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Leviticus 21:14

Verse 14 of 24. The 21st of 27 chapters in Leviticus, in The Law.

10“‘He who is the high priest among his brothers, upon whose head the anointing oil is poured, and who is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not let the hair of his head hang loose, or tear his clothes.

11He must not go in to any dead body, or defile himself for his father or for his mother.

12He shall not go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon him. I am the LORD.

13“‘He shall take a wife in her virginity.

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

15He shall not profane his offspring among his people, for I am the LORD who sanctifies him.’”

16The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

17“Say to Aaron, ‘None of your offspring throughout their generations who has a defect may approach to offer the bread of his God.

18For 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,

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World English Bible. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.