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And 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:
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GOD spoke to Moses: "Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron. Tell them, A priest must not ritually contaminate himself by touching the dead,
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The LORD said to Moses, "Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them: 'A priest must not make himself ceremonially unclean for any of his people who die,
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And the LORD said to Moses, "Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them: "None shall defile himself for the dead among his people,
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The LORD said to Moses, "Tell the priests to avoid making themselves ceremonially unclean by touching a dead relative
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But 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,
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except for close relatives: mother, father, son, daughter, brother,
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except for a close relative, such as his mother or father, his son or daughter, his brother,
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except for his relatives who are nearest to him: his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, and his brother;
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unless it is a close relative--mother or father, son or daughter, brother
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And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no husband; for her may he be defiled.
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or an unmarried sister who is dependent on him since she has no husband; for these he may make himself ritually unclean,
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or an unmarried sister who is dependent on him since she has no husband-for her he may make himself unclean.
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also his virgin sister who is near to him, who has had no husband, for her he may defile himself.
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or virgin sister who was dependent because she had no husband.
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But he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself.
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but he must not contaminate himself with the dead who are only related to him by marriage and thus profane himself.
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He must not make himself unclean for people related to him by marriage, and so defile himself.
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Otherwise he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself.
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As a husband among his relatives, he must not defile himself.
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They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.
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"Priests must not shave their heads or trim their beards or gash their bodies.
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"'Priests must not shave their heads or shave off the edges of their beards or cut their bodies.
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"They shall not make any bald place on their heads, nor shall they shave the edges of their beards nor make any cuttings in their flesh.
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"The priests must never shave their heads, trim the edges of their beards, or cut their bodies.
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They 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.
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They must be holy to their God and must not profane the name of their God. Because their job is to present the gifts of GOD, the food of their God, they are to be holy.
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They must be holy to their God and must not profane the name of their God. Because they present the offerings made to the LORD by fire, the food of their God, they are to be holy.
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They shall be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God, for they offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and the bread of their God; therefore they shall be holy.
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They must be set apart to God as holy and must never dishonor his name. After all, they are the ones who present the offerings to the LORD by fire, providing God with his food, and they must remain holy.
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They 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.
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"Because a priest is holy to his God he must not marry a woman who has been a harlot or a cult prostitute or a divorced woman.
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"'They must not marry women defiled by prostitution or divorced from their husbands, because priests are holy to their God.
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They shall not take a wife who is a harlot or a defiled woman, nor shall they take a woman divorced from her husband; for the priest is holy to his God.
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"The priests must not marry women defiled by prostitution or women who have been divorced, for the priests must be set apart to God as holy.
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Thou 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.
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Make sure he is holy because he serves the food of your God. Treat him as holy because I, GOD, who make you holy, am holy.
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Regard them as holy, because they offer up the food of your God. Consider them holy, because I the LORD am holy-I who make you holy.
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Therefore you shall consecrate him, for he offers the bread of your God. He shall be holy to you, for I the LORD, who sanctify you, am holy.
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You must treat them as holy because they offer up food to your God. You must consider them holy because I, the LORD, am holy, and I make you holy.
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And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.
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"If a priest's daughter defiles herself in prostitution, she disgraces her father. She must be burned at the stake.
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"'If a priest's daughter defiles herself by becoming a prostitute, she disgraces her father; she must be burned in the fire.
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The daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by playing the harlot, she profanes her father. She shall be burned with fire.
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If a priest's daughter becomes a prostitute, defiling her father's holiness as well as herself, she must be burned to death.
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And 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;
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"The high priest, the one among his brothers who has received the anointing oil poured on his head and been ordained to wear the priestly vestments, must not let his hair go wild and tangled nor wear ragged and torn clothes.
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"'The high priest, the one among his brothers who has had the anointing oil poured on his head and who has been ordained to wear the priestly garments, must not let his hair become unkempt or tear his clothes.
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"He who is the high priest among his brethren, on whose head the anointing oil was poured and who is consecrated to wear the garments, shall not uncover his head nor tear his clothes;
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"The high priest, who has had the anointing oil poured on his head and has been ordained to wear the special priestly garments, must never let his hair hang loose or tear his clothing.
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Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;
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He must not enter a room where there is a dead body. He must not ritually contaminate himself, even for his father or mother;
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He must not enter a place where there is a dead body. He must not make himself unclean, even for his father or mother,
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nor shall he go near any dead body, nor defile himself for his father or his mother;
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He must never defile himself by going near a dead person, even if it is his father or mother.
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Neither 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.
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and he must neither abandon nor desecrate the Sanctuary of his God because of the dedication of the anointing oil which is upon him. I am GOD.
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nor leave the sanctuary of his God or desecrate it, because he has been dedicated by the anointing oil of his God. I am the LORD.
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nor 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 the LORD.
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He must not desecrate the sanctuary of his God by leaving it to attend his parents' funeral, because he has been made holy by the anointing oil of his God. I am the LORD.
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And he shall take a wife in her virginity.
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"He is to marry a young virgin,
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"'The woman he marries must be a virgin.
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And he shall take a wife in her virginity.
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"The high priest must marry a virgin.
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A 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.
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not a widow, not a divorcee, not a cult prostitute--he is only to marry a virgin from his own people.
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He must not marry a widow, a divorced woman, or a woman defiled by prostitution, but only a virgin from his own people,
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A widow or a divorced woman or a defiled woman or a harlot--these he shall not marry; but he shall take a virgin of his own people as wife.
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He must not marry a widow, a divorced woman, or a woman defiled by prostitution. She must be a virgin from his own clan,
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Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the LORD do sanctify him.
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He must not defile his descendants among his people because I am GOD who makes him holy."
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so he will not defile his offspring among his people. I am the LORD, who makes him holy. '"
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Nor shall he profane his posterity among his people, for I the LORD sanctify him."'
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that he may not dishonor his descendants among the members of his clan, because I, the LORD, have made him holy."
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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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GOD spoke to Moses:
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The LORD said to Moses,
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And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
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Then the LORD said to Moses,
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Speak 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.
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"Tell Aaron, None of your descendants, in any generation to come, who has a defect of any kind may present as an offering the food of his God.
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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.
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"Speak to Aaron, saying: "No man of your descendants in succeeding generations, who has any defect, may approach to offer the bread of his God.
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"Tell Aaron that in all future generations, his descendants who have physical defects will not qualify to offer food to their God.
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For 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,
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That means anyone who is blind or lame, disfigured or deformed,
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No man who has any defect may come near: no man who is blind or lame, disfigured or deformed;
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For any man who has a defect shall not approach: a man blind or lame, who has a marred face or any limb too long,
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No one who has a defect may come near to me, whether he is blind or lame, stunted or deformed,
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Or a man that is brokenfooted, or brokenhanded,
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crippled in foot or hand,
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no man with a crippled foot or hand,
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a man who has a broken foot or broken hand,
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or has a broken foot or hand,
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Or crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken;
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hunchbacked or dwarfed, who has anything wrong with his eyes, who has running sores or damaged testicles.
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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.
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or is a hunchback or a dwarf, or a man who has a defect in his eye, or eczema or scab, or is a eunuch.
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or has a humped back or is a dwarf, or has a defective eye, or has oozing sores or scabs on his skin, or has damaged testicles.
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No 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.
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No descendant of Aaron the priest who has any defect is to offer gifts to GOD; he has a defect and so must not offer the food of his God.
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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.
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No man of the descendants of Aaron the priest, who has a defect, shall come near to offer the offerings made by fire to the LORD. He has a defect; he shall not come near to offer the bread of his God.
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Even though he is a descendant of Aaron, his physical defects disqualify him from presenting offerings to the LORD by fire. Since he has a blemish, he may not offer food to his God.
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He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy.
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He may eat the food of his God, both the most holy and the holy,
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He may eat the most holy food of his God, as well as the holy food;
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He may eat the bread of his God, both the most holy and the holy;
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However, he may eat from the food offered to God, including the holy offerings and the most holy offerings.
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Only 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.
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but because of his defect he must not go near the curtain or approach the Altar. It would desecrate my Sanctuary. I am GOD who makes them holy."
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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. '"
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only he shall not go near the veil or approach the altar, because he has a defect, lest he profane My sanctuaries; for I the LORD sanctify them."'
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Yet because of his physical defect, he must never go behind the inner curtain or come near the altar, for this would desecrate my holy places. I am the LORD who makes them holy."
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And Moses told it unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel.
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Moses delivered this message to Aaron, his sons, and to all the People of Israel. [JC]
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So Moses told this to Aaron and his sons and to all the Israelites.
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And Moses told it to Aaron and his sons, and to all the children of Israel.
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So Moses gave these instructions to Aaron and his sons and to all the Israelites.
