Leviticus 21:16

16 Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

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 A widow or a divorced woman or a defiled [woman], a prostitute--these he must not take; he shall take only a virgin from his people [as] wife.

15 And he shall not profane his offspring among his people, because I [am] Yahweh, who consecrates him.'"

16 Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

17 "Speak to Aaron, saying, 'A man from your offspring throughout their generations, in whom is a physical defect, shall not come near to present your God's food.

18 Indeed, any man in whom is a physical defect shall not come near: a blind man or lame or disfigured or deformed,

Footnotes

• [a] Or "And"