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祭司圣洁的条例

1耶和华对摩西说：「你告诉亚伦子孙作祭司的说：祭司不可为民中的死人沾染自己，

2除非为他骨肉之亲的父母、儿女、弟兄，

3和未曾出嫁、作处女的姊妹，才可以沾染自己。

4祭司既在民中为首，就不可从俗沾染自己。

5不可使头光秃；不可剃除胡须的周围，也不可用刀划身。

6要归 神为圣，不可亵渎 神的名；因为耶和华的火祭，就是 神的食物，是他们献的，所以他们要成为圣。

7不可娶妓女或被污的女人为妻，也不可娶被休的妇人为妻，因为祭司是归 神为圣。

8所以你要使他成圣，因为他奉献你 神的食物；你要以他为圣，因为我—使你们成圣的耶和华—是圣的。

9祭司的女儿若行淫辱没自己，就辱没了父亲，必用火将她焚烧。

10「在弟兄中作大祭司、头上倒了膏油、又承接圣职、穿了圣衣的，不可蓬头散发，也不可撕裂衣服。

11不可挨近死尸，也不可为父母沾染自己。

12不可出圣所，也不可亵渎 神的圣所，因为 神膏油的冠冕在他头上。我是耶和华。

13他要娶处女为妻。

14寡妇或是被休的妇人，或是被污为妓的女人，都不可娶；只可娶本民中的处女为妻。

15不可在民中辱没他的儿女，因为我是叫他成圣的耶和华。」

16耶和华对摩西说：

17「你告诉亚伦说：你世世代代的后裔，凡有残疾的，都不可近前来献他 神的食物。

18因为凡有残疾的，无论是瞎眼的、瘸腿的、塌鼻子的、肢体有余的、

19折脚折手的、

20驼背的、矮矬的、眼睛有毛病的、长癣的、长疥的，或是损坏肾子的，都不可近前来。

21祭司亚伦的后裔，凡有残疾的，都不可近前来，将火祭献给耶和华。他有残疾，不可近前来献 神的食物。

22神的食物，无论是圣的，至圣的，他都可以吃。

23但不可进到幔子前，也不可就近坛前；因为他有残疾，免得亵渎我的圣所。我是叫他成圣的耶和华。」

24于是，摩西晓谕亚伦和亚伦的子孙，并以色列众人。

Holiness Required of Priests

1Then the LORD said to Moses, “Speak to Aaron’s sons, the priests, and tell them that a priest is not to defile himself for a dead person among his people,

2except for his immediate family—his mother, father, son, daughter, or brother,

3or his unmarried sister who is near to him, since she has no husband.

4He is not to defile himself for those related to him by marriage, and so profane himself.

5Priests must not make bald spots on their heads, shave off the edges of their beards, or make cuts in their bodies.

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

7A priest must not marry a woman defiled by prostitution or divorced by her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.

8You are to regard him as holy, since he presents the food of your God. He shall be holy to you, because I the LORD am holy—I who set you apart.

9If a priest’s daughter defiles herself by prostituting herself, she profanes her father; she must be burned in the fire.

10The priest who is highest among his brothers, who has had the anointing oil poured on his head and has been ordained to wear the priestly garments, must not let his hair hang looseor tear his garments.

11He must not go near any dead body; he must not defile himself, even for his father or mother.

12He must not leave or desecrate the sanctuary of his God, for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is on him. I am the LORD.

13The woman he marries must be a virgin.

14He is not to marry a widow, a divorced woman, or one defiled by prostitution. He is to marry a virgin from his own people,

15so that he does not defile his offspring among his people, for I am the LORD who sanctifies him.”

Restrictions against Those with Blemishes

16Then the LORD said to Moses,

17“Say to Aaron, ‘For the generations to come, none of your descendants who has a physical defect may approach to offer the food of his God.

18No man who has any defect may approach—no man who is blind, lame, disfigured, or deformed;

19no man who has a broken foot or hand,

20or who is a hunchback or dwarf, or who has an eye defect, a festering rash, scabs, or a crushed testicle.

21No descendant of Aaron the priest who has a defect shall approach to present the food offerings to the LORD. Since he has a defect, he is not to come near to offer the food of his God.

22He may eat the most holy food of his God as well as the holy food,

23but because he has a defect, he must not go near the veil or approach the altar, so as not to desecrate My sanctuaries. For I am the LORD who sanctifies them.’”

24Moses told this to Aaron and his sons and to all the Israelites.