Leviticus 21:16-24

New American Standard Bible 1995

¹⁶ Then 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, ¹⁹ or a man who has a broken foot or broken hand, ²⁰ or a hunchback or a dwarf, or one who has a ^[c]defect in his eye or eczema or scabs or ^(D)crushed testicles. ²¹ No 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. ²² He may eat ^(F)the food of his God, both of the most holy and of the holy, ²³ only 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.’” ²⁴ So Moses spoke to Aaron and to his sons and to all the sons of Israel.