1 T he Lord said to Moses, Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them that none of them shall defile himself for the dead among his people,

¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests, the sons of Aaron, and tell them to not be defiled for the dead among his people.

2 E xcept for his near kin, for his mother, father, son, daughter, brother,

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

3 A nd for his sister, a virgin, who is near to him because she has had no husband; for her he may be defiled.

and for his virgin sister, that is near unto him, who has had no husband; for her he may be defiled.

4 H e shall not even defile himself, being a husband or being a chief man among his people, and so profane himself.

He shall not defile himself for the prince among his people, to profane himself.

5 T he priests shall not shave the crown of their heads or clip off the corners of their beard or make any cuttings in their flesh.

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.

6 T hey shall be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God; for they offer the offerings made by fire to the Lord, the bread of their God; therefore they shall be holy.

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.

7 T hey shall not take a wife who is a harlot or polluted or profane or divorced, for is holy to his God.

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.

8 Y ou shall consecrate him therefore, for he offers the bread of your God; he shall be holy to you, for I the Lord Who sanctifies you am holy.

Thou shalt sanctify him, therefore, for he offers the bread of thy God; he shall be holy unto thee; for I the LORD, who sanctify you, am holy.

9 T he daughter of any priest who profanes herself by playing the harlot profanes her father; she shall be burned with fire.

And the daughter of the man who is a priest, if she begins to fornicate, she profanes her father; she shall be burnt with fire.

10 B ut he who is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil was poured and who is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not let the hair of his head hang loose or rend his clothes,

¶ 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;

11 N either shall he go in where any dead body lies nor defile himself for his father or for his mother;

neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father or for his mother;

12 N either shall he go out of the sanctuary nor desecrate or make ceremonially unclean the sanctuary of his God, for the crown or consecration of the anointing oil of his God is upon him. I am the Lord.

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.

13 H e shall take a wife in her virginity.

And he shall take a wife in her virginity.

14 A widow or a divorced woman or a woman who is polluted or profane or a harlot, these he shall not marry, but he shall take as his wife a virgin of his own people,

A widow or a divorced woman or profane or a harlot, these he shall not take, but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife.

15 T hat he may not profane or dishonor his children among his people; for I the Lord do sanctify the high priest.

Neither shall he profane his seed among his people, for I AM he that sanctifies him.

16 A nd the Lord said to Moses,

¶ And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying,

17 S ay to Aaron, Any one of your sons in their successive generations who has any blemish, let him not come near to offer the bread of his God.

Speak unto Aaron, saying, The man of thy seed in their generations that has any blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God.

18 F or no man who has a blemish shall approach, a man blind or lame, or he who has a disfigured face or a limb too long,

For no man in whom there is a blemish, shall approach: a blind man or a lame or he that lacks any thing or has any thing superfluous

19 O r who has a fractured foot or hand,

or a man that is brokenfooted or brokenhanded

20 O r is a hunchback, or a dwarf, or has a defect in his eye, or has scurvy or itch, or scabs or skin trouble, or has damaged testicles.

or crookbacked or a dwarf or that has a blemish in his eye or has scurvy or is scabbed or has his stones broken.

21 N o man of the offspring of Aaron the priest who has a blemish and is disfigured or deformed shall come near to offer the offerings of the Lord made by fire. He has a blemish; he shall not come near to offer the bread of his God.

No man that has a blemish of the seed of Aaron, the priest, shall come near to offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire. He has a blemish; he shall not come near to offer the bread of his God.

22 H e may eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy and of the holy things,

He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy and of the sanctified things.

23 B ut he shall not come within the veil or come near the altar, because he has a blemish, that he may not desecrate and make unclean My sanctuaries and hallowed things; for I the Lord do sanctify them.

Only he shall not go inside the veil nor come near unto the altar because he has a blemish, that he not profane my sanctuary; for I AM he that sanctifies them.

24 A nd Moses told it to Aaron and to his sons and to all the Israelites.

And Moses told it unto Aaron and to his sons and unto all the sons of Israel.