Leviticus 21:18
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“No man who has any defect may approach—no man who is blind, lame, disfigured, or deformed;”
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“No man who has any defect may approach—no man who is blind, lame, disfigured, or deformed;”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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,”
King James Version · Public Domain“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,”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“for no man in whom <FI>is<Fi> blemish doth draw near--a man blind, or lame or dwarfed, or enlarged,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Leviticus 21:18 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 22:19must offer an unblemished male from the cattle, sheep, or goats in order for it to be accepted on your behalf.
- Isaiah 56:10Israel’s watchmen are blind, they are all oblivious; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they are dreamers lying around, loving to slumber.
- Matthew 23:16Woe to you, blind guides! You say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’
- Matthew 23:19You blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes it sacred?
- 1 Timothy 3:2An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
- 1 Timothy 3:7Furthermore, he must have a good reputation with outsiders, so that he will not fall into disgrace and into the snare of the devil.
- Titus 1:7As God’s steward, an overseer must be above reproach—not self-absorbed, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not greedy for money.
- Titus 1:10For many are rebellious and full of empty talk and deception, especially those of the circumcision,
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