PHYSICAL DEFECTS AND PRIESTS

16 The Lord spoke to Moses: 17 “Tell Aaron: None of your descendants throughout your generations who has a physical defectx is to come near to present the foody of his God. 18 No man who has any defect is to come near: no man who is blind, lame, facially disfigured, or deformed; 19 no man who has a broken foot or hand, 20 or who is a hunchback or a dwarf,J,z or who has an eye defect, a festering rash, scabs,aa or a crushed testicle.ab 21 No descendant of the priest Aaron who has a defect is to come near to present the food offerings to the Lord. He has a defect and is not to come near to present the food of his God. 22 He may eat the food of his God from what is especially holy as well as from what is holy. 23 But because he has a defect, he must not go near the curtainac or approach the altar. He is not to desecrate my holy places, for I am the Lord who sets them apart.”ad