1 T he Lord said to Moses, “Say to the religious leaders, the sons of Aaron, ‘No one should make himself unclean for a dead person among his people,

Entonces 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 e xcept for his own family, his mother, father, son, daughter and brother,

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

3 o r his young sister who is near to him because she has had no husband. For her he may make himself unclean.

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

4 H e should not make himself unclean as a husband among his people, and so make himself sinful.

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

5 T hey should not cut all the hair from any part on their heads, or cut part of the hair off their face, or make cuts 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 should be holy to their God and not put the name of their God to shame. For they give the gifts by fire to the Lord, the bread of their God. So they must 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, ustedes serán santos.

7 T hey should not take a woman who is unclean because of selling the use of her body. They should not take a woman who is divorced from her husband. For the religious leader is holy to 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 S o you must set him apart, for he gives the bread of your God. He will be holy to you. For I, the Lord Who sets you apart, am holy.

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

9 I f the daughter of any religious leader makes herself sinful by selling the use of her body, she puts her father to shame. She will be burned with fire.

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

10 ‘ The head religious leader on whose head the holy oil has been poured, and who has been set apart to wear the clothing, must not take the covering off his head or tear 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 H e must not go near any dead person or make himself unclean even for his father or mother.

No se acercará a ningún muerto, ni aun por su padre o por su madre se contaminará.

12 H e must not go out of the holy place or sin against the holy place of his God. For the crown of the holy oil of his God is on 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 H e should take a wife who has never had a man before.

Tomará por mujer a una virgen.

14 H e should not marry a woman whose husband has died, or a divorced woman, or one who has made herself sinful by selling the use of her body. But he should marry a woman from his own people, who has never had a man.

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

15 B y doing this he will not sin against his children among his people. For I am the Lord Who makes him holy.’”

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

16 T hen the Lord said to Moses,

Entonces el Señor habló a Moisés:

17 “ Say to Aaron, ‘None of your children or their children who has something wrong with his body should go near to give the bread as a gift to his God.

“Dile a Aarón: ‘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 no one whose body is not perfect should come near, no blind man, or man who cannot walk, or one with a marked face, or a bad arm or leg,

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 who has a broken foot or hand,

ni hombre que tenga pie quebrado o mano quebrada,

20 o r a man with a crooked upper back from birth, or a very little man, or one who has a bad eye or skin trouble or sores, or one whose sex parts have been crushed.

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

21 N o man among the children of Aaron the religious leader, who has something wrong with his body, should come near to give the Lord’s gifts by fire. He should not come near to give the bread of his God, because he has something wrong with him.

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 may 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 B ut he should not come near the curtain or the altar, because he has something wrong with him, and so he may not sin against My holy places. For I am the Lord Who makes them holy.’”

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 S o Moses spoke to Aaron and to his sons and to all the people of Israel.

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