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And the LORD[H3068]said[H559] unto Moses[H4872], Speak[H559] unto the priests[H3548] the sons[H1121] of Aaron[H175], and say[H559] unto them, There shall none be defiled[H2930] for the dead[H5315] among his people[H5971]:
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But for his kin[H7607], that is near[H7138] unto him, that is, for his mother[H517], and for his father[H1], and for his son[H1121], and for his daughter[H1323], and for his brother[H251],
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And for his sister[H269] a virgin[H1330], that is nigh[H7138] unto him, which hath had no husband[H376]; for her may he be defiled[H2930].
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But he shall not defile[H2930] himself, being a chief man[H1167] among his people[H5971], to profane[H2490] himself.
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They shall not make[H7139]baldness[H7144] upon their head[H7218], neither shall they shave off[H1548] the corner[H6285] of their beard[H2206], nor make[H8295] any cuttings[H8296] in their flesh[H1320].
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They shall be holy[H6944] unto their God[H430], and not profane[H2490] the name[H8034] of their God[H430]: for the offerings[H801] of the LORD[H3068] made by fire[H801], and the bread[H3899] of their God[H430], they do offer[H7126]: therefore they shall be holy[H6918].
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They shall not take[H3947] a wife[H802] that is a whore[H2181], or profane[H2491]; neither shall they take[H3947] a woman[H802] put away[H1644] from her husband[H376]: for he is holy[H6918] unto his God[H430].
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Thou shalt sanctify[H6942] him therefore; for he offereth[H7126] the bread[H3899] of thy God[H430]: he shall be holy[H6918] unto thee: for I the LORD[H3068], which sanctify[H6942] you, am holy[H6918].
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And the daughter[H1323] of any[H376]priest[H3548], if she profane[H2490] herself by playing the whore[H2181], she profaneth[H2490] her father[H1]: she shall be burnt[H8313] with fire[H784].
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And he that is the high[H1419]priest[H3548] among his brethren[H251], upon whose head[H7218] the anointing[H4888]oil[H8081] was poured[H3332], and that is consecrated[H4390] to put[H3847] on the garments[H899], shall not uncover[H6544] his head[H7218], nor rend[H6533] his clothes[H899];
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Neither shall he go in[H935] to any dead[H4191]body[H5315], nor defile[H2930] himself for his father[H1], or for his mother[H517];
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Neither shall he go out[H3318] of the sanctuary[H4720], nor profane[H2490] the sanctuary[H4720] of his God[H430]; for the crown[H5145] of the anointing[H4888]oil[H8081] of his God[H430] is upon him: I am the LORD[H3068].
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And he shall take[H3947] a wife[H802] in her virginity[H1331].
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A widow[H490], or a divorced woman[H1644], or profane[H2491], or an harlot[H2181], these shall he not take[H3947]: but he shall take[H3947] a virgin[H1330] of his own people[H5971] to wife[H802].
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Neither shall he profane[H2490] his seed[H2233] among his people[H5971]: for I the LORD[H3068] do sanctify[H6942] him.
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And the LORD[H3068]spake[H1696] unto Moses[H4872], saying[H559],
17Speak[H1696] unto Aaron[H175], saying[H559], Whosoever[H376] he be of thy seed[H2233] in their generations[H1755] that hath any blemish[H3971], let him not approach[H7126] to offer[H7126] the bread[H3899] of his God[H430].
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For whatsoever man[H376] he be that hath a blemish[H3971], he shall not approach[H7126]: a blind[H5787]man[H376], or a lame[H6455], or he that hath a flat nose[H2763], or any thing superfluous[H8311],
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Or a man[H376] that is brokenfooted[H7667], or brokenhanded[H7667],
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Or crookbackt[H1384], or a dwarf[H1851], or that hath a blemish[H8400] in his eye[H5869], or be scurvy[H1618], or scabbed[H3217], or hath his stones[H810]broken[H4790];
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No man[H376] that hath a blemish[H3971] of the seed[H2233] of Aaron[H175] the priest[H3548] shall come nigh[H5066] to offer[H7126] the offerings[H801] of the LORD[H3068] made by fire[H801]: he hath a blemish[H3971]; he shall not come nigh[H5066] to offer[H7126] the bread[H3899] of his God[H430].
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He shall eat[H398] the bread[H3899] of his God[H430], both of the most[H6944]holy[H6944], and of the holy[H6944].
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Only he shall not go in[H935] unto the vail[H6532], nor come nigh[H5066] unto the altar[H4196], because he hath a blemish[H3971]; that he profane[H2490] not my sanctuaries[H4720]: for I the LORD[H3068] do sanctify[H6942] them.
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And Moses[H4872]told[H1696] it unto Aaron[H175], and to his sons[H1121], and unto all the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478].