Leviticus 21 NKJV ISV Parallel

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1And the LORD said to Moses, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them: ‘None shall defile himself for the dead among his people,

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,

2except for his relatives who are nearest to him: his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, and his brother;

2except his close relatives—his mother, father, son, daughter, brother, or

3also his virgin sister who is near to him, who has had no husband, for her he may defile himself.

3virgin sister (who is a near relative of him and did not have a husband— he may defile himself for her).

4Otherwise he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself.

4Because he is a husband among his people, he is not to defile himself, thereby polluting himself.

5‘They shall not make any bald place on their heads, nor shall they shave the edges of their beards nor make any cuttings in their flesh.

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.

6They shall be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God, for they offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and the bread of their God; therefore they shall be holy.

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.

7They shall not take a wife who is a harlot or a defiled woman, nor shall they take a woman divorced from her husband; for the priest is holy to his God.

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.

8Therefore you shall consecrate him, for he offers the bread of your God. He shall be holy to you, for I the LORD, who sanctify you, am holy.

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.

9The daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by playing the harlot, she profanes her father. She shall be burned with fire.

9"Now if the daughter of any priest defiles herself by being a prostitute, she defiles her father. She is to be incinerated.

10‘He who is the high priest among his brethren, on whose head the anointing oil was poured and who is consecrated to wear the garments, shall not uncover his head nor tear his clothes;

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.

11nor shall he go near any dead body, nor defile himself for his father or his mother;

11He is not to come near any dead body—whether the deceased is his father or his mother—so as not to defile himself.

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 upon him: I am the LORD.

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.

13And he shall take a wife in her virginity.

13"Furthermore, he is to marry a true virgin.

14A widow or a divorced woman or a defiled woman or a harlot—these he shall not marry; but he shall take a virgin of his own people as wife.

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.

15Nor shall he profane his posterity among his people, for I the LORD sanctify him.’ ”

15"He is not to defile his children among his people, because I am the LORD, who sets him apart."

16And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

16The LORD told Moses,

17“Speak to Aaron, saying: ‘No man of your descendants in succeeding generations, who has any defect, may approach to offer the bread of his God.

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.

18For any man who has a defect shall not approach: a man blind or lame, who has a marred face or any limb too long,

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,

19a man who has a broken foot or broken hand,

19or a person who has a fractured foot or hand,

20or is a hunchback or a dwarf, or a man who has a defect in his eye, or eczema or scab, or is a eunuch.

20has scoliosis, is a dwarf, or has an eye defect, an itching disease, scabs, or a crushed testicle.

21No man of the descendants of Aaron the priest, who has a defect, shall come near to offer the offerings made by fire to the LORD. He has a defect; he shall not come near to offer the bread of his God.

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.

22He may eat the bread of his God, both the most holy and the holy;

22However, he may eat the food of his God, including the most holy and the holy offerings,

23only he shall not go near the veil or approach the altar, because he has a defect, lest he profane My sanctuaries; for I the LORD sanctify them.’ ”

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."

24And Moses told it to Aaron and his sons, and to all the children of Israel.

24Moses told all of this to Aaron, to his sons, and to all the Israelis.

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