Leviticus 21

vayyomer Adonai el-mosheh emor el-hakkohanim bene aharon ve'amarta alehem lenefesh lo-yittamma be'ammayw

GOD said to Moses: Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them: None shall defile himself for any [dead] person among his kin,

ki im-lishero haqqarov elayw le'immo ule'aviv velivno ulevitto ule'akhiv

except for the relatives that are closest to him: his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, and his brother;

vela'akhoto habbetulah haqqerovah elayw asher lo-hayetah le'ish lah yittamma

also for a virgin sister, close to him because she has not become someone’s [wife], for her he may defile himself.

lo yittamma ba'al be'ammayw lehekhallo

But he shall not defile himself as a kinsman by marriage, and so profane himself.

lo-[yiqrekhu] (yqrkhh) qorkhah berosham ufe'at zeqanam lo yegallekhu uvivsaram lo yisretu saratet

They shall not shave smooth any part of their heads, or cut the side-growth of their beards, or make gashes in their flesh.

qedoshim yihyu lelohehem velo yekhallelu shem elohehem ki et-ishe Adonai lekhem elohehem hem maqrivim vehayu qodesh

They shall be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God; for they offer the ETERNAL’s offerings by fire, the food of their God, and so must be holy.

isha zonah vakhalalah lo yiqqakhu ve'isha gerushah me'ishah lo yiqqakhu ki-qadosh hu lelohayw

They shall not marry a woman defiled by prostitution, nor shall they marry one divorced from her husband. For they are holy to their God

veqiddashto ki-et-lekhem elohekha hu maqriv qadosh yihyeh-llakh ki qadosh ani Adonai meqaddishkhem

and you must treat them as holy, since they offer the food of your God; they shall be holy to you, for I GOD who sanctify you am holy.

uvat ish kohen ki tekhel liznot et-aviha hi mekhallelet ba'esh tissaref

When the daughter of a priest defiles herself through prostitution, it is her father whom she defiles; she shall be put to the fire.

vehakkohen haggadol me'ekhayw asher-yutsaq al-rosho shemen hammishkhah umille et-yado lilbosh et-habbegadim et-rosho lo yifra uvegadayw lo yifrom

The priest who is exalted above his fellows, on whose head the anointing oil has been poured and who has been ordained to wear the vestments, shall not bare his head or rend his vestments.

ve'al kol-nafshot met lo yavo le'aviv ule'immo lo yittamma

He shall not go in where there is any dead body; he shall not defile himself even for his father or mother.

umin-hammiqdash lo yetse velo yekhallel et miqdash elohayw ki nezer shemen mishkhat elohayw alayw ani Adonai

He shall not go outside the sanctuary and profane the sanctuary of his God, for upon him is the distinction of the anointing oil of Mine, the ETERNAL’s.

vehu isha vivtuleha yiqqakh

He may marry only a woman who is a virgin.

almanah ugerushah vakhalalah zonah et-elleh lo yiqqakh ki im-betulah me'ammayw yiqqakh isha

A widow, or a divorced woman, or one who is degraded by prostitution—such he may not marry. Only a virgin of his own kin may he take to wife—

velo-yekhallel zaro be'ammayw ki ani Adonai meqaddesho

that he may not profane his offspring among his kin, for I GOD have sanctified him.

vayedabber Adonai el-mosheh lemor

GOD spoke further to Moses:

dabber el-aharon lemor ish mizzarakha ledorotam asher yihyeh vo mum lo yiqrav lehaqriv lekhem elohayw

Speak to Aaron and say: No man among your offspring throughout the ages who has a defect shall be qualified to offer the food of his God.

ki khol-ish asher-bo mum lo yiqrav ish ivver o fisseakh o kharum o sarua

No one at all who has a defect shall be qualified: no man who is blind, or lame, or has a limb too short or too long;

o ish asher-yihyeh vo shever ragel o shever yad

no man who has a broken leg or a broken arm;

o-gibben o-daq o tevallul be'eno o garav o yallefet o meroakh ashekh

or who is a hunchback, or a dwarf, or who has a growth in his eye, or who has a boil-scar, or scurvy, or crushed testes.

kol-ish asher-bo mum mizzera aharon hakkohen lo yiggash lehaqriv et-ishe Adonai mum bo et lekhem elohayw lo yiggash lehaqriv

No man among the offspring of Aaron the priest who has a defect shall be qualified to offer GOD’s offering by fire; having a defect, he shall not be qualified to offer the food of his God.

lekhem elohayw miqqodshe haqqodashim umin-haqqodashim yokhel

He may eat of the food of his God, of the most holy as well as of the holy;

akh el-happarokhet lo yavo ve'el-hammizbeakh lo yiggash ki-mum bo velo yekhallel et-miqdashay ki ani Adonai meqaddesham

but he shall not enter behind the curtain or come near the altar, for he has a defect. He shall not profane these places sacred to Me, for I GOD have sanctified them.

vayedabber mosheh el-aharon ve'el-banayw ve'el-kol-bene yisra'el

Thus Moses spoke to Aaron and his sons and to all the Israelites.