1 Yahweh said to Moses, "Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them, ‘A priest shall not defile himself for the dead among his people, 2 except for his relatives that are near to him: for his mother, for his father, for his son, for his daughter, for his brother, 3 and for his virgin sister who is near to him, who has had no husband; for her he may defile himself. 4 He shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself.
5 "‘They shall not shave their heads or shave off the corners of their beards or make any cuttings in their flesh. 6 They shall be holy to their God, and not profane the name of their God, for they offer the offerings of Yahweh made by fire, the bread of their God. Therefore they shall be holy.
7 "‘They shall not marry a woman who is a prostitute, or profane. A priest shall not marry a woman divorced from her husband; for he is holy to his God. 8 Therefore you shall sanctify him, for he offers the bread of your God. He shall be holy to you, for I Yahweh, who sanctify you, am holy.
9 "‘The daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by playing the prostitute, she profanes her father. She shall be burned with fire.
10 "‘He who is the high priest among his brothers, upon whose head the anointing oil is poured, and who is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not let the hair of his head hang loose, or tear his clothes. 11 He must not go in to any dead body, or defile himself for his father or for his mother. 12 He shall not 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 Yahweh.
13 "‘He shall take a wife in her virginity. 14 He shall not marry a widow, or one divorced, or a woman who has been defiled, or a prostitute. He shall take a virgin of his own people as a wife. 15 He shall not profane his offspring among his people, for I am Yahweh who sanctifies him.’"
16 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 17 "Say to Aaron, ‘None of your offspring throughout their generations who has a defect may approach to offer the bread of his God. 18 For whatever man he is that has a defect, he shall not draw near: a blind man, or a lame, or he who has a flat nose, or any deformity, 19 or a man who has an injured foot, or an injured hand, 20 or hunchbacked, or a dwarf, or one who has a defect in his eye, or an itching disease, or scabs, or who has damaged testicles. 21 No man of the offspring of Aaron the priest who has a defect shall come near to offer the offerings of Yahweh made by fire. Since he has a defect, he shall not come near 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 He shall not come near to the veil, nor come near to the altar, because he has a defect; that he may not profane my sanctuaries, for I am Yahweh who sanctifies them.’"
24 So Moses spoke to Aaron, and to his sons, and to 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.