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.
祭司保持圣洁的条例
1耶和华对摩西说：“你把以下条例告诉祭司——亚伦的子孙。
“祭司不可因接触死去的族人而使自己不洁净， 2但骨肉至亲，如父母、儿女、兄弟、 3以及未出嫁仍是处女的姊妹例外。 4祭司不可因姻亲的关系而玷污自己。21:4 或译“作为民中的首领，祭司不可玷污自己。” 5祭司不可剃光头、修剪胡须或割伤身体。 6他们要做上帝的圣洁之民，不可亵渎我的名。因为他们负责献我的火祭，即我的食物，所以要保持圣洁。 7他们不可娶妓女或被休的女人为妻，因为祭司要为了我而保持圣洁。 8要视祭司为圣洁的，因为他们负责献你们上帝的食物。要视他们为圣洁的，因为使你们圣洁的我——耶和华是圣洁的。 9如果有祭司的女儿做妓女，辱没自己，她就是辱没自己的父亲，必须烧死她。
10“大祭司在众祭司中职分最高，头上浇过膏油，已经承受圣职、穿上圣衣，他不可披头散发、撕裂衣服。 11他不可接近死者，即使是父母也不可，以免玷污自己。 12他不可因丧事走出他上帝的圣所，以免亵渎圣所，因为我的膏油已经使他圣洁。我是耶和华。 13他必须娶处女为妻， 14不可娶寡妇、被休的女人或妓女，只可娶本族中的处女为妻， 15以免在民中玷污自己的子孙，因为我是使他们圣洁的耶和华。”
16耶和华对摩西说： 17“你把以下条例告诉亚伦。
“你的子孙中，任何有残疾的人都不可前来献他上帝的食物，这是世世代代都要遵守的律例。 18瞎眼的、跛脚的、五官不正的、畸形的、 19四肢不全的、 20驼背的、矮小的、患眼疾的、长疥癣的或睪丸受损的，都不可近前来献祭。 21亚伦祭司子孙中有残疾的都不可向耶和华献火祭。他们既然有残疾，就不可近前来献我的食物。 22他们可以吃我的食物，圣的和至圣的都可以吃。 23但他们不可走近幔子或祭坛，因为他们有残疾。这样做是为了避免他们亵渎我的圣所。我是使圣所圣洁的耶和华。”
24摩西把这些条例告诉了亚伦父子们和所有的以色列人。
