And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, "Speak to Aaron, saying: 'No man of your descendants in succeeding generations, who has any defect, may approach to offer the bread of his God. For any man who has a defect shall not approach: a man blind or lame, who has a marred face or any limb too long, a man who has a broken foot or broken hand, 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....The veil and the altar were in front of the very presence of God. God used natural things as types and shadows throughout the Old Testament to reveal spiritual truths.
'He may eat the bread of his God, both the most holy and the holy; only he shall not go near the veil or approach the altar, because he has a defect, lest he profane My sanctuaries; for I the LORD sanctify them.'"
(Lev. 21:16-20, 22-23)
People with defects represented individuals who have not accepted Jesus as their Savior. They have the defect of sin on them and cannot enter into the presence of God, but those who have accepted Jesus are clean, without defect, and can enter into the presence of God (Col. 1:22).
Also notice Hebrews 10:19-20: "Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His flesh."
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