My LORD’s BibleLeviticus 21
1And 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:
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה אֱמֹר אֶל־הַכֹּהֲנִים בְּנֵי אַהֲרֹן וְאָמַרְתָּ אֲלֵהֶם לְנֶפֶשׁ לֹא־יִטַּמָּא בְּעַמָּיו׃ (2781)
See also: Leviticus 19:28, Numbers 19:11, Ezekiel 44:25, Numbers 5:2, Deuteronomy 26:14, Leviticus 10:6-7, Leviticus 21:11, Numbers 19:14, Numbers 6:7, Numbers 19:16, Leviticus 22:4, Numbers 6:6, 1 Chronicles 6:49, Nehemiah 13:29, Hosea 5:1, Malachi 2:1, Malachi 2:4
2But 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.
כִּי אִם־לִשְׁאֵרֹו הַקָּרֹב אֵלָיו לְאִמֹּו וּלְאָבִיו וְלִבְנֹו וּלְבִתֹּו וּלְאָחִיו׃ (1693)
See also: Leviticus 18:6, 1 Thessalonians 4:13
3And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no husband; for her may he be defiled.
וְלַאֲחֹתֹו הַבְּתוּלָה הַקְּרֹובָה אֵלָיו אֲשֶׁר לֹא־הָיְתָה לְאִישׁ לָהּ יִטַּמָּא׃ (2652)
See also: Leviticus 22:12
4But he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself.
לֹא יִטַּמָּא בַּעַל בְּעַמָּיו לְהֵחַלֹּו׃ (400)
See also: Ezekiel 24:16-17
5They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.
לֹא־ [יִקְרְחָה כ] (יִקְרְחוּ ק) קָרְחָה בְּרֹאשָׁם וּפְאַת זְקָנָם לֹא יְגַלֵּחוּ וּבִבְשָׂרָם לֹא יִשְׂרְטוּ שָׂרָטֶת׃ (4441)
See also: Leviticus 19:28, Leviticus 19:27, Deuteronomy 14:1, Ezekiel 44:20, Ezekiel 5:1, Isaiah 15:2, Leviticus 10:6, Ezra 9:3, Isaiah 22:12, Jeremiah 16:6, Jeremiah 47:5, Jeremiah 48:37, Ezekiel 27:31, Amos 8:10, Micah 1:16
6They 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.
קְדֹשִׁים יִהְיוּ לֵאלֹהֵיהֶם וְלֹא יְחַלְּלוּ שֵׁם אֱלֹהֵיהֶם כִּי אֶת־אִשֵּׁי יְהוָה לֶחֶם אֱלֹהֵיהֶם הֵם מַקְרִיבִם וְהָיוּ קֹדֶשׁ׃ (2963)
See also: Leviticus 10:3, Leviticus 21:21, Leviticus 3:11, Leviticus 18:21, Leviticus 21:8, Leviticus 22:25, Ezra 8:28, Malachi 1:7, 1 Peter 2:9, Exodus 28:36, Exodus 29:44, Leviticus 19:12, Leviticus 21:17, Leviticus 22:2, Numbers 16:5, Numbers 28:2, Psalms 106:16, Isaiah 52:11, Ezekiel 44:7, Hosea 9:4
7They 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.
אִשָּׁה זֹנָה וַחֲלָלָה לֹא יִקָּחוּ וְאִשָּׁה גְּרוּשָׁה מֵאִישָׁהּ לֹא יִקָּחוּ כִּי־קָדֹשׁ הוּא לֵאלֹהָיו׃ (2467)
See also: Leviticus 21:13-14, Ezekiel 44:22, Exodus 19:6, Leviticus 21:8, 1 Timothy 3:11, Leviticus 19:29, Leviticus 21:14, Deuteronomy 33:8, Numbers 30:9, Deuteronomy 24:1-4, Deuteronomy 24:2, Ezra 10:18, Isaiah 50:1, Titus 1:6
8Thou 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.
וְקִדַּשְׁתֹּו כִּי־אֶת־לֶחֶם אֱלֹהֶיךָ הוּא מַקְרִיב קָדֹשׁ יִהְיֶה־לָּךְ כִּי קָדֹושׁ אֲנִי יְהוָה מְקַדִּשְׁכֶם׃ (3270)
See also: Leviticus 20:7-8, Leviticus 11:44, Leviticus 19:2, Leviticus 10:3, Exodus 31:13, Ezekiel 37:28, Leviticus 3:11, Leviticus 21:6, Leviticus 21:7, Leviticus 20:8, Leviticus 21:21, Leviticus 22:25, Leviticus 22:32, John 17:19, Hebrews 7:26, Exodus 19:10, Exodus 19:14, Exodus 28:41, Exodus 29:1, Exodus 29:43-44
9And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.
וּבַת אִישׁ כֹּהֵן כִּי תֵחֵל לִזְנֹות אֶת־אָבִיהָ הִיא מְחַלֶּלֶת בָּאֵשׁ תִּשָּׂרֵף׃ (3981)
See also: Genesis 38:24, Revelation 17:16, Leviticus 19:29, Deuteronomy 22:21, Leviticus 20:14, Deuteronomy 21:18, Joshua 7:15, Joshua 7:25, Judges 19:2, 1 Samuel 2:17, 1 Samuel 2:34, 1 Samuel 3:13-14, Isaiah 33:14, Ezekiel 9:6, Ezekiel 23:45, Malachi 2:3, Matthew 11:20-24, 1 Timothy 3:4-5, Titus 1:6
10And 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;
וְהַכֹּהֵן הַגָּדֹול מֵאֶחָיו אֲשֶׁר־יוּצַק עַל־רֹאשֹׁו ׀ שֶׁמֶן הַמִּשְׁחָה וּמִלֵּא אֶת־יָדֹו לִלְבֹּשׁ אֶת־הַבְּגָדִים אֶת־רֹאשֹׁו לֹא יִפְרָע וּבְגָדָיו לֹא יִפְרֹם׃ (5277)
See also: Leviticus 10:6-7, Leviticus 16:32, Matthew 26:65, Exodus 29:7, Exodus 29:29-30, Leviticus 8:12, Leviticus 13:45, Numbers 35:25, Psalms 106:16, Ezekiel 24:17, Mark 14:63, Genesis 37:34, Exodus 28:2-4, Exodus 30:31, Exodus 30:32, Leviticus 4:3, Leviticus 8:7-9, Numbers 6:7, Numbers 18:8, 2 Samuel 15:30
11Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;
וְעַל כָּל־נַפְשֹׁת מֵת לֹא יָבֹא לְאָבִיו וּלְאִמֹּו לֹא יִטַּמָּא׃ (1693)
See also: Numbers 19:14, Matthew 8:21, Deuteronomy 26:14, Leviticus 21:1, Numbers 19:11, Deuteronomy 33:9, Leviticus 19:28, Numbers 6:6, Numbers 6:7, Numbers 9:6, Matthew 12:46-50, Luke 9:59-60, Luke 14:26, 2 Corinthians 5:16
12Neither 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.
וּמִן־הַמִּקְדָּשׁ לֹא יֵצֵא וְלֹא יְחַלֵּל אֵת מִקְדַּשׁ אֱלֹהָיו כִּי נֵזֶר שֶׁמֶן מִשְׁחַת אֱלֹהָיו עָלָיו אֲנִי יְהוָה׃ (3369)
See also: Leviticus 10:7, Exodus 28:36, Exodus 29:6-7, Leviticus 8:9-12, Leviticus 21:23, Leviticus 8:30, Numbers 16:5, Isaiah 61:1, Acts 10:38, Exodus 25:8
13And he shall take a wife in her virginity.
וְהוּא אִשָּׁה בִבְתוּלֶיהָ יִקָּח׃ (897)
See also: Leviticus 21:7, Hebrews 13:4, Ezekiel 44:22, 2 Corinthians 11:2, Revelation 14:4, Ezra 10:18, 1 Timothy 3:11
14A 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.
אַלְמָנָה וּגְרוּשָׁה וַחֲלָלָה זֹנָה אֶת־אֵלֶּה לֹא יִקָּח כִּי אִם־בְּתוּלָה מֵעַמָּיו יִקַּח אִשָּׁה׃ (2477)
15Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the LORD do sanctify him.
וְלֹא־יְחַלֵּל זַרְעֹו בְּעַמָּיו כִּי אֲנִי יְהוָה מְקַדְּשֹׁו׃ (1093)
See also: Leviticus 10:3, Exodus 29:44, Leviticus 22:32, Romans 11:16, 1 Corinthians 7:14, Genesis 18:19, Leviticus 21:8, Ezra 2:62, Ezra 9:2, Nehemiah 13:23-29, Ezekiel 20:12, Malachi 2:8, Malachi 2:11, Malachi 2:15
16And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
וַיְדַבֵּר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה לֵּאמֹר׃ (895)
17Speak 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.
דַּבֵּר אֶל־אַהֲרֹן לֵאמֹר אִישׁ מִזַּרְעֲךָ לְדֹרֹתָם אֲשֶׁר יִהְיֶה בֹו מוּם לֹא יִקְרַב לְהַקְרִיב לֶחֶם אֱלֹהָיו׃ (3531)
See also: Leviticus 10:3, Leviticus 3:11, Deuteronomy 23:1, Leviticus 21:21, Numbers 16:5, Psalms 65:4, Leviticus 3:16, Leviticus 21:6, Leviticus 22:20-25, 2 Chronicles 30:19, Ezekiel 44:7, Hosea 9:4, 1 Thessalonians 2:10, 1 Timothy 3:2, Hebrews 7:26
18For 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,
כִּי כָל־אִישׁ אֲשֶׁר־בֹּו מוּם לֹא יִקְרָב אִישׁ עִוֵּר אֹו פִסֵּחַ אֹו חָרֻם אֹו שָׂרוּעַ׃ (2909)
See also: 1 Timothy 3:2-3, Leviticus 22:19-25, Leviticus 22:22, Leviticus 22:23, Daniel 1:4, Isaiah 56:10, Matthew 23:16-17, Matthew 23:19, 1 Timothy 3:7, Titus 1:7, Titus 1:10
19Or a man that is brokenfooted, or brokenhanded,
אֹו אִישׁ אֲשֶׁר־יִהְיֶה בֹו שֶׁבֶר רָגֶל אֹו שֶׁבֶר יָד׃ (2115)
20Or crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken;
אֹו־גִבֵּן אֹו־דַק אֹו תְּבַלֻּל בְּעֵינֹו אֹו גָרָב אֹו יַלֶּפֶת אֹו מְרֹוחַ אָשֶׁךְ׃ (2101)
21No 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.
כָּל־אִישׁ אֲשֶׁר־בֹּו מוּם מִזֶּרַע אַהֲרֹן הַכֹּהֵן לֹא יִגַּשׁ לְהַקְרִיב אֶת־אִשֵּׁי יְהוָה מוּם בֹּו אֵת לֶחֶם אֱלֹהָיו לֹא יִגַּשׁ לְהַקְרִיב׃ (4354)
See also: Leviticus 10:3, Leviticus 21:6, Deuteronomy 32:38, Leviticus 3:11, Leviticus 21:8, Leviticus 21:17, Leviticus 6:18, Leviticus 22:25, Ezra 2:62, Nehemiah 7:65, Ezekiel 44:7, Hosea 9:4
22He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy.
לֶחֶם אֱלֹהָיו מִקָּדְשֵׁי הַקֳּדָשִׁים וּמִן־הַקֳּדָשִׁים יֹאכֵל׃ (1659)
See also: Leviticus 2:3, Leviticus 10:12, Leviticus 2:10, Leviticus 6:16-17, Leviticus 7:1, Leviticus 22:7, Leviticus 22:10-13, Leviticus 24:8-9, Leviticus 24:9, Numbers 18:9-10, Numbers 18:19, 1 Corinthians 9:13, Leviticus 6:25, Leviticus 6:29, Leviticus 14:13, Leviticus 22:4, Numbers 18:10, 2 Chronicles 31:16, Ezekiel 42:13
23Only 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.
אַךְ אֶל־הַפָּרֹכֶת לֹא יָבֹא וְאֶל־הַמִּזְבֵּחַ לֹא יִגַּשׁ כִּי־מוּם בֹּו וְלֹא יְחַלֵּל אֶת־מִקְדָּשַׁי כִּי אֲנִי יְהוָה מְקַדְּשָׁם׃ (2939)
See also: Exodus 19:6, Ezekiel 20:12, Leviticus 21:12, Matthew 27:51, Exodus 30:6-8, Exodus 40:26-27, Leviticus 15:31, Ezekiel 44:9-14, Hebrews 10:20
24And Moses told it unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel.
וַיְדַבֵּר מֹשֶׁה אֶל־אַהֲרֹן וְאֶל־בָּנָיו וְאֶל־כָּל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל׃ (1649)