(GWT) Leviticus 21 : 1 The LORD spoke to Moses, "Tell the priests, Aaron's sons: None of you should become unclean by touching one of your relatives who has died.
(GWT) Leviticus 21 : 2 However, you are allowed to become unclean when one of your nearest relatives dies. These relatives include your mother, father, son, daughter, or brother,
(GWT) Leviticus 21 : 3 and especially an unmarried virgin sister who is still close to you.
(GWT) Leviticus 21 : 4 As the head of your people, you should never become unclean. That would make you unholy.
(GWT) Leviticus 21 : 5 "You should never mourn by shaving bald spots on your heads, shaving the edges of your beards, or slashing your bodies.
(GWT) Leviticus 21 : 6 "Be God's holy men, and don't dishonor the name of your God. Be holy because you bring sacrifices by fire to the LORD. It is the food of your God.
(GWT) Leviticus 21 : 7 You should never marry prostitutes, those who have lost their virginity, or divorced women because a priest is God's holy man.
(GWT) Leviticus 21 : 8 Be holy because you offer the food of your God. Be holy because I, the LORD, am holy. I set you apart as holy.
(GWT) Leviticus 21 : 9 When a priest's daughter dishonors herself by becoming a prostitute, she dishonors her father. She must be burned.
(GWT) Leviticus 21 : 10 "The priest who is anointed with oil and wears the chief priest's clothes is chief over his brothers. He must never mourn by leaving his hair uncombed or by tearing his clothes.
(GWT) Leviticus 21 : 11 He must never go near any dead bodies or become unclean, even for his father or mother.
(GWT) Leviticus 21 : 12 He must not leave the holy tent of his God. If he does, he will be dishonoring it, because he is dedicated with the anointing oil of his God. I am the LORD.
(GWT) Leviticus 21 : 13 "The anointed priest must marry a virgin.
(GWT) Leviticus 21 : 14 He must never marry a widow, a divorced woman, a woman who has lost her virginity, or a prostitute. He may only marry a virgin from his own people.
(GWT) Leviticus 21 : 15 He must not dishonor his children among his people because I, the LORD, set him apart as holy."
(GWT) Leviticus 21 : 16 The LORD spoke to Moses,
(GWT) Leviticus 21 : 17 "Tell Aaron: If any of your descendants (now or in future generations) has a physical defect, he must never bring food to offer to God.
(GWT) Leviticus 21 : 18 Indeed, no one who has a physical defect may ever come near [the altar]. That means anyone who is blind or lame, who has a disfigured face, a deformity,
(GWT) Leviticus 21 : 19 or a crippled hand or foot,
(GWT) Leviticus 21 : 20 who is a hunchback or dwarf, who has defective sight, skin diseases, or crushed testicles.
(GWT) Leviticus 21 : 21 If a descendant of the priest Aaron has a physical defect, he must never bring sacrifices by fire to the LORD. He has a defect. He must never bring food to offer to God.
(GWT) Leviticus 21 : 22 He may eat the food of his God-what is holy and what is very holy.
(GWT) Leviticus 21 : 23 However, he must never come up to the canopy or to the altar, since he has a physical defect. He must never dishonor the holy places because I, the LORD, set them apart as holy."
(GWT) Leviticus 21 : 24 So Moses spoke to Aaron and his sons and to all the Israelites.