⁶ Priests must be holy for their God. They must show respect for God’s name. They offer the bread and special gifts to the Lord, so they must be holy.

⁸ A priest serves God in a special way. So you must treat him in a special way, because he carries holy things. He brings the holy bread to me, and I am holy. I am the Lord, and I make you holy.

¹⁷ “Tell Aaron: If any of your descendants have anything wrong with them, they must not carry the special bread to God.

²¹ “If one of Aaron’s descendants has something wrong with him, he cannot approach the altar to bring gifts to the Lord. And he cannot carry the special bread to God.

²² He is from the family of priests, so he can eat the holy bread. He can also eat the very holy bread.