Leviticus 21
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
Berean Standard Bible
1Dixit quoque Dominus ad Moysen: Loquere ad sacerdotes filios Aaron, et dices ad eos: Ne contaminetur sacerdos in mortibus civium suorum,
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,
2nisi tantum in consanguineis, ac propinquis, id est, super patre et matre, et filio, et filia, fratre quoque,
2except for his immediate family—his mother, father, son, daughter, or brother,
3et sorore virgine quæ non est nupta viro:
3or his unmarried sister who is near to him, since she has no husband.
4sed nec in principe populi sui contaminabitur.
4He is not to defile himself for those related to him by marriage, and so profane himself.
5Non radent caput, nec barbam, neque in carnibus suis facient incisuras.
5Priests must not make bald spots on their heads, shave off the edges of their beards, or make cuts in their bodies.
6Sancti erunt Deo suo, et non polluent nomen ejus: incensum enim Domini, et panes Dei sui offerunt, et ideo sancti erunt.
6They must be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God. Because they present to the LORD the offerings made by fire, the food of their God, they must be holy.
7Scortum et vile prostibulum non ducent uxorem, nec eam quæ repudiata est a marito: quia consecrati sunt Deo suo,
7A priest must not marry a woman defiled by prostitution or divorced by her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.
8et panes propositionis offerunt. Sint ergo sancti, quia et ego sanctus sum, Dominus qui sanctifico eos.
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.
9Sacerdotis filia si deprehensa fuerit in stupro, et violaverit nomen patris sui, flammis exuretur.
9If a priest’s daughter defiles herself by prostituting herself, she profanes her father; she must be burned in the fire.
10Pontifex, id est, sacerdos maximus inter fratres suos, super cujus caput fusum est unctionis oleum, et cujus manus in sacerdotio consecratæ sunt, vestitusque est sanctis vestibus, caput suum non discooperiet, vestimenta non scindet:
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 loose or tear his garments.
11et ad omnem mortuum non ingredietur omnino: super patre quoque suo et matre non contaminabitur.
11He must not go near any dead body; he must not defile himself, even for his father or mother.
12Nec egredietur de sanctis, ne polluat sanctuarium Domini, quia oleum sanctæ unctionis Dei sui super eum est. Ego Dominus.
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.
13Virginem ducet uxorem:
13The woman he marries must be a virgin.
14viduam autem et repudiatam, et sordidam, atque meretricem non accipiet, sed puellam de populo suo:
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,
15ne commisceat stirpem generis sui vulgo gentis suæ: quia ego Dominus, qui sanctifico eum.
15so that he does not defile his offspring among his people, for I am the LORD who sanctifies him.”
16Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen, dicens:
16Then the LORD said to Moses,
17Loquere ad Aaron: Homo de semine tuo per familias qui habuerit maculam, non offeret panes Deo suo,
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.
18nec accedet ad ministerium ejus: si cæcus fuerit, si claudus, si parvo vel grandi, vel torto naso,
18No man who has any defect may approach—no man who is blind, lame, disfigured, or deformed;
19si fracto pede, si manu,
19no man who has a broken foot or hand,
20si gibbus, si lippus, si albuginem habens in oculo, si jugem scabiem, si impetiginem in corpore, vel herniosus.
20or who is a hunchback or dwarf, or who has an eye defect, a festering rash, scabs, or a crushed testicle.
21Omnis qui habuerit maculam de semine Aaron sacerdotis, non accedet offerre hostias Domino, nec panes Deo suo:
21No descendant of Aaron the priest who has a defect shall approach to present the offerings made by fire to the LORD. Since he has a defect, he is not to come near to offer the food of his God.
22vescetur tamen panibus qui offeruntur in sanctuario,
22He may eat the most holy food of his God as well as the holy food,
23ita dumtaxat, ut intra velum non ingrediatur, nec accedat ad altare, quia maculam habet, et contaminare non debet sanctuarium meum. Ego Dominus qui sanctifico eos.
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.’”
24Locutus est ergo Moyses ad Aaron, et ad filios ejus, et ad omnem Israël cuncta quæ fuerant sibi imperata.
24Moses told this to Aaron and his sons and to all the Israelites.
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