Holiness Required of Priests 1 Brenton And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to the priests the sons of Aaron, and thou shalt tell them that they shall not defile themselves in their nation for the dead, BSB BSB: Then the LORD said to Moses, “Speak to Aaron’s sons, the priests, and tell them that a priest is not to defile himself for a dead person among his people,
2 Brenton but they may mourn for a relative who is very near to them, for a father and mother, and sons and daughters, for a brother, BSB BSB: except for his immediate family—his mother, father, son, daughter, or brother,
3 Brenton and for a virgin sister that is near to one, that is not espoused to a man; for these one shall defile himself. BSB BSB: or his unmarried sister who is near to him, since she has no husband.
4 Brenton He shall not defile himself suddenly among his people to profane himself. BSB BSB: He is not to defile himself for those related to him by marriage, and so profane himself.
5 Brenton And ye shall not shave your head for the dead with a baldness on the top; and they shall not shave their beard, neither shall they make gashes on their flesh. BSB BSB: Priests must not make bald spots on their heads, shave off the edges of their beards, or make cuts in their bodies.
6 Brenton They shall be holy to their God, and they shall not profane the name of their God; for they offer the sacrifices of the Lord as the gifts of their God, and they shall be holy. BSB BSB: They must be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God. Because they present to the LORD the food offerings, the food of their God, they must be holy.
7 Brenton They shall not take a woman who is a harlot and profaned, or a woman put away from her husband; for he is holy to the Lord his God. BSB BSB: A priest must not marry a woman defiled by prostitution or divorced by her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.
8 Brenton And thou shalt hallow him; he offers the gifts of the Lord your God: he shall be holy, for I the Lord that sanctify them am holy. BSB BSB: You are to regard him as holy, since he presents the food of your God. He shall be holy to you, because I the LORD am holy—I who set you apart.
9 Brenton And if the daughter of a priest should be profaned to go a whoring, she profanes the name of her father: she shall be burnt with fire. BSB BSB: If a priest’s daughter defiles herself by prostituting herself, she profanes her father; she must be burned in the fire.
10 Brenton And the priest that is chief among his brethren, the oil having been poured upon the head of the anointed one, and he having been consecrated to put on the garments, shall not take the mitre off his head, and shall not rend his garments: BSB BSB: The priest who is highest among his brothers, who has had the anointing oil poured on his head and has been ordained to wear the priestly garments, must not let his hair hang loose or tear his garments.
11 Brenton neither shall he go in to any dead body, neither shall he defile himself for his father or his mother. BSB BSB: He must not go near any dead body; he must not defile himself, even for his father or mother.
12 Brenton And he shall not go forth out of the sanctuary, and he shall not profane the sanctuary of his God, because the holy anointing oil of God is upon him: I am the Lord. BSB BSB: He must not leave or desecrate the sanctuary of his God, for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is on him. I am the LORD.
13 Brenton He shall take for a wife a virgin of his own tribe. BSB BSB: The woman he marries must be a virgin.
14 Brenton But a widow, or one that is put away, or profaned, or a harlot, these he shall not take; but he shall take for a wife a virgin of his own people. BSB BSB: He is not to marry a widow, a divorced woman, or one defiled by prostitution. He is to marry a virgin from his own people,
15 Brenton And he shall not profane his seed among his people: I am the Lord that sanctifies him. BSB BSB: so that he does not defile his offspring among his people, for I am the LORD who sanctifies him.”
Restrictions against Those with Blemishes 16 Brenton And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, BSB BSB: Then the LORD said to Moses,
17 Brenton Say to Aaron, A man of thy tribe throughout your generations, who shall have a blemish on him, shall not draw nigh to offer the gifts of his God. BSB BSB: “Say to Aaron, ‘For the generations to come, none of your descendants who has a physical defect may approach to offer the food of his God.
18 Brenton No man who has a blemish on him shall draw nigh; a man lame, blind, with his nose disfigured, or his ears cut, BSB BSB: No man who has any defect may approach—no man who is blind, lame, disfigured, or deformed;
19 Brenton a man who has a broken hand or a broken foot, BSB BSB: no man who has a broken foot or hand,
20 Brenton or hump-backed, or blear-eyed, or that has lost his eye-lashes, or a man who has a malignant ulcer, or tetter, or one that has lost a testicle. BSB BSB: or who is a hunchback or dwarf, or who has an eye defect, a festering rash, scabs, or a crushed testicle.
21 Brenton Whoever of the seed of Aaron the priest has a blemish on him, shall not draw nigh to offer sacrifices to thy God, because he has a blemish on him; he shall not draw nigh to offer the gifts of God. BSB BSB: No descendant of Aaron the priest who has a defect shall approach to present the food offerings to the LORD. Since he has a defect, he is not to come near to offer the food of his God.
22 Brenton The gifts of God are most holy, and he shall eat of the holy things. BSB BSB: He may eat the most holy food of his God as well as the holy food,
23 Brenton Only he shall not approach the veil, and he shall not draw nigh to the altar, because he has a blemish; and he shall not profane the sanctuary of his God, for I am the Lord that sanctifies them. BSB BSB: but because he has a defect, he must not go near the veil or approach the altar, so as not to desecrate My sanctuaries. For I am the LORD who sanctifies them.’”
24 Brenton And Moses spoke to Aaron and his sons, and to all the children of Israel. BSB BSB: Moses told this to Aaron and his sons and to all the Israelites.
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