Leviticus 21:18

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For any man whose body is damaged may not come near: one who is blind, or has not the use of his legs, or one who has a broken nose or any unnatural growth,

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Referenced Verses

  • Lev 22:19-25 : 19 So that it may be pleasing to the Lord, let him give a male, without any mark, from among the oxen or the sheep or the goats. 20 But anything which has a mark you may not give; it will not make you pleasing to the Lord. 21 And whoever makes a peace-offering to the Lord, in payment of an oath or as a free offering, from the herd or the flock, if it is to be pleasing to the Lord, let it be free from any mark or damage. 22 Anything blind or broken or damaged or having any disease or any mark on it may not be offered to the Lord; you may not make an offering of it by fire on the altar to the Lord. 23 An ox or a lamb which has more or less than its natural parts, may be given as a free offering; but it will not be taken in payment of an oath. 24 An animal which has its sex parts damaged or crushed or broken or cut, may not be offered to the Lord; such a thing may not be done anywhere in your land. 25 And from one who is not an Israelite you may not take any of these for an offering to the Lord; for they are unclean, there is a mark on them, and the Lord will not be pleased with them.
  • 1 Tim 3:2-3 : 2 The Bishop, then, is to be a man of good name, the husband of one wife, self-controlled, serious-minded, having respect for order, opening his house freely to guests, a ready teacher; 3 Not quickly moved to wrath or blows, but gentle; no fighter, no lover of money;
  • 1 Tim 3:7 : 7 And he is to have a good name among those outside the church, so that nothing may be said against him and he may not be taken by the designs of the Evil One.
  • Titus 1:7 : 7 For it is necessary for a Bishop to be a man of virtue, as God's servant; not pushing himself forward, not quickly moved to wrath or blows, not desiring profit for himself;
  • Titus 1:10 : 10 For there are men who are not ruled by law; foolish talkers, false teachers, specially those of the circumcision,
  • Isa 56:10 : 10 His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all dogs without tongues, unable to make a sound; stretched out dreaming, loving sleep.
  • Matt 23:16-17 : 16 A curse is on you, blind guides, who say, Whoever takes an oath by the Temple, it is nothing; but whoever takes an oath by the gold of the Temple, he is responsible. 17 You foolish ones and blind: which is greater, the gold, or the Temple which makes the gold holy?
  • Matt 23:19 : 19 You blind ones: which is greater, the offering, or the altar which makes the offering holy?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Lev 21:16-17
    2 verses
    85%

    16 And the Lord said to Moses,

    17 Say to Aaron, If a man of your family, in any generation, is damaged in body, let him not come near to make the offering of the bread of his God.

  • Lev 21:19-23
    5 verses
    85%

    19 Or a man with broken feet or hands,

    20 Or one whose back is bent, or one who is unnaturally small, or one who has a damaged eye, or whose skin is diseased, or whose sex parts are damaged;

    21 No man of the offspring of Aaron whose body is damaged in any way may come near to give the fire offerings of the Lord: he is damaged, he may not come near to make the offerings.

    22 He may take of the bread of God, the holy and the most holy;

    23 But he may not go inside the veil or come near the altar, because he is damaged; and he may not make my holy places common; for I the Lord have made them holy.

  • Lev 22:18-25
    8 verses
    79%

    18 Say to Aaron and to his sons and to all the children of Israel, If any man of the children of Israel, or of another nation living in Israel, makes an offering, given because of an oath or freely given to the Lord for a burned offering;

    19 So that it may be pleasing to the Lord, let him give a male, without any mark, from among the oxen or the sheep or the goats.

    20 But anything which has a mark you may not give; it will not make you pleasing to the Lord.

    21 And whoever makes a peace-offering to the Lord, in payment of an oath or as a free offering, from the herd or the flock, if it is to be pleasing to the Lord, let it be free from any mark or damage.

    22 Anything blind or broken or damaged or having any disease or any mark on it may not be offered to the Lord; you may not make an offering of it by fire on the altar to the Lord.

    23 An ox or a lamb which has more or less than its natural parts, may be given as a free offering; but it will not be taken in payment of an oath.

    24 An animal which has its sex parts damaged or crushed or broken or cut, may not be offered to the Lord; such a thing may not be done anywhere in your land.

    25 And from one who is not an Israelite you may not take any of these for an offering to the Lord; for they are unclean, there is a mark on them, and the Lord will not be pleased with them.

  • Deut 15:21
    78%

    21 But if it has any mark on it, if it is blind or has damaged legs, or if there is anything wrong with it, it may not be offered to the Lord your God.

  • Lev 22:3-6
    4 verses
    75%

    3 Say to them, If any man of all your seed through all your generations, being unclean, comes near the holy things which the children of Israel make holy to the Lord, he will be cut off from before me: I am the Lord.

    4 No man of the seed of Aaron who is a leper, or who has a flow from his body, may take of the holy food till he is clean. And any man touching anything which is unclean because of the dead, or any man whose seed goes from him;

    5 Or anyone touching any unclean thing which goes flat on the earth, or someone by whom he may be made unclean in any way whatever;

    6 Any person touching any such unclean thing will be unclean till evening, and may not take of the holy food till his flesh has been bathed in water;

  • Deut 17:1
    73%

    1 No ox or sheep which has a mark on it or is damaged in any way may be offered to the Lord your God: for that is disgusting to the Lord your God.

  • Deut 23:1
    73%

    1 No man whose private parts have been wounded or cut off may come into the meeting of the Lord's people.

  • Lev 21:11
    71%

    11 He may not go near any dead body or make himself unclean for his father or his mother;

  • Lev 13:11-12
    2 verses
    71%

    11 It is an old disease in the skin of his flesh, and the priest will say that he is unclean; he will not have to be shut up, for he is clearly unclean.

    12 And if the disease comes out all over his skin, from his head to his feet, as far as the priest is able to see,

  • Lev 1:10
    71%

    10 And if his offering is of the flock, a burned offering of sheep or goats, let him give a male without a mark.

  • Lev 21:4-5
    2 verses
    71%

    4 But let him, being a chief among his people, not make himself unclean in such a way as to put shame on himself.

    5 They are not to have their hair cut off for the dead, or the hair on their chins cut short, or make cuts in their flesh.

  • Lev 19:14
    70%

    14 Do not put a curse on those who have no hearing, or put a cause of falling in the way of the blind, but keep the fear of your God before you: I am the Lord.

  • Lev 13:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1 And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

    2 If a man has on his skin a growth or a mark or a white place, and it becomes the disease of a leper, let him be taken to Aaron the priest, or to one of the priests, his sons;

  • Lev 14:32
    70%

    32 This is the law for the man who has the disease of the leper on him, and who is not able to get that which is necessary for making himself clean.

  • Lev 13:9
    70%

    9 When the disease of a leper is seen on a man, let him be taken to the priest;

  • Lev 17:8-9
    2 verses
    69%

    8 And say to them, If any man of Israel, or any other living among them, makes a burned offering or other offering,

    9 And does not take it to the door of the Tent of meeting to make an offering to the Lord, that man will be cut off from among his people.

  • Num 19:11
    69%

    11 Anyone touching a dead body will be unclean for seven days:

  • Lev 7:21
    69%

    21 And anyone who, after touching any unclean thing of man or an unclean beast or any unclean and disgusting thing, takes as food the flesh of the peace-offerings, which are the Lord's, will be cut off from his people.

  • Lev 3:6
    69%

    6 And if what he gives for a peace-offering to the Lord is of the flock, let him give a male or female, without any mark on it.

  • Lev 13:14
    69%

    14 But whenever diseased flesh is seen on him, he will be unclean.

  • Exod 30:38
    69%

    38 Whoever makes any like it, for its sweet smell, will be cut off from his people.

  • Lev 21:1
    69%

    1 And the Lord said to Moses, Say to the priests, the sons of Aaron, Let no man make himself unclean for the dead among his people;

  • Num 5:2
    69%

    2 Give orders to the children of Israel to put outside the tent-circle every leper, and anyone who has any sort of flow from his body, and anyone who is unclean from the touch of the dead;

  • Lev 18:29
    69%

    29 For all those who do any of these disgusting things will be cut off from among their people.

  • Lev 17:3
    68%

    3 If any man of Israel puts to death an ox or a lamb or a goat, in or outside the tent-circle;

  • Lev 13:21
    68%

    21 But if, after looking at it, he sees that there are no white hairs on it, and it is not deeper than the skin, and it is not very bright, then let the priest keep him shut up for seven days:

  • Mal 1:8
    68%

    8 And when you give what is blind for an offering, it is no evil! and when you give what is damaged and ill, it is no evil! Give it now to your ruler; will he be pleased with you, or will you have his approval? says the Lord of armies.

  • Ezek 18:6
    68%

    6 And has not taken flesh with the blood for food, or given worship to the images of the children of Israel; if he has not had connection with his neighbour's wife, or come near to a woman at the time when she is unclean;

  • Lev 13:44
    68%

    44 He is a leper and unclean; the priest is to say that he is most certainly unclean: the disease is in his head.

  • Lev 1:3
    68%

    3 If the offering is a burned offering of the herd, let him give a male without a mark: he is to give it at the door of the Tent of meeting so that he may be pleasing to the Lord.

  • Lev 18:27
    68%

    27 (For all these disgusting things were done by the men of this country who were there before you, and the land has been made unclean by them;)