Leviticus 21:17 - Tree of Life Version “Say to Aaron: None of your offspring throughout their generations who has a defect may approach to offer 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. |
Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what Adonai spoke of, saying: To those who are near Me I will show myself holy. Upon the faces of all the people I will be glorified.” Then Aaron kept silent.
None of the offspring of Aaron the kohen who has a defect shall come near to present the offerings of Adonai made by fire. Since he has a defect, he is not to come near to offer 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 offerings of Adonai made by fire, the bread of their God. Therefore they are to be holy.
The kohen is to burn it up as smoke on the altar—as a food offering made by fire to Adonai.
The kohen is to burn them on the altar. It is the food of the offering made by fire, for a soothing aroma. All fat is for Adonai.
Then he said to Korah and all his following saying, “In the morning Adonai will reveal who is His and who is holy. The one whom He will let come near to Him will be the one He chooses to come near to Him.
You are witnesses, along with God, of how devoutly and righteously and blamelessly we behaved toward you who believe.
An overseer, then, must be beyond criticism—the husband of one wife, clear-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
For such a Kohen Gadol was fitting for us: holy, guiltless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.