Leviticus 21:17-21

Holiness and the Priests

¹⁷ "Speak to Aaron, saying, None of your offspring throughout their generations who has a blemish may _q approach to offer the bread of his God. ¹⁸ For no one who has a blemish shall draw near, a man _r blind or lame, or one who has a mutilated face _s or a limb too long, ¹⁹ or a man who has an injured foot or an injured hand, ²⁰ or a hunchback or a dwarf or a man with a _r defect in his sight or an itching disease or scabs or _t crushed testicles. ²¹ No man of the offspring of Aaron the priest who has a blemish shall come near to _u offer the Lord's food offerings; since he has a blemish, he shall not come near to offer the bread of his God.

1. Cross References
   Leviticus 10:3
   Then Moses said to Aaron, "This is what the Lord has said, 'Among those who are near me I will be sanctified, and before all the people I will be glorified.'" And Aaron held his peace.
   Numbers 16:5
   And he said to Korah and all his company, "In the morning the Lord will show who is his, and who is holy, and will bring him near to him. The one whom he chooses he will bring near to him.
   Psalms 65:4
   Blessed is the one you choose and bring near, to dwell in your courts! We shall be satisfied with the goodness of your house, the holiness of your temple!
   
2. Cross References
   Leviticus 22:22
   Animals blind or disabled or mutilated or having a discharge or an itch or scabs you shall not offer to the Lord or give them to the Lord as a food offering on the altar.
   
3. Cross References
   Leviticus 22:23
   You may present a bull or a lamb that has a part too long or too short for a freewill offering, but for a vow offering it cannot be accepted.
   
4. Cross References
   Leviticus 21:18
   For no one who has a blemish shall draw near, a man blind or lame, or one who has a mutilated face or a limb too long.
   
5. Cross References
   Deuteronomy 23:1
   No one whose testicles are crushed or whose male organ is cut off shall enter the assembly of the Lord.
   
6. Cross References
   Leviticus 21:6
   They shall be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God. For they offer the Lord 's food offerings, the bread of their God; therefore they shall be holy.