Rules for Priests
God begins to give rules for priests. A priest can't make himself unclean except in very rare circumstances (e.g., for a close relative). They can't shave their heads nor their beards. They must be holy because God is holy. For example, they can't marry divorced women or prostitutes. They must marry a virgin. Even the descendants of Aaron cannot come near to offer food to God if they have defect (e.g., disfigured, blind, etc). They can eat the holy food, they just can't present it.
Priests cannot come near the offerings if they are unclean. Only priests can eat the sacred offerings. If a priest's daughter marries a non-priest, she cannot eat the sacred offerings anymore.
Unacceptable Sacrifices
God describes how an offering must be a make without defect. Can't offer blind, lame, ingured, mained animals. God also says not to slaughter a cow and its young on the same day. Furthermore, don't accept them as gifts from foreigners.
Finally, God ends by reiterating the decree - Keep my commands and follow them."
Kinda sad, if you have a defect you can't be a priest. I wonder what is considered an eye defect..he could have said blind but he specifically says "eye defect." I googled eye defect and it said nearsighted vision and astigmatism are considered eye defects. Wow think of how many of us could not be priests.
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