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And he shall not profane his seed among his people; for I am HaShem who sanctify him.
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And HaShem spoke unto Moses, saying:
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Speak unto Aaron, saying: Whosoever he be of thy seed throughout their generations that hath a blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his G-d.
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For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath any thing maimed, or anything too long,
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or a man that is broken-footed, or broken-handed,
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or crook-backed, or a dwarf, or that hath his eye overspread, or is scabbed, or scurvy, or hath his stones crushed;
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no man of the seed of Aaron the priest, that hath a blemish, shall come nigh to offer the offerings of HaShem made by fire; he hath a blemish; he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his G-d.
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He may eat the bread of his G-d, both of the most holy, and of the holy.
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Only he shall not go in unto the veil, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not My holy places; for I am HaShem who sanctify them.
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So Moses spoke unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel.