18 (A)For no one who has an impairment shall approach: a man who is blind, or one who limps, or one who has a (B)slit nose, or one with any conspicuous feature, 19 or someone who has a broken foot or broken hand, 20 or a contorted back, or one who is a dwarf, or has a spot in his eye, or a festering rash or scabs, or (C)crushed testicles. 21 No man among the [a]descendants of Aaron the priest who has an impairment is to come forward to offer the Lords offerings by fire; since he has an impairment, he shall not come forward to offer (D)the food of his God.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 21:21 Lit seed

18 No man who has any defect(A) may come near: no man who is blind(B) or lame,(C) disfigured or deformed; 19 no man with a crippled foot or hand, 20 or who is a hunchback or a dwarf, or who has any eye defect, or who has festering or running sores or damaged testicles.(D) 21 No descendant of Aaron the priest who has any defect(E) is to come near to present the food offerings to the Lord.(F) He has a defect; he must not come near to offer the food of his God.(G)

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