They shall be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God; for they offer יהוה’s offerings by fire, the food of their God, and so must be holy.
They shall not take [into their household as their wife] a woman defiled by harlotry, nor shall they take one divorced from her husband. For they are holy to their God
The priest who is exalted above his fellows, on whose head the anointing oil has been poured and who has been ordained to wear the vestments, shall not bare his head bare his head See note at 10.6. or rend his vestments.
Word-by-Word Analysis
והכהן
86
הגדול
48
מאחיו
65
אשריוצק
707
עלראשו
607
שמן
390
המשחה
358
ומלא
77
אתידו
421
ללבש
362
אתהבגדים
465
אתראשו
908
לא
31
יפרע
360
ובגדיו
31
לא
31
יפרם
330
Leviticus 21:11
Gematria: 1693
ועלכלנפשתמתלאיבאלאביוולאמולאיטמא
He shall not go in where there is any dead body; he shall not defile himself even for his father or mother.
He shall not go outside the sanctuary and profane the sanctuary of his God, for upon him is the distinction of the anointing oil of his God, Mine יהוה’s.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ומןהמקדש
545
לא
31
יצא
101
ולא
37
יחלל
78
את
401
מקדש
444
אלהיו
52
כי
30
נזר
257
שמן
390
משחת
748
אלהיו
52
עליו
116
אני
61
יהוה
26
Leviticus 21:13
Gematria: 897
והואאשהבבתוליהיקח
He may take [into his household as his wife] only a woman who is a virgin.
Word-by-Word Analysis
והוא
18
אשה
306
בבתוליה
455
יקח
118
Leviticus 21:14
Gematria: 2477
אלמנהוגרושהוחללהזנהאתאלהלאיקחכיאםבתולהמעמיויקחאשה
A widow, or a divorced woman, or one who is degraded by harlotry—such he may not take. Only a virgin of his own kin may he take as his wife—
Word-by-Word Analysis
אלמנה
126
וגרושה
520
וחללה
79
זנה
62
אתאלה
437
לא
31
יקח
118
כי
30
אםבתולה
484
מעמיו
166
יקח
118
אשה
306
Leviticus 21:15
Gematria: 1153
ולאיחללזרעובעמיוכיאנייהוהמקדשוס
that he may not profane his offspring among his kin, for I יהוה have sanctified him.
Speak to Aaron and say: No man of your offspring throughout the ages who has a defect shall be qualified to offer the food of his God.
Word-by-Word Analysis
דבר
206
אלאהרן
287
לאמר
271
איש
311
מזרעך
337
לדרתם
674
אשר
501
יהיה
30
בו
8
מום
86
לא
31
יקרב
312
להקריב
347
לחם
78
אלהיו
52
Leviticus 21:18
Gematria: 2909
כיכלאישאשרבומוםלאיקרבאישעוראופסחאוחרםאושרוע
No one at all who has a defect shall be qualified: no man who is blind, or lame, or has a limb too short or too long; has a limb too short or too long Or “mutilated or has a limb too long.”
Word-by-Word Analysis
כי
30
כלאיש
361
אשרבו
509
מום
86
לא
31
יקרב
312
איש
311
עור
276
או
7
פסח
148
או
7
חרם
248
או
7
שרוע
576
Leviticus 21:19
Gematria: 2115
אואישאשריהיהבושבררגלאושבריד
no man who has a broken leg or a broken arm;
Word-by-Word Analysis
או
7
איש
311
אשריהיה
531
בו
8
שבר
502
רגל
233
או
7
שבר
502
יד
14
Leviticus 21:20
Gematria: 2101
אוגבןאודקאותבללבעינואוגרבאוילפתאומרוחאשך
or who is a hunchback, or a dwarf, or who has a growth in his eye, or who has a boil-scar, or scurvy, or crushed testes.
No man among the offspring of Aaron the priest who has a defect shall be qualified to offer יהוה’s offering by fire; having a defect, he shall not be qualified to offer the food of his God.
Word-by-Word Analysis
כלאיש
361
אשרבו
509
מום
86
מזרע
317
אהרן
256
הכהן
80
לא
31
יגש
313
להקריב
347
אתאשי
712
יהוה
26
מום
86
בו
8
את
401
לחם
78
אלהיו
52
לא
31
יגש
313
להקריב
347
Leviticus 21:22
Gematria: 1659
לחםאלהיומקדשיהקדשיםומןהקדשיםיאכל
He may eat of the food of his God, of the most holy as well as of the holy;
but he shall not enter behind the curtain or come near the altar, for he has a defect. He shall not profane these places sacred to Me, for I יהוה have sanctified them.
Word-by-Word Analysis
אך
21
אלהפרכת
736
לא
31
יבא
13
ואלהמזבח
99
לא
31
יגש
313
כימום
116
בו
8
ולא
37
יחלל
78
אתמקדשי
855
כי
30
אני
61
יהוה
26
מקדשם
484
Leviticus 21:24
Gematria: 1729
וידברמשהאלאהרןואלבניוואלכלבניישראלפ
Thus Moses spoke to Aaron and his sons and to all the Israelites.