Leviticus 21:13-24 ▼

13 |Furthermore, he is to marry a true virgin.

14 He is not to marry a widow or one who has been divorced, has been defiled, or has been a prostitute. Instead, he is to take a virgin from among his people as his wife.

15 |He is not to defile his children among his people, because I am the LORD, who sets him apart.|

16 The LORD told Moses,

17 |Tell Aaron that whoever of your descendants throughout their generations has a bodily defect is not to approach to offer the food of his God.

18 Indeed, any person who has a defect is not to approach the Tent of Meeting— the blind, the lame, one who is mutilated in the face or who has a very long limb,

19 or a person who has a fractured foot or hand,

20 has scoliosis, is a dwarf, or has an eye defect, an itching disease, scabs, or a crushed testicle.

21 None of the descendants of Aaron the priest who has a defect is to approach to bring offerings of the LORD made by fire, since he has a defect. He is not to approach to offer the food of his God.

22 However, he may eat the food of his God, including the most holy and the holy offerings,

23 but he is not to enter through the curtain nor approach the altar, since he has a defect. That way, he won't defile my sanctuary, since I am the LORD, who sets you apart.|

24 Moses told all of this to Aaron, to his sons, and to all the Israelis.