Verse 12
Leviticus 21:12
Bible in Basic English
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He may not go out of the holy place or make the holy place of his God (Elohim) common; for the crown of the holy oil of his God (Elohim) is on him: I am the Lord.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וּ/מִן הַ/מִּקְדָּשׁ֙ לֹ֣א יֵצֵ֔א וְ/לֹ֣א יְחַלֵּ֔ל אֵ֖ת מִקְדַּ֣שׁ אֱלֹהָ֑י/ו כִּ֡י נֵ֠זֶר שֶׁ֣מֶן מִשְׁחַ֧ת אֱלֹהָ֛י/ו עָלָ֖י/ו אֲנִ֥י יְהוָֽה
English Translation
And from the sanctuary he shall not go out, and he shall not desecrate the sanctuary of his God, for I am the anointing oil of his God upon him; I am the Lord.
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Chapter 21 Context
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And the Lord said to Moses, Say to the priests, the sons of Aaron, Let no man make himself unclean f...
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But only for his near relations, for his mother or his father, his son or his daughter, and his brot...
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And for his sister, a virgin, for she is his near relation and has had no husband, he may make himse...
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But let him, being a chief among his people, not make himself unclean in such a way as to put shame...
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They are not to have their hair cut off for the dead, or the hair on their chins cut short, or make...
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6
Let them be holy to their God (Elohim) and not make the name of their God (Elohim) common; for the f...
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They may not take as wife a loose or common woman, or one who has been put away by her husband: for...
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8
And he is to be holy in your eyes, for by him the bread of your God (Elohim) is offered; he is to be...
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9
And if the daughter of a priest makes herself common and by her loose behaviour puts shame on her fa...
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10
And he who is the chief priest among his brothers, on whose head the holy oil has been put, who is m...
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11
He may not go near any dead body or make himself unclean for his father or his mother;
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12
He may not go out of the holy place or make the holy place of his God (Elohim) common; for the crown...
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And let him take as his wife one who has not had relations with a man.
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14
A widow, or one whose husband has put her away, or a common woman of loose behaviour, may not be the...
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And he may not make his seed unclean among his people, for I the Lord have made him holy.
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16
And the Lord said to Moses,
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Say to Aaron, If a man of your family, in any generation, is damaged in body, let him not come near...
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For any man whose body is damaged may not come near: one who is blind, or has not the use of his leg...
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Or a man with broken feet or hands,
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Or one whose back is bent, or one who is unnaturally small, or one who has a damaged eye, or whose s...
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No man of the offspring of Aaron whose body is damaged in any way may come near to give the fire off...
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He may take of the bread of God (Elohim), the holy and the most holy;
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But he may not go inside the veil or come near the altar, because he is damaged; and he may not make...
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These are the words which Moses said to Aaron and to his sons and to all the children of Israel.
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