2 Samuel 5:8, No Lame and Blind in the Temple

And David said on that day, “Whoever would strike the Jebusites, let him get up the water shaft to attack ‘the lame and the blind,’ who are hated by David’s soul.” Therefore it is said, “The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.”

//I admit, I honestly don’t know what to make of this verse. It sounds too much like legend. Here’s the deal:

By God’s decree, the lame and blind were apparently not allowed to be priests in the temple.For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall...