Leviticus 21:18

KJV1611 – Modern English

For whatever man who has a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or lame, or he who has a flat nose, or anything superfluous,

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    For whatsoever man he be that hath a bmish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or any thing superfluous,

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    For whatsoever man{H376} he be that hath a blemish,{H3971} he shall not approach:{H7126} a blind{H5787} man,{H376} or a lame,{H6455} or he that hath a flat nose,{H2763} or anything superfluous,{H8311}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    For whatsoever man{H376} he be that hath a blemish{H3971}, he shall not approach{H7126}{(H8799)}: a blind{H5787} man{H376}, or a lame{H6455}, or he that hath a flat nose{H2763}{(H8803)}, or any thing superfluous{H8311}{(H8803)},

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    ffor none that hath any blemysh shall come nere: whether he be blynde lame snot nosed or that hath any monstrous mebre,

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    For who so euer hath a blemysh vpon him, shal not come nere, whether he be blynde, lame, with an euell fauoured nose, wt eny mysshappen membre,

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    For whosoeuer hath any blemish, shall not come neere: as a man blinde or lame, or that hath a flat nose, or that hath any misshapen member,

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    For whosoeuer hath any blemishe, shall not come neare: as if he be blynde or lame, or that hath a brused nose, or that hath any misshapen member:

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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,

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    For whatever man he is that has a blemish, he shall not draw near: a blind man, or a lame, or he who has a flat nose, or any deformity,

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    for no man in whom `is' blemish doth draw near -- a man blind, or lame or dwarfed, or enlarged,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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 anything superfluous,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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 anything superfluous,

  • 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,

  • World English Bible (2000)

    For whatever man he is that has a blemish, he shall not draw near: a blind man, or a lame, or he who has a flat nose, or any deformity,

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Certainly no man who has a physical flaw is to approach: a blind man, or one who is lame, or one with a slit nose, or a limb too long,

Referenced Verses

  • Lev 22:19-25 : 19 You shall offer at your own will a male without blemish, of the cattle, of the sheep, or of the goats. 20 But whatever has a blemish, you shall not offer: for it shall not be acceptable for you. 21 And whoever offers a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD to fulfill his vow, or a freewill offering in cattle or sheep, it shall be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish in it. 22 Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a growth, or scurvy, or scabbed, you shall not offer these unto the LORD, nor make an offering by fire of them upon the altar unto the LORD. 23 Either a bullock or a lamb that has anything superfluous or lacking in its parts, you may offer as a freewill offering; but for a vow it shall not be accepted. 24 You shall not offer unto the LORD what is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut; neither shall you make any offering of them in your land. 25 Neither from a stranger's hand shall you offer the bread of your God of any of these; because their corruption is in them, and blemishes are in them: they shall not be accepted for you.
  • 1 Tim 3:2-3 : 2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach; 3 Not given to wine, not a striker, not greedy for dishonest gain; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
  • 1 Tim 3:7 : 7 Moreover, he must have a good reputation with those outside, lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
  • Titus 1:7 : 7 For a bishop must be blameless, as a steward of God; not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for money;
  • Titus 1:10 : 10 For there are many insubordinate, both idle talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision,
  • Isa 56:10 : 10 His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
  • Matt 23:16-17 : 16 Woe to you, blind guides, who say, Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is obligated! 17 Fools and blind: for which is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifies the gold?
  • Matt 23:19 : 19 Fools and blind: for which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift?

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Lev 21:16-17
    2 verses
    85%

    16 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

    17 Speak to Aaron, saying, Whoever of your descendants in their generations who has any blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God.

  • Lev 21:19-23
    5 verses
    85%

    19 Or a man who is broken-footed, or broken-handed,

    20 Or hunchbacked, or a dwarf, or who has a blemish in his eye, or is scabby, or scabbed, or has broken testicles.

    21 No man who has a blemish of the descendants of Aaron the priest shall come near to offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire: he has a blemish; he shall not come near to offer the bread of his God.

    22 He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy.

    23 Only he shall not go beyond the veil, nor come near the altar, because he has a blemish; that he does not profane my sanctuaries: for I the LORD do sanctify them.

  • Lev 22:18-25
    8 verses
    79%

    18 Speak unto Aaron, and his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them, Whoever he be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers in Israel, that offers his offering for all his vows, and for all his freewill offerings, which they will offer unto the LORD for a burnt offering;

    19 You shall offer at your own will a male without blemish, of the cattle, of the sheep, or of the goats.

    20 But whatever has a blemish, you shall not offer: for it shall not be acceptable for you.

    21 And whoever offers a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD to fulfill his vow, or a freewill offering in cattle or sheep, it shall be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish in it.

    22 Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a growth, or scurvy, or scabbed, you shall not offer these unto the LORD, nor make an offering by fire of them upon the altar unto the LORD.

    23 Either a bullock or a lamb that has anything superfluous or lacking in its parts, you may offer as a freewill offering; but for a vow it shall not be accepted.

    24 You shall not offer unto the LORD what is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut; neither shall you make any offering of them in your land.

    25 Neither from a stranger's hand shall you offer the bread of your God of any of these; because their corruption is in them, and blemishes are in them: they shall not be accepted for you.

  • Deut 15:21
    78%

    21 And if there is any blemish in it, such as if it is lame, or blind, or has any bad blemish, you shall not sacrifice it to the LORD your God.

  • Lev 22:3-6
    4 verses
    75%

    3 Say unto them, Whoever he be of all your descendants throughout your generations, that approaches the holy things, which the children of Israel dedicate unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from my presence: I am the LORD.

    4 Whoever of the descendants of Aaron is a leper, or has a discharge; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he is clean. And whoever touches anything that is unclean by the dead, or a man who has an emission of seed;

    5 Or whoever touches any creeping thing, by which he may be made unclean, or a man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatever uncleanness he has;

    6 The soul who has touched any such thing shall be unclean until evening, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he washes his flesh with water.

  • Deut 17:1
    73%

    1 You shall not sacrifice to the LORD your God any bull or sheep that has a blemish or any defect, for that is an abomination to the LORD your God.

  • Deut 23:1
    73%

    1 He that is wounded in the testicles, or has his private member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD.

  • Lev 21:11
    71%

    11 Neither shall he go near any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;

  • Lev 13:11-12
    2 verses
    71%

    11 it is an old leprosy in the skin of his flesh, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean and shall not shut him up, for he is unclean.

    12 And if leprosy breaks out all over the skin and covers all the skin of the one with the plague from his head to his foot, wherever the priest looks,

  • Lev 1:10
    71%

    10 And if his offering is of the flocks, namely, of the sheep or of the goats, for a burnt sacrifice; he shall bring a male without blemish.

  • Lev 21:4-5
    2 verses
    71%

    4 But he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself.

    5 They shall not make baldness upon their heads, nor shave off the corner of their beards, nor make any cuts in their flesh.

  • Lev 19:14
    70%

    14 You shall not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling block before the blind, but shall fear your God: I am the LORD.

  • Lev 13:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1 And the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,

    2 When a man has in the skin of his flesh a swelling, a scab, or a bright spot, and it becomes in the skin of his flesh like the plague of leprosy, then he shall be brought to Aaron the priest, or to one of his sons the priests.

  • Lev 14:32
    70%

    32 This is the law of him in whom is the plague of leprosy, whose hand is not able to get that which pertains to his cleansing.

  • Lev 13:9
    70%

    9 When the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be brought to the priest.

  • Lev 17:8-9
    2 verses
    69%

    8 And you shall say to them, Whatever man there is of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who dwell among you, that offers a burnt offering or sacrifice,

    9 And does not bring it to the door of the tabernacle of meeting, to offer it to the LORD; that man shall be cut off from among his people.

  • Num 19:11
    69%

    11 He who touches the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.

  • Lev 7:21
    69%

    21 Moreover, the soul who touches any unclean thing, as the uncleanness of man, or any unclean animal, or any abominable unclean thing, and eats of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which belong to the LORD, that soul shall be cut off from his people.

  • Lev 3:6
    69%

    6 If his offering for a sacrifice of peace offering to the LORD is from the flock, male or female, he shall offer it without blemish.

  • Lev 13:14
    69%

    14 But when raw flesh appears in him, he shall be unclean.

  • Exod 30:38
    69%

    38 Whoever makes any like it, to smell it, shall be cut off from his people.

  • Lev 21:1
    69%

    1 And the LORD said to Moses, Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them, None shall defile himself for the dead among his people:

  • Num 5:2
    69%

    2 Command the children of Israel that they remove from the camp every leper, and everyone who has a discharge, and whoever is defiled by the dead:

  • Lev 18:29
    69%

    29 For whoever commits any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people.

  • Lev 17:3
    68%

    3 Whatever man there is of the house of Israel, who kills an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or who kills it outside the camp,

  • Lev 13:21
    68%

    21 But if the priest looks on it and there are no white hairs in it and it is not deeper than the skin but is somewhat dark, then the priest shall shut him up for seven days.

  • Mal 1:8
    68%

    8 And if you offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if you offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? Offer it now to your governor; will he be pleased with you, or accept you? says the LORD of hosts.

  • Ezek 18:6
    68%

    6 And has not eaten upon the mountains, nor lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, nor defiled his neighbor's wife, nor come near to a menstruous woman,

  • Lev 13:44
    68%

    44 he is a leprous man; he is unclean. The priest shall pronounce him utterly unclean; his plague is on his head.

  • Lev 1:3
    68%

    3 If his offering is a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary will at the door of the tent of meeting before the LORD.

  • Lev 18:27
    68%

    27 For all these abominations have the men of the land done, who were before you, and the land is defiled;

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