Holy Scripture
Leviticus 21:17
A church father on this verse
“Moreover, blameless priests served the Godhead by offering blameless sacrifices, while those who were blemished and offered blemished sacrifices and whom Moses described in Leviticus were separated from the altar. And who else is the blameless priest offering a blameless sacrifice than the person who holds fast to his…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
17Say to Aaron, A man of thy tribe throughout your generations, who shall have a blemish on him, shall not draw nigh to offer the gifts of his God.
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15And he shall not profane his seed among his people: I am the Lord that sanctifies him.
16And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
— Leviticus 21:17 —
18No man who has a blemish on him shall draw nigh; a man lame, blind, with his nose disfigured, or his ears cut,
19a man who has a broken hand or a broken foot,