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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BSBPD

“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)
KJVPD

“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
ASVPD

“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
YLTPD

“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 Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Leviticus 21:20 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 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.
  2. Deuteronomy 23:1No man with crushed or severed genitals may enter the assembly of the LORD.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.”

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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