Leviticus 21:16

16 locutusque est Dominus ad Mosen dicens

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 viduam et repudiatam et sordidam atque meretricem non accipiet sed puellam de populo suo

15 ne commisceat stirpem generis sui vulgo gentis suae quia ego Dominus qui sanctifico eum

16 locutusque est Dominus ad Mosen dicens

17 loquere ad Aaron homo de semine tuo per familias qui habuerit maculam non offeret panes Deo suo

18 nec accedet ad ministerium eius si caecus fuerit si claudus si vel parvo vel grandi et torto naso