Leviticus Chapter 21

Leviticus Chapter 21
1 And the Lord said unto Moses, Speak
unto the priests the sons of Aaron, and
say unto them, Let none be defiled by the
dead among his people, 2 But by his
kinsman that is near unto him: to wit, by
his mother, or by his father, or by his
son, or by his daughter, or by his
brother,
3 Or by his sister a maid, that is near
unto him, which hath not had a husband:
for her he may lament.
4 He shall not lament for the prince
among his people, to pollute himself. 5
They shall not make bald parts upon
their head, nor shave off the locks of
their beard, nor make any cuttings in
their flesh.
6 They shall be holy unto their God, and
not pollute the name of their God: for the
sacrifices 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 to wife an whore,
or one polluted, neither shall they marry
a woman divorced from her husband: for
such one 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 If a priest’s
daughter fall to play the whore, she
polluteth her father: therefore shall she
be burned with fire.
10 Also the high priest among his
brethren, (upon whose head the anointing
oil was poured, and hath consecrated his
hand to put on the garments) shall not
uncover his head, nor rent his clothes,
11 Neither shall he go to any dead body,
nor make himself unclean by his father
or by his mother,
12 Neither shall he go out of the
sanctuary, nor pollute the holy place of
his God: for the crown of the anointing
oil of his God is upon him: I am the
Lord. 13 Also he shall take a maid unto
his wife:
14 But a widow, or a divorced woman,
or a polluted, or an harlot, these shall he
not marry, but shall take a maid of his
own people to wife:
15 Neither shall he defile his seed
among his people: for I am the Lord
which sanctify him.
16 And the Lord spake unto Moses,
saying,
17 Speak unto Aaron, and say,
Whosoever of thy seed in their
generations hath any blemishes, shall not
prease to offer the bread of his God: 18
For whosoever hath any blemish, shall
not come near: as a man blind or lame,
or that hath a flat nose, or that hath any
misshapen member, 19 Or a man that
hath a broken foot, or a broken hand,
20 Or is crook backed, or blear eyed, or
hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy,
or scabbed, or have his stones broken.
21 None of the seed of Aaron the priest
that hath a blemish, shall come near to
offer the sacrifices of the Lord made by
fire, having a blemish: he shall not
prease to offer the bread of his God.
22 The bread of his God, even of the
most holy, and of the holy shall he eat:
23 But he shall not go in unto the veil,
nor come near the altar, because he hath
a blemish, lest he pollute my sanctuary:
for I am the Lord that sanctify them.
24 Thus spake Moses unto Aaron, and to
his sons, and to all the children of Israel.