Leviticus 21:18 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁸ Indeed, no one who has a blemish shall draw near, one who is blind or lame, or one who is mutilated or deformed,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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,

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ For no man who has a blemish shall approach [God's altar to serve as priest], a man blind or lame, or he who has a disfigured face or a limb too long,

American Standard Version (1901)

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 anything superfluous,

Common English Bible

¹⁸ No one who has an imperfection will be allowed to make an offering: this includes anyone who is blind, crippled, disfigured, or deformed;

Catholic Public Domain Version

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,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ Neither shall he approach to minister to him: If he be blind; if he be lame; if he have a little, or a great, or a crooked nose;

Leviticus 21:18 Cross References

Isaiah 56:10

Israel’s sentinels are blind; they are all without knowledge; they are all silent dogs that cannot bark, dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.

Leviticus 21:19

or one who has a broken foot or a broken hand,

Matthew 23:19

How blind you are! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that makes the gift sacred?

1 Timothy 3:7

Moreover, he must be well thought of by outsiders, so that he may not fall into disgrace and the snare of the devil.

Titus 1:10

There are also many rebellious people, idle talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision;

Titus 1:7

For a bishop, as God’s steward, must be blameless; he must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or addicted to wine or violent or greedy for gain,