Leviticus 21:18
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Neither shall he approach to minister to him: If he be blind; if he be lame; if he have a little, or a great, or a crooked nose;

a blind man

Isaiah 56:10 His watchmen are all blind, they are all ignorant: dumb dogs not able to bark, seeing vain things, sleeping and loving dreams.

Matthew 23:16,17,19 Woe to you, blind guides, that say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but he that shall swear by the gold of the temple is a debtor. . . .

1 Timothy 3:2,3,7 It behoveth therefore a bishop to be blameless, the husband of one wife, sober, prudent, of good behaviour, chaste, given to hospitality, a teacher, . . .

Titus 1:7,10 For a bishop must be without crime, as the steward of God: not proud, not subject to anger, nor given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre: . . .

superfluous

Leviticus 22:23 An ox or a sheep, that hath the ear and the tail cut off, thou mayst offer voluntarily: but a vow may not be paid with them.

Context
Restrictions Against Those with Blemishes
17Say to Aaron: Whosoever of thy seed throughout their families, hath a blemish, he shall not offer bread to his God. 18Neither shall he approach to minister to him: If he be blind; if he be lame; if he have a little, or a great, or a crooked nose;19If his foot, or if his hand be broken;…
Cross References
Leviticus 21:19
If his foot, or if his hand be broken;

Leviticus 22:19
To be offered by you: it shall be a male without blemish of the beeves, or of the sheep, or of the goats.

Leviticus 22:23
An ox or a sheep, that hath the ear and the tail cut off, thou mayst offer voluntarily: but a vow may not be paid with them.

Lexicon
No
כָל־ (ḵāl)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

man
אִ֛ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

who
אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

has any defect
מ֖וּם (mūm)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3971: To stain, a blemish

may approach—
יִקְרָ֑ב (yiq·rāḇ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7126: To come near, approach

no man
אִ֤ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

who is blind,
עִוֵּר֙ (‘iw·wêr)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5787: Blind

lame,
פִסֵּ֔חַ (p̄is·sê·aḥ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6455: Lame

disfigured,
חָרֻ֖ם (ḥā·rum)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2763: To seclude, to devote to religious uses, to be blunt as to the nose

or
א֣וֹ (’ōw)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 176: Desire, if

deformed;
שָׂרֽוּעַ׃ (śā·rū·a‘)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8311: To prolong, be deformed by excess of members


Additional Translations
No man who has any defect may approach—no man who is blind, lame, disfigured, or deformed;For whatever man he be that has a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that has a flat nose, or any thing superfluous,

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,

No man who has a blemish on him shall draw nigh; a man blind, lame, with his nose disfigured, or his ears cut,

for whatever man hath a defect, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or one limb longer than the other,

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,

For whatever man he may 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,

For whatever man he is that has a blemish, he shall not draw near: a blind man, or a lame, or he who has a flat nose, or any deformity,

for no man in whom is blemish doth draw near -- a man blind, or lame or dwarfed, or enlarged,
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