| International Standard Version | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1The LORD told Moses, "Speak to the priests, Aaron's sons, and tell them that no priest is to defile himself on account of the dead among his people, | 1Then the LORD said to Moses, "Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them: 'No one shall defile himself for a dead person among his people, |
| 2except his close relatives—his mother, father, son, daughter, brother, or | 2except for his relatives who are nearest to him, his mother and his father and his son and his daughter and his brother, |
| 3virgin sister (who is a near relative of him and did not have a husband— he may defile himself for her). | 3also for his virgin sister, who is near to him because she has had no husband; for her he may defile himself. |
| 4Because he is a husband among his people, he is not to defile himself, thereby polluting himself. | 4'He shall not defile himself as a relative by marriage among his people, and so profane himself. |
| 5"They are not to cut their hair in ritualistic patterns on their heads, deface the edges of their beards, or make incisions in their flesh. | 5'They shall not make any baldness on their heads, nor shave off the edges of their beards, nor make any cuts in their flesh. |
| 6They are to be holy to their God. They are not to defile the name of their God, because they're the ones who bring the offerings of the LORD made by fire—the food of their God—so they are to be holy. | 6'They shall be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God, for they present the offerings by fire to the LORD, the food of their God; so they shall be holy. |
| 7"They are not to marry a prostitute or a woman who has been dishonored or who was divorced from her husband, because the priest is holy to his God. | 7'They shall not take a woman who is profaned by harlotry, nor shall they take a woman divorced from her husband; for he is holy to his God. |
| 8Consecrate him, because he's the one who offers the food of your God. He is to be holy for you, because I, the LORD, the one who sanctifies you, am holy. | 8'You shall consecrate him, therefore, for he offers the food of your God; he shall be holy to you; for I the LORD, who sanctifies you, am holy. |
| 9"Now if the daughter of any priest defiles herself by being a prostitute, she defiles her father. She is to be incinerated. | 9'Also the daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by harlotry, she profanes her father; she shall be burned with fire. |
| 10"The high priest among his relatives—whose head has been anointed with oil and who has been consecrated to put on the priestly clothing—is not to let his hair hang loose or to tear his clothes. | 10'The priest who is the highest among his brothers, on whose head the anointing oil has been poured and who has been consecrated to wear the garments, shall not uncover his head nor tear his clothes; |
| 11He is not to come near any dead body—whether the deceased is his father or his mother—so as not to defile himself. | 11nor shall he approach any dead person, nor defile himself even for his father or his mother; |
| 12He is not to go out of the sanctuary or defile the sanctuary of his God, because his God's consecrating oil of anointing rests on him. I am the LORD. | 12nor shall he go out of the sanctuary nor profane the sanctuary of his God, for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is on him; I am the LORD. |
| 13"Furthermore, he is to marry a true virgin. | 13'He shall take a wife in her virginity. |
| 14He is not to marry a widow or one who has been divorced, has been defiled, or has been a prostitute. Instead, he is to take a virgin from among his people as his wife. | 14'A widow, or a divorced woman, or one who is profaned by harlotry, these he may not take; but rather he is to marry a virgin of his own people, |
| 15"He is not to defile his children among his people, because I am the LORD, who sets him apart." | 15so that he will not profane his offspring among his people; for I am the LORD who sanctifies him.'" |
| 16The LORD told Moses, | 16Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, |
| 17"Tell Aaron that whoever of your descendants throughout their generations has a bodily defect is not to approach to offer the food of his God. | 17"Speak to Aaron, saying, 'No man of your offspring throughout their generations who has a defect shall approach to offer the food of his God. |
| 18Indeed, any person who has a defect is not to approach the Tent of Meeting— the blind, the lame, one who is mutilated in the face or who has a very long limb, | 18For no one who has a defect shall approach: a blind man, or a lame man, or he who has a disfigured face, or any deformed limb, |
| 19or a person who has a fractured foot or hand, | 19or a man who has a broken foot or broken hand, |
| 20has scoliosis, is a dwarf, or has an eye defect, an itching disease, scabs, or a crushed testicle. | 20or a hunchback or a dwarf, or one who has a defect in his eye or eczema or scabs or crushed testicles. |
| 21None of the descendants of Aaron the priest who has a defect is to approach to bring offerings of the LORD made by fire, since he has a defect. He is not to approach to offer the food of his God. | 21No man among the 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 the food of his God. |
| 22However, he may eat the food of his God, including the most holy and the holy offerings, | 22He may eat the food of his God, both of the most holy and of the holy, |
| 23but he is not to enter through the curtain nor approach the altar, since he has a defect. That way, he won't defile my sanctuary, since I am the LORD, who sets you apart." | 23only 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.'" |
| 24Moses told all of this to Aaron, to his sons, and to all the Israelis. | 24So Moses spoke to Aaron and to his sons and to all the sons of Israel. |
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