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Leviticus 21:17

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Speak unto Aaron, saying, Whosoever [he be] of thy seed in their generations that hath [any] blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God.

Speak {H1696} unto Aaron {H175}, saying {H559}, Whosoever {H376} he be of thy seed {H2233} in their generations {H1755} that hath any blemish {H3971}, let him not approach {H7126} to offer {H7126} the bread {H3899} of his God {H430}.

"Tell Aharon, 'None of your descendants who has a defect may approach to offer the bread of his God.

“Say to Aaron, ‘For the generations to come, none of your descendants who has a physical defect may approach to offer the food of his God.

Speak unto Aaron, saying, Whosoever he be of thy seed throughout their generations that hath a blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God.

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Cross-References

  • Numbers 16:5 (3 votes)

    And he spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, Even to morrow the LORD will shew who [are] his, and [who is] holy; and will cause [him] to come near unto him: even [him] whom he hath chosen will he cause to come near unto him.

  • Psalms 65:4 (3 votes)

    Blessed [is the man whom] thou choosest, and causest to approach [unto thee, that] he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, [even] of thy holy temple.

  • Leviticus 10:3 (3 votes)

    ¶ Then Moses said unto Aaron, This [is it] that the LORD spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.

  • Leviticus 21:21 (2 votes)

    No man that hath a blemish of the seed of Aaron the priest shall come nigh to offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire: he hath a blemish; he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God.

  • Leviticus 21:6 (2 votes)

    They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their God: for the offerings of the LORD made by fire, [and] the bread of their God, they do offer: therefore they shall be holy.

  • Leviticus 22:20 (2 votes)

    [But] whatsoever hath a blemish, [that] shall ye not offer: for it shall not be acceptable for you.

  • Leviticus 22:25 (2 votes)

    Neither from a stranger's hand shall ye offer the bread of your God of any of these; because their corruption [is] in them, [and] blemishes [be] in them: they shall not be accepted for you.