Leviticus 21 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

The Holiness of the Priests

(cf. Eze 44:15–31 )

Then Yahweh^H3068 said^H559 to Moses^H4872, “Speak^H559 to the priests^H3548, the sons^H1121 of Aaron^H175, and say^H559 to them:

‘No^H3808 one shall defile^H2930 himself for a dead person^H5315 among his people^H5971,

Lev 21:2

Lev 21:2except for his [fn]blood relatives who are nearest to him, his mother and his father and his son and his daughter and his brother,

Lev 21:3

Lev 21:3also for his virgin sister, who is near to him [fn]because she has had no husband; for her he may defile himself.

Lev 21:4

Lev 21:4‘He shall not defile himself as a [fn]relative by marriage among his people, and so profane himself.

Lev 21:5

Lev 21:5‘They shall not make any baldness on their heads nor shave off the edges of their beards nor make any cuts in their flesh.

Lev 21:6

Lev 21:6‘They shall be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God, for they bring near the offerings [fn]to Yahweh by fire, the food of their God; so they shall be holy.

Lev 21:7

Lev 21:7‘They shall not take a woman who is profaned by harlotry, nor shall they take a woman divorced from her husband; for he is holy to his God.

Lev 21:8

Lev 21:8‘Therefore, you shall set him apart as holy, for he brings near the food of your God; he shall be holy to you; for I Yahweh, who makes you holy, am holy.

Lev 21:9

Lev 21:9‘Also the daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by harlotry, she profanes her father; she shall be burned with fire.

Lev 21:10

‘And the priest^H3548 who is the highest^H1419 among^H4480 his brothers^H251, on whose^H834 head^H7218 the anointing^H4888 oil^H8081 has been poured^H3332 and [fn]who has been ordained^H4390^H3027 to wear^H3847 the garments^H899, shall not [fn]uncover^H6544 his head^H7218 nor^H3808 tear^H6533 his clothes^H899;

Lev 21:11

Lev 21:11nor shall he approach any dead person nor defile himself even for his father or his mother;

Lev 21:12

Lev 21:12nor shall he go out of the sanctuary nor profane the sanctuary of his God, for the dedication of the anointing oil of his God is on him; I am Yahweh.

Lev 21:13

Lev 21:13‘And he shall take a wife in her virginity.

Lev 21:14

Lev 21:14‘A widow or a divorced woman or one who is profaned by harlotry, these he may not take; but rather he shall take a virgin of his own people as a wife,

Lev 21:15

Lev 21:15so that he will not profane his seed among his people; for I am Yahweh who makes him holy.’”

Lev 21:16

Then Yahweh^H3068 spoke^H1696 to Moses^H4872, saying^H559,

Lev 21:17

Lev 21:17“Speak to Aaron, saying, ‘No man of your seed throughout their generations who has a defect shall come near to offer the food of his God.

Lev 21:18

Lev 21:18‘For no one who has a defect shall come near: a blind man or a lame man or he who has a [fn]disfigured face or any deformed limb,

Lev 21:19

Lev 21:19or a man who has a broken foot or broken hand,

Lev 21:20

Lev 21:20or a hunchback or a dwarf, or one who has a [fn]defect in his eye or eczema or scabs or crushed testicles.

Lev 21:21

Lev 21:21‘No man among the seed of Aaron the priest who has a defect shall approach to bring near the offerings to Yahweh by fire; since he has a defect, he shall not approach to bring near the food of his God.

Lev 21:22

Lev 21:22‘He may eat the food of his God, both of the most holy and of the holy,

Lev 21:23

Lev 21:23only he shall not go in to the veil or approach the altar because he has a defect, so that he will not profane My sanctuaries. For I am Yahweh who makes them holy.’”

Lev 21:24