1 And the Lord said to Moses, Say to the priests, the sons of Aaron, Let no man make himself unclean for the dead among his people;
2 But only for his near relations, for his mother or his father, his son or his daughter, and his brother;
3 And for his sister, a virgin, for she is his near relation and has had no husband, he may make himself unclean.
4 But let him, being a chief among his people, not make himself unclean in such a way as to put shame on himself.
5 They are not to have their hair cut off for the dead, or the hair on their chins cut short, or make cuts in their flesh.
6 Let them be holy to their God and not make the name of their God common; for the fire offerings of the Lord and the bread of their God are offered by them, and they are to be holy.
7 They may not take as wife a loose or common woman, or one who has been put away by her husband: for the priest is holy to his God.
8 And he is to be holy in your eyes, for by him the bread of your God is offered; he is to be holy in your eyes, for I the Lord, who make you holy, am holy.
9 And if the daughter of a priest makes herself common and by her loose behaviour puts shame on her father, let her be burned with fire.
10 And he who is the chief priest among his brothers, on whose head the holy oil has been put, who is marked out to put on the holy robes, may not let his hair go loose or have his clothing out of order as a sign of sorrow.
11 He may not go near any dead body or make himself unclean for his father or his mother;
12 He may not go out of the holy place or make the holy place of his God common; for the crown of the holy oil of his God is on him: I am the Lord.
13 And let him take as his wife one who has not had relations with a man.
14 A widow, or one whose husband has put her away, or a common woman of loose behaviour, may not be the wife of a priest; but let him take a virgin from among his people.
15 And he may not make his seed unclean among his people, for I the Lord have made him holy.
16 And the Lord said to Moses,
17 Say to Aaron, If a man of your family, in any generation, is damaged in body, let him not come near to make the offering of the bread of his God.
18 For any man whose body is damaged may not come near: one who is blind, or has not the use of his legs, or one who has a broken nose or any unnatural growth,
19 Or a man with broken feet or hands,
20 Or one whose back is bent, or one who is unnaturally small, or one who has a damaged eye, or whose skin is diseased, or whose sex parts are damaged;
21 No man of the offspring of Aaron whose body is damaged in any way may come near to give the fire offerings of the Lord: he is damaged, he may not come near to make the offerings.
22 He may take of the bread of God, the holy and the most holy;
23 But he may not go inside the veil or come near the altar, because he is damaged; and he may not make my holy places common; for I the Lord have made them holy.
24 These are the words which Moses said to Aaron and to his sons and to all the children of Israel.
2 paitsi jos vainaja on hänen oman perheensä jäsen: äiti, isä, poika, tytär tai veli.
3 Epäpuhtaaksi hän saa tulla myös, jos vainaja on hänen luonaan asunut naimaton sisar.
4 Mutta hän ei saa saattaa itseään epäpuhtaaksi menemällä sellaisen vainajan lähelle, jolle hän on sukua avioliiton kautta.
6 Heidän tulee olla Jumalalleen pyhitettyjä, eivätkä he saa loukata Jumalansa kunniaa. He uhraavat Herralle kuuluvia tuliuhreja, Jumalalle tuotavaa ruokaa. Sen tähden heidän on oltava pyhät ja puhtaat.
8 Teidän tulee kohdella pappia pyhänä, koska hän uhraa ruokaa teidän Jumalallenne. Hän on teille pyhä, sillä minä, joka olen pyhittänyt teidät omaksi kansakseni, olen pyhä.
9 Jos papin tytär häpäisee itsensä harjoittamalla haureutta, hän samalla häpäisee isänsä; siksi hänet on poltettava.
11 Hän ei saa saattaa itseään epäpuhtaaksi menemällä kuolleen lähelle, ei edes surressaan isäänsä tai äitiään.
12 Hän ei saa suruaikanaan poistua pyhäköstä, ettei hän häpäisisi Jumalansa pyhäkköä, sillä hänet on voideltu ja vihitty Herran pyhällä öljyllä. Minä olen Herra.
13 Vaimokseen hänen tulee ottaa neitsyt.
14 Hän ei saa ottaa itselleen vaimoksi leskeä, miehensä hylkäämää eikä neitsyytensä menettänyttä naista eikä porttoa, vaan hänen tulee ottaa vaimokseen isänsä sukuun kuuluva neitsyt,
16 Herra sanoi Moosekselle:
18 Uhraamaan ei saa tulla kukaan, joka on sokea, rampa tai kasvoiltaan tai ruumiiltaan epämuodostunut,
19 kukaan, jolta on katkennut jalka tai käsi,
20 joka on kyttyräselkäinen tai kitukasvuinen, jonka silmäterä on samentunut tai jolla on ihottuma, rupitauti tai vialliset kivekset.
21 Kukaan pappi Aaronin suvun jäsen, jolla on jokin vamma, ei saa astua uhraamaan Herralle kuuluvia tuliuhreja; vammansa takia hän on kelpaamaton uhraamaan ruokaa Jumalalle.
22 Hän saa silti syödä Jumalan ruokaa, sekä erityisen pyhää että pyhää,
24 Näin Mooses puhui Aaronille, hänen pojilleen ja kaikille israelilaisille.