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Speak to Aaron and say: No one of your offspring throughout their generations who has a blemish may approach to offer the food of his God.

or a hunchback, or a dwarf, or a man with a blemish in his eyes or an itching disease or scabs or crushed testicles.

No descendant of Aaron the priest who has a blemish shall come near to offer the Lord 's offerings by fire; since he has a blemish, he shall not come near to offer the food of his God.

He may eat the food of his God, of the most holy as well as of the holy.

Thus Moses spoke to Aaron and to his sons and to all the people of Israel.

Direct Aaron and his sons to deal carefully with the sacred donations of the people of Israel, which they dedicate to me, so that they may not profane my holy name; I am the Lord .

and whoever touches any swarming thing by which he may be made unclean or any human being by whom he may be made unclean—whatever his uncleanness may be—

the person who touches any such shall be unclean until evening and shall not eat of the sacred donations unless he has washed his body in water.

When the sun sets he shall be clean; and afterward he may eat of the sacred donations, for they are his food.

but if a priest acquires anyone by purchase, the person may eat of them; and those that are born in his house may eat of his food.

Speak to Aaron and his sons and all the people of Israel and say to them: When anyone of the house of Israel or of the aliens residing in Israel presents an offering, whether in payment of a vow or as a freewill offering that is offered to the Lord as a burnt offering,

They shall be for Aaron and his descendants, who shall eat them in a holy place, for they are most holy portions for him from the offerings by fire to the Lord , a perpetual due.

The Israelite woman's son blasphemed the Name in a curse. And they brought him to Moses—now his mother's name was Shelomith, daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan—

Take the blasphemer outside the camp; and let all who were within hearing lay their hands on his head, and let the whole congregation stone him.

A man from each tribe shall be with you, each man the head of his ancestral house.

These are those who were enrolled, whom Moses and Aaron enrolled with the help of the leaders of Israel, twelve men, each representing his ancestral house.

You shall give the Levites to Aaron and his descendants; they are unreservedly given to him from among the Israelites.

But you shall make a register of Aaron and his descendants; it is they who shall attend to the priesthood, and any outsider who comes near shall be put to death.

Give to Aaron and his sons the money by which the excess number of them is redeemed.

and Moses gave the redemption money to Aaron and his sons, according to the word of the Lord , as the Lord had commanded Moses.