1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none be defiled for the dead among his people: 2 But for his kin, that is near unto him, that is, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother, 3 And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath 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 upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh. 6 They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their God: for the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and the bread of their God, they do 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 unto his God. 8 Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the LORD, which sanctify you, am holy.

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

10 And he that is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil was poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes; 11 Neither shall he go in to 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; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the LORD. 13 And he shall take a wife in her virginity. 14 A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or an 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 the LORD do sanctify him.

16 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 17 Speak unto Aaron, saying, Whosoever he be of thy seed in their generations that hath any blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God. 18 For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or any thing superfluous, 19 Or a man that is brokenfooted, or brokenhanded, 20 Or crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken; 21 No man that hath a blemish of the seed of Aaron the priest shall come nigh to offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire: he hath a blemish; he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God. 22 He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy. 23 Only he shall not go in unto the vail, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I the LORD do sanctify them. 24 And Moses told it unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel.

1 Verder het die HERE vir Moses gesê: Spreek met die priesters, die seuns van A„ron, en sê vir hulle: Aan 'n dooie moet 'n priester hom nie verontreinig onder sy volksgenote nie;

2 behalwe aan sy bloedverwant, sy nabestaande: aan sy moeder en sy vader en sy seun en sy dogter en sy broer;

3 en aan sy suster wat jongmeisie is, sy nabestaande, wat nie aan 'n man toebehoort het nie aan haar mag hy hom verontreinig.

4 Hy mag hom as getroude man nie verontreinig onder sy volksgenote om hom te ontheilig nie.

5 Hulle mag op hul hoof geen kaalte maak en die rand van hulle baard nie wegskeer en in hulle vlees geen insnyding maak nie.

6 Heilig moet hulle aan hulle God wees en die Naam van hulle God nie ontheilig nie; want hulle offer die vuuroffers van die HERE, die spys van hulle God; daarom moet hulle heilig wees.

7 Hulle mag geen vrou neem wat 'n hoer of 'n onteerde is nie; en 'n vrou wat deur haar man verstoot is, mag hulle nie neem nie; want hy is heilig aan sy God.

8 Daarom moet jy hom heilig hou, omdat hy die spys van jou God offer. Hy moet vir jou heilig wees, want heilig is Ek, die HERE wat julle heilig.

9 En as die dogter van 'n priester haar ontheilig om te hoereer, ontheilig sy haar vader; met vuur moet sy verbrand word.

10 En die priester wat die hoogste onder sy broers is, op wie se hoof die salfolie uitgegiet is en wat as priester aangestel is om die klere aan te trek hy mag sy hare nie laat loshang en geen skeure in sy klere maak nie.

11 En hy mag by geen dooie kom nie, selfs aan sy vader en moeder hom nie verontreinig nie;

12 en hy mag uit die heiligdom nie uitgaan nie, sodat hy die heiligdom van sy God nie ontheilig nie, want die wyding van die salfolie van sy God is op hom. Ek is die HERE.

13 En hy moet 'n vrou in haar maagdelike staat neem.

14 'n Weduwee of een wat verstoot is of 'n onteerde, of 'n hoer hulle moet hy nie neem nie; maar 'n jongmeisie uit sy volksgenote moet hy as vrou neem,

15 dat hy nie sy kroos onder sy volksgenote ontheilig nie; want Ek is die HERE wat hom heilig.

16 Verder het die HERE met Moses gespreek en gesê:

17 Spreek met A„ron en sê: Niemand uit jou nakomelinge, in hulle geslagte, aan wie 'n liggaamsgebrek is, mag nader kom om die spys van sy God te offer nie.

18 Want niemand aan wie 'n liggaamsgebrek is, mag nader kom nie: 'n blinde of 'n lamme of een wat in die gesig vermink is of iemand by wie 'n liggaamsdeel te lank is,

19 of iemand wat 'n been of 'n arm gebreek het,

20 of wat 'n boggel het of uitgeteer is of 'n vlek in sy oog het of aan skurfte of uitslag ly of 'n gebreklike skaamdeel het.

21 Geen man uit die nageslag van A„ron, die priester, aan wie 'n liggaamsgebrek is, mag nader kom om die vuuroffers van die HERE te offer nie. 'n Liggaamsgebrek is aan hom; hy mag nie nader kom om die spys van sy God te offer nie.

22 Wat die spys van sy God aangaan, hy mag van die hoogheilige en heilige gawes eet;

23 maar hy mag nie na die voorhangsel gaan en na die altaar nie nader kom nie, omdat 'n liggaamsgebrek aan hom is, dat hy my heiligdomme nie ontheilig nie; want Ek is die HERE wat hulle heilig.

24 En Moses het dit aan A„ron en sy seuns gesê en aan al die kinders van Israel.