1 The Lord also said to Moses: Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and you shall say to them: Do not allow a priest to be contaminated by the death of his citizens,
2 except only by his blood-relatives and near-relatives, that is, by a father or mother, or by a son or daughter, or also a brother,
3 or a virgin sister, who is not married to a husband.
4 But not even by the leader of his people shall he be contaminated.
5 Neither shall they shave their head or their beard, and they shall not make incisions in their flesh.
6 They shall be holy to their God, and they shall not pollute his name. For they offer the incense of the Lord and the bread of their God, and because of this they shall be holy.
7 They shall not take as a wife a promiscuous woman, or a prostitute, or her who has been repudiated by her husband. For they are consecrated to their God,
8 and they offer the bread of the presence. Therefore, let them be holy, for I also am holy: the Lord, who sanctifies them.
9 If the daughter of a priest will have been taken into prostitution, and will have violated the name of her father, she shall be consumed by fire.
10 The high priest, that is, the priest who is the greatest among his brothers, upon whose head the oil of anointing has been poured, and whose hands have been consecrated for the priesthood, and who has been vested with the holy vestments: he shall not expose his head; he shall not rend his vestments.
11 And he shall not enter to any dead body whatsoever; likewise, not even by his father or mother shall he be contaminated.
12 Neither shall he exit from the holy places, lest he pollute the Sanctuary of the Lord. For the oil of the holy anointing of his God is upon him. I am the Lord.
13 He shall take a virgin as his wife.
14 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.
15 He shall not mingle the stock of his family with the common people of his nation. For I am the Lord, who sanctifies him.
16 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
17 Say to Aaron: A man from your offspring, throughout their families, who has a blemish, shall not offer the bread to his God.
18 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,
19 if his foot or hand is broken,
20 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.
21 Anyone from the offspring of Aaron, the priest, who has a blemish, shall not approach to offer sacrifices to the Lord, nor the bread to his God.
22 Nevertheless, he shall eat from the loaves which are offered in the Sanctuary.
23 But even so, he may not enter within the veil, nor approach to the altar. For he has a blemish, and he must not contaminate my Sanctuary. I am the Lord, who sanctifies them.
24 Therefore, Moses spoke to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all of Israel, everything that had been commanded to him.
Versículos relacionados com Leviticus, 21:
Chapter 21 of the Book of Leviticus deals with the laws and demands for priests in relation to their purity and holiness, so that they can approach God and serve in the temple. The selected verses are as follows:
Numbers 16:5: "And spoke the Corá and all his group, saying, Tomorrow morning, the Lord will make know who is yours, and who is the saint, and who will come to Him; and whom he chooses, He will make it come to him. " This verse shows that God chooses those who are holy and worthy of approaching Him, and that He will make this choice clear.
Deuteronomy 23:1: "He will not enter the Congregation of the Lord who has the injured or mutilated testicles, or the cut member cut." This verse highlights the importance of physical integrity for the priest, which must be complete and without defect to approach God.
Isaiah 52:11: "Depart, apart, I left, you do not touch a filthy thing; I came out of it, purify you, you who take the vessels of the Lord." This verse emphasizes the importance of purity for those who carry the vessels of the Lord, that is, those who serve in your temple.
Ephesians 5:27: "That you may introduce it to yourself glorious church, without macula, nor wrinkle, nor anything similar, but holy and blameless." This verse describes the ideal of holiness to the church, which must be without spot or defect, and emphasizes the importance of purity to approach God.
Hebrews 7:26: "For such a high priest, holy, innocent, immaculate, separated from sinners, and made higher than the heavens." This verse describes Jesus as the Perfect High Priest, which is holy, innocent, and immaculate, and is separated from sinners to approach God in our favor. It exemplifies the importance of purity and holiness for sacred service.
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