Leviticus 21:17-24

¹⁷“Tell Aaron: These rules apply for all future generations. If any of your descendants has a physical defect, he is not allowed to come and present the food offerings of his God.

¹⁸No man is allowed to do this if he has any defects, including anyone who is blind, crippled, facially disfigured, or has deformities,

¹⁹anyone who has a broken foot or arm,

²⁰anyone who is a hunchback or dwarf, or who has cataracts, skin sores or scabs, or a damaged testicle.

²¹No descendant of Aaron the priest who has a defect is allowed to come and present the food offerings to the Lord. Because he has a defect, he must not come and offer the food of his God.

²²He is still allowed to eat the food from the Most Holy Place of his God and also from the sanctuary,

²³but because he has a defect, he is not allowed to go near the curtain or the altar, so that my sanctuary and everything in it are not made unclean, because I am the Lord who makes them holy.”

²⁴Moses repeated this to Aaron and his sons, and to all the Israelites.