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'A widow, or a divorced woman, or one who is profaned by harlotry, these he may not take; but rather he is to marry a virgin of his own people,

so that he will not profane his offspring among his people; for I am the LORD who sanctifies him.'"

"Speak to Aaron, saying, 'No man of your offspring throughout their generations who has a defect shall approach to offer the food of his God.

or a hunchback or a dwarf, or one who has a defect in his eye or eczema or scabs or crushed testicles.

'No man among the descendants of Aaron the priest who has a defect is to come near to offer the LORD'S offerings by fire; since he has a defect, he shall not come near to offer the food of his God.

'He may eat the food of his God, both of the most holy and of the holy,

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

"Tell Aaron and his sons to be careful with the holy gifts of the sons of Israel, which they dedicate to Me, so as not to profane My holy name; I am the LORD.

or if a man touches any teeming things by which he is made unclean, or any man by whom he is made unclean, whatever his uncleanness;

a person who touches any such shall be unclean until evening, and shall not eat of the holy gifts unless he has bathed his body in water.

'But when the sun sets, he will be clean, and afterward he shall eat of the holy gifts, for it is his food.

'But if a priest buys a slave as his property with his money, that one may eat of it, and those who are born in his house may eat of his food.

"Speak to Aaron and to his sons and to all the sons of Israel and say to them, 'Any man of the house of Israel or of the aliens in Israel who presents his offering, whether it is any of their votive or any of their freewill offerings, which they present to the LORD for a burnt offering—

"If there is any person who will not humble himself on this same day, he shall be cut off from his people.

"As for any person who does any work on this same day, that person I will destroy from among his people.

"It shall be for Aaron and his sons, and they shall eat it in a holy place; for it is most holy to him from the LORD'S offerings by fire, his portion forever."

The son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name and cursed. So they brought him to Moses. (Now his mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.)

"Bring the one who has cursed outside the camp, and let all who heard him lay their hands on his head; then let all the congregation stone him.

"You shall speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'If anyone curses his God, then he will bear his sin.

'If a man injures his neighbor, just as he has done, so it shall be done to him: