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neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy to his God. <span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/21-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Thou shalt sanctify him therefore, for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy to thee: for I the LORD, who sanctify you, am holy. <span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/21-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And the daughter of any priest, if she shall profane herself by lewdness, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/21-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>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; <span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/21-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother; <span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/21-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/21-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And he shall take a wife in her virginity. <span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/21-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or a harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people for a wife. <span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/21-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the LORD do sanctify him.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/21-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, <span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/21-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Speak to Aaron, saying, whoever he may be of thy seed in their generations that hath any blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God:</p> <p class="hdg">Restrictions against Those with Blemishes</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/21-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>For whatever man he may 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, <span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/21-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Or a man that is broken-footed, or broken-handed, <span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/21-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>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: <span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/21-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>No man of the seed of Aaron the priest, that hath a blemish, 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/21-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy. <span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/21-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Only he shall not go in to the vail, nor come nigh to the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he may not profane my sanctuaries: for I the LORD do sanctify them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/21-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And Moses told it to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the children of Israel.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Webster Bible Translation<br /><br /><a href="//bereanbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy BereanBible.com<br />© 2013, 2014 Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../leviticus/20.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 20"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 20" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../leviticus/22.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 22"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 22" /></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="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/leviticus/21-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframe120.htm" width="122" height="602" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><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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