Leviticus 21 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 And the LORD said to Moses, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them, No one shall make himself unclean for the dead among his people, The LORD said to Moses: Speak to the priests, Aaron’s sons, and tell them: None of you shall make himself unclean for any dead person among his kindred, The LORD said to Moses, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them: ‘A priest must not make himself ceremonially unclean for any of his people who die,
2 except for his closest relatives, his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, his brother, except for his nearest relatives, his mother or father, his son or daughter, his brother except for a close relative, such as his mother or father, his son or daughter, his brother,
3 or his virgin sister (who is near to him because she has had no husband; for her he may make himself unclean). or his unmarried sister, who is of his own family while she remains single; for these he may make himself unclean. or an unmarried sister who is dependent on him since she has no husband—for her he may make himself unclean.
4 He shall not make himself unclean as a husband among his people and so profane himself. But as a husband among his kindred he shall not make himself unclean and thus profane himself. He must not make himself unclean for people related to him by marriage, and so defile himself.
5 They shall not make bald patches on their heads, nor shave off the edges of their beards, nor make any cuts on their body. The priests shall not make bald the crown of their head, nor shave the edges of their beard, nor lacerate their body. “’Priests must not shave their heads or shave off the edges of their beards or cut their bodies.
6 They shall be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God. For they offer the LORD’s food offerings, the bread of their God; therefore they shall be holy. They shall be holy to their God, and shall not profane their God’s name, since they offer the oblations of the LORD, the food of their God; so they must be holy. They must be holy to their God and must not profane the name of their God. Because they present the food offerings to the LORD, the food of their God, they are to be holy.
7 They shall not marry a prostitute or a woman who has been defiled, neither shall they marry a woman divorced from her husband, for the priest is holy to his God. A priest shall not marry a woman debased by prostitution, nor a woman who has been divorced by her husband; for the priest is holy to his God. “’They must not marry women defiled by prostitution or divorced from their husbands, because priests are holy to their God.
8 You shall sanctify him, for he offers the bread of your God. He shall be holy to you, for I, the LORD, who sanctify you, am holy. Honor him as holy for he offers the food of your God; he shall be holy to you, because I, the LORD, am holy who make you holy. Regard them as holy, because they offer up the food of your God. Consider them holy, because I the LORD am holy—I who make you holy.
9 And the daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by whoring, profanes her father; she shall be burned with fire. If a priest’s daughter debases herself by prostitution, she thereby debases her father; she shall be burned with fire. “’If a priest’s daughter defiles herself by becoming a prostitute, she disgraces her father; she must be burned in the fire.
10 “The priest who is chief among his brothers, on whose head the anointing oil is poured and who has been consecrated to wear the garments, shall not let the hair of his head hang loose nor tear his clothes. The most exalted of the priests, upon whose head the anointing oil has been poured and who has been ordained to wear the special vestments, shall not dishevel his hair or rend his garments, “’The high priest, the one among his brothers who has had the anointing oil poured on his head and who has been ordained to wear the priestly garments, must not let his hair become unkempt or tear his clothes.
11 He shall not go in to any dead bodies nor make himself unclean, even for his father or for his mother. nor shall he go near any dead person. Not even for his father or mother may he thus become unclean; He must not enter a place where there is a dead body. He must not make himself unclean, even for his father or mother,
12 He shall not go out of the sanctuary, lest he profane the sanctuary of his God, for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is on him: I am the LORD. nor shall he leave the sanctuary and profane the sanctuary of his God, for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is upon him. I am the LORD. nor leave the sanctuary of his God or desecrate it, because he has been dedicated by the anointing oil of his God. I am the LORD.
13 And he shall take a wife in her virginity. He shall marry only a woman who is a virgin. “’The woman he marries must be a virgin.
14 A widow, or a divorced woman, or a woman who has been defiled, or a prostitute, these he shall not marry. But he shall take as his wife a virgin of his own people, He shall not marry a widow or a woman who has been divorced or one who has been debased by prostitution, but only a virgin, taken from his kindred, he shall marry, He must not marry a widow, a divorced woman, or a woman defiled by prostitution, but only a virgin from his own people,
15 that he may not profane his offspring among his people, for I am the LORD who sanctifies him.” so that he not profane his offspring among his kindred. I, the LORD, make him holy. so that he will not defile his offspring among his people. I am the LORD, who makes him holy.’”
16 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, The LORD said to Moses: The LORD said to Moses,
17 “Speak to Aaron, saying, None of your offspring throughout their generations who has a blemish may approach to offer the bread of his God. Say to Aaron: None of your descendants, throughout their generations, who has any blemish shall come forward to offer the food of his God. “Say to Aaron: ‘For the generations to come none of your descendants who has a defect may come near to offer the food of his God.
18 For no one who has a blemish shall draw near, a man blind or lame, or one who has a mutilated face or a limb too long, Anyone who has any of the following blemishes may not come forward: he who is blind, or lame, or who has a split lip, or a limb too long, No man who has any defect may come near: no man who is blind or lame, disfigured or deformed;
19 or a man who has an injured foot or an injured hand, or a broken leg or arm, no man with a crippled foot or hand,
20 or a hunchback or a dwarf or a man with a defect in his sight or an itching disease or scabs or crushed testicles. or who is a hunchback or dwarf or has a growth in the eye, or who is afflicted with sores, scabs, or crushed testicles. or who is a hunchback or a dwarf, or who has any eye defect, or who has festering or running sores or damaged testicles.
21 No man of the offspring of Aaron the priest who has a blemish shall come near to offer the LORD’s food offerings; since he has a blemish, he shall not come near to offer the bread of his God. No descendant of Aaron the priest who has any such blemish may draw near to offer the oblations of the LORD; on account of his blemish he may not draw near to offer the food of his God. No descendant of Aaron the priest who has any defect is to come near to present the food offerings to the LORD. He has a defect; he must not come near to offer the food of his God.
22 He may eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy and of the holy things, He may, however, eat the food of his God: of the most sacred as well as sacred offerings. He may eat the most holy food of his God, as well as the holy food;
23 but he shall not go through the veil or approach the altar, because he has a blemish, that he may not profane my sanctuaries, for I am the LORD who sanctifies them.” Only, he may not enter through the veil nor draw near to the altar on account of his blemish; he shall not profane my sacred precincts, for it is I, the LORD, who make them holy. yet because of his defect, he must not go near the curtain or approach the altar, and so desecrate my sanctuary. I am the LORD, who makes them holy.’”
24 So Moses spoke to Aaron and to his sons and to all the people of Israel. Moses, therefore, told this to Aaron and his sons and to all the Israelites. So Moses told this to Aaron and his sons and to all the Israelites.
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