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Passage Lookup: Leviticus 21:16-24
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Leviticus 21:16
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The LORD said to Moses,
Leviticus 21:17
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"Say to Aaron: 'For the generations to come none of your descendants who has a defect may come near to offer the food of his God.
Leviticus 21:18
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No man who has any defect may come near: no man who is blind or lame, disfigured or deformed;
Leviticus 21:19
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no man with a crippled foot or hand,
Leviticus 21:20
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or who is hunchbacked or dwarfed, or who has any eye defect, or who has festering or running sores or damaged testicles.
Leviticus 21:21
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No descendant of Aaron the priest who has any defect is to come near to present the offerings made to the LORD by fire. He has a defect; he must not come near to offer the food of his God.
Leviticus 21:22
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He may eat the most holy food of his God, as well as the holy food;
Leviticus 21:23
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yet because of his defect, he must not go near the curtain or approach the altar, and so desecrate my sanctuary. I am the LORD , who makes them holy. ' "
Leviticus 21:24
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So Moses told this to Aaron and his sons and to all the Israelites.
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