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And the LORD said to Moses , Speak to the priests , the sons of Aaron , and say to them, There shall none be defiled for the dead among his people:
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But for his kin, that is near to 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 to him, who hath had no husband : for her he may 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 to 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 lewd woman , or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband : for he is holy to his God .
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Thou shalt sanctify him therefore, for he offereth the bread of thy God : he shall be holy to thee: for I the LORD , who sanctify you, am holy.
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And the daughter of any priest, if she shall profane herself by lewdness, 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 a harlot , these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people for a 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 spoke to Moses , saying,
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Speak to Aaron , saying, whoever he may 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 whatever man he may 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 broken-footed, or broken-handed,
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Or crooked-backed, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye , or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his peculiar members 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 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 to the vail, nor come nigh to the altar , because he hath a blemish; that he may not profane my sanctuaries: for I the LORD do sanctify them.
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And Moses told it to Aaron , and to his sons, and to all the children of Israel .