"For whatsoever man {he be} that hath a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat no…" — Leviticus 21:18

Leviticus 21:18 · KJV

“For whatsoever man {he be} that hath a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or any thing superfluous,”

— Leviticus 21:18

Verse 17

Speak unto Aaron, saying, Whosoever {he be} of thy seed in their generations that hath {any} blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God. {bread: or, food}

Verse 19

Or a man that is brokenfooted, or brokenhanded,

Leviticus 21 — Context

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Speak unto Aaron, saying, Whosoever {he be} of thy seed in their generations that hath {any} blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God. {bread: or, food}

For whatsoever man {he be} that hath a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or any thing superfluous,

Or a man that is brokenfooted, or brokenhanded,

Or crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken; {a dwarf: or, too slender}

Cross References

1 Timothy 3:2-3

A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; {of good...: or, modest}

Leviticus 22:19-25

{Ye shall offer} at your own will a male without blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats.

Matthew 23:19

{Ye} fools and blind: for whether {is} greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?

Titus 1:7

For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;

Matthew 23:16-17

Woe unto you, {ye} blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!

Titus 1:10

For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision:

1 Timothy 3:7

Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.

Isaiah 56:10

His watchmen {are} blind: they are all ignorant, they {are} all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber. {sleeping: or, dreaming, or, talking in their sleep}