Leviticus 21:17

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Speak to Aaron and say: None of your descendants through their generations who has a defect may come near to offer the food of his God.

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  • Lev 10:3 : 3 Then Moses said to Aaron, 'This is what the LORD has said: I will be shown as holy to those who draw near me, and I will be honored in the sight of all the people.' And Aaron remained silent.
  • Num 16:5 : 5 Then he spoke to Korah and all his followers, saying, "In the morning the Lord will show who belongs to Him, who is holy, and whom He permits to approach Him. The one He chooses, He will bring near to Himself.
  • Ps 65:4 : 4 Though our sins overwhelm us, you forgive our transgressions.
  • 1 Thess 2:10 : 10 You are witnesses, and so is God, of how devoutly, righteously, and blamelessly we conducted ourselves among you who believe.
  • 1 Tim 3:2 : 2 Therefore, an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
  • Heb 7:26 : 26 Such a high priest truly meets our need: one who is holy, innocent, undefiled, separate from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.
  • Lev 21:6 : 6 They must be holy to their God and must not profane the name of their God. They offer the food offerings of the LORD, the bread of their God, and so they must be holy.
  • Lev 21:21 : 21 No man of the offspring of Aaron the priest who has a defect may approach to bring the offerings made by fire to the LORD. He has a defect; he must not approach to offer the food of his God.
  • Lev 22:20-25 : 20 Do not offer anything with a defect, because it will not be accepted on your behalf. 21 If anyone offers a fellowship sacrifice to the LORD for a special vow or as a freewill offering from the herd or the flock, it must be without defect to be accepted; there must be no blemish in it. 22 You must not offer to the LORD anything that is blind, broken, injured, or with warts, scabs, or skin disease; you must not bring them as a fire offering on the altar to the LORD. 23 You may offer a bull or lamb that has an overgrown or stunted limb as a freewill offering, but it will not be accepted as a vow offering. 24 You must not offer to the LORD any animals that are bruised, crushed, torn, or cut, nor are you to do this in your land. 25 You must not accept such animals from the hand of a foreigner to offer as the food of your God. They are deformed and have defects; they will not be accepted on your behalf.
  • Lev 3:11 : 11 The priest shall burn them on the altar as food, a fire offering to the LORD.
  • Lev 3:16 : 16 The priest shall burn them on the altar as food, a fire offering of a pleasing aroma to the LORD. All the fat belongs to the LORD.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Lev 21:18-24
    7 verses
    90%

    18For no man who has a defect may approach: no man who is blind, lame, disfigured, or deformed.

    19No man with a broken foot or a broken hand,

    20or who is hunchbacked, a dwarf, has an eye defect, severe skin diseases, or damaged testicles.

    21No man of the offspring of Aaron the priest who has a defect may approach to bring the offerings made by fire to the LORD. He has a defect; he must not approach to offer the food of his God.

    22He may eat the food of his God, both the most holy and the holy,

    23but he must not enter behind the curtain or come near the altar because he has a defect. He must not profane My sanctuary, for I am the LORD who makes them holy.

    24So Moses spoke this to Aaron, his sons, and all the Israelites.

  • Lev 21:16
    84%

    16The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Lev 22:1-4
    4 verses
    80%

    1The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

    2Speak to Aaron and his sons and command them to separate themselves from the holy things of the people of Israel, so that they do not profane My holy name by what they dedicate to Me. I am the LORD.

    3Say to them: 'If any of your descendants in future generations approaches the holy things that the people of Israel dedicate to the LORD while he is ceremonially unclean, that person will be cut off from My presence. I am the LORD.'

    4If any man from Aaron's descendants has a skin disease or a discharge, he must not eat from the holy things until he is clean. Whoever touches anything made unclean by a corpse, or a man who has had an emission of semen,

  • Lev 22:25-26
    2 verses
    77%

    25You must not accept such animals from the hand of a foreigner to offer as the food of your God. They are deformed and have defects; they will not be accepted on your behalf.

    26The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Lev 22:17-22
    6 verses
    77%

    17The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

    18Speak to Aaron, his sons, and all the Israelites, and tell them: If any Israelite or foreigner living among you presents an offering, whether it is to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering to the LORD as a burnt offering,

    19it must be a male without defect to be accepted, from the cattle, the sheep, or the goats.

    20Do not offer anything with a defect, because it will not be accepted on your behalf.

    21If anyone offers a fellowship sacrifice to the LORD for a special vow or as a freewill offering from the herd or the flock, it must be without defect to be accepted; there must be no blemish in it.

    22You must not offer to the LORD anything that is blind, broken, injured, or with warts, scabs, or skin disease; you must not bring them as a fire offering on the altar to the LORD.

  • Deut 15:21
    75%

    21But if there is a defect in it, such as being lame or blind, or having any serious flaw, you must not sacrifice it to the Lord your God.

  • Lev 21:1
    74%

    1The LORD said to Moses, 'Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and tell them: A priest shall not defile himself by coming into contact with a dead person among his people.

  • Num 18:1
    74%

    1Then the LORD said to Aaron, 'You, your sons, and your father's family with you will bear the responsibility for offenses related to the sanctuary. Also, you and your sons with you will bear the responsibility for offenses connected to your priesthood.'

  • Lev 6:18-19
    2 verses
    74%

    18Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying: This is the law of the sin offering: In the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered, the sin offering shall be slaughtered before the LORD. It is most holy.

    19The priest who offers it as a sin offering shall eat it. It must be eaten in a holy place, in the courtyard of the Tent of Meeting.

  • Lev 17:2
    74%

    2Speak to Aaron, his sons, and all the Israelites, and say to them: This is the command that the Lord has given:

  • Num 4:19
    72%

    19Do this for them so that they may live and not die when they approach the most holy things. Aaron and his sons shall go in and assign each man his task and what he is to carry.

  • Lev 21:8
    72%

    8You shall sanctify him, for he brings the bread of your God. He shall be holy to you because I, the LORD who sanctifies you, am holy.

  • Num 4:17
    72%

    17The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,

  • Deut 17:1
    72%

    1Do not sacrifice to the LORD your God a bull or sheep with a defect or any flaw, for that would be detestable to the LORD your God.

  • Exod 28:43
    72%

    43Aaron and his sons must wear them whenever they enter the Tent of Meeting or approach the altar to minister in the Holy Place, so that they will not incur guilt and die. This is to be a lasting ordinance for Aaron and his descendants.

  • Lev 16:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    2The LORD said to Moses, "Tell your brother Aaron that he must not come at any time into the Most Holy Place behind the curtain, in front of the atonement cover on the ark, or he will die, because I appear in the cloud above the atonement cover.

    3Aaron is to enter the Most Holy Place in this way: with a young bull for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering.

  • Lev 10:8
    71%

    8The LORD spoke to Aaron, saying,

  • Lev 13:1
    71%

    1The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:

  • Lev 17:8-9
    2 verses
    71%

    8Say to them: Anyone from the house of Israel or any foreigner living among them who offers a burnt offering or sacrifice

    9and does not bring it to the entrance of the tent of meeting to offer it to the Lord must be cut off from their people.

  • Lev 21:11
    71%

    11He must not go near any dead body or make himself unclean, even for his father or his mother.

  • Lev 1:10
    71%

    10If the offering is a burnt offering from the flock, from either the sheep or the goats, you are to offer a male without defect.

  • Lev 9:2
    71%

    2He said to Aaron, 'Take a young calf for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering, both without blemish, and present them before the LORD.'

  • Num 18:9
    71%

    9'You are to receive the most holy offerings, including every grain offering, sin offering, and guilt offering that they return to me. These most holy offerings belong to you and your sons.'

  • Lev 15:1
    70%

    1The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:

  • Exod 28:1
    70%

    1Now bring near to you your brother Aaron and his sons from among the Israelites, to serve me as priests—Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron.

  • Lev 3:6
    70%

    6If his offering for a peace sacrifice to the LORD comes from the flock, whether male or female, it must be without defect.

  • Lev 6:16
    70%

    16Every grain offering of a priest shall be burned entirely; it shall not be eaten.

  • Lev 7:21
    70%

    21If anyone touches something unclean, whether it is human uncleanness, an unclean animal, or any detestable thing, and then eats any of the meat from the peace offering that belongs to the Lord, they must be cut off from their people.

  • Lev 21:6
    70%

    6They must be holy to their God and must not profane the name of their God. They offer the food offerings of the LORD, the bread of their God, and so they must be holy.

  • Num 18:22
    70%

    22From now on, the Israelites must not go near the tent of meeting, or they will bear the consequences of their sin and die.

  • Lev 8:31
    70%

    31Moses said to Aaron and his sons, "Boil the meat at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and eat it there along with the bread from the basket of ordination, as I commanded, saying, 'Aaron and his sons are to eat it.'