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Leviticus 21:11-19 English Standard Version (ESV)

11. He shall not go in to any dead bodies nor make himself unclean, even for his father or for his mother.

12. He shall not go out of the sanctuary, lest he profane the sanctuary of his God, for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is on him: I am the Lord.

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

14. A widow, or a divorced woman, or a woman who has been defiled, or a prostitute, these he shall not marry. But he shall take as his wife a virgin of his own people,

15. that he may not profane his offspring among his people, for I am the Lord who sanctifies him.”

16. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

17. “Speak to Aaron, saying, None of your offspring throughout their generations who has a blemish may approach to offer the bread of his God.

18. For no one who has a blemish shall draw near, a man blind or lame, or one who has a mutilated face or a limb too long,

19. or a man who has an injured foot or an injured hand,