1 A nd the Lord said to Moses, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them: ‘None shall defile himself for the dead among his people,

And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Speak unto the priests, sons of Aaron, and thou hast said unto them, For person is not defiled among his people,

2 e xcept for his relatives who are nearest to him: his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, and his brother;

except for his relation who near unto him -- for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother.

3 a lso his virgin sister who is near to him, who has had no husband, for her he may defile himself.

and for his sister, the virgin, who is near unto him, who hath not been to a man; for her he is defiled.

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

`A master doth not defile himself among his people -- to pollute himself;

5 ‘ They shall not make any bald place on their heads, nor shall they shave the edges of their beards nor make any cuttings in their flesh.

they do not make baldness on their head, and the corner of their beard they do not shave, and in their flesh they do not make a cutting;

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

they are holy to their God, and they pollute not the name of their God, for the fire-offerings of Jehovah, bread of their God, they are bringing near, and have been holy.

7 T hey shall not take a wife who is a harlot or a defiled woman, nor shall they take a woman divorced from her husband; for the priest is holy to his God.

`A woman, a harlot, or polluted, they do not take, and a woman cast out from her husband they do not take, for he holy to his God;

8 T herefore you shall consecrate him, for he offers the bread of your God. He shall be holy to you, for I the Lord, who sanctify you, am holy.

and thou hast sanctified him, for the bread of thy God he is bringing near; he is holy to thee; for holy I, Jehovah, sanctifying you.

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

`And a daughter of any priest when she polluteth herself by going a-whoring -- her father she is polluting; with fire she is burnt.

10 ‘ He who is the high priest among his brethren, on whose head the anointing oil was poured and who is consecrated to wear the garments, shall not uncover his head nor tear his clothes;

`And the high priest of his brethren, on whose head is poured the anointing oil, and hath consecrated his hand to put on the garments, his head doth not uncover, nor rend his garments,

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

nor beside any dead person doth he come; for his father and for his mother he doth not defile himself;

12 n or shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the Lord.

nor from the sanctuary doth he go out, nor doth he pollute the sanctuary of his God, for the separation of the anointing oil of his God on him; I Jehovah.

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

`And he taketh a wife in her virginity;

14 A widow or a divorced woman or a defiled woman or a harlot—these he shall not marry; but he shall take a virgin of his own people as wife.

widow, or cast out, or polluted one -- a harlot -- these he doth not take, but a virgin of his own people he doth take a wife,

15 N or shall he profane his posterity among his people, for I the Lord sanctify him.’”

and he doth not pollute his seed among his people; for I Jehovah, sanctifying him.'

16 A nd the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

17 “ Speak to Aaron, saying: ‘No man of your descendants in succeeding generations, who has any defect, may approach to offer the bread of his God.

`Speak unto Aaron, saying, No man of thy seed to their generations in whom there is blemish doth draw near to bring near the bread of his God,

18 F or any man who has a defect shall not approach: a man blind or lame, who has a marred face or any limb too long,

for no man in whom blemish doth draw near -- a man blind, or lame or dwarfed, or enlarged,

19 a man who has a broken foot or broken hand,

or a man in whom there is a breach in the foot, or a breach in the hand,

20 o r is a hunchback or a dwarf, or a man who has a defect in his eye, or eczema or scab, or is a eunuch.

or hump-backed, or a dwarf, or with a mixture in his eye, or a scurvy person, or scabbed, or broken-testicled.

21 N o man of the descendants of Aaron the priest, who has a defect, shall come near to offer the offerings made by fire to the Lord. He has a defect; he shall not come near to offer the bread of his God.

`No man in whom is blemish (of the seed of Aaron the priest) doth come nigh to bring near the fire-offerings of Jehovah; blemish in him; the bread of his God he doth not come nigh to bring near.

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

`Bread of his God -- of the most holy things, and of the holy things -- he doth eat;

23 o nly he shall not go near the veil or approach the altar, because he has a defect, lest he profane My sanctuaries; for I the Lord sanctify them.’”

only, unto the vail he doth not enter, and unto the altar he doth not draw nigh; for blemish in him; and he doth not pollute My sanctuaries; for I Jehovah, sanctifying them.'

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

And Moses speaketh unto Aaron, and unto his sons, and unto all the sons of Israel.