1 A nd 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:

El Señor dijo a Moisés: Habla a los sacerdotes, los hijos de Aarón, y diles: “Ninguno se contamine con persona muerta entre su pueblo,

2 b ut 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,

salvo por sus parientes más cercanos, su madre, su padre, su hijo, su hija o su hermano,

3 a nd for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no husband; for her may he be defiled.

o por su hermana virgen, que está cerca de él, por no haber tenido marido; por ella puede contaminarse.

4 B ut he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself.

“No se contaminará como pariente por matrimonio entre su pueblo, pues se profanaría.

5 T hey shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.

“No se harán tonsura en la cabeza, ni se rasurarán los bordes de la barba, ni se harán sajaduras en su carne.

6 T hey 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.

“Serán santos a su Dios y no profanarán el nombre de su Dios, porque presentarán las ofrendas encendidas al Señor, el alimento de su Dios; por tanto, serán santos.

7 T hey 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.

“No tomarán mujer que haya sido profanada como ramera, ni tomarán mujer divorciada de su marido; porque el sacerdote es santo a su Dios.

8 T hou 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.

“Lo consagrarás, pues, porque él ofrece el alimento de tu Dios; será santo para ti; porque yo, el Señor que os santifico, soy santo.

9 A nd the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.

“Y la hija de un sacerdote, si se profana como ramera, a su padre profana; en el fuego será quemada.

10 A nd 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;

“Y el que sea sumo sacerdote entre sus hermanos, sobre cuya cabeza haya sido derramado el aceite de la unción y que haya sido consagrado para llevar las vestiduras, no descubrirá su cabeza ni rasgará sus vestiduras,

11 n either shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;

ni se acercará a ningún muerto, ni aun por su padre o por su madre se contaminará;

12 n either 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.

no saldrá del santuario ni profanará el santuario de su Dios, porque la consagración del aceite de la unción de su Dios está sobre él; yo soy el Señor.

13 A nd he shall take a wife in her virginity.

“Tomará por mujer a una virgen.

14 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.

“De éstas no tomará: viuda, divorciada o una profanada como ramera, sino que tomará por mujer a una virgen de su propio pueblo,

15 N either shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the Lord do sanctify him.

para que no profane a su descendencia entre su pueblo; porque yo soy el Señor que lo santifico.”

16 A nd the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

Entonces habló el Señor a Moisés, diciendo:

17 S peak 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.

Habla a Aarón y dile: “Ningún hombre de tu descendencia, por todas sus generaciones, que tenga algún defecto se acercará para ofrecer el alimento de su Dios.

18 F or 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,

“Porque ninguno que tenga defecto se acercará: ni ciego, ni cojo, ni uno que tenga el rostro desfigurado, o extremidad deformada,

19 o r a man that is brokenfooted, or brokenhanded,

ni hombre que tenga pie quebrado o mano quebrada,

20 o r crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken;

ni jorobado, ni enano, ni uno que tenga defecto en un ojo, o sarna, o postillas, ni castrado.

21 n o 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.

“Ningún hombre de la descendencia del sacerdote Aarón que tenga defecto se acercará para ofrecer las ofrendas encendidas del Señor; porque tiene defecto no se acercará para ofrecer el alimento de su Dios.

22 H e shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy.

“Podrá comer el alimento de su Dios, tanto de las cosas santísimas como de las sagradas,

23 O nly 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.

sólo que no ha de entrar hasta el velo o acercarse al altar, porque tiene defecto, para que no profane mis santuarios; porque yo soy el Señor que los santifico.”

24 A nd Moses told it unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel.

Así habló Moisés a Aarón, a sus hijos y a todos los hijos de Israel.