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1. The LORD said to Moses: "Speak to Aaron's sons, the priests, and tell them: A priest is not to make himself ceremonially unclean for a dead person among his relatives,
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1. And the LORD H3068 said H559 unto H413 Moses H4872 , Speak H559 unto H413 the priests H3548 the sons H1121 of Aaron H175 , and say H559 unto H413 them , There shall none H3808 be defiled H2930 for the dead H5315 among his people H5971 :
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2. except for his immediate family: his mother, father, son, daughter, or brother.
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2. But H3588 H518 for his kin H7607 , that is near H7138 unto H413 him, that is , for his mother H517 , and for his father H1 , and for his son H1121 , and for his daughter H1323 , and for his brother H251 ,
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3. He may make himself unclean for his young unmarried sister in his immediate family.
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3. And for his sister H269 a virgin H1330 , that is nigh H7138 unto H413 him, which H834 hath had H1961 no H3808 husband H376 ; for her may he be defiled H2930 .
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4. He is not to make himself unclean for those related to him by marriage and so defile himself.
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4. But he shall not H3808 defile himself H2930 , being a chief man H1167 among his people H5971 , to profane himself H2490 .
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5. "Priests may not make bald spots on their heads, shave the edge of their beards, or make gashes on their bodies.
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5. They shall not H3808 make H7139 baldness H7144 upon their head H7218 , neither H3808 shall they shave off H1548 the corner H6285 of their beard H2206 , nor H3808 make H8295 any cuttings H8296 in their flesh H1320 .
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6. They are to be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God, because they present the fire offerings to the LORD, the food of their God. They must be holy.
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6. They shall be H1961 holy H6918 unto their God H430 , and not H3808 profane H2490 the name H8034 of their God H430 : for H3588 H853 the offerings of the LORD made by fire H801 H3068 , and the bread H3899 of their God H430 , they H1992 do offer H7126 : therefore they shall be H1961 holy H6944 .
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7. They are not to marry a woman defiled by prostitution or divorced by her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.
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7. They shall not H3808 take H3947 a wife H802 that is a whore H2181 , or profane H2491 ; neither H3808 shall they take H3947 a woman H802 put away H1644 from her husband H4480 H376 : for H3588 he H1931 is holy H6918 unto his God H430 .
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8. You are to consider him holy since he presents the food of your God. He will be holy to you because I, the LORD who sets you apart, am holy.
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8. Thou shalt sanctify H6942 him therefore; for H3588 he H1931 offereth H7126 H853 the bread H3899 of thy God H430 : he shall be H1961 holy H6918 unto thee: for H3588 I H589 the LORD H3068 , which sanctify H6942 you, am holy H6918 .
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9. If a priest's daughter defiles herself by promiscuity, she defiles her father; she must be burned up.
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9. And the daughter H1323 of any H376 priest H3548 , if H3588 she profane herself H2490 by playing the whore H2181 , she H1931 profaneth H2490 H853 her father H1 : she shall be burnt H8313 with fire H784 .
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10. "The priest who is highest among his brothers, who has had the anointing oil poured on his head and has been ordained to wear the garments, must not dishevel his hair or tear his garments.
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10. And he that is the high H1419 priest H3548 among his brethren H4480 H251 , upon H5921 whose H834 head H7218 the anointing H4888 oil H8081 was poured H3332 , and that is consecrated H4390 H853 H3027 to put on H3847 H853 the garments H899 , shall not H3808 uncover H6544 H853 his head H7218 , nor H3808 rend H6533 his clothes H899 ;
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11. He must not go near any dead person or make himself unclean even for his father or mother.
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11. Neither H3808 shall he go in H935 to H5921 any H3605 dead H4191 body H5315 , nor H3808 defile himself H2930 for his father H1 , or for his mother H517 ;
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12. He must not leave the sanctuary or he will desecrate the sanctuary of his God, for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is on him; I am the LORD.
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12. Neither H3808 shall he go out H3318 of H4480 the sanctuary H4720 , nor H3808 profane H2490 H853 the sanctuary H4720 of his God H430 ; for H3588 the crown H5145 of the anointing H4888 oil H8081 of his God H430 is upon H5921 him: I H589 am the LORD H3068 .
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13. "He is to marry a woman who is a virgin.
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13. And he H1931 shall take H3947 a wife H802 in her virginity H1331 .
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14. He is not to marry a widow, a divorced woman, or one defiled by prostitution. He is to marry a virgin from his own people,
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14. A widow H490 , or a divorced woman H1644 , or profane H2491 , or a harlot H2181 , H853 these H428 shall he not H3808 take H3947 : but H3588 H518 he shall take H3947 a virgin H1330 of his own people H4480 H5971 to wife H802 .
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15. so that he does not corrupt his bloodline among his people, for I am the LORD who sets him apart."
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15. Neither H3808 shall he profane H2490 his seed H2233 among his people H5971 : for H3588 I H589 the LORD H3068 do sanctify H6942 him.
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16. The LORD spoke to Moses:
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16. And the LORD H3068 spoke H1696 unto H413 Moses H4872 , saying H559 ,
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17. "Tell Aaron: None of your descendants throughout your generations who has a physical defect is to come near to present the food of his God.
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17. Speak H1696 unto H413 Aaron H175 , saying H559 , Whosoever H376 H834 he be of thy seed H4480 H2233 in their generations H1755 that hath H1961 any blemish H3971 , let him not H3808 approach H7126 to offer H7126 the bread H3899 of his God H430 .
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18. No man who has any defect is to come near: no man who is blind, lame, facially disfigured, or deformed;
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18. For H3588 whatsoever H3605 man H376 he be that H834 hath a blemish H3971 , he shall not H3808 approach H7126 : a blind H5787 man H376 , or H176 a lame H6455 , or H176 he that hath a flat nose H2763 , or H176 any thing superfluous H8311 ,
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19. no man who has a broken foot or hand,
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19. Or H176 a man H376 that H834 is H1961 broken H7667 H7272 -footed, or H176 broken H7667 H3027 -handed,
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20. or who is a hunchback or a dwarf, or who has an eye defect, a festering rash, scabs, or a crushed testicle.
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20. Or H176 crookbacked H1384 , or H176 a dwarf H1851 , or H176 that hath a blemish H8400 in his eye H5869 , or H176 be scurvy H1618 , or H176 scabbed H3217 , or H176 hath his stones H810 broken H4790 ;
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21. No descendant of Aaron the priest who has a defect is to come near to present the fire offerings to the LORD. He has a defect and is not to come near to present the food of his God.
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21. No H3808 H3605 man H376 that H834 hath a blemish H3971 of the seed H4480 H2233 of Aaron H175 the priest H3548 shall come nigh H5066 to offer H7126 H853 the offerings of the LORD made by fire H801 H3068 : he hath a blemish H3971 ; he shall not H3808 come nigh H5066 to offer H7126 H853 the bread H3899 of his God H430 .
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22. He may eat the food of his God from what is especially holy as well as from what is holy.
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22. He shall eat H398 the bread H3899 of his God H430 , both of the most holy H4480 H6944 H6944 , and of H4480 the holy H6944 .
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23. But because he has a defect, he must not go near the curtain or approach the altar. He is not to desecrate My sanctuaries, for I am the LORD who sets them apart."
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23. Only H389 he shall not H3808 go in H935 unto H413 the veil H6532 , nor H3808 come nigh H5066 unto H413 the altar H4196 , because H3588 he hath a blemish H3971 ; that he profane H2490 not H3808 H853 my sanctuaries H4720 : for H3588 I H589 the LORD H3068 do sanctify H6942 them.
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24. Moses said this to Aaron and his sons and to all the Israelites.
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24. And Moses H4872 told H1696 it unto H413 Aaron H175 , and to H413 his sons H1121 , and unto H413 all H3605 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 .
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