BIBLE VERSES 2

Leviticus 21:9

If a priest’s daughter defiles herself by prostituting herself, she profanes her father; she must be burned in the fire.

Leviticus 21:10

The priest who is highest among his brothers, who has had the anointing oil poured on his head and has been ordained to wear the priestly garments, must not let his hair hang loose or tear his garments.

Leviticus 21:11

He must not go near any dead body; he must not defile himself, even for his father or mother.

Leviticus 21:12

He must not leave or desecrate the sanctuary of his God, for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is on him. I am the LORD.

Leviticus 21:13

The woman he marries must be a virgin.

Leviticus 21:14

He is not to marry a widow, a divorced woman, or one defiled by prostitution. He is to marry a virgin from his own people,

Leviticus 21:15

so that he does not defile his offspring among his people, for I am the LORD who sanctifies him.”

Leviticus 21:16

Then the LORD said to Moses,

Leviticus 21:17

“Say to Aaron, ‘For the generations to come, none of your descendants who has a physical defect may approach to offer the food of his God.

Leviticus 21:18

No man who has any defect may approach—no man who is blind, lame, disfigured, or deformed;

Leviticus 21:19

no man who has a broken foot or hand,

Leviticus 21:20

or who is a hunchback or dwarf, or who has an eye defect, a festering rash, scabs, or a crushed testicle.

Leviticus 21:21

No descendant of Aaron the priest who has a defect shall approach to present the food offerings to the LORD. Since he has a defect, he is not to come near to offer the food of his God.

Leviticus 21:22

He may eat the most holy food of his God as well as the holy food,

Leviticus 21:23

but because he has a defect, he must not go near the veil or approach the altar, so as not to desecrate My sanctuaries. For I am the LORD who sanctifies them.’”

Leviticus 21:24

Moses told this to Aaron and his sons and to all the Israelites.

Leviticus 22:1

Then the LORD said to Moses,

Leviticus 22:2

“Tell Aaron and his sons to treat with respect the sacred offerings that the Israelites have consecrated to Me, so that they do not profane My holy name. I am the LORD.

Leviticus 22:3

Tell them that for the generations to come, if any of their descendants in a state of uncleanness approaches the sacred offerings that the Israelites consecrate to the LORD, that person must be cut off from My presence. I am the LORD.

Leviticus 22:4

If a descendant of Aaron has a skin disease or a discharge, he may not eat the sacred offerings until he is clean. Whoever touches anything defiled by a corpse or by a man who has an emission of semen,