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Leviticus 21:16
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
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Hebrew Names Version
The LORD spoke to Moshe, saying,
The LORD spoke to Moshe, saying,
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:
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 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 17 Say to Aaron: Whosoever of thy seed throughout their families, hath a blemish, he shall not offer bread to his God. 18 Neither 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; 19 If his foot, or if his hand be broken; 20 If 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. 21 Whosoever 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. 22 He shall eat nevertheless of the loaves that are offered in the sanctuary. 23 Yet 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. 24 Moses, therefore spoke to Aaron, and to his sons and to all Israel, all the things that had been commanded him.
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Cross-References
Genesis 27:38
And Esau said to him: Hast thou only one blessing, father? I beseech thee bless me also. And when he wept with a loud cry,
And Esau said to him: Hast thou only one blessing, father? I beseech thee bless me also. And when he wept with a loud cry,
Genesis 29:11
And having watered the flock, he kissed her: and lifting up his voice wept.
And having watered the flock, he kissed her: and lifting up his voice wept.
Genesis 44:34
For I cannot return to my father without the boy, lest I be a witness of the calamity that will oppress my father.
For I cannot return to my father without the boy, lest I be a witness of the calamity that will oppress my father.
Judges 2:4
And when the angel of the Lord spoke these words to all the children of Israel: they lifted up their voice, and wept.
And when the angel of the Lord spoke these words to all the children of Israel: they lifted up their voice, and wept.
Ruth 1:9
May he grant you to find rest in the houses of the husbands whom you shall take. And she kissed them. And they lifted up their voice, and began to weep,
May he grant you to find rest in the houses of the husbands whom you shall take. And she kissed them. And they lifted up their voice, and began to weep,
1 Samuel 24:16
(24-17) And when David had made an end of speaking these words to Saul, Saul said: Is this thy voice, my son David? And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept:
(24-17) And when David had made an end of speaking these words to Saul, Saul said: Is this thy voice, my son David? And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept:
1 Samuel 30:4
David and the people that were with him, lifted up their voices, and wept till they had no more tears.
David and the people that were with him, lifted up their voices, and wept till they had no more tears.
1 Kings 3:26
But the woman, whose child was alive, said to the king; (for her bowels were moved upon her child) I beseech thee, my lord, give her the child alive, and do not kill it. But the other said: Let it be neither mine nor thine; but divide it.
But the woman, whose child was alive, said to the king; (for her bowels were moved upon her child) I beseech thee, my lord, give her the child alive, and do not kill it. But the other said: Let it be neither mine nor thine; but divide it.
Esther 8:6
For how can I endure the murdering and slaughter of my people?
For how can I endure the murdering and slaughter of my people?
Isaiah 49:15
Can a woman forget her infant, so as not to have pity on the son of her womb? and if she should forget, yet will not I forget thee.
Can a woman forget her infant, so as not to have pity on the son of her womb? and if she should forget, yet will not I forget thee.
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.
