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  And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none be defiled for the dead among his people:  But for his kin, that is near unto him, that is, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother.  And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no husband; for her may he be defiled.  But he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself.  They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.  They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their God: for the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and the bread of their God, they do offer: therefore they shall be holy.  They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God.  <section begin="21:8"/>Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the LORD, which sanctify you, am holy. <section end="21:8"/> <section begin="21:9"/>And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire. <section end="21:9"/> <section begin="21:10"/>And he that is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil was poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes; <section end="21:10"/> <section begin="21:11"/>Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother; <section end="21:11"/> <section begin="21:12"/>Neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the LORD. <section end="21:12"/> <section begin="21:13"/>And he shall take a wife in her virginity. <section end="21:13"/> <section begin="21:14"/>A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or an harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife. <section end="21:14"/> <section begin="21:15"/>Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the LORD do sanctify him. <section end="21:15"/> <section begin="21:16"/>And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, <section end="21:16"/> <section begin="21:17"/>Speak unto Aaron, saying, Whosoever he be of thy seed in their generations that hath any blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God. <section end="21:17"/> <section begin="21:18"/>For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or any thing superfluous, <section end="21:18"/> <section begin="21:19"/>Or a man that is brokenfooted, or brokenhanded, <section end="21:19"/> <section begin="21:20"/>Or crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken; <section end="21:20"/> <section begin="21:21"/>No man that hath a blemish of the seed of Aaron the priest shall come nigh to offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire: he hath a blemish; he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God. <section end="21:21"/> <section begin="21:22"/>He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy. <section end="21:22"/> <section begin="21:23"/>Only he shall not go in unto the vail, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I the LORD do sanctify them. <section end="21:23"/> <section begin="21:24"/>And Moses told it unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel. <section end="21:24"/>

<section end="21:24"/> <section begin="22:1"/>And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, <section end="22:1"/> <section begin="22:2"/>Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, and that they profane not my holy name in those things which they hallow unto me: I am the LORD. <section end="22:2"/> <section begin="22:3"/>Say unto them, Whosoever he be of all your seed among your generations, that goeth unto the holy things, which the children of Israel hallow unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from my presence: I am the LORD. <section end="22:3"/> <section begin="22:4"/>What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or hath a running issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he be clean. And whoso toucheth any thing that is unclean by the dead, or a man whose seed goeth from him; <section end="22:4"/> <section begin="22:5"/>Or whosoever toucheth any creeping thing, whereby he may be made unclean, or a man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatsoever uncleanness he hath; <section end="22:5"/>