"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,
Or a man that is brokenfooted, or brokenhanded,
Or crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken;
No 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.
He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy.
Only he shall not go in unto the veil, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I the Lord do sanctify them."
Leviticus 21:18-23
There are a lot of things that are difficult to understand in the Old Testament, and the seeming exclusion of everyone with a physical blemish or abnormality seems like it could be concerning, if we thought that God could be discriminating and love one group a little less. Thankfully, I think this is all just about symbolism. Sacrifices were sybolically a type of Christ, and Christ, as a symbol, needs to be pure, whole, and a symbol of perfection.
It's clear that others were allowed into the temple from the "eating the bread of his God" part, and to confirm that God wants us all with him, we have only to pray. I think the prayer sincerely asking whether we are loved is one of the more reliably consistent questions we can ask. It obviously still depends on faith and sincerity, and God's timing... but he wants us to know that we are loved, and that there is always a place for us with him. Let's trust in that, praying for understanding and remembering that God will raise us all with perfect bodies in the resurrection.
