Moses said to Aaron, ‘This is what the Lord has spoken: I will demonstrate my holiness , to those who are near me, and I will reveal my glory , before all the people.’ And Aaron remained silent.
Leviticus 21:17 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised ‘Tell Aaron: None of your descendants throughout your generations who has a physical defect is to come near to present the food of his God. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Say to Aaron, Any one of your sons in their successive generations who has any blemish, let him not come near to offer the bread of his God. American Standard Version (1901) Speak unto Aaron, saying, Whosoever he be of thy seed throughout their generations that hath a blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God. Common English Bible Say to Aaron: None of your future descendants who have some kind of imperfection are allowed to offer their God’s food. Catholic Public Domain Version Say to Aaron: A man from your offspring, throughout their families, who has a blemish, shall not offer the bread to his God. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Say to Aaron: Whosoever of thy seed throughout their families hath a blemish, he shall not offer bread to his God. |
Moses said to Aaron, ‘This is what the Lord has spoken: I will demonstrate my holiness , to those who are near me, and I will reveal my glory , before all the people.’ And Aaron remained silent.
No descendant of the priest Aaron who has a defect is to come near to present the food offerings to the Lord. He has a defect and is not to come near to present the food of his God.
They are to be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God. For they present the food offerings to the Lord, the food of their God, and they must be holy.
Then the priest will burn the food on the altar, as a food offering to the Lord.
Then the priest will burn the food on the altar, as a food offering for a pleasing aroma. ‘All fat belongs to the Lord.
Then he said to Korah and all his followers, ‘Tomorrow morning the Lord will reveal who belongs to him, who is set apart, and the one he will let come near him. He will let the one he chooses come near him.
You are witnesses, and so is God, of how devoutly, righteously, and blamelessly we conducted ourselves with you believers.
An overseer, therefore, must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, self-controlled, sensible, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
For this is the kind of high priest we need: holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.