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Hebrew Names Version
Leviticus 21:16
The LORD spoke to Moshe, saying,
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King James Version
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
Lexham English Bible
Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
New Century Version
The Lord said to Moses,
The Lord said to Moses,
New English Translation
The Lord spoke to Moses:
The Lord spoke to Moses:
Amplified Bible
Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
New American Standard Bible
Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,
And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,
Legacy Standard Bible
Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
Contemporary English Version
The Lord told Moses
The Lord told Moses
Complete Jewish Bible
(ii) Adonai said to Moshe,
(ii) Adonai said to Moshe,
Darby Translation
And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord said to Moses,
The Lord said to Moses,
English Standard Version
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
George Lamsa Translation
And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
Good News Translation
The Lord commanded Moses
The Lord commanded Moses
Christian Standard Bible®
The Lord spoke to Moses:
The Lord spoke to Moses:
Literal Translation
And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And ye LORDE talked wt Moses, & sayde:
And ye LORDE talked wt Moses, & sayde:
American Standard Version
And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
Bible in Basic English
And the Lord said to Moses,
And the Lord said to Moses,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses, saying:
And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses, saying:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying:
And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying:
King James Version (1611)
And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,
And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
English Revised Version
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Berean Standard Bible
Then the LORD said to Moses,
Then the LORD said to Moses,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the Lord spak to Moyses,
And the Lord spak to Moyses,
Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,
And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,
Update Bible Version
And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
Webster's Bible Translation
And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
World English Bible
Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
New King James Version
And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
New Living Translation
Then the Lord said to Moses,
Then the Lord said to Moses,
New Life Bible
Then the Lord said to Moses,
Then the Lord said to Moses,
New Revised Standard
The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying:
And Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying:
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
Revised Standard Version
And the LORD said to Moses,
And the LORD said to Moses,
THE MESSAGE
God spoke to Moses: "Tell Aaron, None of your descendants, in any generation to come, who has a defect of any kind may present as an offering the food of his God. That means anyone who is blind or lame, disfigured or deformed, crippled in foot or hand, hunchbacked or dwarfed, who has anything wrong with his eyes, who has running sores or damaged testicles. No descendant of Aaron the priest who has any defect is to offer gifts to God ; he has a defect and so must not offer the food of his God. He may eat the food of his God, both the most holy and the holy, but because of his defect he must not go near the curtain or approach the Altar. It would desecrate my Sanctuary. I am God who makes them holy."
God spoke to Moses: "Tell Aaron, None of your descendants, in any generation to come, who has a defect of any kind may present as an offering the food of his God. That means anyone who is blind or lame, disfigured or deformed, crippled in foot or hand, hunchbacked or dwarfed, who has anything wrong with his eyes, who has running sores or damaged testicles. No descendant of Aaron the priest who has any defect is to offer gifts to God ; he has a defect and so must not offer the food of his God. He may eat the food of his God, both the most holy and the holy, but because of his defect he must not go near the curtain or approach the Altar. It would desecrate my Sanctuary. I am God who makes them holy."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
Contextual Overview
16 The LORD spoke to Moshe, saying, 17 Speak to Aharon, saying, Whoever he be of your seed throughout their generations that has a blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God. 18 For whatever man he be that has a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that has a flat nose, or any deformity, 19 or a man that is broken-footed, or broken-handed, 20 or crook-backed, or a dwarf, or that has a blemish in his eye, or is scurvy, or scabbed, or has his stones broken; 21 no man of the seed of Aharon the Kohen, that has a blemish, shall come near to offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire: he has a blemish; 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 only he shall not go in to the veil, nor come near to the altar, because he has a blemish; that he not profane my sanctuaries: for I am the LORD who sanctifies them. 24 So Moshe spoke to Aharon, and to his sons, and to all the children of Yisra'el.
Bible Verse Review
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Cross-References
Genesis 27:38
Esav said to his father, "Have you but one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, my father." Esav lifted up his voice, and wept.
Esav said to his father, "Have you but one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, my father." Esav lifted up his voice, and wept.
Genesis 29:11
Ya`akov kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.
Ya`akov kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.
Genesis 44:34
For how will I go up to my father, if the boy isn't with me? Lest I see the evil that will come on my father."
For how will I go up to my father, if the boy isn't with me? Lest I see the evil that will come on my father."
Judges 2:4
It happened, when the angel of the LORD spoke these words to all the children of Yisra'el, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept.
It happened, when the angel of the LORD spoke these words to all the children of Yisra'el, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept.
Ruth 1:9
The LORD grant you that you may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them, and they lifted up their voice, and wept.
The LORD grant you that you may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them, and they lifted up their voice, and wept.
1 Samuel 24:16
It came to pass, when David had made an end of speaking these words to Sha'ul, that Sha'ul said, Is this your voice, my son David? Sha'ul lifted up his voice, and wept.
It came to pass, when David had made an end of speaking these words to Sha'ul, that Sha'ul said, Is this your voice, my son David? Sha'ul lifted up his voice, and wept.
1 Samuel 30:4
Then David and the people who were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.
Then David and the people who were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.
1 Kings 3:26
Then spoke the woman whose the living child was to the king, for her heart yearned over her son, and she said, Oh, my lord, give her the living child, and in no way kill it. But the other said, It shall be neither mine nor yours; divide it.
Then spoke the woman whose the living child was to the king, for her heart yearned over her son, and she said, Oh, my lord, give her the living child, and in no way kill it. But the other said, It shall be neither mine nor yours; divide it.
Esther 8:6
for how can I endure to see the evil that shall come to my people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my relatives?
for how can I endure to see the evil that shall come to my people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my relatives?
Isaiah 49:15
Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yes, these may forget, yet I will not forget you.
Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yes, these may forget, yet I will not forget you.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And the Lord spake unto Moses,.... After he had spoken to him of the holiness of the priests, that they should not defile themselves, neither with the dead nor with impure marriages, he proceeded to add some things concerning blemishes in their bodies, which rendered them unfit for the service:
saying; as follows.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
He was not treated as an outcast, but enjoyed his privileges as a son of Aaron, except in regard to active duties.
Leviticus 21:20
A dwarf - One who is small and wasted, either short, as in the text, or slender, as in the margin. It is hardly likely that dwarfishness would be overlooked in this enumeration. So most critical authorities.
Scurry or scabbed - These words most probably include all affected with any skin disease.
Leviticus 21:22
See Leviticus 2:3 note; Leviticus 6:25 note.
Leviticus 21:23
Sanctuaries - The places especially holy, including the most holy place, the holy place, and the altar.
This law is of course to be regarded as one development of the great principle that all which is devoted to the service of God should be as perfect as possible of its kind.
