Leviticus 21:23
But he may not go inside the veil or come near the altar, because he is damaged; and he may not make my holy places common; for I the Lord have made them holy.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In Context
22He may take of the bread of God, the holy and the most holy;
24These are the words which Moses said to Aaron and to his sons and to all the children of Israel.
Cross References
Exodus 30:6And let it be placed in front of the veil before the ark of the law, before the cover which is over the law, where I will come face to face with you.
Leviticus 15:31In this way may the children of Israel be made free from all sorts of unclean conditions, so that death may not overtake them when they are unclean and when they make unclean my holy place which is among them.
Leviticus 20:7So make and keep yourselves holy, for I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 21:12He may not go out of the holy place or make the holy place of his God common; for the crown of the holy oil of his God is on him: I am the Lord.
Nehemiah 13:29Keep them in mind, O my God, because they have put shame on the priests' name and on the agreement of the priests and the Levites.
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 21:17-24
16 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 17 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. 18 For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or any thing superfluous, 19 Or a man that is brokenfooted, or brokenhanded, 20 Or crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken; 21… Read the whole commentary →