1 dixit quoque Dominus ad Mosen
loquere ad sacerdotes filios Aaron et dices eis
ne contaminetur sacerdos in mortibus civium suorum
2 nisi tantum in consanguineis ac propinquis
id est super matre et patre et filio ac
filia
fratre quoque
3 et sorore virgine quae non est nupta viro
4 sed nec in principe populi sui contaminabitur
5 non radent caput nec barbam
neque in carnibus suis facient incisuras
6 sancti erunt Deo suo et non polluent nomen eius
incensum enim Domini et panes Dei sui offerunt et ideo sancti erunt
7 scortum et vile prostibulum non ducet uxorem
nec eam quae repudiata est a marito
quia consecratus est Deo suo
8 et panes propositionis offert
sit ergo sanctus
quia et ego sanctus sum Dominus qui sanctifico vos
9 sacerdotis filia si deprehensa fuerit in stupro
et violaverit nomen patris sui
flammis exuretur
10 pontifex id est sacerdos maximus inter fratres suos
super cuius caput fusum est unctionis oleum
et cuius manus in sacerdotio consecratae sunt
vestitusque est sanctis vestibus
caput suum non discoperiet vestimenta non scindet
11 et ad omnem mortuum non ingredietur omnino
super patre quoque suo et matre non contaminabitur
12 nec egredietur de sanctis ne polluat sanctuarium Domini
quia oleum sanctae unctionis Dei sui super eum est ego Dominus
13 virginem ducet uxorem
14 viduam et repudiatam et sordidam atque meretricem
non accipiet
sed puellam de populo suo
15 ne commisceat stirpem generis sui vulgo gentis suae
quia ego Dominus qui sanctifico eum
16 locutusque est Dominus ad Mosen dicens
17 loquere ad Aaron
homo de semine tuo per familias qui habuerit maculam
non offeret panes Deo suo
18 nec accedet ad ministerium eius
si caecus fuerit si claudus
si vel parvo vel grandi et torto naso
19 si fracto pede si manu
20 si gibbus si lippus si albuginem habens in oculo
si iugem scabiem si inpetiginem in corpore vel hirniosus
21 omnis qui habuerit maculam de semine Aaron sacerdotis
non accedet offerre hostias Domino nec panes Deo suo
22 vescetur tamen panibus qui offeruntur in sanctuario
23 ita dumtaxat ut intra velum non ingrediatur
nec accedat ad altare
quia maculam habet et contaminare non debet sanctuarium meum
ego Dominus qui sanctifico eos
24 locutus est ergo Moses ad Aaron et filios eius et ad
omnem Israhel
cuncta quae sibi fuerant imperata
1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none be defiled for the dead among his people: 2 But for his kin, that is near unto him, that is , for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother, 3 And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no husband; for her may he be defiled. 4 But he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself. 5 They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh. 6 They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their God: for the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and the bread of their God, they do offer: therefore they shall be holy. 7 They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God. 8 Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the LORD, which sanctify you, am holy.
9 ¶ And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.
10 And he that is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil was poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes; 11 Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother; 12 Neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the LORD. 13 And he shall take a wife in her virginity. 14 A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or an harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife. 15 Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the LORD do sanctify him.
16 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 17 Speak unto Aaron, saying, Whosoever he be of thy seed in their generations that hath any blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God. 18 For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or any thing superfluous, 19 Or a man that is brokenfooted, or brokenhanded, 20 Or crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken; 21 No man that hath a blemish of the seed of Aaron the priest shall come nigh to offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire: he hath a blemish; he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God. 22 He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy. 23 Only he shall not go in unto the vail, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I the LORD do sanctify them. 24 And Moses told it unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel.