1 GLT And Yahweh said to Moses:“Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them,‘For a dead person he must not make himself unclean among his people. 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 GLT But if for his relative close to him— for his mother, or for his father, or for his son, or for his daughter, or for his brother, BSB BSB: except for his immediate family—his mother, father, son, daughter, or brother,
3 GLT or for his virgin sister who is close to him since she has no husband, for her he may make himself unclean. BSB BSB: or his unmarried sister who is near to him, since she has no husband.
4 GLT He must not make himself unclean as a husband 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 GLT They must not shave a bald patch on their heads and they must not shave off the corner of their beard, and they must not cut a cut in 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 GLT They must be holy ones to their God and they must not profane the name of their God. For they are offering Yahweh’ s offerings made by fire, the bread of their God, so they must 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 GLT He must not take a woman who is a prostitute or profaned. And he must not take a woman divorced from her husband. For he is holy to 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 GLT And you will make him holy, for he is the one who offers the bread of your God. He must be holy for you, because I, Yahweh who makes you holy, 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 GLT And a daughter of any priest who profanes herself by becoming a prostitute, she is profaning her father. In the fire she must be burned. BSB BSB: If a priest’s daughter defiles herself by prostituting herself, she profanes her father; she must be burned in the fire.
10 GLT And the great priest among his brothers, who has had the oil of anointing poured upon his head and has had his hand filled to wear the garments, he must not let his head be unbound and he must not tear his clothes. 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 GLT And he must not go near any dead person, for his father or for his mother. He must not make himself unclean. BSB BSB: He must not go near any dead body; he must not defile himself, even for his father or mother.
12 GLT And he must not leave from the holy place and he must not profane the holy place of his God. For the dedication of the oil of the anointing of his God is upon him. I am Yahweh. 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 GLT And he must take a wife in her virginity. BSB BSB: The woman he marries must be a virgin.
14 GLT A widow, or a divorced woman, or a profaned prostitute— these he must not take. But rather, a virgin from his people he must take as a wife. 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 GLT And he will not profane his offspring among his people. For I am Yahweh who makes him holy.’” BSB BSB: so that he does not defile his offspring among his people, for I am the LORD who sanctifies him.”
16 GLT And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, BSB BSB: Then the LORD said to Moses,
17 GLT “Speak to Aaron, saying,‘A man from your offspring throughout their generations who has a defect in him must not come near to offer food to 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 GLT For any man who has in him a defect must not come near: a man blind or lame or who has a slit nose or who is deformed, BSB BSB: No man who has any defect may approach—no man who is blind, lame, disfigured, or deformed;
19 GLT or a man who has a broken foot or a broken hand, BSB BSB: no man who has a broken foot or hand,
20 GLT or a hunchback, or a dwarf, or one with a defect in his eye or eczema or scabs or a crushed 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 GLT Any man who has in him a defect among the offspring of Aaron the priest must not approach to offer Yahweh’ s offerings made by fire. A defect is in him. He must not approach to offer the bread of his 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 GLT The food of his God, some of the holiest holy things and some of the holy things, he may eat. BSB BSB: He may eat the most holy food of his God as well as the holy food,
23 GLT However, he must not go into the curtain and he must not approach to the altar. For a defect is in him and he must not profane my holy place. For I am Yahweh who makes them holy.’” 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 GLT And Moses spoke to Aaron and to his sons and to all the sons of Israel. BSB BSB: Moses told this to Aaron and his sons and to all the Israelites.
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