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Home Study Questions Why is a flat nose a badge of dishonor (Lev 21:18)?
Was King James anti-black?

Why is a flat nose a badge of dishonor (Lev 21:18)?
Was King James anti-black?

For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or any thing superfluous, 19Or a man that is brokenfooted, or brokenhanded, 20Or crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken; 21No man that hath a blemish of the seed of Aaron the priest shall come nigh to offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire: he hath a blemish; he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God.

Leviticus 21:18-21 

I do not believe it has anything to do with race. As you can see, many of the blemishes are not from birth but from wounds in war, accidents, etc.

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.

From this context, I would have to say that a flat nose is one that has been broken.

(King James had no part in the actual translating of the Bible known by his name.)

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