And He [God (‘Elohiym)] Called (Leviticus) 21

 

And He [God (‘Elohiym)] Called (Leviticus) 21

 

1 And I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) said to Moses, Speak to the priests the sons of Light Bringer (Aaron), and say to them, There shall none be defiled for the dead among his people:

 

2 With the exception of his kin, that is near to him, that is, for his mother, for his father, for his son, for his daughter, and for his brother,

 

3 And for his sister a virgin, that is near to him, who has had no husband; for her may he be defiled.

 

4 But he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself.

 

5 They shall not make baldness on their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.

 

6 They shall be holy to their God (‘Elohiym), and not profane the name of their God (‘Elohiym): for the offerings of I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) made by fire and the bread of their God (‘Elohiym), they offer: therefore they shall be holy.

 

7 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 to his God (‘Elohiym).

 

8 You shall sanctify him therefore; for he offers the bread of your God (‘Elohiym): he shall be holy to thee: for I I AM (the LORD, Yehovah), which sanctify you, am holy.

 

9 And the daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by playing the whore, she profanes her father: she shall be burnt with fire.

 

10 He that is the high priest among his brethren, on whose head the anointing oil was poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor tear his clothes;

 

11 Neither shall he go in for any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;

 

12 Neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God (‘Elohiym); for the crown of the anointing oil of his God (‘Elohiym) is on him: I am I AM (the LORD, Yehovah).

 

13 He shall take a wife in her virginity.

 

14 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 to wife.

 

15 Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) do sanctify him.

 

16 I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) spoke to Drawn (Moses), saying,

 

17 Speak to Light Bringer (Aaron), saying: Whoever is of your seed in their generations that have any blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God (‘Elohiym).

 

18 For whatever man that has a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame or he that has a flat nose, or any thing superfluous,

 

19 Or a man that is broken footed, or brokenhanded,

 

20 Or crookbacked, or a dwarf, or that has a blemish in his eye, or has scurvy, or a scab, or has his stones broken;

 

21 No man that has a blemish of the seed of Light Bringer (Aaron) the priest shall come near to offer the offerings of I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) made by fire: he has a blemish; he shall not come near to offer the bread of his God (‘Elohiym).

 

22 He shall eat the bread of his God (‘Elohiym), both of the most holy, and of the holy.

 

23 Only he shall not go in to the veil, nor come near to the altar, because he has a blemish; so he does not profane my sanctuaries: for I, I AM (the LORD, Yehovah), do sanctify them.

 

24 Drawn (Moses) told it to Light Bringer (Aaron), and to his sons, and to all the children of God Prevails (Israel).