Darby Translation 1890

Leviticus 21:6-17 Darby Translation 1890 (DARBY)

6. They shall be holy unto their God and not profane the name of their God for they present Jehovah's offerings by fire, the bread of their God therefore shall they be holy.

7. They shall not take as wife a whore, or a dishonoured woman; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband; for he is holy unto his God

8. And thou shalt hallow him; for the bread of thy God doth he present: he shall be holy unto thee; for I, Jehovah, who hallow 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 burned with fire.

10. And the high priest among his brethren, on whose head the anointing oil was poured, and who is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor rend his garments.

11. Neither shall he come near any person dead, nor make himself unclean for his father and for his mother;

12. neither 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 Jehovah.

13. And he shall take a wife in her virginity.

14. A widow, or a divorced woman, or a dishonoured one, a harlot, these shall he not take; but he shall take as wife a virgin from among his peoples.

15. And he shall not profane his seed among his peoples; for I am Jehovah who do hallow him.

16. And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

17. Speak unto Aaron, saying, Any of thy seed throughout their generations that hath any defect, shall not approach to present the bread of his God