“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.”
Leviticus 21:17 (BSB)
Context Reading
15so that he does not defile his offspring among his people, for I am the LORD who sanctifies him.” 16Then the LORD said to Moses, 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. 18No man who has any defect may approach — no man who is blind, lame, disfigured, or deformed; 19no man who has a broken foot or hand,