Leviticus 21:18
16 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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.
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,
19 Or a man that is brokenfooted, or brokenhanded,
20 Or crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken;
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- No man who has any defect may approach—no man who is blind, lame, disfigured, or deformed;
- 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,
- WEB
- For whatever man he is that has a defect, he shall not draw near: a blind man, or a lame, or he who has a flat nose, or any deformity,
- ASV
- 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 anything superfluous,
- DARBY
- for whatever man hath a defect, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or one limb longer than the other,
- BLB
- For any man who has a blemish in him shall not approach—a man blind, or lame, or disfigured, or deformed,
- ÅB
- Ingen som har noe lyte, skal trede nær, ingen som er blind eller halt eller har noe ansiktslyte eller et lem som er for stort,
- OTB
- Ingen mann som har noen defekt kan nærme seg: ingen mann som er blind, eller halt, eller har et vansiret ansikt, eller noen påfallende deformitet,
- B1930
- Ingen som har noget lyte, skal trede nær, ingen som er blind eller halt eller har noget ansiktslyte eller et lem som er for stort,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
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;
Read in contextLeviticus 22:19–25
Ye shall offer at your own will a male without blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats.
Read in contextMatthew 23:19
Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?
Read in contextMatthew 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!
Read in contextTitus 1:10
For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision:
Read in context1 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.
Read in contextTitus 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;
Read in contextIsaiah 56:10
His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
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