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祭司の汚れ
1続いて、主はモーセに告げました。「縁者に不幸があった場合、遺体にさわって身を汚してはならないと祭司に命じなさい。 2-3ただし、両親、息子、娘、兄弟、同居している未婚の姉妹といった近親者の場合は例外である。 4祭司はすべての民の指導者だから、特に身をきよく保ちなさい。一般の人と同じにふるまって、身を汚してはならない。
5祭司は髪やひげをそってはならない。異教徒がするように体を傷つけてはならない。 6神の前に聖なる者となるように、神の名を冒瀆してはならない。さもないと、火で焼く食物の供え物を神にささげる資格はない。 7また、売春婦や離婚歴のある女と結婚することも許されない。祭司は神のもので、聖なる者だからだ。 8神へのいけにえをささげるために選ばれた祭司を、聖なる者としなさい。あなたがたを選び、きよい者とするわたしが聖なる者だからだ。 9祭司の娘でありながら売春婦になる者は、自分ばかりか父親のきよさまで汚すのだから、火あぶりの刑に処しなさい。
10大祭司として油を注がれ、そのための装束を身につける者は、どんなに悲しいときも、髪を乱したり衣服を引き裂いたりしてはならない。 11たとえ両親の遺体であっても、近づいてはならない。 12務めの間は聖所を離れてはならない。神聖な務めを果たす者として、神から任命されているからだ。 13-15大祭司は同族の、しかも処女を妻にしなければならない。未亡人や離婚歴のある女、売春婦と結婚してはならない。大祭司の家系に一般人の血が混じってはならない。わたしが彼を特別に選び、きよい者としたからである。」
16-17主はまた、モーセに語りました。「アロンに言いなさい。代々の子孫のうち、体に欠陥のある者は神にいけにえをささげてはならない。 18目や足の不自由な者、鼻に欠陥のある者や手足の不釣り合いな者、 19手足の折れた者、 20背中の曲がった者、小人、できものや疥癬のある者、睾丸のつぶれた者など。 21アロンの子孫のうち、以上のような体に欠陥のある者は、火で焼くいけにえを主にささげることはできない。 22ただし、いけにえのうち祭司の食物になる分は、聖なるものでも最も聖なるものでも食べてよい。 23しかし、垂れ幕や祭壇に近づいたりしてはならない。彼はわたしの聖所を汚してはならない。そこを神聖な所とするのは主だからである。」
24モーセはこれらのことをアロンとその子ら、およびイスラエルのすべての民に告げました。
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: 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, 3And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no husband; for her may he be defiled. 4But he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself.21.4 he…: or, being an husband among his people, he shall not defile himself for his wife, etc 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. 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. 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. 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.
9¶ And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.
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; 11Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother; 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. 13And he shall take a wife in her virginity. 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. 15Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the LORD do sanctify him.
16¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 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.21.17 bread: or, food 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, 19Or a man that is brokenfooted, or brokenhanded, 20Or crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken;21.20 a dwarf: or, too slender 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. 22He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy. 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. 24And Moses told it unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel.
