Leviticus 21:16-24

New American Standard Bible 1995

¹⁶Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ¹⁷“Speak to Aaron, saying, ‘No man of your ^[a]offspring throughout their generations who has a defect shall approach to offer the ^(A)food of his God. ¹⁸^(B)For no one who has a defect shall approach: a blind man, or a lame man, or he who has a ^[b]^(C)disfigured face, or any deformed limb, ¹⁹or a man who has a broken foot or broken hand, ²⁰or a hunchback or a dwarf, or one who has a ^[c]defect in his eye or eczema or scabs or ^(D)crushed testicles. ²¹No man among the ^[d]descendants of Aaron the priest who has a defect is to come near to offer the Lord’s offerings by fire; since he has a defect, he shall not come near to offer ^(E)the food of his God. ²²He may eat ^(F)the food of his God, both of the most holy and of the holy, ²³only he shall not go in to the veil or come near the altar because he has a defect, so that he will not profane My sanctuaries. For I am the Lord who sanctifies them.’” ²⁴So Moses spoke to Aaron and to his sons and to all the sons of Israel.

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Footnotes

Leviticus 21:17 Lit seed
Leviticus 21:18 Lit slit
Leviticus 21:20 Lit obscurity
Leviticus 21:21 Lit seed

Leviticus 21:16-24

New International Version

¹⁶The Lord said to Moses, ¹⁷“Say to Aaron: ‘For the generations to come none of your descendants who has a defect^(A) may come near to offer the food of his God.^(B) ¹⁸No man who has any defect^(C) may come near: no man who is blind^(D) or lame,^(E) disfigured or deformed; ¹⁹no man with a crippled foot or hand, ²⁰or who is a hunchback or a dwarf, or who has any eye defect, or who has festering or running sores or damaged testicles.^(F) ²¹No descendant of Aaron the priest who has any defect^(G) is to come near to present the food offerings to the Lord.^(H) He has a defect; he must not come near to offer the food of his God.^(I) ²²He may eat the most holy food of his God,^(J) as well as the holy food; ²³yet because of his defect,^(K) he must not go near the curtain or approach the altar, and so desecrate my sanctuary.^(L) I am the Lord, who makes them holy.^(M)’”