Leviticus 21:16

Physical Defects and Priests

16 The Lord spoke to Moses:

Leviticus 21:16 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 21:16

And the Lord spake unto Moses
After he had spoken to him of the holiness of the priests, that they should not defile themselves, neither with the dead nor with impure marriages, he proceeded to add some things concerning blemishes in their bodies, which rendered them unfit for the service:

saying;
as follows.

Leviticus 21:16 In-Context

14 He is not to marry a widow, a divorced woman, or one defiled by prostitution. He is to marry a virgin from his own people,

15 so that he does not corrupt his bloodline among his people, for I am the Lord who sets him apart."

16 The Lord spoke to Moses:

17 "Tell Aaron: None of your descendants throughout your generations who has a physical defect is to come near to present the food of his God.

18 No man who has any defect is to come near: no man who is blind, lame, facially disfigured, or deformed;