Dwarfs

A dwarf appears once in scripture, inside the catalogue of bodily conditions that bar a son of Aaron from drawing near to offer the bread of his God at the altar.

Excluded from the priestly approach

The Holiness Code lays out who among Aaron's descendants may not present offerings, and the list is itemized one body-state at a time. After the blind, the lame, the disfigured-of-face, and those with limbs too long, the catalogue continues: "or crook-backed, or a dwarf, or who has a blemish in his eye, or is scurvy, or scabbed, or has his stones broken" (Le 21:20). The summary that follows fixes the scope of the exclusion: "no man of the seed of Aaron the priest, who has a blemish, will come near to offer the offerings of Yahweh made by fire: he has a blemish; he will not come near to offer the bread of his God" (Le 21:21). The disqualification does not reach to the priest's share of the food — "He will eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy" (Le 21:22) — only "he will not go in to the veil, nor come near to the altar" (Le 21:23).