American Standard Version (ASV) With Strong Codes

1. And Jehovah[H3068] said[H559] unto Moses[H4872], Speak[H559] unto the priests[H3548], the sons[H1121] of Aaron[H175], and say[H559] unto them[H2930], There shall none defile himself for the dead[H5315] among his people[H5971];

2. except for his kin[H7607], that is near[H7138] unto him[H517], for his mother, and for his father[H1], and for his son[H1121], and for his daughter[H1323], and for his brother[H251],

3. and for his sister[H269] a virgin[H1330], that is near[H7138] unto him[H376], that hath had no husband; for her may he defile himself[H2930].

4. He shall not defile[H2930] himself[H1167], being a chief man among his people[H5971], to profane himself[H2490].

5. They shall not make[H7139] baldness[H7144] upon their head[H7218], neither shall they shave off[H1548] the corner[H6285] of their beard[H2206], nor make[H8295] any cuttings[H8296] in their flesh[H1320].

6. They shall be holy[H6944] unto their God[H430], and not profane[H2490] the name[H8034] of their God[H430]; for the offerings[H801] of Jehovah[H3068] made by fire[H801], the bread[H3899] of their God[H430], they do offer[H7126]: therefore they shall be holy[H6918].

7. They shall not take[H3947] a woman[H802] that is a harlot[H2181], or profane[H2491]; neither shall they take[H3947] a woman[H802] put away[H1644] from her husband[H376]: for he is holy[H6918] unto his God[H430].

8. Thou shalt sanctify[H6942] him therefore[H7126]; for he offereth the bread[H3899] of thy God[H430]: he shall be holy[H6918] unto thee[H3068]: for I Jehovah, who sanctify[H6942] you[H6918], am holy.

9. And the daughter[H1323] of any[H376] priest[H3548], if she profane[H2490] herself by playing the harlot[H2181], she profaneth[H2490] her father[H1]: she shall be burnt[H8313] with fire[H784].

10. And he that is the high[H1419] priest[H3548] among his brethren[H251], upon whose head[H7218] the anointing[H4888] oil[H8081] is poured[H3332], and that is consecrated[H4390] to put[H3847] on the garments[H899], shall not let the hair of his head[H7218] go loose[H6544], nor rend[H6533] his clothes[H899];

11. neither shall he go in[H935] to any dead[H4191] body[H5315], nor defile[H2930] himself for his father[H1], or for his mother[H517];

12. neither shall he go out[H3318] of the sanctuary[H4720], nor profane[H2490] the sanctuary[H4720] of his God[H430]; for the crown[H5145] of the anointing[H4888] oil[H8081] of his God[H430] is upon him[H3068]: I am Jehovah.

13. And he shall take[H3947] a wife[H802] in her virginity[H1331].

14. A widow[H490], or one divorced[H2491], or a profane woman[H1644], a harlot[H2181], these shall he not take[H3947]: but a virgin[H1330] of his own people[H5971] shall he take[H3947] to wife[H802].

15. And he shall not profane[H2490] his seed[H2233] among his people[H5971]: for I am Jehovah[H3068] who sanctifieth him[H6942].

16. And Jehovah[H3068] spake[H1696] unto Moses[H4872], saying[H559],

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

18. For whatsoever man[H376] he be that hath a blemish[H3971], he shall not approach[H7126]: a blind[H5787] man[H376], or a lame[H6455], or he that hath a flat nose[H2763], or anything superfluous[H8311],

19. or a man[H376] that is broken-footed[H7667], or broken-handed[H7667],

20. or crook-backed[H1384], or a dwarf[H1851], or that hath a blemish[H8400] in his eye[H5869], or is scurvy[H1618], or scabbed[H3217], or hath his stones[H810] broken[H4790];

21. no man[H376] of the seed[H2233] of Aaron[H175] the priest[H3548], that hath a blemish[H3971], shall come nigh[H5066] to offer[H7126] the offerings[H801] of Jehovah[H3068] made by fire[H801]: he hath a blemish[H3971]; he shall not come nigh[H5066] to offer[H7126] the bread[H3899] of his God[H430].

22. He shall eat[H398] the bread[H3899] of his God[H430], both of the most[H6944] holy[H6944], and of the holy[H6944]:

23. only he shall not go in[H935] unto the veil[H6532], nor come nigh[H5066] unto the altar[H4196], because he hath a blemish[H3971]; that he profane[H2490] not my sanctuaries[H4720]: for I am Jehovah[H3068] who sanctifieth them[H6942].

24. So Moses[H4872] spake[H1696] unto Aaron[H175], and to his sons[H1121], and unto all the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478].