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18 Any man who has something wrong with him must not serve as priest and bring sacrifices to me. These men cannot serve as priests: blind men, crippled men, men with bad scars on their faces, men with arms or legs that are too long, 19 men with broken feet or hands, 20 men with bent backs, men who are dwarfs,[a] men who are cross-eyed, men with rashes or bad skin diseases, and men with crushed testicles.

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  1. Leviticus 21:20 dwarfs A small person whose body stopped growing properly.

18 No man who has any defect(A) may come near: no man who is blind(B) or lame,(C) disfigured or deformed; 19 no man with a crippled foot or hand, 20 or who is a hunchback or a dwarf, or who has any eye defect, or who has festering or running sores or damaged testicles.(D)

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