El SEÑOR dijo a Moisés: Habla a los sacerdotes, los hijos de Aarón, y diles: «Ninguno se contamine con persona muerta entre su pueblo^1a, 2 salvo por sus parientes más cercanos, su madre, su padre, su hijo, su hija o su hermano^a, 3 o por su hermana virgen, que está cerca de él, por no haber tenido marido; por ella puede contaminarse. 4 No se contaminará como pariente por matrimonio¹ entre su pueblo, pues se profanaría. 5 No se harán tonsura en la cabeza^a, ni se rasurarán los bordes de la barba^b, ni se harán sajaduras en su carne^c. 6 Serán santos a su Dios y no profanarán el nombre de su Dios^a, porque presentarán las ofrendas encendidas al¹ SEÑOR^b, el alimento de su Dios; por tanto, serán santos. 7 No tomarán mujer que haya sido profanada como ramera¹, ni tomarán mujer divorciada de su marido^a; porque el sacerdote² es santo a su Dios. 8 Lo consagrarás, pues, porque él ofrece el alimento de tu Dios^a; será santo para ti; porque yo, el SEÑOR que os santifico, soy santo. 9 Y la hija de un sacerdote, si se profana como ramera¹, a su padre profana^a; en el fuego será quemada.

10 »Y el que sea sumo sacerdote entre sus hermanos, sobre cuya cabeza haya sido derramado el aceite de la unción y que haya sido consagrado¹ para llevar las vestiduras, no descubrirá su cabeza ni rasgará sus vestiduras^a, 11 ni se acercará a ningún muerto^a, ni aun por su padre o por su madre se contaminará; 12 no saldrá del santuario ni profanará el santuario de su Dios^a, porque la consagración del aceite de la unción de su Dios está sobre él^b; yo soy el SEÑOR. 13 Tomará por mujer a una virgen¹. 14 Deestas no tomará: viuda, divorciada o una profanada como ramera¹, sino que tomará por mujer a una virgen de su propio pueblo^a, 15 para que no profane a su descendencia¹ entre su pueblo; porque yo soy el SEÑOR que lo santifico».

16 Entonces habló el SEÑOR a Moisés, diciendo: 17 Habla a Aarón y dile¹: «Ningún hombre de tu descendencia², por todas sus generaciones, que tenga algún defecto se acercará para ofrecer el alimento de su Dios^a. 18 Porque ninguno que tenga defecto se acercará^a: ni ciego, ni cojo, ni uno que tenga el rostro desfigurado¹, o extremidad deformada, 19 ni hombre que tenga pie quebrado o mano quebrada, 20 ni jorobado, ni enano, ni uno que tenga defecto¹ en un² ojo, o sarna³, o postillas, ni castrado^4a. 21 Ningún hombre de la descendencia¹ del sacerdote Aarón que tenga defecto se acercará para ofrecer las ofrendas encendidas del SEÑOR; porque tiene defecto no se acercará para ofrecer el alimento de su Dios^a. 22 Podrá comer el alimento de su Dios^a, tanto de las cosas santísimas como de las sagradas, 23 solo que no ha de entrar hasta el¹ velo o acercarse al altar, porque tiene defecto, para que no profane mis santuarios²; porque yo soy el SEÑOR que los santifico». 24 Así habló Moisés a Aarón, a sus hijos y a todos los hijos de Israel.

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them:‘^aNo one shall defile himself for a dead person among his people, 2 ^aexcept for his relatives who are nearest to him, his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, and his brother, 3 also for his virgin sister who is near to him ¹because she has not had a husband; for her, he may defile himself. 4 He shall not defile himself as a ¹relative by marriage among his people, so as to profane himself. 5 ^aThey shall not shave any area on their heads bald, ^bnor shave off the edges of their beards, ^cnor make any cuts in their flesh. 6 They shall be holy to their God and ^anot profane the name of their God, because they present the offerings by fire ¹to the LORD, ^bthe food of their God; so they shall be holy. 7 ^aThey shall not take a woman who is a prostitute and ¹profaned, nor shall they take a woman divorced from her husband; for he is holy to his God. 8 You shall consecrate him, therefore, because he offers ^athe food of your God. He shall be holy to you; for I the LORD, who sanctifies you, am holy. 9 ^aAlso the daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by prostitution, she profanes her father; she shall be burned with fire.

10 ‘The priest who is ¹highest among his brothers, on whose head the anointing oil has been poured and ²who has been consecrated to wear the garments, ^ashall not ³uncover his head nor tear his clothes; 11 ^anor shall he approach any dead person, nor defile himself even for his father or his mother; 12 ^anor shall he leave the sanctuary nor profane the sanctuary of his God, for ^bthe consecration of the anointing oil of his God is on him; I am the LORD. 13 He shall take a wife in her virginity. 14 ^aA widow, or a divorced woman, or one who is profaned by prostitution, these he shall not take; but rather he is to ¹marry a virgin of his own people, 15 so that he will not profane his ¹children among his people; for I am the LORD who sanctifies him.’”

16 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 17 “Speak to Aaron, saying, ‘None of your ¹descendants throughout their generations who has an impairment shall approach to offer the ^afood of his God. 18 ^aFor no one who has an impairment shall approach: a man who is blind, or one who limps, or one who has a ^bslit nose, or one with any conspicuous feature, 19 or someone who has a broken foot or broken hand, 20 or a contorted back, or one who is a dwarf, or has a spot in his eye, or a festering rash or scabs, or ^acrushed testicles. 21 No man among the ¹descendants of Aaron the priest who has an impairment is to come forward to offer the LORD’S offerings by fire; since he has an impairment, he shall not come forward to offer ^athe food of his God. 22 He may eat ^athe food of his God, both of the most holy and of the holy, 23 only he shall not come up to the veil or approach the altar, since he has an impairment, so that he does not profane My sanctuaries. For I am the LORD who sanctifies them.’” 24 So Moses spoke to Aaron and to his sons and to all the sons of Israel.

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them:‘^aNo one shall defile himself for a dead person among his people, 2 ^aexcept for his relatives who are nearest to him, his mother and his father and his son and his daughter and his brother, 3 also for his virgin sister, who is near to him ¹because she has had no husband; for her he may defile himself. 4 He shall not defile himself as a ¹relative by marriage among his people, and so profane himself. 5 ^aThey shall not make any baldness on their heads, ^bnor shave off the edges of their beards, ^cnor make any cuts in their flesh. 6 They shall be holy to their God and ^anot profane the name of their God, for they present the offerings by fire ¹to the LORD, ^bthe food of their God; so they shall be holy. 7 ^aThey shall not take a woman who is profaned by harlotry, nor shall they take a woman divorced from her husband; for he is holy to his God. 8 You shall consecrate him, therefore, for he offers ^athe food of your God; he shall be holy to you; for I the LORD, who sanctifies you, am holy. 9 ^aAlso the daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by harlotry, she profanes her father; she shall be burned with fire.

10 ‘The priest who is the highest among his brothers, on whose head the anointing oil has been poured and ¹who has been consecrated to wear the garments, ^ashall not ²uncover his head nor tear his clothes; 11 ^anor shall he approach any dead person, nor defile himself even for his father or his mother; 12 ^anor shall he go out of the sanctuary nor profane the sanctuary of his God, for ^bthe consecration of the anointing oil of his God is on him; I am the LORD. 13 He shall take a wife in her virginity. 14 ^aA widow, or a divorced woman, or one who is profaned by harlotry, these he may not take; but rather he is to ¹marry a virgin of his own people, 15 so that he will not profane his ¹offspring among his people; for I am the LORD who sanctifies him.’”

16 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 17 “Speak to Aaron, saying, ‘No man of your ¹offspring throughout their generations who has a defect shall approach to offer the ^afood of his God. 18 ^aFor no one who has a defect shall approach: a blind man, or a lame man, or he who has a ^1bdisfigured face, or any deformed limb, 19 or a man who has a broken foot or broken hand, 20 or a hunchback or a dwarf, or one who has a ¹defect in his eye or eczema or scabs or ^acrushed testicles. 21 No man among the ¹descendants of Aaron the priest who has a defect is to come near to offer the LORD’S offerings by fire; since he has a defect, he shall not come near to offer ^athe food of his God. 22 He may eat ^athe food of his God, both of the most holy and of the holy, 23 only he shall not go in to the veil or come near the altar because he has a defect, so that he will not profane My sanctuaries. For I am the LORD who sanctifies them.’” 24 So Moses spoke to Aaron and to his sons and to all the sons of Israel.