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And Jehovah said to▵ Moses , Say to▵ the priests , the sons of Aaron , and Say to▵ them, He shall not defile himself as··to the soul* among◦ his people;
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but◦ for his kin, that is near to▵ 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 to▵ him, who has not had◦ a husband ◦; for her he may defile himself.
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But he shall not defile himself, being a master* among his people, to profane himself.
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They shall not make··bald a baldness on◦ their head , neither shall they shave ··off the corner▵ of their beard , nor on◦ their flesh lacerate with a laceration.
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They shall be holy to their God , and not profane the name of their God ; for the fire··offerings of Jehovah , and the bread of their God , they◦ do offer: and they shall be holy .
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They shall not take a woman that is a harlot , and they shall not take a profane woman driven··out from her husband ◦; for he◦ is holy to his God .
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And thou shalt sanctify him; for he◦ offers the bread of thy God ; he◦ shall be holy to thee: for I◦ Jehovah , who sanctifies you, am holy.
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And the daughter of a man◦ a priest, if▫ she profanes herself by committing··harlotry, she◦ is profaning her father , she shall be burnt··up with fire .
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And the great priest of his brothers , on whose head the anointing oil was poured, and whose hand is filled to clothe with the garments , his head he shall not expose, and his garments he shall not unstitch;
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neither shall he go ··in to any dead soul , 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, and her that is driven··out, and a profane harlot , these he shall not take; but◦ he shall take a virgin from his own people for a wife .
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Neither shall he profane his seed among◦ his people; for I◦, Jehovah , do sanctify him.
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And Jehovah spoke to▵ Moses , saying,
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Speak to▵ Aaron , saying, A man ◦ of thy seed for their generations who hath in him a blemish, he shall not come··near to offer the bread of his God .
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For whatever man ◦ he be who has a blemish, he shall not come··near ; a blind man ◦, or a lame , or he that is··shortened, or too··long ◦,
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or a man ◦ that has a broken foot or broken hand ,
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or hunchbacked, or crushed, or confused in his eye , or that has scabies, or warts, or a crumpled testis;
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Any man ◦, of the seed of Aaron the priest, who has a blemish, shall not approach to offer the fire··offerings of Jehovah ; he has a blemish; he shall not approach to offer the bread of his God .
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He shall eat the bread of his God , from the holies of the holies , and from the holies*.
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Surely he shall not go··in to▵ the veil, nor shall he approach the altar , for he has a blemish; that he profane not My sanctuaries; for I◦, Jehovah , do sanctify them.
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And Moses spoke it to▵ Aaron , and to▵ his sons, and to▵ all the sons of Israel .