1And the Lord said unto Moses, Speak unto the Priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, Let none be defiled by the dead among his people,
2But by his kinsman that is near unto him: to wit, by his mother, or by his father, or by his son, or by his daughter, or by his brother,
3Or by his sister a maid, that is near unto him, which had not had an husband: for her he may lament.
4He shall not lament for the Prince among his people, to pollute himself.
5They shall not make bald parts upon their head, nor shave off the locks of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.
6They shall be holy unto their God, and not pollute the Name of their God: for the sacrifices of the Lord made by fire, and the bread of their God they do offer: therefore they shall be holy.
7They shall not take to wife an whore, or one polluted, neither shall they marry a woman divorced from her husband: for such one is holy unto his God.
8Thou shalt sanctify him therefore, for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the Lord which sanctify you, am holy.
9If a Priest’s daughter fall to play the whore, she polluteth her father: therefore shall she be burnt with fire.
10Also the high Priest among his brethren, (upon whose head the anointing oil was poured, and hath consecrated his hand to put on the garments) shall not uncover his head nor rent his clothes.
11Neither shall he go to any dead body, nor make himself unclean by his father or by his mother,
12Neither shall he go out of the Sanctuary, nor pollute the holy place of his God: for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the Lord.
13Also he shall take a maid unto his wife:
14But a widow, or a divorced woman, or a polluted, or an harlot, these shall he not marry, but shall take a maid of his own people to wife:
15Neither shall he defile his seed among his people: for I am the Lord which sanctify him.
16And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
17Speak unto Aaron, and say, Whosoever of thy seed in their generations hath any blemishes, shall not prease to offer the bread of his God:
18For whosoever hath any blemish, shall not come near: as a man blind or lame, or that hath a flat nose, or that hath any misshapen member,
19Or, a man that hath a broken foot, or a broken hand,
20Or, is crookbacked, or bleary-eyed, or hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken.
21None of the seed of Aaron the Priest that hath a blemish, shall come near to offer the sacrifices of the Lord made by fire, having a blemish: he shall not prease to offer the bread of his God.
22The bread of his God, even of the most holy, and of the holy shall he eat:
23But he shall not go in unto the veil, nor come near the altar, because he hath a blemish, lest he pollute my Sanctuaries: for I am the Lord that sanctify them.
24Thus spake Moses unto Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the children of Israel.