Leviticus 21

1Yahweh said to Moses, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them, ‘A priest shall not defile himself for the dead among his people,Cross-references: Lev 10:6 · Lev 19:28 · Lev 21:11 · Num 19:14 · Num 19:16 · Ezek 44:25 · +3 more

2except for his relatives that are near to him: for his mother, for his father, for his son, for his daughter, for his brother,Cross-references: Lev 18:6 · 1Thess 4:13

3and for his virgin sister who is near to him, who has had no husband; for her he may defile himself.

4He shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself.Cross-references: Ezek 24:16

5“‘They shall not shave their heads or shave off the corners of their beards or make any cuttings in their flesh.Cross-references: Lev 10:6 · Lev 19:27 · Deut 14:1 · Isa 15:2 · Isa 22:12 · Jer 16:6 · +4 more

6They shall be holy to their God, and not profane the name of their God, for they offer the offerings of Yahweh made by fire, the bread of their God. Therefore they shall be holy.Cross-references: Ex 28:36 · Ex 29:44 · Lev 3:11 · Lev 10:3 · Lev 18:21 · Lev 19:12 · +7 more

7“‘They shall not marry a woman who is a prostitute, or profane. A priest shall not marry a woman divorced from her husband; for he is holy to his God.Cross-references: Lev 21:8 · Lev 21:13 · Deut 24:1 · Isa 50:1 · Ezek 44:22 · 1Tim 3:11

8Therefore you shall sanctify him, for he offers the bread of your God. He shall be holy to you, for I Yahweh, who sanctify you, am holy.Cross-references: Ex 19:10 · Ex 19:14 · Ex 28:41 · Ex 29:1 · Ex 29:43 · Lev 11:44 · +7 more

9“‘The daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by playing the prostitute, she profanes her father. She shall be burned with fire.Cross-references: Gen 38:24 · Lev 19:29 · Lev 20:14 · Josh 7:15 · Josh 7:25 · 1Sam 2:17 · +8 more

10“‘He who is the high priest among his brothers, upon whose head the anointing oil is poured, and who is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not let the hair of his head hang loose, or tear his clothes.Cross-references: Gen 37:34 · Ex 28:2 · Ex 29:29 · Lev 8:7 · Lev 8:12 · Lev 10:6 · +8 more

11He must not go in to any dead body, or defile himself for his father or for his mother.Cross-references: Lev 19:28 · Lev 21:1 · Num 6:7 · Num 19:14 · Deut 33:9 · Matt 8:21 · +4 more

12He shall not go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon him. I am Yahweh.Cross-references: Ex 28:36 · Ex 29:6 · Lev 8:9 · Lev 8:30 · Lev 10:7 · Isa 61:1 · +1 more

13“‘He shall take a wife in her virginity.Cross-references: Lev 21:7 · Ezek 44:22 · 2Cor 11:2 · Rev 14:4

14He shall not marry a widow, or one divorced, or a woman who has been defiled, or a prostitute. He shall take a virgin of his own people as a wife.Cross-references: Lev 21:7 · Ezek 44:22

15He shall not profane his offspring among his people, for I am Yahweh who sanctifies him.’”Cross-references: Gen 18:19 · Lev 21:8 · Ezra 2:62 · Ezra 9:2 · Neh 13:23 · Mal 2:11 · +3 more

16Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

17“Say to Aaron, ‘None of your offspring throughout their generations who has a defect may approach to offer the bread of his God.Cross-references: Lev 3:11 · Lev 3:16 · Lev 10:3 · Lev 21:6 · Lev 21:21 · Lev 22:20 · +5 more

18For whatever man he is that has a defect, he shall not draw near: a blind man, or a lame, or he who has a flat nose, or any deformity,Cross-references: Lev 22:19 · Isa 56:10 · Matt 23:16 · Matt 23:19 · 1Tim 3:2 · 1Tim 3:7 · +2 more

19or a man who has an injured foot, or an injured hand,

20or hunchbacked, or a dwarf, or one who has a defect in his eye, or an itching disease, or scabs, or who has damaged testicles.Cross-references: Deut 23:1 · Isa 56:3

21No man of the offspring of Aaron the priest who has a defect shall come near to offer the offerings of Yahweh made by fire. Since he has a defect, he shall not come near to offer the bread of his God.Cross-references: Lev 21:6 · Lev 21:8 · Lev 21:17

22He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy.Cross-references: Lev 2:3 · Lev 2:10 · Lev 6:16 · Lev 6:29 · Lev 7:1 · Lev 22:10 · +4 more

23He shall not come near to the veil, nor come near to the altar, because he has a defect; that he may not profane my sanctuaries, for I am Yahweh who sanctifies them.’”Cross-references: Ex 30:6 · Ex 40:26 · Lev 15:31 · Lev 21:12 · Ezek 44:9

24So Moses spoke to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the children of Israel.Cross-references: Mal 2:1 · Col 4:17 · 1Tim 1:18 · 2Tim 2:2