21 And 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: 2 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 And for his sister a virgin, that is
nigh unto him, which hath had no husband; for her may he be defiled. 4 But he shall not defile himself, being
a chief man among his people, to profane himself. 5 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 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 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 Thou 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. 9 And the daughter of any priest, if
she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she
shall be burnt with fire. 10 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 Neither shall he go in to any dead
body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;
12 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 And he shall
take a wife in her virginity. 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. 15 Neither shall he profane his seed
among his people: for I the LORD do sanctify him. 16 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 17 Speak 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. 18 For 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, 19 Or a man that is brokenfooted, or
brokenhanded, 20 Or crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that
hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones
broken; 21 No 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. 22 He shall eat the bread of his God,
both of the most holy, and of the holy. 23 Only 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. 24 And Moses told it unto Aaron, and
to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel.