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Excerpted from: The Priesthood of God (Part 4)This section focuses on some of the physical qualifications for the priesthood. In brief we can say that if any of Aaron's sons were physically disfigured or deformed, that this disqualified the man for the priesthood. To be physically disfigured or deformed marred the picture of what God in His holiness is. God is perfect in body, and He wants those who represent Him in this office to be perfect as well.
What would happen if a priest—let us say working around his house—broke a finger or a hand or an arm? He was disqualified. He could not work around the altar until it was healed and he was a whole man once again. It did not disqualify him forever, but he was not allowed to do anything around the altar until it was healed.
What we are seeing here is that there are boundaries being set. These statements here, in Leviticus 21, are very much like, "This far and no farther"—setting standards regarding physical imperfections required to keep a man away from doing those responsibilities.
So those who serve a holy God in a holy place must be as far removed from unclean or profane as possible, even physically. They must reflect a high human measure of perfect holiness as our savior Jesus Christ and the Father did.
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