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Leviticus 21:17
Speak unto Aaron, saying,—No man of thy seed, unto their generations in whom shall be any blemish, shall come near, to present the food of his God.
Leviticus 21:17 · Rotherham Emphasised Bible
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Leviticus 21:17 in other translations
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.
“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.
“Say to Aaron, ‘None of your offspring throughout their generations who has a defect may approach to offer the bread of his God.
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In context
14 A widow or a divorced woman or one dishonoured—an unchaste woman, these, shall he not take, But, a virgin from among his own kinsfolk, shall he take to wife;
15 So shall he not profane his seed, among his kinsfolk,—For I—Yahweh, do hallow him.
16 And Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying:
17 Speak unto Aaron, saying,—No man of thy seed, unto their generations in whom shall be any blemish, shall come near, to present the food of his God.
18 Surely, no man in whom is any blemish, shall come near,—No man who is blind or lame, or hath a flat nose, or is lanky;
19 nor any man who hath a broken foot,—or a broken hand;
20 or is hump-backed or a dwarf, or hath defective vision,—or hath scurvy or scab, or is crushed in the stones:
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