Orthodox Jewish Bible

Vayikra 21:10-24 Orthodox Jewish Bible (OJB)

10. And he that is the Kohen HaGadol among his brethren, upon whose head the Shemen Hamishchah (Anointing Oil) was poured, and that is ordained to put on the garments, shall not in mourning uncover his head, nor rend his garments;

11. Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor make himself tamei for his av, or for his em;

12. Neither shall he go out of the Mikdash, nor profane the Mikdash Elohav; for the nezer shemen mishchat Elohav (consecration of the anointing oil of his G-d) is upon him: I am Hashem.

13. And he shall take an isha in her virginity.

14. An almanah, or a gerusha, or chalalah, or a zonah, these shall he not take; but he shall take a betulah of his own people to wife.

15. Neither shall he profane his zera among his people; for I Hashem do set him apart as kodesh.

16. And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying,

17. Speak unto Aharon, saying, Whosoever he be of thy zera in their dorot that hath any defect, let him not approach to offer the lechem of Elohav.

18. For whatsoever ish he be that hath a mum, he shall not approach; an ish ivver, or a pise'ach (lame), or he who is disfigured or malformed,

19. Or an ish that has a crippled regel or a crippled yad,

20. Or hunchback, or a dwarf, or that hath a defect in his eye, or festering, or running sores, or damaged of testicle;

21. No ish that hath a mum of the zera Aharon HaKohen shall come near to offer the offerings of Hashem made by eish; he hath a mum; he shall not come near to offer the lechem Elohav.

22. He shall eat the lechem Elohav, both of the kodshei hakodashim, and of hakodashim.

23. Only he shall not go near unto the Parochet (curtain), nor come near unto the Mizbe'ach, because he hath a mum on him; that he profane not My Mikdash; for I Hashem do set them apart as kodesh.

24. And Moshe told it unto Aharon, and to his Banim, and unto all the Bnei Yisroel.