Verse 20
Leviticus 21:20
Noah Webster Bible
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Or crooked-backed, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his peculiar members broken:
Original Language Text
hebrew
אֽוֹ גִבֵּ֣ן אוֹ דַ֔ק א֖וֹ תְּבַלֻּ֣ל בְּ/עֵינ֑/וֹ א֤וֹ גָרָב֙ א֣וֹ יַלֶּ֔פֶת א֖וֹ מְר֥וֹחַ אָֽשֶׁךְ
English Translation
Either a powerful man or a weak one, or a mixture in his eyes, or a gravel, or a smooth one, or a wide scrotum.
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Chapter 21 Context
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And the LORD said to Moses, Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them, There shall no...
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But for his kin, that is near to him, that is , for his mother, and for his father, and for his son,...
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And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh to him, who hath had no husband: for her he may be defiled...
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But he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself.
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They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard...
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They shall be holy to their God (Elohim), and not profane the name of their God (Elohim): for the of...
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They shall not take a wife that is a lewd woman, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put awa...
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Thou shalt sanctify him therefore, for he offereth the bread of thy God (Elohim): he shall be holy t...
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And the daughter of any priest, if she shall profane herself by lewdness, she profaneth her father:...
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And he that is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil was poured, and...
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Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;
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Neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God (Elohim); for the cro...
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And he shall take a wife in her virginity.
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A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or a harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall take a...
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Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the LORD do sanctify him.
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And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
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Speak to Aaron, saying, whoever he may be of thy seed in their generations that hath any blemish, le...
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For whatever man he may be that hath a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he...
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Or a man that is broken-footed, or broken-handed,
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Or crooked-backed, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath...
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No man of the seed of Aaron the priest, that hath a blemish, shall come nigh to offer the offerings...
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He shall eat the bread of his God (Elohim), both of the most holy, and of the holy.
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Only he shall not go in to the vail, nor come nigh to the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he...
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And Moses told it to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the children of Israel.
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