Leviticus 21 (NET)

Leviticus 21:1¹The Lord said to Moses, “Say to the priests, the sons of Aaron—say to them: ‘For a dead person no priest is to defile himself among his people,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Leviticus 21:2²except for his close relative who is near to him —his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, his brother,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Leviticus 21:3³and his virgin sister who is near to him, who has no husband—he may defile himself for her.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Leviticus 21:4⁴He must not defile himself as a husband among his people so as to profane himself.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Leviticus 21:5⁵Priests must not have a bald spot shaved on their head, they must not shave the corner of their beard, and they must not cut slashes in their body.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Leviticus 21:6⁶“‘They must be holy to their God, and they must not profane the name of their God, because they are the ones who present the Lord ’s gifts, the food of their God. Therefore they must be holy.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Leviticus 21:7⁷They must not take a wife defiled by prostitution, nor are they to take a wife divorced from her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Leviticus 21:8⁸You must sanctify him because he presents the food of your God. He must be holy to you because I, the Lord who sanctifies you all, am holy.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Leviticus 21:9⁹If a daughter of a priest profanes herself by engaging in prostitution, she is profaning her father. She must be burned to death.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Leviticus 21:10¹⁰“‘The high priest—who is greater than his brothers, and on whose head the anointing oil is poured, and who has been ordained to wear the priestly garments—must neither dishevel the hair of his head nor tear his garments.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Leviticus 21:11¹¹He must not go where there is any dead person; he must not defile himself even for his father or for his mother.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Leviticus 21:12¹²He must not go out from the sanctuary and must not profane the sanctuary of his God, because the dedication of the anointing oil of his God is on him. I am the Lord.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Leviticus 21:13¹³He must take a wife who is a virgin.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Leviticus 21:14¹⁴He must not marry a widow, a divorced woman, or one profaned by prostitution; he may only take a virgin from his people as a wife,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Leviticus 21:15¹⁵so that he does not profane his children among his people, for I am the Lord who sanctifies him.’”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Leviticus 21:16¹⁶The Lord spoke to Moses:Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Leviticus 21:17¹⁷“Tell Aaron, ‘No man from your descendants throughout their generations who has a physical flaw is to approach to present the food of his God.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Leviticus 21:18¹⁸Certainly no man who has a physical flaw is to approach: a blind man, or one who is lame, or one with a slit nose, or who has a limb too long,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Leviticus 21:19¹⁹or a man who has had a broken leg or arm,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Leviticus 21:20²⁰or a hunchback, or a dwarf, or one with a spot in his eye, or a festering eruption, or a feverish rash, or a crushed testicle.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Leviticus 21:21²¹No man from the descendants of Aaron the priest who has a physical flaw may step forward to present the Lord ’s gifts; he has a physical flaw, so he must not step forward to present the food of his God.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Leviticus 21:22²²He may eat both the most holy and the holy food of his God,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Leviticus 21:23²³but he must not go near the special curtain or step forward to the altar because he has a physical flaw. Thus he must not profane my holy places, for I am the Lord who sanctifies them.’”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Leviticus 21:24²⁴So Moses spoke these things to Aaron, his sons, and all the Israelites.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s