Leviticus 21:20
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“or who is a hunchback or dwarf, or who has an eye defect, a festering rash, scabs, or a crushed testicle.”
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“or who is a hunchback or dwarf, or who has an eye defect, a festering rash, scabs, or a crushed testicle.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Or crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken;”
King James Version · Public Domain“or crook-backed, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or is scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken;”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“or hump-backed, or a dwarf, or with a mixture in his eye, or a scurvy person, or scabbed, or broken-testicled.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Leviticus 21:20 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 22:24You are not to present to the LORD an animal whose testicles are bruised, crushed, torn, or cut; you are not to sacrifice them in your land.
- Deuteronomy 23:1No man with crushed or severed genitals may enter the assembly of the LORD.
- Deuteronomy 23:2No one of illegitimate birth may enter the assembly of the LORD, nor may any of his descendants, even to the tenth generation.
- Isaiah 56:3Let no foreigner who has joined himself to the LORD say, “The LORD will utterly exclude me from His people.” And let the eunuch not say, “I am but a dry tree.”
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