Catholic Public Domain Version
"Say to Aaron: A man from your offspring, throughout their families, who has a blemish, shall not offer the bread to his God. "
— Leviticus 21:17, Catholic Public Domain Version
“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 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. ”
“"Say to Aaron, 'None of your seed throughout their generations who has a blemish, may approach to offer the bread of his God.”
““Tell Aaron,‘No man from your descendants throughout their generations who has a physical flaw is to approach to present the food of his God.”
“Say to Aaron: Whosoever of thy seed throughout their families, hath a blemish, he shall not offer bread to his God.”
“Say to Aaron, If a man of your family, in any generation, is damaged in body, let him not come near to make the offering of the bread of his God.”
“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.”
But a widow, or one who has been repudiated or defiled, or also a mistress, he shall not accept, but only a maiden from among his own people.
He shall not mingle the stock of his family with the common people of his nation. For I am the Lord, who sanctifies him.
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
Say to Aaron: A man from your offspring, throughout their families, who has a blemish, shall not offer the bread to his God.
Neither shall he approach to minister to him: if he is blind, if he is lame, if he is small, or large, or has a crooked nose,
if his foot or hand is broken,
if he has a bulging back or bleary eyes, or if he has a white spot in his eye, or a chronic scab, or a skin disease on his body, or a hernia.