## Onkelos Leviticus Chapter 21

###### Onkelos Leviticus 21:1
[Onkelos Leviticus 21:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Leviticus/r/21:1)

וַאֲמַר יְיָ לְמשֶׁה אֱמַר לְכַהֲנַיָּא בְּנֵי אַהֲרֹן וְתֵימַר לְהוֹן עַל מִית לָא יִסְתָּאַב בְּעַמֵּיהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Adonoy said to Moshe; speak, to the *kohanim*, the sons of Aharon, and you shall say to them, let him not defile himself with the dead among his people.


###### Onkelos Leviticus 21:2
[Onkelos Leviticus 21:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Leviticus/r/21:2)

אֶלָּהֵן לְקָרִיבֵיהּ דְּקָרִיב לֵיהּ לְאִמֵּיהּ וְלַאֲבוּהִי וְלִבְרֵיהּ וְלִבְרַתֵּיהּ וְלַאֲחוּהִי:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Except to his kin to whom he is closely related, for his mother and his father, for his son, his daughter and for his brother.


###### Onkelos Leviticus 21:3
[Onkelos Leviticus 21:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Leviticus/r/21:3)

וְלַאֲחָתֵיהּ בְּתֻלְתָּא דְּקָרִיבָא לֵיהּ דִּי לָא הֲוַת לִגְבָר לַהּ יִסְתָּאָב:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
For his virgin sister, to whom he is closely related, who has not yet been married, for her, he may be defiled.


###### Onkelos Leviticus 21:4
[Onkelos Leviticus 21:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Leviticus/r/21:4)

לָא יִסְתָּאַב **רַבָּא בְעַמֵּיהּ** לְאַחֲלוּתֵיהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
A husband [**An honored one among his people**] may not defile himself among his people [for a wife through whom] he becomes profaned.


###### Onkelos Leviticus 21:5
[Onkelos Leviticus 21:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Leviticus/r/21:5)

לָא יִמְרְטוּן מְרַט בְּרֵישְׁהוֹן וּפָאתָא דְדִקְנְהוֹן לָא יְגַלְּחוּן וּבְבִשְׂרְהוֹן לָא יְחַבְּלוּן חִבּוּל:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
They shall not make baldness on their heads and the corners of their beards they shall not shave, and they shall not make gashes in their flesh.


###### Onkelos Leviticus 21:6
[Onkelos Leviticus 21:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Leviticus/r/21:6)

קַדִּישִׁין יְהוֹן **קֳדָם** אֱלָהֲהוֹן וְלָא יְחַלּוּן שְׁמָא דֶּאֱלָהֲהוֹן אֲרֵי יָת **קֻרְבְּנַיָּא** דַיְיָ **קֻרְבָּן** אֱלָהֲהוֹן אִנּוּן מַקְרִיבִין וִיהוֹן קַדִּישִׁין:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
They shall be holy to [**before**] their God and they shall not profane the Name of their God, for [it is] the fire-offerings [**offerings**] of Adonoy, the bread [**sacrifice**] of their God [that] they bring [offer], and they must [therefore] be holy.


###### Onkelos Leviticus 21:7
[Onkelos Leviticus 21:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Leviticus/r/21:7)

אִתְּתָא **מַטְעֲיָא** וּמְחַלְּלָא לָא יִסְּבוּן וְאִתְּתָא דִּמְתָרְכָא מִבַּעְלַהּ לָא יִסְּבוּן אֲרֵי קַדִּישׁ הוּא **קֳדָם** אֱלָהֵיהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
A harlot [**One who strays**] or a profaned woman they shall not marry. A woman divorced from her husband they shall not marry, for he is holy to [**before**] his God.


###### Onkelos Leviticus 21:8
[Onkelos Leviticus 21:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Leviticus/r/21:8)

וּתְקַדְּשִׁנֵּיהּ אֲרֵי יָת **קֻרְבַּן** אֱלָהָךְ הוּא מְקָרֵב קַדִּישׁ יְהֵי לָךְ אֲרֵי קַדִּישׁ אֲנָא יְיָ מְקַדִּשְׁכוֹן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
You shall make him holy for he offers the bread [**sacrifice**] of your God; he shall be holy unto you for I, Adonoy, am holy, Who makes you holy.


###### Onkelos Leviticus 21:9
[Onkelos Leviticus 21:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Leviticus/r/21:9)

וּבַת גְּבַר כָּהֵן אֲרֵי תִתְחַל **לְמִטְעֵי מִקְּדֻשַּׁת אֲבוּהָ הִיא מִתַּחֲלָא** בְּנוּרָא תִּתּוֹקָד:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
The daughter of a *kohein*, who profanes herself by fornication [**straying**]—she profanes her father—[**she becomes profane with respect to her father’s holiness**] she shall be burned with fire.


###### Onkelos Leviticus 21:10
[Onkelos Leviticus 21:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Leviticus/r/21:10)

וְכַהֲנָא דְאִתְרַבָּא מֵאֲחוֹהִי דְּ יִתָּרִיק עַל רֵישֵׁיהּ מִשְׁחָא **דִרְבוּתָא** וְדִי **קָרִיב יָת קֻרְבָּנֵיהּ** לְמִלְבַּשׁ יָת לְבוּשַׁיָּא יָת רֵישֵׁיהּ לָא יְרַבֵּי פֵרוּעַ וּלְבוּשׁוֹהִי לָא יִבְזַע:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
The *kohein* who is greatest among his brethren upon whose head was poured the anointing oil [**which inaugurates to greatness**]; whose hands [**sacrifices**] were consecrated [**offered**] to put on the special garments; shall not let his hair grow wild and he shall not tear his garments.


###### Onkelos Leviticus 21:11
[Onkelos Leviticus 21:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Leviticus/r/21:11)

וְעַל כָּל נַפְשַׁת מֵתָא לָא יֵיעוֹל לַאֲבוּהִי וּלְאִמֵּיהּ לָא יִסְתָּאָב:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
And adjacent to any dead body he shall not enter. For his father and mother he shall not become [ritually] impure.


###### Onkelos Leviticus 21:12
[Onkelos Leviticus 21:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Leviticus/r/21:12)

וּמִין מַקְדְּשָׁא לָא יִפּוֹק וְלָא יַחֵל יָת מַקְדְּשָׁא דֶאֱלָהֵיהּ אֲרֵי כְּלִיל מְשַׁח **רְבוּתָא** דֶאֱלָהֵיהּ עֲלוֹהִי אֲנָא יְיָ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
He shall not depart from the Sanctuary and he shall not profane his Gods Sanctuary, for the crown of his Gods anointing oil [**which inaugurates to greatness**] is upon him, I am Adonoy.


###### Onkelos Leviticus 21:13
[Onkelos Leviticus 21:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Leviticus/r/21:13)

וְהוּא אִתְּתָא בִּבְתֻלְתָּהָא יִסָּב:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
He shall marry [only] a virgin.


###### Onkelos Leviticus 21:14
[Onkelos Leviticus 21:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Leviticus/r/21:14)

אַרְמְלָא וּמְתָרְכָא וְחַלִּילָא **מַטְעֲיָא** יָת אִלֵּין לָא יִסָּב אֱלָהֵן בְּתֻלְתָּא מֵעַמֵּיהּ יִסַּב אִתְּתָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
A widow, divorcee, profaned woman or harlot [**one who strays**]; he may not marry [any] of these. But only a virgin from his own people may he marry.


###### Onkelos Leviticus 21:15
[Onkelos Leviticus 21:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Leviticus/r/21:15)

וְלָא יַחֵל זַרְעֵיהּ בְּעַמֵּיהּ אֲרֵי אֲנָא יְיָ מְקַדְּשֵׁיהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
He shall not profane his offspring among his people, for I am Adonoy, who makes him holy.


###### Onkelos Leviticus 21:16
[Onkelos Leviticus 21:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Leviticus/r/21:16)

וּמַלִּיל יְיָ עִם משֶׁה לְמֵימָר:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Adonoy spoke to Moshe, saying;


###### Onkelos Leviticus 21:17
[Onkelos Leviticus 21:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Leviticus/r/21:17)

מַלֵּל עִם אַהֲרֹן לְמֵימָר גְּבַר מִבְּנָיךְ לְדָרֵיהוֹן דִּי יְהֵי בֵיהּ מוּמָא לָא יִקְרַב לְקָרָבָא **קֻרְבָּנָא קֳדָם** אֱלָהֵיהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Speak to Aharon saying; Anyone of your offspring, through [all] their generations who will have a blemish, shall not approach to offer the bread [**sacrifice**] of [**before**] his God.


###### Onkelos Leviticus 21:18
[Onkelos Leviticus 21:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Leviticus/r/21:18)

אֲרֵי כָל גְּבַר דִּי בֵיהּ מוּמָא לָא יִקְרָב גְּבַר עַוִּיר אוֹ חֲגִיר אוֹ חָרִים אוֹ שְׂרִיעַ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
For any man who has a blemish shall not approach; a blind man or a lame man, or a man with a sunken nose, or a man who has disproportionate limbs.


###### Onkelos Leviticus 21:19
[Onkelos Leviticus 21:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Leviticus/r/21:19)

אוֹ גְבַר דִּי יְהֵי בֵיהּ תְּבַר רַגְלָא אוֹ תְּבַר יְדָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
or a man who has a broken (crippled) foot, or a broken (crippled) hand,


###### Onkelos Leviticus 21:20
[Onkelos Leviticus 21:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Leviticus/r/21:20)

אוֹ גְבִין אוֹ דֻקָּא אוֹ חִלִּיז בְּעֵינֵיהּ אוֹ גַרְבָן אוֹ חֲזָזָן אוֹ מְרַס פַּחֲדִין:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
or one with overhanging eyebrows, or with a cataract, or a disarrangement [in the eye], or one with scurf or scabs, or one with crushed testicles.


###### Onkelos Leviticus 21:21
[Onkelos Leviticus 21:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Leviticus/r/21:21)

כָּל גְּבַר דִּי בֵיהּ מוּמָא מִזַּרְעָא דְּאַהֲרֹן כַּהֲנָא לָא יִקְרַב לְקָרָבָא יָת **קֻרְבָּנַיָּא** דַיְיָ מוּמָא בֵיהּ יָת **קֻרְבַּן** אֱלָהֵיהּ לָא יִקְרַב לְקָרָבָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Any man who has a blemish, who is a descendant of Aharon the *kohein*, shall not approach to offer the fire-offerings [**offerings**] of Adonoy. He has a blemish; the bread [**sacrifice**] of his God he may not approach to offer [as an offering].


###### Onkelos Leviticus 21:22
[Onkelos Leviticus 21:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Leviticus/r/21:22)

קֻרְבַּן אֱלָהֵיהּ מִקֹּדֶשׁ קוּדְשַׁיָּא וּמִן קוּדְשַׁיָּא יֵיכוּל:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
The bread of his God which is of the most holy, and from the holy [offerings] he may eat.


###### Onkelos Leviticus 21:23
[Onkelos Leviticus 21:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Leviticus/r/21:23)

בְּרַם לְפָרֻכְתָּא לָא יֵיעוֹל וּלְמַדְבְּחָא לָא יִקְרַב אֲרֵי מוּמָא בֵיהּ וְלָא יַחֵל יָת מַקְדְּשַׁי אֲרֵי אֲנָא יְיָ מְקַדִּשְׁהוֹן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
However, he may not enter beyond the Curtain and he shall not approach the Altar for he has a blemish and he shall not profane My holy things, for I am Adonoy, who sanctifies them.


###### Onkelos Leviticus 21:24
[Onkelos Leviticus 21:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Leviticus/r/21:24)

וּמַלִּיל משֶׁה עִם אַהֲרֹן וְעִם בְּנוֹהִי וְעִם כָּל בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Moshe spoke [these words] to Aharon, and to his sons and to all of Bnei Yisroel.