“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,”
No man who has any defect may come near: no man who is blind or lame, who has a disfigured face or any deformed limb. The physical defects that disqualify from priestly service: blindness, lameness, disfigured face, deformed limb. The list continues in verses 19–20. The specific physical conditions that disqualify are conditions that affect the completeness or normative function of the body. The disqualification from priestly service is not a moral judgment on the person with the defect — it is a ritual standard that mirrors the requirement for complete, unblemished animals at the altar.
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