Levitikus 21

1The Lord said also to Moses: Speak to the priests the sons of Aaron, and thou shalt say to them: Let not a priest incur an uncleanness at the death of his citizens:

2But only for his kin, such as are near in blood, that is to say, for his father and for his mother, and for his son, and for his daughter, for his brother also,

3And for a maiden sister, who hath had no husband:

4But not even for the prince of his people shall he do any thing that may make him unclean.

5Neither shall they shave their head, nor their beard, nor make incisions in their flesh.

6They shall be holy to their God, and shall not profane his name: for they offer the burnt offering of the Lord, and the bread of their God, and therefore they shall be holy.

7They shall not take to wife a harlot or a vile prostitute, nor one that has been put away from her husband: because they are consecrated to their God,

8And offer the leaves of proposition. Let them therefore be holy, because I also am holy, the Lord, who sanctify them.

9If the daughter of a priest be taken in whoredom, and dishonour the name of her father, she shall be burnt with fire.

10The high priest, that is to say, the priest, is the greatest among his brethren. upon whose head the oil of unction hath been poured, and whose hands have been consecrated for the priesthood, and who hath been vested with the holy vestments, shall not uncover his head, he shall not rend his garments:

11Nor shall he go in at all to any dead person: not even for his father, or his mother, shall he be defiled:

12Neither shall he go out of the holy places, lest he defile the sanctuary of the Lord, because the oil of the holy unction of his God is upon him. I am the Lord.

13He shall take a virgin unto his wife:

14But a widow or one that is divorced, or defiled, or a harlot, he shall not take, but a maid of his own people:

15He shall not mingle the stock of his kindred with the common people of his nation: for I am the Lord who sanctify him.

16And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

17Say to Aaron: Whosoever of thy seed throughout their families, hath a blemish, he shall not offer bread to his God.

18Neither shall he approach to minister to him: If he be blind, if he be lame, if he have a little, or a great, or a crooked nose,

19If his foot, or if his hand be broken,

20If 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:

21Whosoever of the seed of Aaron the priest hath a blemish, he shall not approach to offer sacrifices to the Lord, nor bread to his God.

22He shall eat nevertheless of the loaves, that are offered in the sanctuary,

23Yet so that he enter not within the veil, nor approach to the altar, because he hath a blemish, and he must not defile my sanctuary. I am the Lord who sanctify them.

24Moses therefore spoke to Aaron, and to his sons and to all Israel, all the things that had been commanded him.

1Dixit quoque Dominus ad Moysen: Loquere ad sacerdotes filios Aaron, et dices ad eos: Ne contaminetur sacerdos in mortibus civium suorum,

2nisi tantum in consanguineis, ac propinquis, id est, super patre et matre, et filio, et filia, fratre quoque,

3et sorore virgine quæ non est nupta viro:

4sed nec in principe populi sui contaminabitur.

5Non radent caput, nec barbam, neque in carnibus suis facient incisuras.

6Sancti erunt Deo suo, et non polluent nomen ejus: incensum enim Domini, et panes Dei sui offerunt, et ideo sancti erunt.

7Scortum et vile prostibulum non ducent uxorem, nec eam quæ repudiata est a marito: quia consecrati sunt Deo suo,

8et panes propositionis offerunt. Sint ergo sancti, quia et ego sanctus sum, Dominus qui sanctifico eos.

9Sacerdotis filia si deprehensa fuerit in stupro, et violaverit nomen patris sui, flammis exuretur.

10Pontifex, id est, sacerdos maximus inter fratres suos, super cujus caput fusum est unctionis oleum, et cujus manus in sacerdotio consecratæ sunt, vestitusque est sanctis vestibus, caput suum non discooperiet, vestimenta non scindet:

11et ad omnem mortuum non ingredietur omnino: super patre quoque suo et matre non contaminabitur.

12Nec egredietur de sanctis, ne polluat sanctuarium Domini, quia oleum sanctæ unctionis Dei sui super eum est. Ego Dominus.

13Virginem ducet uxorem:

14viduam autem et repudiatam, et sordidam, atque meretricem non accipiet, sed puellam de populo suo:

15ne commisceat stirpem generis sui vulgo gentis suæ: quia ego Dominus, qui sanctifico eum.

16Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen, dicens:

17Loquere ad Aaron: Homo de semine tuo per familias qui habuerit maculam, non offeret panes Deo suo,

18nec accedet ad ministerium ejus: si cæcus fuerit, si claudus, si parvo vel grandi, vel torto naso,

19si fracto pede, si manu,

20si gibbus, si lippus, si albuginem habens in oculo, si jugem scabiem, si impetiginem in corpore, vel herniosus.

21Omnis qui habuerit maculam de semine Aaron sacerdotis, non accedet offerre hostias Domino, nec panes Deo suo:

22vescetur tamen panibus qui offeruntur in sanctuario,

23ita dumtaxat, ut intra velum non ingrediatur, nec accedat ad altare, quia maculam habet, et contaminare non debet sanctuarium meum. Ego Dominus qui sanctifico eos.

24Locutus est ergo Moyses ad Aaron, et ad filios ejus, et ad omnem Israël cuncta quæ fuerant sibi imperata.

1The Lord also said to Moses: Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and you shall say to them: Do not allow a priest to be contaminated by the death of his citizens,

2except only by his blood-relatives and near-relatives, that is, by a father or mother, or by a son or daughter, or also a brother,

3or a virgin sister, who is not married to a husband.

4But not even by the leader of his people shall he be contaminated.

5Neither shall they shave their head or their beard, and they shall not make incisions in their flesh.

6They shall be holy to their God, and they shall not pollute his name. For they offer the incense of the Lord and the bread of their God, and because of this they shall be holy.

7They shall not take as a wife a promiscuous woman, or a prostitute, or her who has been repudiated by her husband. For they are consecrated to their God,

8and they offer the bread of the presence. Therefore, let them be holy, for I also am holy: the Lord, who sanctifies them.

9If the daughter of a priest will have been taken into prostitution, and will have violated the name of her father, she shall be consumed by fire.

10The high priest, that is, the priest who is the greatest among his brothers, upon whose head the oil of anointing has been poured, and whose hands have been consecrated for the priesthood, and who has been vested with the holy vestments: he shall not expose his head; he shall not rend his vestments.

11And he shall not enter to any dead body whatsoever; likewise, not even by his father or mother shall he be contaminated.

12Neither shall he exit from the holy places, lest he pollute the Sanctuary of the Lord. For the oil of the holy anointing of his God is upon him. I am the Lord.

13He shall take a virgin as his wife.

14But a widow, or one who has been repudiated or defiled, or also a mistress, he shall not accept, but only a maiden from among his own people.

15He shall not mingle the stock of his family with the common people of his nation. For I am the Lord, who sanctifies him.

16And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

17Say to Aaron: A man from your offspring, throughout their families, who has a blemish, shall not offer the bread to his God.

18Neither shall he approach to minister to him: if he is blind, if he is lame, if he is small, or large, or has a crooked nose,

19if his foot or hand is broken,

20if 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.

21Anyone from the offspring of Aaron, the priest, who has a blemish, shall not approach to offer sacrifices to the Lord, nor the bread to his God.

22Nevertheless, he shall eat from the loaves which are offered in the Sanctuary.

23But even so, he may not enter within the veil, nor approach to the altar. For he has a blemish, and he must not contaminate my Sanctuary. I am the Lord, who sanctifies them.

24Therefore, Moses spoke to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all of Israel, everything that had been commanded to him.