Of the priests' mourning.

1 ¶ And the LORDº saidºª unto² Moses,º Speakºª unto² the priestsº the sonsº of Aaron,º and sayºª unto² them, There shall none² be defiledºª for the deadº among his people:º 2 But²² for his kin,º that is nearº unto² him, [that is], for his mother,º and for his father,º and for his son,º and for his daughter,º and for his brother,º 3 And for his sisterº a virgin,º that is nighº unto² him, which² hath had² no² husband;º for her may he be defiled.ºª 4 [But] he shall not² defile¹ª himself,² [being] a chief manº among his people,º to profane¹ª himself.² 5 They shall not² makeºª baldnessº upon their head,º neither² shall they shave offºª the cornerº of their beard,º nor² makeºª any cuttingsº in their flesh.º

Of their holiness.

6 They shall be² holy¹² unto their God,º and not² profaneºª the nameº of their God:º for²² the offerings¹ª of the LORD¹ made by fire,º² [and] the breadº of their God,º they² do offer:ºª therefore they shall be² holy.¹²

Of their marriages.

7 They shall not² takeºª a wifeº [that is] a whore,ºª or profane;º neither² shall they takeºª a womanº put awayºª from her husband:º² for² he² [is] holyº unto his God.º

Of their estimation.

8 Thou shalt sanctifyºª him therefore; for² he² offerethºª² the breadº of thy God:º he shall be² holyº unto thee: for² I² the LORD,º which sanctifyºª you, [am] holy.º

9 ¶ And the daughterº of anyº priest,º if² she profane¹ª herself² by playing the whore,ºª she² profanethºª² her father:º she shall be burntºª with fire.º 10 And [he that is] the highº priestº among his brethren,º² upon² whose² headº the anointingº oilº was poured,ºª and that is consecratedººª² to put¹ª on²² the garments,º shall not² uncoverºª² his head,º nor² rendºª his clothes;º 11 Neither² shall he go inºª to² any² deadºª body,º nor² defile¹ª himself² for his father,º or for his mother;º 12 Neither² shall he go outºª of² the sanctuary,º nor² profaneºª² the sanctuaryº of his God;º for² the crownº of the anointingº oilº of his Godº [is] upon² him: I² [am] the LORD.º

Of their marriages.

13 And he² shall takeºª a wifeº in her virginity.º 14 A widow,º or a divorced woman,ºª or profane,º [or] an harlot,ºª² these² shall he not² take:ºª but²² he shall takeºª a virginº of his own peopleº² to wife.º 15 Neither² shall he profaneºª his seedº among his people:º for² I² the LORDº do sanctifyºª him.

16 ¶ And the LORDº spakeºª unto² Moses,º saying,ºª

The priests that have blemishes must not minister in the sanctuary.

17 Speakºª unto² Aaron,º saying,ºª Whosoeverº² [he be] of thy seedº² in their generationsº that hath² [any] blemish,º let him not² approachºª to offerºª the breadº of his God.º 18 For² whatsoever² manº [he be] that² hath a blemish,º he shall not² approach:ºª a blindº man,º or² a lame,º or² he that hath a flat nose,ºª or² any thing superfluous,ºª 19 Or² a manº that² is² brokenfooted,ºº or² brokenhanded,ºº 20 Or² crookbackt,º or² a dwarf,º or² that hath a blemishº in his eye,º or² be scurvy,º or² scabbed,º or² hath his stonesº broken;º 21 No²² manº that² hath a blemishº of the seedº² of Aaronº the priestº shall come nighºª to offerºª² the offerings¹ª of the LORD¹ made by fire:º² he hath a blemish;º he shall not² come nighºª to offerºª² the breadº of his God.º 22 He shall eatºª the breadº of his God,º [both] of the most¹ holy,º² and of² the holy.º 23 Only² he shall not² go inºª unto² the vail,º nor² come nighºª unto² the altar,º because² he hath a blemish;º that he profaneºª not²² my sanctuaries:º for² I² the LORDº do sanctifyºª them. 24 And Mosesº toldºª [it] unto² Aaron,º and to² his sons,º and unto² all² the childrenº of Israel.º