your eyes, for by him the bread of your God is offered; he is to be holy in your eyes, for I the Lord, who make you holy, am holy.

8and thou hast sanctified him, for the bread of thy God he is bringing near; he is holy to thee; for holy <FI>am<Fi> I, Jehovah, sanctifying you.

9And if the daughter of a priest makes herself common and by her loose behaviour puts shame on her father, let her be burned with fire.

9`And a daughter of any priest when she polluteth herself by going a-whoring--her father she is polluting; with fire she is burnt.

10And he who is the chief priest among his brothers, on whose head the holy oil has been put, who is marked out to put on the holy robes, may not let his hair go loose or have his clothing out of order as a sign of sorrow.

10`And the high priest of his brethren, on whose head is poured the anointing oil, and hath consecrated his hand to put on the garments, his head doth not uncover, nor rend his garments,

11He may not go near any dead body or make himself unclean for his father or his mother;

11nor beside any dead person doth he come; for his father and for his mother he doth not defile himself;

12He may not go out of the holy place or make the holy place of his God common; for the crown of the holy oil of his God is on him: I am the Lord.

12nor from the sanctuary doth he go out, nor doth he pollute the sanctuary of his God, for the separation of the anointing oil of his God <FI>is<Fi> on him; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.

13And let him take as his wife one who has not had relations with a man.

13`And he taketh a wife in her virginity;

14A widow, or one whose husband has put her away, or a common woman of loose behaviour, may not be the wife of a priest; but let him take a virgin from among his people.

14widow, or cast out, or polluted one--a harlot--these he doth not take, but a virgin of his own people he doth take <FI>for<Fi> a wife,

15And he may not make his seed unclean among his people, for I the Lord have made him holy.

15and he doth not pollute his seed among his people; for I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah, sanctifying him.'

16And the Lord said to Moses,

16And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

17Say to Aaron, If a man of your family, in any generation, is damaged in body, let him not come near to make the offering of the bread of his God.

17`Speak unto Aaron, saying, No man of thy seed to their generations in whom there is blemish doth draw near to bring near the bread of his God,

18For any man whose body is damaged may not come near: one who is blind, or has not the use of his legs, or one who has a broken nose or any unnatural growth,

18for no man in whom <FI>is<Fi> blemish doth draw near--a man blind, or lame or dwarfed, or enlarged,

19Or a man with broken feet or hands,

19or a man in whom there is a breach in the foot, or a breach in the hand,

20Or one whose back is bent, or one who is unnaturally small, or one who has a damaged eye, or whose skin is diseased, or whose sex parts are damaged;

20or hump-backed, or a dwarf, or with a mixture in his eye, or a scurvy person, or scabbed, or broken-testicled.

21No man of the offspring of Aaron whose body is damaged in any way may come near to give the fire offerings of the Lord: he is damaged, he may not come near to make the offerings.

21`No man in whom is blemish (of the seed of Aaron the priest) doth come nigh to bring near the fire-offerings of Jehovah; blemish <FI>is<Fi> in him; the bread of his God he doth not come nigh to bring near.

22He may take of the bread of God, the holy and the most holy;

22`Bread of his God--of the most holy things, and of the holy things--he doth eat;

23But he may not go inside the veil or come near the altar, because he is damaged; and he may not make my holy places common; for I the Lord have made them holy.

23only, unto the vail he doth not enter, and unto the altar he doth not draw nigh; for blemish <FI>is<Fi> in him; and he doth not pollute My sanctuaries; for I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah, sanctifying them.'

24These are the words which Moses said to Aaron and to his sons and to all the children of Israel.

24And Moses speaketh unto Aaron, and unto his sons, and unto all the sons of Israel.