^21:1 And Jehovah said to Moses, Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron and say to them, None will defile himself for the dead among his people, ^21:2 except for his kin, who is near to him: for his mother and for his father and for his son and for his daughter and for his brother. ^21:3 And for his sister a virgin, who is near to him, who has had no husband, for her he may defile himself. ^21:4 He will not defile himself, who is a chief man among his people, to profane himself. ^21:5 They will not make baldness upon their head, neither will they shave off the edge of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.

    ^21:6 They will be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God. For they offer the fire-offerings of Jehovah, the bread of their God. Therefore they will be holy.

    ^21:7 They will not take a woman who is a prostitute, or profane, neither will they take a woman put away from her husband, because he is holy to his God.

    ^21:8 You will sanctify him therefore, because he offers the bread of your God. He will be holy to you, for I Jehovah am holy, who sanctify you^*.

    ^21:9 And the daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by playing the prostitute, she profanes her father. She will be burnt with fire.

    ^21:10 And he who is the high priest among his brothers, upon whose head the anointing oil is poured and whose hand is consecrated to put on the garments, will not let the hair of his head go loose, nor tear his clothes, ^21:11 neither will he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother, ^21:12 neither will he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God, because the crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon him. I am Jehovah.

    ^21:13 And he will take a wife in her virginity. ^21:14A widow, or one divorced, or a profane woman, a prostitute, these he will not take, but he will take as a wife, a virgin of his own people. ^21:15 And he will not profane his seed among his people, because I am Jehovah who sanctifies him.

    ^21:16 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, ^21:17Speak to Aaron, saying, A man of your seed throughout their genealogy who has a blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God. ^21:18Because a man who has a blemish, he will not approach: not a blind man, or a lame man, or he who has a flat nose, or anything superfluous, ^21:19 or a man who is broken-footed, or broken-handed, ^21:20or hunchback, or a dwarf, or who has a blemish in his eye, or is eczema, or scabbed, or has his testicles broken. ^21:21 No man of the seed of Aaron the priest, who has a blemish, will come near to offer the fire-offerings of Jehovah; if he has a blemish, he will not come near to offer the bread of his God.^21:22 He will eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy and of the holy, ^21:23 only he will not go in to the veil, nor come near to the altar, because he has a blemish, that he not profane my sanctuaries, because I am Jehovah who sanctifies them. ^21:24 So Moses spoke to Aaron and to his sons and to all the sons of Israel.