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What does Leviticus 21:17 mean?
"“Say to Aaron, ‘None of your offspring throughout their generations who has a defect may approach to offer the bread of his God."
— Leviticus 21:17 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
A widow, or one divorced, or a woman who has been defiled, or a prostitute, these he shall not marry: but a virgin of his own people shall he take as a wife.
He shall not profane his offspring among his people, for I am Yahweh who sanctifies him.’”
Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
“Say to Aaron, ‘None of your offspring throughout their generations who has a defect may approach to offer the bread of his God.
For whatever man he is that has a defect, he shall not draw near: a blind man, or a lame, or he who has a flat nose, or any deformity,
or a man who has an injured foot, or an injured hand,
or hunchbacked, or a dwarf, or one who has a defect in his eye, or an itching disease, or scabs, or who has damaged testicles.
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