Leviticus 21:23
Only he shall not enter within the veil, nor approach the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not My sanctuary; for I am the Lord who sanctify them.
Targum Onkelos
In The King James Version
In Context
22Yet of the sanctified oblations of his God, even of the most holy, he may eat:
24And Mosheh spake with Aharon, and with his sons, and with all the sons of Israel.
Cross References
Exodus 30:6And thou shalt place it before the veil which is over the ark of the testimony before the mercy seat which is over the testimony, where I will appoint My Word to be with thee.
Leviticus 15:31And (thus) shall you separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness, that they die not, by defiling My Tabernacle which is among them.
Leviticus 20:7But you shall be sanctified, and be holy; for I am your God.
Leviticus 21:12And he shall not go out from the sanctuary nor defile the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon him. I am the Lord.
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 →