“Or crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken;”
Or who is a hunchback or a dwarf, or who has any eye defect, or who has festering or running sores or damaged testicles. The remaining disqualifying conditions: unusual body shape (hunchback, dwarf), eye defects beyond full blindness, skin lesions, and damaged reproductive organs. The comprehensive list ensures that the physical completeness requirement is thoroughgoing: every condition that significantly affects the body's normative form or function is covered. The damaged testicles specifically addresses the reproductive completeness that the priestly genealogical succession requires.
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