OLD TESTAMENT

Leviticus 21:18

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For whatever man he is that has a defect, he shall not draw near: a blind man, or a lame, or he who has a flat nose, or any deformity,

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Verse 18. Nose. Hebrew “a flat nose, or any thing superfluous.” Septuagint “the nose, (hand) or ears slit.” This verse rejects those whose members are too large, as the next does those who have them too small.

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