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href="/esv/leviticus/21.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />or a hunchback or a dwarf or a man with a defect in his sight or an itching disease or scabs or crushed testicles.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/21.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />or who is a hunchback or dwarf, or who has an eye defect, a festering rash, scabs, or a crushed testicle.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/leviticus/21.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Or crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/21.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />or is a hunchback or a dwarf, or <i>a man</i> who has a defect in his eye, or eczema or scab, or is a eunuch.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/21.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />or a contorted back, or <i>one who is</i> a dwarf, or <i>has</i> a spot in his eye, or a festering rash or scabs, or crushed testicles.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/21.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />or a hunchback or a dwarf, or one who has a defect in his eye or eczema or scabs or crushed testicles.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/21.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />or a hunchback or a dwarf, or <i>one who has</i> a defect in his eye or eczema or scabs or crushed testicles.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/21.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />or a hunchback or a dwarf, or <i>one who has</i> a defect in his eye or eczema or scabs or crushed testicles.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/21.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />or a hunchback or a dwarf, or one who has a defect in his eye or eczema or scabs or crushed testicles.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/21.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />or who is a hunchback or a dwarf, or who has an eye defect, a festering rash, scabs, or a crushed testicle.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/21.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />or who is a hunchback or a dwarf, or who has an eye defect, a festering rash, scabs, or a crushed testicle.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/21.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />or crook-backed, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or is scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/leviticus/21.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />if he is a hunchback or a dwarf, if an eye or his skin is diseased, or if his testicles have been damaged. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/21.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />or crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or is scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/21.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />who is a hunchback or dwarf, who has defective sight, skin diseases, or crushed testicles.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/leviticus/21.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />no one who is a hunchback or a dwarf; no one with any eye or skin disease; and no eunuch. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/21.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />has scoliosis, is a dwarf, or has an eye defect, an itching disease, scabs, or a crushed testicle. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/21.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />or 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/21.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />or hunchbacked, or a dwarf, or one who has a defect in his eye, or an itching disease, or scabs, or who has damaged testicles;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/21.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Or crooked-backed, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his peculiar members broken:<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/21.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />or who is a hunchback or dwarf, or who has an eye defect, a festering rash, scabs, or a crushed testicle.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/21.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />or hunchbacked, or a dwarf, or one who has a defect in his eye, or an itching disease, or scabs, or who has damaged testicles. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/leviticus/21.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />or hunchbacked, or a dwarf, or [with] a defect in his eye, or [with] an itch, or [with] a scab, or [with] a broken testicle.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/21.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> or hump-backed, or a dwarf, or with a mixture in his eye, or a scurvy person, or scabbed, or broken-testicled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/21.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Or curved, or withered, or stained in his eye, or scurvy, or scabby, or a bruised testicle:<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/21.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />If he be crookbacked, or blear eyed, or have a pearl in his eye, or a continual scab, or a dry scurf in his body, or a rupture: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/21.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />if he has a bulging back or bleary eyes, or if he has a white spot in his eye, or a chronic scab, or a skin disease on his body, or a hernia.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/21.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />or who is a hunchback or dwarf or has a growth in the eye, or who is afflicted with sores, scabs, or crushed testicles.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/21.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />or a hunchback, or a dwarf, or a man with a blemish in his eyes or an itching disease or scabs or crushed testicles.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/21.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Or crooked back or is a dwarf or whose eyebrows have fallen or whose eyes are dimmed or has cataract in his eyes or has leprosy or a hunchback or has one testicle;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/leviticus/21.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Or is bent over, or is small, or whose eyebrows are fallen, or is dimmed, or whitish in his eyes, or has leprosy in him, or is hunchbacked, or of one testicle;<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/leviticus/21.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />or crook-backed, or a dwarf, or that hath his eye overspread, or is scabbed, or scurvy, or hath his stones crushed;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/21.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />or hump-backed, or blear-eyed, or that has lost his eye-lashes, or a man who has a malignant ulcer, or tetter, or one that has lost a testicle.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/21-20.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NWs_V1RyMFo?start=5690" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/21.htm">Restrictions Against Those with Blemishes</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">19</span>no man who has a broken foot or hand, <span class="reftext">20</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/176.htm" title="176: ’ōw- (Conj) -- Or. Presumed to be the constructive or genitival form of -av; short for 'avvah; desire; hence or, also if.">or</a> <a href="/hebrew/1384.htm" title="1384: ḡib·bên (Adj-ms) -- Crookbacked, humpbacked. From an unused root meaning to be arched or contracted; hunch-backed.">who is a hunchback</a> <a href="/hebrew/176.htm" title="176: ’ōw- (Conj) -- Or. Presumed to be the constructive or genitival form of -av; short for 'avvah; desire; hence or, also if.">or</a> <a href="/hebrew/1851.htm" title="1851: ḏaq (Adj-ms) -- Thin, small, fine. From daqaq; crushed, i.e. small or thin.">dwarf,</a> <a href="/hebrew/176.htm" title="176: ’ōw (Conj) -- Or. Presumed to be the constructive or genitival form of -av; short for 'avvah; desire; hence or, also if.">or</a> <a href="/hebrew/5869.htm" title="5869: bə·‘ê·nōw (Prep-b:: N-csc:: 3ms) -- An eye. Probably a primitive word; an eye; by analogy, a fountain.">who has an eye</a> <a href="/hebrew/8400.htm" title="8400: tə·ḇal·lul (N-ms) -- Confusion, obscurity. From balal in the original sense of flowing: a cataract.">defect,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1618.htm" title="1618: ḡā·rāḇ (N-ms) -- An itch, a scab. From an unused root meaning to scratch; scurf.">a festering rash,</a> <a href="/hebrew/176.htm" title="176: ’ōw (Conj) -- Or. Presumed to be the constructive or genitival form of -av; short for 'avvah; desire; hence or, also if."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3217.htm" title="3217: yal·le·p̄eṯ (N-fs) -- Scab, scurf (an eruptive disease). From an unused root apparently meaning to stick or scrape; scurf or tetter.">scabs,</a> <a href="/hebrew/176.htm" title="176: ’ōw (Conj) -- Or. Presumed to be the constructive or genitival form of -av; short for 'avvah; desire; hence or, also if."></a> <a href="/hebrew/176.htm" title="176: ’ōw (Conj) -- Or. Presumed to be the constructive or genitival form of -av; short for 'avvah; desire; hence or, also if.">or</a> <a href="/hebrew/4790.htm" title="4790: mə·rō·w·aḥ (Adj-msc) -- Perhaps a rubbing away. From marach; bruised, i.e. Emasculated.">a crushed</a> <a href="/hebrew/810.htm" title="810: ’ā·šeḵ (N-ms) -- A testicle. From an unused root; a testicle.">testicle.</a> </span><span class="reftext">21</span>No descendant of Aaron the priest who has a defect shall approach to present the offerings made by fire to the LORD. Since he has a defect, he is not to come near to offer the food of his God.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/15-21.htm">Deuteronomy 15:21</a></span><br />But if an animal has a defect, is lame or blind, or has any serious flaw, you must not sacrifice it to the LORD your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/1-8.htm">Malachi 1:8</a></span><br />When you offer blind animals for sacrifice, is it not wrong? And when you present the lame and sick ones, is it not wrong? Try offering them to your governor! Would he be pleased with you or show you favor?” asks the LORD of Hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/5-8.htm">2 Samuel 5:8</a></span><br />On that day he said, “Whoever attacks the Jebusites must use the water shaft to reach the lame and blind who are despised by David.” That is why it is said, “The blind and the lame will never enter the palace.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/22-22.htm">Leviticus 22:22-24</a></span><br />You are not to present to the LORD any animal that is blind, injured, or maimed, or anything with a running sore, a festering rash, or a scab; you must not put any of these on the altar as a food offering to the LORD. / You may present as a freewill offering an ox or sheep that has a deformed or stunted limb, but it is not acceptable in fulfillment of a vow. / You are not to present to the LORD an animal whose testicles are bruised, crushed, torn, or cut; you are not to sacrifice them in your land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/17-1.htm">Deuteronomy 17:1</a></span><br />You shall not sacrifice to the LORD your God an ox or a sheep with any defect or serious flaw, for that is detestable to the LORD your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/56-10.htm">Isaiah 56:10</a></span><br />Israel’s watchmen are blind, they are all oblivious; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they are dreamers lying around, loving to slumber.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/15-30.htm">Matthew 15:30-31</a></span><br />Large crowds came to Him, bringing the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute, and many others, and laid them at His feet, and He healed them. / The crowd was amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled restored, the lame walking, and the blind seeing. And they glorified the God of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/9-1.htm">John 9:1-3</a></span><br />Now as Jesus was passing by, He saw a man blind from birth, / and His disciples asked Him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” / Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but this happened so that the works of God would be displayed in him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/21-14.htm">Matthew 21:14</a></span><br />The blind and the lame came to Him at the temple, and He healed them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/14-13.htm">Luke 14:13-14</a></span><br />But when you host a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind, / and you will be blessed. Since they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/3-2.htm">Acts 3:2-8</a></span><br />And a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those entering the temple courts. / When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he asked them for money. / Peter looked directly at him, as did John. “Look at us!” said Peter. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-27.htm">1 Corinthians 1:27-29</a></span><br />But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. / He chose the lowly and despised things of the world, and the things that are not, to nullify the things that are, / so that no one may boast in His presence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/12-9.htm">2 Corinthians 12:9-10</a></span><br />But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me. / That is why, for the sake of Christ, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/11-5.htm">Matthew 11:5</a></span><br />The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/7-22.htm">Luke 7:22</a></span><br />So He replied, “Go back and report to John what you have seen and heard: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Or hunch back, or a dwarf, or that has a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or has his stones broken;</p><p class="hdg">a dwarf.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/23-1.htm">Deuteronomy 23:1</a></b></br> He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/21-18.htm">Blemish</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-19.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-3.htm">Crushed</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-18.htm">Damaged</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-18.htm">Defect</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-57.htm">Disease</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-2.htm">Diseased</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-23.htm">Dwarfed</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-39.htm">Eczema</a> <a href="/exodus/21-26.htm">Eye</a> <a href="/exodus/9-10.htm">Festering</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-33.htm">Itching</a> <a href="/genesis/50-8.htm">Members</a> <a href="/genesis/9-19.htm">Overspread</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-26.htm">Parts</a> <a href="/exodus/19-5.htm">Peculiar</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-13.htm">Running</a> <a href="/isaiah/3-17.htm">Scabbed</a> <a href="/isaiah/3-17.htm">Scabs</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-27.htm">Scurvy</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-20.htm">Sex</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-17.htm">Skin</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-12.htm">Small</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-17.htm">Sores</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-27.htm">Stones</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/23-1.htm">Testicles</a> <a href="/genesis/41-23.htm">Withered</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/21-21.htm">Blemish</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-22.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-24.htm">Crushed</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-21.htm">Damaged</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-21.htm">Defect</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-22.htm">Disease</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-28.htm">Diseased</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-23.htm">Dwarfed</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-22.htm">Eczema</a> <a href="/leviticus/24-20.htm">Eye</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-22.htm">Festering</a> <a href="/2_timothy/4-3.htm">Itching</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-45.htm">Members</a> <a href="/genesis/9-19.htm">Overspread</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-23.htm">Parts</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/7-6.htm">Peculiar</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-4.htm">Running</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-22.htm">Scabbed</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-22.htm">Scabs</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-22.htm">Scurvy</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-24.htm">Sex</a> <a href="/numbers/4-6.htm">Skin</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-16.htm">Small</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-22.htm">Sores</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-24.htm">Stones</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-24.htm">Testicles</a> <a href="/psalms/6-2.htm">Withered</a><div class="vheading2">Leviticus 21</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/21-1.htm">Of the priests' mourning</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/21-6.htm">Of their holiness</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/21-7.htm">Of their marriages</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/21-8.htm">Of their estimation</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/21-9.htm">Of the high priest's holiness</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/21-10.htm">Of his marriage</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/21-13.htm">The priests that have blemishes must not minister in the sanctuary</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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A hunchback or dwarf, due to their physical deformities, were seen as not meeting the ideal of physical wholeness. This reflects the broader biblical theme of holiness and separation, as seen in passages like <a href="/exodus/19-6.htm">Exodus 19:6</a>, where Israel is called to be a "kingdom of priests and a holy nation." The physical requirements symbolize the spiritual perfection required by God, pointing to the ultimate fulfillment in Christ, who is the perfect High Priest (<a href="/hebrews/7-26.htm">Hebrews 7:26</a>).<p><b>or who has an eye defect</b><br>An eye defect would impair a priest's ability to perform his duties, which required precision and attention to detail. In the ancient Near Eastern context, physical wholeness was often associated with spiritual and moral integrity. This requirement underscores the importance of clarity of vision, both physically and spiritually, in serving God. Jesus' teaching in <a href="/matthew/6-22.htm">Matthew 6:22-23</a> about the eye being the lamp of the body can be seen as a spiritual parallel, emphasizing the need for spiritual insight and purity.<p><b>a festering rash</b><br>A festering rash would render a priest ceremonially unclean, as outlined in <a href="/leviticus/13.htm">Leviticus 13-14</a>, which deals extensively with skin diseases and their implications for ritual purity. The presence of such a condition would prevent a priest from participating in temple service, highlighting the importance of purity and cleanliness in approaching God. This requirement points to the need for inner purity, as emphasized in <a href="/psalms/24-3.htm">Psalm 24:3-4</a>, which asks who may ascend the hill of the Lord and stand in His holy place.<p><b>scabs</b><br>Scabs, like other skin conditions, were considered a form of impurity that disqualified a priest from service. This reflects the broader Levitical concern with maintaining the sanctity of the tabernacle and the offerings presented there. The emphasis on physical purity serves as a type of the spiritual purity required by God, as seen in passages like <a href="/isaiah/1-18.htm">Isaiah 1:18</a>, where God invites His people to be cleansed from their sins.<p><b>or a crushed testicle</b><br>This condition would affect a priest's ability to fulfill the command to be fruitful and multiply, a key aspect of the covenantal blessings promised to Israel (<a href="/genesis/1-28.htm">Genesis 1:28</a>). In the ancient cultural context, fertility and the ability to produce offspring were highly valued. The requirement for physical wholeness in this area underscores the importance of life and vitality in the service of God. This can be seen as a type pointing to the life-giving power of Christ, who offers spiritual rebirth and eternal life (<a href="/john/3-3.htm">John 3:3-5</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/p/priests.htm">Priests</a></b><br>The primary focus of <a href="/bsb/leviticus/21.htm">Leviticus 21</a> is on the qualifications and conduct of the priests in Israel. This chapter outlines the physical and moral standards required for those serving in the priestly office.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/tabernacle.htm">Tabernacle</a></b><br>The place where the priests served, representing the presence of God among His people. The tabernacle was a holy place, and those serving there were required to meet specific standards of holiness and purity.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The author of Leviticus, who received the laws from God and communicated them to the Israelites. Moses served as the mediator between God and the people.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/h/holiness_in_service.htm">Holiness in Service</a></b><br>God requires those who serve Him to be set apart and holy. While physical defects disqualified priests in the Old Testament, today, God calls us to spiritual purity and integrity in our service.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_perfection.htm">Symbolism of Perfection</a></b><br>The physical requirements for priests symbolize the perfection and holiness of God. They point to the ultimate fulfillment in Jesus Christ, who is the perfect High Priest.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/i/inclusivity_in_christ.htm">Inclusivity in Christ</a></b><br>While the Old Testament law had strict physical requirements, the New Testament reveals that in Christ, all are included regardless of physical condition. Our worthiness comes from Christ's righteousness, not our physical attributes.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_wholeness.htm">Spiritual Wholeness</a></b><br>Just as physical wholeness was required for Old Testament priests, spiritual wholeness is essential for believers today. We are called to pursue spiritual health and maturity in our walk with God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_leviticus_21.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 21</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/want_to_thrive_and_stay_healthy.htm">What does Leviticus 18:22 mean about male relations?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/was_child_sacrifice_widespread_in_israel.htm">Isaiah 57:5: Is there credible archaeological evidence that child sacrifice was widespread among Israelites, or is this an exaggerated polemic?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_lev._22_19-24's_rules_fit_modern_views.htm">How do Leviticus 22:19-24's strict requirements for unblemished animal sacrifices align with modern views on fairness and the value of imperfection?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible's_view_on_tithes,_offerings.htm">What does the Bible say about tithes and offerings?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/leviticus/21.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(20) <span class= "bld">Or crookbackt.</span>--Rather, <span class= "ital">or whose eyebrows cover his eyes. </span>This is the sense given to this clause during the second Temple. Hence the ancient Chaldee version of Jonathan translates it, "whose eyebrows lying cover his eyes." That is, the hair, of the eyebrows are so thick, heavy, and long, that they join together and cover his eyes, thus interfering with his eyesight, and rendering him unsightly in appearance.<p><span class= "bld">Or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his </span>eye.--Better, <span class= "ital">or hath a cataract or a fusion of the white and black in his eye, </span>as the administrators of the Law during the second Temple interpret the two defects here spoken of.<p><span class= "bld">Or be scurvy, or scabbed.</span>--According to the authorities in the time of Christ, both these are kinds of ulcers or scurvy; the former is a scab which is dry both within and without, whilst the second is a scab which is moist within and dry without, and which clings to a man till he dies.<p><span class= "bld">Or hath his stones broken.</span>--That is, one whose testicles are injured. This included several kinds of defectiveness, which are exhibited in the different renderings of the ancient versions, but all refer to the same seat of the blemish.<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/21-20.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">or</span><br /><span class="heb">אֽוֹ־</span> <span class="translit">(’ōw-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_176.htm">Strong's 176: </a> </span><span class="str2">Desire, if</span><br /><br /><span class="word">who is a hunchback</span><br /><span class="heb">גִבֵּ֣ן</span> <span class="translit">(ḡib·bên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1384.htm">Strong's 1384: </a> </span><span class="str2">Crookbacked, humpbacked</span><br /><br /><span class="word">or</span><br /><span class="heb">אוֹ־</span> <span class="translit">(’ōw-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_176.htm">Strong's 176: </a> </span><span class="str2">Desire, if</span><br /><br /><span class="word">dwarf,</span><br /><span class="heb">דַ֔ק</span> <span class="translit">(ḏaq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1851.htm">Strong's 1851: </a> </span><span class="str2">Crushed, small, thin</span><br /><br /><span class="word">or</span><br /><span class="heb">א֖וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(’ōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_176.htm">Strong's 176: </a> </span><span class="str2">Desire, if</span><br /><br /><span class="word">who has an eye</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּעֵינ֑וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(bə·‘ê·nōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5869.htm">Strong's 5869: </a> </span><span class="str2">An eye, a fountain</span><br /><br /><span class="word">defect,</span><br /><span class="heb">תְּבַלֻּ֣ל</span> <span class="translit">(tə·ḇal·lul)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8400.htm">Strong's 8400: </a> </span><span class="str2">Confusion, obscurity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a festering rash,</span><br /><span class="heb">גָרָב֙</span> <span class="translit">(ḡā·rāḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1618.htm">Strong's 1618: </a> </span><span class="str2">An itch, a scab</span><br /><br /><span class="word">scabs,</span><br /><span class="heb">יַלֶּ֔פֶת</span> <span class="translit">(yal·le·p̄eṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3217.htm">Strong's 3217: </a> </span><span class="str2">Scab, scurf (an eruptive disease)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">or</span><br /><span class="heb">א֤וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(’ōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_176.htm">Strong's 176: </a> </span><span class="str2">Desire, if</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a crushed</span><br /><span class="heb">מְר֥וֹחַ</span> <span class="translit">(mə·rō·w·aḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4790.htm">Strong's 4790: </a> </span><span class="str2">Perhaps a rubbing away</span><br /><br /><span class="word">testicle.</span><br /><span class="heb">אָֽשֶׁךְ׃</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·šeḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_810.htm">Strong's 810: </a> </span><span class="str2">A testicle</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/21-20.htm">Leviticus 21:20 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/21-20.htm">Leviticus 21:20 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/21-20.htm">Leviticus 21:20 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/21-20.htm">Leviticus 21:20 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/21-20.htm">Leviticus 21:20 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/21-20.htm">Leviticus 21:20 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/21-20.htm">Leviticus 21:20 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/21-20.htm">Leviticus 21:20 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/21-20.htm">Leviticus 21:20 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/21-20.htm">Leviticus 21:20 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/21-20.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 21:20 Or hunchbacked or a dwarf or one (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/21-19.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 21:19"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 21:19" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/21-21.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 21:21"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 21:21" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>