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chapter 21
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The
Lord said also to Moses: Speak to the priests the sons of Aaron, and thou shalt
say to them: Let not a priest incur an uncleanness at the death of his
citizens:
2 But only for his kin, such as are near in blood, that
is to say, for his father and for his mother, and for his son, and for his
daughter, for his brother also,
3 And for a maiden sister, who hath had no husband:
4 But not even for the prince of his people shall he do
any thing that may make him unclean.
5 Neither shall they shave their head, nor their beard,
nor make incisions in their flesh.
6 They shall be holy to their God, and shall not
profane his name: for they offer the burnt offering of the Lord, and the bread
of their God, and therefore they shall be holy.
7 They shall not take to wife a harlot or a vile
prostitute, nor one that has been put away from her husband: because they are
consecrated to their God,
8 And offer the leaves of proposition. Let them
therefore be holy, because I also am holy, the Lord, who sanctify them.
9 If the daughter of a priest be taken in whoredom, and
dishonour the name of her father, she shall be burnt with fire.
10 The high priest, that is to say, the priest, is the
greatest among his brethren. upon whose head the oil of unction hath been
poured, and whose hands have been consecrated for the priesthood, and who hath
been vested with the holy vestments, shall not uncover his head, he shall not
rend his garments:
11 Nor shall he go in at all to any dead person: not
even for his father, or his mother, shall he be defiled:
12 Neither shall he go out of the holy places, lest he
defile the sanctuary of the Lord, because the oil of the holy unction of his
God is upon him. I am the Lord.
13 He shall take a virgin unto his wife:
14 But a widow or one that is divorced, or defiled, or
a harlot, he shall not take, but a maid of his own people :
15 He shall not mingle the stock of his kindred with
the common people of his nation: for I am the Lord who sanctify him.
16 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
17 Say to Aaron: Whosoever of thy seed throughout their
families, hath a blemish, he shall not offer bread to his God.
18 Neither shall he approach to minister to him: If he
be blind, if he be lame, if he have a little, or a great, or a crooked nose,
19 If his foot, or if his hand be broken,
20 If he be crookbacked, or blear eyed, or have a pearl
in his eye, or a continual scab, or a dry scurf in his body, or a rupture:
21 Whosoever of the seed of Aaron the priest hath a
blemish, he shall not approach to offer sacrifices to the Lord, nor bread to
his God.
22 He shall eat nevertheless of the loaves, that are
offered in the sanctuary,
23 Yet so that he enter not within the veil, nor
approach to the altar, because he hath a blemish, and he must not defile my
sanctuary. I am the Lord who sanctify them.
24 Moses therefore spoke to Aaron, and to his sons and
to all Israel, all the things that had been commanded him.
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