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.

Other Translations of Leviticus 21:20

King James Version

20 Or crookbackt, or a dwarf, a dwarf: or, too slender or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken;

English Standard Version

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

The Message

20 hunchbacked or dwarfed, who has anything wrong with his eyes, who has running sores or damaged testicles.

New King James Version

20 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 Living Translation

20 or is hunchbacked or dwarfed, or has a defective eye, or skin sores or scabs, or damaged testicles.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Leviticus 21:20

Chapter Contents

Laws concerning the priests.

As these priests were types of Christ, so all ministers must be followers of him, that their example may teach others to imitate the Saviour. Without blemish, and separate from sinners, He executed his priestly office on earth. What manner of persons then should his ministers be! But all are, if Christians, spiritual priests; the minister especially is called to set a good example, that the people may follow it. Our bodily infirmities, blessed be God, cannot now shut us out from his service, from these privileges, or from his heavenly glory. Many a healthful, beautiful soul is lodged in a feeble, deformed body. And those who may not be suited for the work of the ministry, may serve God with comfort in other duties in his church.