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And the LORD said unto Moses , Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron , and say unto them, There shall none be defiled for the dead among his people:
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But for his kin, that is near unto him, that is, 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 nigh unto him, which hath had no husband ; for her may he be defiled.
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But 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 the LORD made by fire, and the bread of their God , they do offer: therefore they shall be holy .
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They shall not take a wife that is a whore, 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 the LORD , which sanctify you, am holy.
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And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, 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 was poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments , shall not uncover his head , 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 the LORD .
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And he shall take a wife in her virginity.
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A widow, or a divorced woman , or profane, or an harlot , these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife .
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Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the LORD do sanctify him.
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And the LORD spake unto Moses , saying,
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Speak unto Aaron , saying, Whosoever he be of thy seed in their generations that hath any 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 any thing superfluous,
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Or a man that is brokenfooted, or brokenhanded,
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Or crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye , or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken;
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No man that hath a blemish of the seed of Aaron the priest shall come nigh to offer the offerings of the LORD 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 vail, nor come nigh unto the altar , because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I the LORD do sanctify them.
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And Moses told it unto Aaron , and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel .