Leviticus 21:18

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

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  • Lev 22:19-25 : 19 it must be a male without defect to be accepted, from the cattle, the sheep, or the goats. 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.
  • 1 Tim 3:2-3 : 2 Therefore, an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, 3 not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, and not a lover of money.
  • 1 Tim 3:7 : 7 Moreover, he must have a good reputation with outsiders, so that he won't fall into disgrace and the trap of the devil.
  • Titus 1:7 : 7 For an overseer, as God’s steward, must be blameless—not arrogant, not hot-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, and not greedy for dishonest gain.
  • Titus 1:10 : 10 For there are many who are rebellious, idle talkers, and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision party.
  • Isa 56:10 : 10 Israel's watchmen are blind; they all lack knowledge. They are all mute dogs; they cannot bark. They lie around dreaming, loving to sleep.
  • Matt 23:16-17 : 16 Woe to you, blind guides! You say, 'If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is obligated.' 17 You fools and blind! Which is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctifies the gold?
  • Matt 23:19 : 19 You fools and blind! Which is greater, the gift or the altar that sanctifies the gift?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Lev 21:16-17
    2 verses
    85%

    16The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

    17Speak 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.

  • Lev 21:19-23
    5 verses
    85%

    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.

  • Lev 22:18-25
    8 verses
    79%

    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.

    23You 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.

    24You must not offer to the LORD any animals that are bruised, crushed, torn, or cut, nor are you to do this in your land.

    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.

  • Deut 15:21
    78%

    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 22:3-6
    4 verses
    75%

    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,

    5or touches any unclean crawling creature that makes him unclean, or any person who makes him unclean by whatever means—

    6the person who touches any of these will be unclean until evening and must not eat any of the holy things unless he has bathed in water.

  • Deut 17:1
    73%

    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.

  • Deut 23:1
    73%

    1A man shall not marry his father’s wife or dishonor his father’s bed.

  • Lev 21:11
    71%

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

  • Lev 13:11-12
    2 verses
    71%

    11It is a chronic skin condition on the skin of their body, and the priest must declare them unclean. The priest does not need to isolate them, for they are already unclean.

    12If the skin disease spreads and covers all the skin from head to toe, as far as the priest can see, then the priest shall examine the person.

  • 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 21:4-5
    2 verses
    71%

    4He must not defile himself as a chief man among his people, thereby profaning himself.

    5They must not shave bald spots on their heads, trim the edges of their beards, or make cuts on their bodies.

  • Lev 19:14
    70%

    14Do not curse the deaf or put a stumbling block in front of the blind, but fear your God. I am the LORD.

  • Lev 13:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:

    2If someone has a swelling, scab, or bright spot on the skin of their body, and it appears to be a skin disease, they must be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons, the priests.

  • Lev 14:32
    70%

    32This is the law for anyone who has a skin disease and cannot afford the standard offering for their cleansing.

  • Lev 13:9
    70%

    9If someone is suspected of having an infectious skin disease, they must be brought to the priest for examination.

  • Lev 17:8-9
    2 verses
    69%

    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.

  • Num 19:11
    69%

    11Whoever touches the dead body of any person shall be unclean for seven days.

  • Lev 7:21
    69%

    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 3:6
    69%

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

  • Lev 13:14
    69%

    14But when raw flesh appears on them, they will be unclean.

  • Exod 30:38
    69%

    38Whoever makes anything like it to enjoy its fragrance shall be cut off from his people.'

  • Lev 21:1
    69%

    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 5:2
    69%

    2Command the Israelites to send every person who has a skin disease, every person with a discharge, and anyone who is ceremonially unclean because of contact with a dead body out of the camp.

  • Lev 18:29
    69%

    29For anyone who commits any of these detestable practices will be cut off from among their people.

  • Lev 17:3
    68%

    3Anyone from the house of Israel who sacrifices an ox, a lamb, or a goat in the camp, or outside the camp,

  • Lev 13:21
    68%

    21But if the priest examines it and there is no white hair in it, and it is not deeper than the skin but appears faded, the priest shall isolate the person for seven days.

  • Mal 1:8
    68%

    8When you bring blind animals for sacrifice, is that not wrong? When you offer lame or sick animals, is that not wrong? Try offering them to your governor! Would he be pleased with you? Would he accept you? says the LORD of Hosts.

  • Ezek 18:6
    68%

    6he does not eat at the mountain shrines or look to the idols of Israel; he does not defile his neighbor’s wife or approach a woman during her impurity.

  • Lev 13:44
    68%

    44the man is diseased and unclean. The priest must pronounce him unclean; the infection is on his head.

  • Lev 1:3
    68%

    3If the offering is a burnt offering from the herd, you are to offer a male without defect. You must present it at the entrance to the tent of meeting so that it will be acceptable to the LORD.

  • Lev 18:27
    68%

    27For all these abominations were committed by the people who lived in the land before you, and the land was defiled.