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13 Also he shall take a maide vnto his wife: 14 But a widowe, or a diuorced woman, or a polluted, or an harlot, these shall he not marrie, but shall take a maide of his owne people to wife: 15 Neyther shall he defile his seede among his people: for I am the Lorde which sanctifie him. 16 And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying, 17 Speake vnto Aaron, and say, Whosoeuer of thy seede in their generations hath any blemishes, shall not prease to offer the bread of his God: 18 For whosoeuer hath any blemish, shall not come neere: as a man blinde or lame, or that hath a flat nose, or that hath any misshapen member, 19 Or a man that hath a broken foote, or a broken hande, 20 Or is crooke backt, or bleare eyed, or hath a blemish in his eye, or be skiruie, or skabbed, or haue his stones broken. 21 None of the seede of Aaron the Priest that hath a blemish, shall come neere to offer the sacrifices of the Lorde made by fire, hauing a blemish: he shall not prease to offer the bread of his God. 22 The bread of his God, euen of the most holie, and of the holy shall he eate: 23 But he shall not goe in vnto the vaile, nor come neere the altar, because hee hath a blemish, least he pollute my Sanctuaries: for I am the Lord that sanctifie them. 24 Thus spake Moses vnto Aaron, and to his sonnes, and to all the children of Israel. Leviticus 21:13-24, Geneva Bible of 1587. Public domain.
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