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And Jehovah said unto Moses , Speak unto the priests , the sons of Aaron , and say unto them, There shall none defile himself for the dead among his people;
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except for his kin, that is near unto him, for his mother , and for his father , and for his son , and for his daughter, and for his brother ,
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and for his sister a virgin, that is near unto him, that hath had no husband ; for her may he defile himself.
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He shall not defile himself, [being] a chief man among his people, to profane himself.
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They shall not make baldness upon their head , neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard , nor make any cuttings in their flesh .
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They shall be holy unto their God , and not profane the name of their God ; for the offerings of Jehovah made by fire, the bread of their God , they do offer: therefore they shall be holy .
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They shall not take a woman that is a harlot , or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband : for he is holy unto his God .
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Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God : he shall be holy unto thee: for I Jehovah , who sanctify you, am holy.
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And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the harlot , she profaneth her father : she shall be burnt with fire .
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And he that is the high priest among his brethren , upon whose head the anointing oil is poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments , shall not let the hair of his head go loose, nor rend his clothes ;
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neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father , or for his mother ;
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neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God ; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am Jehovah .
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And he shall take a wife in her virginity.
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A widow, or one divorced, or a profane woman , a harlot , these shall he not take: but a virgin of his own people shall he take to wife .
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And he shall not profane his seed among his people: for I am Jehovah who sanctifieth him.
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And Jehovah spake unto Moses , saying,
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Speak unto Aaron , saying, Whosoever he be of thy seed throughout their generations that hath a blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God .
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For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man , or a lame , or he that hath a flat nose, or anything superfluous,
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or a man that is broken-footed, or broken-handed,
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or crook-backed, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye , or is scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken;
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no man of the seed of Aaron the priest, that hath a blemish, shall come nigh to offer the offerings of Jehovah made by fire: he hath a blemish; he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God .
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He shall eat the bread of his God , both of the most holy , and of the holy :
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only he shall not go in unto the veil, nor come nigh unto the altar , because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I am Jehovah who sanctifieth them.
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So Moses spake unto Aaron , and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel .