Leviticus 21:20
or a hunchback, or a dwarf, or one with a spot in his eye, or a festering eruption, or a feverish rash, or a crushed testicle.
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Referenced Verses
- Deut 23:1 : 1 Purity in Public Worship A man with crushed or severed genitals may not enter the assembly of the LORD.
- Isa 56:3 : 3 No foreigner who becomes a follower of the LORD should say,‘The LORD will certainly exclude me from his people.’ The eunuch should not say,‘Look, I am like a dried-up tree.’”
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- Lev 21:16-194 verses87%
16 Rules for the Priesthood The LORD spoke to Moses:
17 “Tell Aaron,‘No man from your descendants throughout their generations who has a physical flaw is to approach to present the food of his God.
18 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,
19 or a man who has had a broken leg or arm,
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21 No man from the descendants of Aaron the priest who has a physical flaw may step forward to present the LORD’s gifts; he has a physical flaw, so he must not step forward to present the food of his God.
- Lev 22:19-257 verses84%
19 if it is to be acceptable for your benefit it must be a flawless male from the cattle, sheep, or goats.
20 You must not present anything that has a flaw, because it will not be acceptable for your benefit.
21 If a man presents a peace offering sacrifice to the LORD for a special votive offering or for a freewill offering from the herd or the flock, it must be flawless to be acceptable; it must have no flaw.
22 “‘You must not present to the LORD something blind, or with a broken bone, or mutilated, or with a running sore, or with a festering eruption, or with a feverish rash. You must not give any of these as a gift on the altar to the LORD.
23 As for an ox or a sheep with a limb too long or stunted, you may present it as a freewill offering, but it will not be acceptable for a votive offering.
24 You must not present to the LORD something with testicles that are bruised, crushed, torn, or cut off; you must not do this in your land.
25 Even from a foreigner you must not present the food of your God from such animals as these, for they are ruined and flawed; they will not be acceptable for your benefit.’”
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21 If they have any kind of blemish– lameness, blindness, or anything else– you may not offer them as a sacrifice to the LORD your God.
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1 Purity in Public Worship A man with crushed or severed genitals may not enter the assembly of the LORD.
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1 You must not sacrifice to him a bull or sheep that has a blemish or any other defect, because that is considered offensive to the LORD your God.
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23 but he must not go near the special curtain or step forward to the altar because he has a physical flaw. Thus he must not profane my holy places, for I am the LORD who sanctifies them.’”
- Lev 13:2-43 verses73%
2 “When someone has a swelling or a scab or a bright spot on the skin of his body that may become a diseased infection, he must be brought to Aaron the priest or one of his sons, the priests.
3 The priest must then examine the infection on the skin of the body, and if the hair in the infection has turned white and the infection appears to be deeper than the skin of the body, then it is a diseased infection, so when the priest examines it he must pronounce the person unclean.
4 A Bright Spot on the Skin“If it is a white bright spot on the skin of his body, but it does not appear to be deeper than the skin, and the hair has not turned white, then the priest is to quarantine the person with the infection for seven days.
- Lev 13:7-126 verses73%
7 If, however, the scab is spreading further on the skin after he has shown himself to the priest for his purification, then he must show himself to the priest a second time.
8 The priest must then examine it, and if the scab has spread on the skin, then the priest is to pronounce the person unclean. It is a disease.
9 A Swelling on the Skin“When someone has a diseased infection, he must be brought to the priest.
10 The priest will then examine it, and if a white swelling is on the skin, it has turned the hair white, and there is raw flesh in the swelling,
11 it is a chronic disease on the skin of his body, so the priest is to pronounce him unclean. The priest must not merely quarantine him, for he is unclean.
12 If, however, the disease breaks out on the skin so that the disease covers all the skin of the person with the infection from his head to his feet, as far as the priest can see,
- Lev 13:18-225 verses73%
18 A Boil on the Skin“When someone’s body has a boil on its skin and it heals,
19 and in the place of the boil there is a white swelling or a reddish white bright spot, he must show himself to the priest.
20 The priest will then examine it, and if it appears to be deeper than the skin and its hair has turned white, then the priest is to pronounce the person unclean. It is a diseased infection that has broken out in the boil.
21 If, however, the priest examines it, and there is no white hair in it, it is not deeper than the skin, and it has faded, then the priest is to quarantine him for seven days.
22 If it is spreading further on the skin, then the priest is to pronounce him unclean. It is an infection.
- Lev 22:4-52 verses72%
4 No man from the descendants of Aaron who is diseased or has a discharge may eat the holy offerings until he becomes clean. The one who touches anything made unclean by contact with a dead person, or a man who has a seminal emission,
5 or a man who touches a swarming thing by which he becomes unclean, or touches a person by which he becomes unclean, whatever that person’s impurity–
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5 Priests must not have a bald spot shaved on their head, they must not shave the corner of their beard, and they must not cut slashes in their body.
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10 Animal from the Flock“‘If his offering is from the flock for a burnt offering– from the sheep or the goats– he must present a flawless male,
- Lev 13:38-392 verses71%
38 Bright White Spots on the Skin“When a man or a woman has bright spots– white bright spots– on the skin of their body,
39 the priest is to examine them, and if the bright spots on the skin of their body are faded white, it is a harmless rash that has broken out on the skin. The person is clean.
- Lev 13:29-313 verses71%
29 Scall on the Head or in the Beard“When a man or a woman has an infection on the head or in the beard,
30 the priest is to examine the infection, and if it appears to be deeper than the skin and the hair in it is reddish yellow and thin, then the priest is to pronounce the person unclean. It is scall, a disease of the head or the beard.
31 But if the priest examines the scall infection and it does not appear to be deeper than the skin, and there is no black hair in it, then the priest is to quarantine the person with the scall infection for seven days.
- Lev 13:24-274 verses71%
24 A Burn on the Skin“When a body has a burn on its skin and the raw area of the burn becomes a reddish white or white bright spot,
25 the priest must examine it, and if the hair has turned white in the bright spot and it appears to be deeper than the skin, it is a disease that has broken out in the burn. The priest is to pronounce the person unclean. It is a diseased infection.
26 If, however, the priest examines it and there is no white hair in the bright spot, it is not deeper than the skin, and it has faded, then the priest is to quarantine him for seven days.
27 The priest must then examine it on the seventh day, and if it is spreading further on the skin, then the priest is to pronounce him unclean. It is a diseased infection.
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27 The LORD will afflict you with the boils of Egypt and with tumors, eczema, and scabies, all of which cannot be healed.
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44 he is a diseased man. He is unclean. The priest must surely pronounce him unclean because of his infection on his head.
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35 The LORD will afflict you in your knees and on your legs with painful, incurable boils– from the soles of your feet to the top of your head.
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42 But if there is a reddish white infection in the back or front bald area, it is a disease breaking out in his back or front bald area.
- Lev 13:14-152 verses70%
14 But whenever raw flesh appears in it he will be unclean,
15 so the priest is to examine the raw flesh and pronounce him unclean– it is diseased.
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35 If, however, the scall spreads further on the skin after his purification,