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Leviticus 21

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  1. 1And the Lord said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none be defiled for the dead among his people:21 cross-references: Ezekiel 44:25, Numbers 19:14, Leviticus 19:28, Leviticus 10:6–7, Leviticus 21:11
  2. 2But for his kin, that is near unto him, that is, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother,2 cross-references: 1 Thessalonians 4:13, Leviticus 18:6
  3. 3And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no husband; for her may he be defiled.
  4. 4But he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself.1 cross-reference: Ezekiel 24:16–17
  5. 5They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.19 cross-references: Deuteronomy 14:1, Ezekiel 44:20, Leviticus 19:27–28, Jeremiah 48:37, Amos 8:10
  6. 6They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their God: for the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and the bread of their God, they do offer: therefore they shall be holy.28 cross-references: Leviticus 3:11, Leviticus 18:21, 1 Peter 2:9, Exodus 29:44, Exodus 28:36
  7. 7They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God.17 cross-references: Leviticus 21:13–14, Ezekiel 44:22, Leviticus 21:8, 1 Timothy 3:11, Deuteronomy 24:1–4
  8. 8Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the Lord, which sanctify you, am holy.30 cross-references: Leviticus 20:7–8, Leviticus 11:44–45, Leviticus 19:2, Leviticus 21:6, John 17:19
  9. 9And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.22 cross-references: Genesis 38:24, Leviticus 19:29, 1 Samuel 3:13–14, 1 Samuel 2:34, Malachi 2:3
  10. 10And he that is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil was poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes;26 cross-references: Leviticus 10:6–7, Leviticus 16:32, Matthew 26:65, Numbers 35:25, Leviticus 8:12
  11. 11Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;17 cross-references: Numbers 19:14, Numbers 6:7, Leviticus 21:1–2, Leviticus 19:28, Matthew 12:46–50
  12. 12Neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the Lord.11 cross-references: Leviticus 10:7, Leviticus 8:9–12, Exodus 28:36, Exodus 29:6–7, Leviticus 8:30
  13. 13And he shall take a wife in her virginity.10 cross-references: Revelation 14:4, Ezekiel 44:22, 2 Corinthians 11:2, Leviticus 21:7
  14. 14A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or an harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife.5 cross-references: Leviticus 21:7, Ezekiel 44:22
  15. 15Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the Lord do sanctify him.14 cross-references: Romans 11:16, 1 Corinthians 7:14, Ezra 2:62, Nehemiah 13:23–29, Ezra 9:2
  16. 16And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
  17. 17Speak unto Aaron, saying, Whosoever he be of thy seed in their generations that hath any blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God.18 cross-references: Numbers 16:5, Psalms 65:4, Leviticus 10:3, Leviticus 21:21, Leviticus 21:6
  18. 18For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or any thing superfluous,11 cross-references: 1 Timothy 3:2–3, Leviticus 22:19–25, Matthew 23:16–17, Matthew 23:19, Titus 1:10
  19. 19Or a man that is brokenfooted, or brokenhanded,
  20. 20Or crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken;5 cross-references: Deuteronomy 23:1, Isaiah 56:3
  21. 21No man that hath a blemish of the seed of Aaron the priest shall come nigh to offer the offerings of the Lord made by fire: he hath a blemish; he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God.13 cross-references: Leviticus 21:6, Leviticus 21:8, Leviticus 21:17
  22. 22He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy.21 cross-references: Leviticus 2:3, Numbers 18:9–10, Leviticus 6:16–17, 1 Corinthians 9:13, Leviticus 24:8–9
  23. 23Only he shall not go in unto the vail, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I the Lord do sanctify them.10 cross-references: Leviticus 21:12, Exodus 40:26–27, Leviticus 15:31, Ezekiel 44:9–14, Exodus 30:6–8
  24. 24And Moses told it unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel.5 cross-references: 1 Timothy 1:18, Malachi 2:1–7, Colossians 4:17, 2 Timothy 2:2

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