21:1 The Lord said also to Moses: Speak to the priests the sons of Aaron, and thou shalt say for them: Let not a priest incur an uncleanness at the death of his citizens.

21:1 dixit quoque Dominus ad Mosen loquere ad sacerdotes filios Aaron et dices eis ne contaminetur sacerdos in mortibus civium suorum

21:2 But only for his kin, such as are near in blood: that is to say, for his father and for his mother, and for his son, and for his daughter, for his brother also:

21:2 nisi tantum in consanguineis ac propinquis id est super matre et patre et filio ac filia fratre quoque

21:3 And for a maiden sister, who hath had no husband.

21:3 et sorore virgine quae non est nupta viro

21:4 But not even for the prince of his people shall he do any thing that may make him unclean.

21:4 sed nec in principe populi sui contaminabitur

21:5 Neither shall they shave their head, nor their beard, nor make incisions in their flesh.

21:5 non radent caput nec barbam neque in carnibus suis facient incisuras

21:6 They shall be holy to their God, and shall not profane his name. For they offer the burnt offering of the Lord, and the bread of their God: and therefore they shall be holy.

21:6 sancti erunt Deo suo et non polluent nomen eius incensum enim Domini et panes Dei sui offerunt et ideo sancti erunt

21:7 They shall not take to wife a harlot or a vile prostitute, nor one that has been put away from her husband: because they are consecrated to their God,

21:7 scortum et vile prostibulum non ducet uxorem nec eam quae repudiata est a marito quia consecratus est Deo suo

21:8 And offer the loaves of proposition. Let them therefore be holy because I also am holy: the Lord, who sanctify them.

21:8 et panes propositionis offert sit ergo sanctus quia et ego sanctus sum Dominus qui sanctifico vos

21:9 If the daughter of a priest be taken in whoredom and dishonour the name of her father, she shall be burnt with fire.

21:9 sacerdotis filia si deprehensa fuerit in stupro et violaverit nomen patris sui flammis exuretur

21:10 The high priest, that is to say, the priest who is the greatest among his brethren, upon whose head the oil of unction hath been poured; and whose hands have been consecrated for the priesthood; and who hath been vested with the holy vestments. He shall not uncover his head: he shall not rend his garments.

21:10 pontifex id est sacerdos maximus inter fratres suos super cuius caput fusum est unctionis oleum et cuius manus in sacerdotio consecratae sunt vestitusque est sanctis vestibus caput suum non discoperiet vestimenta non scindet

21:11 Nor shall he go in at all to any dead person: not even for his father, or his mother, shall he be defiled.

21:11 et ad omnem mortuum non ingredietur omnino super patre quoque suo et matre non contaminabitur

21:12 Neither shall he go out of the holy places, lest he defile the sanctuary of the Lord: because the oil of the holy unction of his God is upon him. I am the Lord.

21:12 nec egredietur de sanctis ne polluat sanctuarium Domini quia oleum sanctae unctionis Dei sui super eum est ego Dominus

21:13 He shall take a virgin unto his wife.

21:13 virginem ducet uxorem

21:14 But a widow or one that is divorced, or defied, or a harlot, he shall not take: but a maid of his own people.

21:14 viduam et repudiatam et sordidam atque meretricem non accipiet sed puellam de populo suo

21:15 He shall not mingle the stock of his kindred with the common people of this nation: for I am the Lord who sanctify him.

21:15 ne commisceat stirpem generis sui vulgo gentis suae quia ego Dominus qui sanctifico eum

21:16 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

21:16 locutusque est Dominus ad Mosen dicens

21:17 Say to Aaron: Whosoever of thy seed throughout their families, hath a blemish, he shall not offer bread to his God.

21:17 loquere ad Aaron homo de semine tuo per familias qui habuerit maculam non offeret panes Deo suo

21:18 Neither shall he approach to minister to him: If he be blind; if he be lame; if he have a little, or a great, or a crooked nose;

21:18 nec accedet ad ministerium eius si caecus fuerit si claudus si vel parvo vel grandi et torto naso

21:19 If his foot, or if his hand be broken;

21:19 si fracto pede si manu

21:20 If he be crookbacked; or blear eyed; or have a pearl in his eye, or a continual scab, or a dry scurf in his body, or a rupture.

21:20 si gibbus si lippus si albuginem habens in oculo si iugem scabiem si inpetiginem in corpore vel hirniosus

21:21 Whosoever of the seed of Aaron the priest hath a blemish: he shall not approach to offer sacrifices to the Lord, nor bread to his God.

21:21 omnis qui habuerit maculam de semine Aaron sacerdotis non accedet offerre hostias Domino nec panes Deo suo

21:22 He shall eat nevertheless of the loaves that are offered in the sanctuary.

21:22 vescetur tamen panibus qui offeruntur in sanctuario

21:23 Yet so that he enter not within the veil, nor approach to the altar: because he hath a blemish, and he must not defile my sanctuary. I am the Lord who sanctify them.

21:23 ita dumtaxat ut intra velum non ingrediatur nec accedat ad altare quia maculam habet et contaminare non debet sanctuarium meum ego Dominus qui sanctifico eos

21:24 Moses, therefore spoke to Aaron, and to his sons and to all Israel, all the things that had been commanded him.

21:24 locutus est ergo Moses ad Aaron et filios eius et ad omnem Israhel cuncta quae sibi fuerant imperata