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Wayiqra 21

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21:1

The Purity of the Priests

And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 said unto Mushah, "Speak unto the priests the sons of Aharon, and say unto them, There shall none be defiled for the dead among his people:"
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"But for his kin, that is near unto him, that is, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother,"
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"And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no husband; for her may he be defiled."
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"But he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself."
21:5

Separation from Pagan Mourning

"They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh."
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"They shall be qodesh (set-apart) unto their Alahiym, and not profane the name of their Alahiym: for the offerings of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 made by fire, and the bread of their Alahiym, they do offer: therefore they shall be qodesh."
21:7

The Boundaries of Marriage

"They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is qodesh unto his Alahiym."
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"Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy Alahiym: he shall be qodesh unto thee: for I 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, which sanctify you, am qodesh."
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"And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire."
21:10

The High Priest (Kohen HaGadol)

"And he that is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil was poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes;"
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"Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;"
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"Neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his Alahiym; for the crown of the anointing oil of his Alahiym is upon him: I am 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄."
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"And he shall take a wife in her virginity."
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"A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or an harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife."
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"Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 do sanctify him."
21:16

The Physical Vessel

And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 spake unto Mushah, saying,
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"Speak unto Aharon, saying, Whosoever he be of thy seed in their generations that hath any blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his Alahiym."
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"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,"
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"Or a man that is brokenfooted, or brokenhanded,"
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"Or crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken;"
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"No man that hath a blemish of the seed of Aharon the priest shall come nigh to offer the offerings of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 made by fire: he hath a blemish; he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his Alahiym."
21:22

The Grace of Provision

"He shall eat the bread of his Alahiym, both of the most qodesh, and of the qodesh."
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"Only he shall not go in unto the vail, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 do sanctify them."
21:24
And Mushah told it unto Aharon, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Yashar'al.