Leviticus 21:23
However, he must not enter inside the curtain or come near the altar, because he has a bodily defect, so that he does not defile my holy place, for I am Yahweh, who makes them holy.'”
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
22He may eat the food of his God, whether some of the most holy or some of the holy.
24So Moses spoke these words to Aaron, to his sons, and to all the people of Israel.
Cross References
Exodus 30:6You must put the incense altar before the curtain that is by the ark of the testimony. It will be before the atonement lid that is over the ark of the testimony, where I will meet with you.
Leviticus 15:31This is how you must separate the people of Israel from their uncleanness, so they will not die due to their uncleanness, by defiling my tabernacle, where I live among them.
Leviticus 20:7Therefore consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am Yahweh your God. + 20:7 Several modern versions have: ... because I, Yahweh your God, am holy .
Leviticus 21:12The high priest must not leave the sanctuary area of the tabernacle or profane the sanctuary of his God, because he has been consecrated as high priest by the anointing oil of his God. I am Yahweh.
Nehemiah 13:29Call them to mind, my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood 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 →