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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Leviticus 21 BSB</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/leviticus/21.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap//leviticus/21-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">BSB</a> > Leviticus 21</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/berean/menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../leviticus/20.htm" title="Leviticus 20">◄</a> Leviticus 21 <a href="../leviticus/22.htm" title="Leviticus 22">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Berean Standard Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/bsb/heb/leviticus/21.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Holiness Required of Priests<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/21-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Then the LORD said to Moses, “Speak to Aaron’s sons, the priests, and tell them that a priest is not to defile himself for a dead person among his people, <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/21-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>except for his immediate family—his mother, father, son, daughter, or brother, <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/21-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>or his unmarried sister who is near to him, since she has no husband. <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/21-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>He is not to defile himself for those related to him by marriage, and so profane himself. <A name="6"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/21-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Priests must not make bald spots on their heads, shave off the edges of their beards, or make cuts in their bodies. <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/21-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>They must be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God. Because they present to the LORD the food offerings, the food of their God, they must be holy. <A name="8"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/21-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>A priest must not marry a woman defiled by prostitution or divorced by her husband, for the priest is holy to his God. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/21-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>You are to regard him as holy, since he presents the food of your God. He shall be holy to you, because I the LORD am holy—I who set you apart. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/21-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>If a priest’s daughter defiles herself by prostituting herself, she profanes her father; she must be burned in the fire. <A name="11"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/21-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>The priest who is highest among his brothers, who has had the anointing oil poured on his head and has been ordained to wear the priestly garments, must not let his hair hang loose<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> or tear his garments. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/21-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>He must not go near any dead body; he must not defile himself, even for his father or mother. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/21-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>He must not leave or desecrate the sanctuary of his God, for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is on him. I am the LORD. <A name="14"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/21-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The woman he marries must be a virgin. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/21-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>He is not to marry a widow, a divorced woman, or one defiled by prostitution. He is to marry a virgin from his own people, <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/21-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>so that he does not defile his offspring among his people, for I am the LORD who sanctifies him.” <A name="17"></a><p class="hdg">Restrictions against Those with Blemishes<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/21-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Then the LORD said to Moses, <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/21-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>“Say to Aaron, ‘For the generations to come, none of your descendants who has a physical defect may approach to offer the food of his God. <A name="19"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/21-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>No man who has any defect may approach—no man who is blind, lame, disfigured, or deformed; <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/21-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>no man who has a broken foot or hand, <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/21-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>or who is a hunchback or dwarf, or who has an eye defect, a festering rash, scabs, or a crushed testicle. <A name="22"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/21-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>No descendant of Aaron the priest who has a defect shall approach to present the food offerings to the LORD. Since he has a defect, he is not to come near to offer the food of his God. <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/21-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>He may eat the most holy food of his God as well as the holy food, <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/21-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>but because he has a defect, he must not go near the veil or approach the altar, so as not to desecrate My sanctuaries. For I am the LORD who sanctifies them.’” <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/21-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Moses told this to Aaron and his sons and to all the Israelites.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">10</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Or <i>must not uncover his head</i><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Standard Bible (BSB)</a> printed 2016, 2020, 2022, 2025 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. Produced in cooperation with Bible Hub, Discovery Bible, unfoldingWord, Bible Aquifer, OpenBible.com, and the Berean Bible Translation Committee. This text of God's Word has been dedicated to the public domain. Free <a href=http://berean.bible/downloads.htm>downloads</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible/licensing.htm>unlimited usage</a> available. 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