“Only he shall not go in unto the vail, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I the Lord do sanctify them.”
Yet because of his defect, he must not go near the curtain or approach the altar, and so desecrate my sanctuary. I am the Lord, who makes them holy. The curtain (separating the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place) and the altar are the two most sacred locations of the priest's service — and the two locations from which the priest with a defect is excluded. I am the Lord, who makes them holy closes the chapter: the holiness that the chapter has described — in the mourning restrictions, the marriage restrictions, and the physical completeness requirements — is not self-generated but God-given. I make them holy; therefore I establish the standards that protect and express the holiness I give.
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