Verse 5
Leviticus 21:5
Literal Standard Version
5
they do not make baldness on their head, and they do not shave the corner of their beard, and they do not make a cutting in their flesh;
Original Language Text
hebrew
לֹֽא יקרחה יִקְרְח֤וּ קָרְחָה֙ בְּ/רֹאשָׁ֔/ם וּ/פְאַ֥ת זְקָנָ֖/ם לֹ֣א יְגַלֵּ֑חוּ וּ/בִ֨/בְשָׂרָ֔/ם לֹ֥א יִשְׂרְט֖וּ שָׂרָֽטֶת
English Translation
They shall not make baldness upon their heads, nor shall they shave off the edge of their beards, and they shall not cut any cuts in their flesh.
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Chapter 21 Context
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And YHWH says to Moses, “Speak to the priests, sons of Aaron, and you have said to them: No one defi...
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except for his relation who is near to him: for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and...
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and for his sister, the virgin, who is near to him, who has not been to a man; he is defiled for her...
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A master priest does not defile himself among his people—to defile himself;
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they do not make baldness on their head, and they do not shave the corner of their beard, and they d...
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they are holy to their God (Elohim), and they do not defile the Name of their God (Elohim), for the...
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They do not take a woman of harlotry, or defiled, and they do not take a woman cast out from her hus...
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and you have sanctified him, for he is bringing the bread of your God (Elohim) near. He is holy to y...
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And when a daughter of any priest defiles herself by going whoring—she is defiling her father; she i...
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And the high priest of his brothers, on whose head the anointing oil is poured, and who has consecra...
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nor does he come beside any dead person; he does not defile himself for his father and for his mothe...
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nor does he go out from the sanctuary, nor does he defile the sanctuary of his God (Elohim), for the...
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And he takes a wife in her virginity;
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a widow, or cast out, or defiled, or a harlot—these he does not take, but he takes a virgin of his o...
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and he does not defile his seed among his people; for I am YHWH, sanctifying him.”
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And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,
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“Speak to Aaron, saying, No man of your seed throughout their generations in whom there is blemish d...
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for no man in whom is a blemish draws near: a man blind, or lame, or disfigured, or deformed,
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or a man in whom there is a breach in the foot, or a breach in the hand,
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or hunchbacked, or a dwarf, or with a defect in his eye, or with an itch, or with a scab, or with a...
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No man in whom is blemish (of the seed of Aaron the priest) comes near to bring the fire-offerings o...
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Bread of his God (Elohim)—from the most holy things and from the holy things—he eats;
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only, he does not come toward the veil, and he does not draw near to the altar; for blemish is in hi...
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And Moses speaks to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the sons of Israel.
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