1. Lévitique 21:20 (NEG79)
  2. Explication du texte

What physical defects are mentioned in verse 20?

Lévitique 21:20 (NEG79)

20 un homme bossu ou grêle, ayant une tache à l'œil, la gale, une dartre, ou les testicules écrasés.

Leviticus 21:20 completes the list of physical defects. These include a hunchback (ḡibbēn), a dwarf (ḏǎq), a defect in sight (tᵉḇǎllǔl), an itching disease (gārāḇ), scabs (yǎllěpěṯ), or crushed (mᵉrôªḥ) testicles. Deuteronomy 23:1 prohibits any Israelite with injury to his testicles from attending worship.