Priests with many kinds of disability

Holiness in the Priesthood · Leviticus 21

Story guide: Moses and Aaron speak respectfully with priestly descendants who represent different visible and nonvisible conditions; all wear clean linen and participate in community life with equal dignity.

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16And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

17Speak to Aaron, saying: Any man from your offspring throughout their generations who has a defect shall not come near to offer the food of his God.

18For no man who has a defect shall come near: a blind man, or a lame man, or one with a disfigured face, or one with a limb too long.

19or a man who has a broken foot or a broken hand,

20or hunchbacked, or dwarfed, or with a defect in his eye, or with an itch, or with scabs, or with crushed testicles.

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