Leviticus 21:20
New International Version
or who is a hunchback or a dwarf, or who has any eye defect, or who has festering or running sores or damaged testicles.

New Living Translation
or is hunchbacked or dwarfed, or has a defective eye, or skin sores or scabs, or damaged testicles.

English Standard Version
or a hunchback or a dwarf or a man with a defect in his sight or an itching disease or scabs or crushed testicles.

Berean Standard Bible
or who is a hunchback or dwarf, or who has an eye defect, a festering rash, scabs, or a crushed testicle.

King James Bible
Or crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken;

New King James Version
or is a hunchback or a dwarf, or a man who has a defect in his eye, or eczema or scab, or is a eunuch.

New American Standard Bible
or a contorted back, or one who is a dwarf, or has a spot in his eye, or a festering rash or scabs, or crushed testicles.

NASB 1995
or a hunchback or a dwarf, or one who has a defect in his eye or eczema or scabs or crushed testicles.

NASB 1977
or a hunchback or a dwarf, or one who has a defect in his eye or eczema or scabs or crushed testicles.

Legacy Standard Bible
or a hunchback or a dwarf, or one who has a defect in his eye or eczema or scabs or crushed testicles.

Amplified Bible
or a hunchback or a dwarf, or one who has a defect in his eye or eczema or scabs or crushed testicles.

Christian Standard Bible
or who is a hunchback or a dwarf, or who has an eye defect, a festering rash, scabs, or a crushed testicle.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
or who is a hunchback or a dwarf, or who has an eye defect, a festering rash, scabs, or a crushed testicle.

American Standard Version
or crook-backed, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or is scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken;

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Or is bent over, or is small, or whose eyebrows are fallen, or is dimmed, or whitish in his eyes, or has leprosy in him, or is hunchbacked, or of one testicle;

Brenton Septuagint Translation
or hump-backed, or blear-eyed, or that has lost his eye-lashes, or a man who has a malignant ulcer, or tetter, or one that has lost a testicle.

Contemporary English Version
if he is a hunchback or a dwarf, if an eye or his skin is diseased, or if his testicles have been damaged.

Douay-Rheims Bible
If he be crookbacked, or blear eyed, or have a pearl in his eye, or a continual scab, or a dry scurf in his body, or a rupture:

English Revised Version
or crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or is scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken;

GOD'S WORD® Translation
who is a hunchback or dwarf, who has defective sight, skin diseases, or crushed testicles.

Good News Translation
no one who is a hunchback or a dwarf; no one with any eye or skin disease; and no eunuch.

International Standard Version
has scoliosis, is a dwarf, or has an eye defect, an itching disease, scabs, or a crushed testicle.

JPS Tanakh 1917
or crook-backed, or a dwarf, or that hath his eye overspread, or is scabbed, or scurvy, or hath his stones crushed;

Literal Standard Version
or hunchbacked, or a dwarf, or [with] a defect in his eye, or [with] an itch, or [with] a scab, or [with] a broken testicle.

Majority Standard Bible
or who is a hunchback or dwarf, or who has an eye defect, a festering rash, scabs, or a crushed testicle.

New American Bible
or who is a hunchback or dwarf or has a growth in the eye, or who is afflicted with sores, scabs, or crushed testicles.

NET Bible
or a hunchback, or a dwarf, or one with a spot in his eye, or a festering eruption, or a feverish rash, or a crushed testicle.

New Revised Standard Version
or a hunchback, or a dwarf, or a man with a blemish in his eyes or an itching disease or scabs or crushed testicles.

New Heart English Bible
or hunchbacked, or a dwarf, or one who has a defect in his eye, or an itching disease, or scabs, or who has damaged testicles;

Webster's Bible Translation
Or crooked-backed, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his peculiar members broken:

World English Bible
or hunchbacked, or a dwarf, or one who has a defect in his eye, or an itching disease, or scabs, or who has damaged testicles.

Young's Literal Translation
or hump-backed, or a dwarf, or with a mixture in his eye, or a scurvy person, or scabbed, or broken-testicled.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Restrictions Against Those with Blemishes
19no man who has a broken foot or hand, 20or who is a hunchback or dwarf, or who has an eye defect, a festering rash, scabs, or a crushed testicle. 21No descendant of Aaron the priest who has a defect shall approach to present the offerings made by fire to the LORD. Since he has a defect, he is not to come near to offer the food of his God.…

Cross References
Leviticus 21:19
no man who has a broken foot or hand,

Leviticus 22:22
You are not to present to the LORD any animal that is blind, injured, or maimed, or anything with a running sore, a festering rash, or a scab; you must not put any of these on the altar as an offering made by fire to the LORD.

Leviticus 22:24
You are not to present to the LORD an animal whose testicles are bruised, crushed, torn, or cut; you are not to sacrifice them in your land.

Deuteronomy 23:1
No man with crushed or severed genitals may enter the assembly of the LORD.

Isaiah 56:3
Let no foreigner who has joined himself to the LORD say, "The LORD will utterly exclude me from His people." And let the eunuch not say, "I am but a dry tree."


Treasury of Scripture

Or hunch back, or a dwarf, or that has a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or has his stones broken;

a dwarf.

Deuteronomy 23:1
He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD.

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Blemish Broken Crushed Damaged Defect Disease Diseased Dwarfed Eczema Eye Festering Itching Members Overspread Parts Peculiar Running Scabbed Scabs Scurvy Sex Skin Small Sores Stones Testicles Withered
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Leviticus 21
1. Of the priests' mourning
6. Of their holiness
7. Of their marriages
8. Of their estimation
9. Of the high priest's holiness
10. Of his marriage
13. The priests that have blemishes must not minister in the sanctuary














(20) Or crookbackt.--Rather, or whose eyebrows cover his eyes. This is the sense given to this clause during the second Temple. Hence the ancient Chaldee version of Jonathan translates it, "whose eyebrows lying cover his eyes." That is, the hair, of the eyebrows are so thick, heavy, and long, that they join together and cover his eyes, thus interfering with his eyesight, and rendering him unsightly in appearance.

Or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye.--Better, or hath a cataract or a fusion of the white and black in his eye, as the administrators of the Law during the second Temple interpret the two defects here spoken of.

Or be scurvy, or scabbed.--According to the authorities in the time of Christ, both these are kinds of ulcers or scurvy; the former is a scab which is dry both within and without, whilst the second is a scab which is moist within and dry without, and which clings to a man till he dies.

Or hath his stones broken.--That is, one whose testicles are injured. This included several kinds of defectiveness, which are exhibited in the different renderings of the ancient versions, but all refer to the same seat of the blemish.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
or
אֽוֹ־ (’ōw-)
Conjunction
Strong's 176: Desire, if

who is a hunchback
גִבֵּ֣ן (ḡib·bên)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 1384: Crookbacked, humpbacked

or
אוֹ־ (’ōw-)
Conjunction
Strong's 176: Desire, if

dwarf,
דַ֔ק (ḏaq)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 1851: Crushed, small, thin

or
א֖וֹ (’ōw)
Conjunction
Strong's 176: Desire, if

who has an eye
בְּעֵינ֑וֹ (bə·‘ê·nōw)
Preposition-b | Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5869: An eye, a fountain

defect,
תְּבַלֻּ֣ל (tə·ḇal·lul)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 8400: Confusion, obscurity

a festering rash,
גָרָב֙ (ḡā·rāḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1618: An itch, a scab

scabs,
יַלֶּ֔פֶת (yal·le·p̄eṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 3217: Scab, scurf (an eruptive disease)

or
א֤וֹ (’ōw)
Conjunction
Strong's 176: Desire, if

a crushed
מְר֥וֹחַ (mə·rō·w·aḥ)
Adjective - masculine singular construct
Strong's 4790: Perhaps a rubbing away

testicle.
אָֽשֶׁךְ׃ (’ā·šeḵ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 810: A testicle


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