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and for his sister, a virgin, that is near unto him, who hath had no husband, for her may he make himself unclean.

He shall not make himself unclean [who is] a chief among his peoples, to profane himself.

They shall not take as wife a whore, or a dishonoured woman; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband; for he is holy unto his God.

And the high priest among his brethren, on whose head the anointing oil was poured, and who is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor rend his garments.

Neither shall he come near any person dead, nor make himself unclean for his father and for his mother;

neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am Jehovah.

A widow, or a divorced woman, or a dishonoured one, a harlot, these shall he not take; but he shall take as wife a virgin from among his peoples.

And he shall not profane his seed among his peoples; for I am Jehovah who do hallow him.

Speak unto Aaron, saying, Any of thy seed throughout their generations that hath any defect, shall not approach to present the bread of his God;

or hump-backed, or withered, or that hath a spot in his eye, or hath the itch, or scabs, or his testicles broken.

No man of the seed of Aaron the priest that hath defect shall come near to present Jehovah's offerings by fire: he hath a defect; he shall not come near to present the bread of his God.

The bread of his God, of the most holy and of the holy, shall he eat;

And Moses told it to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the children of Israel.

Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, and that they profane not my holy name in the things that they hallow unto me: I am Jehovah.

Say unto them, Every one of all your seed, throughout your generations, that approacheth the holy things, which the children of Israel hallow unto Jehovah, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from before me: I am Jehovah.

or a man that toucheth any crawling thing whereby he becometh unclean, or a man by whom he may become unclean, whatever may be his uncleanness,

—a person that toucheth any such shall be unclean until even, and shall not eat of the holy things; but he shall bathe his flesh with water,

and when the sun goeth down, he shall be clean, and may afterwards eat of the holy things; for it is his food.

But if a priest buy any one for money, he may eat of it, and he that is born in his house: they may eat of his food.

Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them, Whatever man of the house of Israel, or of the sojourners in Israel, that presenteth his offering for any of his vows, and for any of his voluntary offerings, which they present to Jehovah as a burnt-offering,