And Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord spoke, saying:

‘By those (A)who come near Me
I must be regarded as holy;
And before all the people
I must be glorified.’ ”

So Aaron held his peace.

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They shall be (A)holy to their God and not profane the name of their God, for they offer the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and the (B)bread of their God; (C)therefore they shall be holy. (D)They shall not take a wife who is a harlot or a defiled woman, nor shall they take a woman (E)divorced from her husband; for [a]the priest is holy to his God. Therefore you shall [b]consecrate him, for he offers the bread of your God. He shall be holy to you, for (F)I the Lord, who (G)sanctify you, am holy.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 21:7 Lit. he
  2. Leviticus 21:8 set him apart

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