Leviticus 22

1 Then the LORD said to Moses,

2 “Tell Aaron and his sons to treat with respect the sacred offerings that the Israelites have consecrated to Me, so that they do not profane My holy name. I am the LORD.

3 Tell them that for the generations to come, if any of their descendants in a state of uncleanness approaches the sacred offerings that the Israelites consecrate to the LORD, that person must be cut off from My presence. I am the LORD.

4 If a descendant of Aaron has a skin disease or a discharge, he may not eat the sacred offerings until he is clean. Whoever touches anything defiled by a corpse or by a man who has an emission of semen,

5 or whoever touches a crawling creature or a person that makes him unclean, whatever the uncleanness may be—

6 the man who touches any of these will remain unclean until evening. He must not eat from the sacred offerings unless he has bathed himself with water.

7 When the sun has set, he will become clean, and then he may eat from the sacred offerings, for they are his food.

8 He must not eat anything found dead or torn by wild animals, which would make him unclean. I am the LORD.

9 The priests must keep My charge, lest they bear the guilt and die because they profane it. I am the LORD who sanctifies them.

10 No one outside a priest’s family may eat the sacred offering, nor may the guest of a priest or his hired hand eat it.

11 But if a priest buys a slave with his own money, or if a slave is born in his household, that slave may eat his food.

12 If the priest’s daughter is married to a man other than a priest, she is not to eat of the sacred contributions.

13 But if a priest’s daughter with no children becomes widowed or divorced and returns to her father’s house, she may share her father’s food as in her youth. But no outsider may share it.

14 If anyone eats a sacred offering in error, he must add a fifth to its value and give the sacred offering to the priest.

15 The priests must not profane the sacred offerings that the Israelites present to the LORD

16 by allowing the people to eat the sacred offerings and thus to bear the punishment for guilt. For I am the LORD who sanctifies them.”

17 Then the LORD said to Moses,

18 “Speak to Aaron and his sons and all the Israelites and tell them, ‘Any man of the house of Israel or any foreign resident who presents a gift for a burnt offering to the LORD, whether to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering,

19 must offer an unblemished male from the cattle, sheep, or goats in order for it to be accepted on your behalf.

20 You must not present anything with a defect, because it will not be accepted on your behalf.

21 When a man presents a peace offering to the LORD from the herd or flock to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering, it must be without blemish or defect to be acceptable.

22 You are not to present to the LORD any animal that is blind, injured, or maimed, or anything with a running sore, a festering rash, or a scab; you must not put any of these on the altar as a food offering to the LORD.

23 You may present as a freewill offering an ox or sheep that has a deformed or stunted limb, but it is not acceptable in fulfillment of a vow.

24 You are not to present to the LORD an animal whose testicles are bruised, crushed, torn, or cut; you are not to sacrifice them in your land.

25 Neither you nor a foreigner shall present food to your God from any such animal. They will not be accepted on your behalf, because they are deformed and flawed.’”

26 Then the LORD said to Moses,

27 “When an ox, a sheep, or a goat is born, it must remain with its mother for seven days. From the eighth day on, it will be acceptable as a food offering presented to the LORD.

28 But you must not slaughter an ox or a sheep on the same day as its young.

29 When you sacrifice a thank offering to the LORD, offer it so that it may be acceptable on your behalf.

30 It must be eaten that same day. Do not leave any of it until morning. I am the LORD.

31 You are to keep My commandments and practice them. I am the LORD.

32 You must not profane My holy name. I must be acknowledged as holy among the Israelites. I am the LORD who sanctifies you,

33 who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God. I am the LORD.”

1 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

2 Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, and that they profane not my holy name [in those things] which they hallow unto me: I [am] the LORD.

3 Say unto them, Whosoever [he be] of all your seed among your generations, that goeth unto the holy things, which the children of Israel hallow unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from my presence: I [am] the LORD.

4 What man soever of the seed of Aaron [is] a leper, or hath a running issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he be clean. And whoso toucheth any thing [that is] unclean [by] the dead, or a man whose seed goeth from him;

5 Or whosoever toucheth any creeping thing, whereby he may be made unclean, or a man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatsoever uncleanness he hath;

6 The soul which hath touched any such shall be unclean until even, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he wash his flesh with water.

7 And when the sun is down, he shall be clean, and shall afterward eat of the holy things; because it [is] his food.

8 That which dieth of itself, or is torn [with beasts], he shall not eat to defile himself therewith: I [am] the LORD.

9 They shall therefore keep mine ordinance, lest they bear sin for it, and die therefore, if they profane it: I the LORD do sanctify them.

10 ¶ There shall no stranger eat [of] the holy thing: a sojourner of the priest, or an hired servant, shall not eat [of] the holy thing.

11 But if the priest buy [any] soul with his money, he shall eat of it, and he that is born in his house: they shall eat of his meat.

12 If the priest's daughter also be [married] unto a stranger, she may not eat of an offering of the holy things.

13 But if the priest's daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no child, and is returned unto her father's house, as in her youth, she shall eat of her father's meat: but there shall no stranger eat thereof.

14 And if a man eat [of] the holy thing unwittingly, then he shall put the fifth [part] thereof unto it, and shall give [it] unto the priest with the holy thing.

15 And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto the LORD;

16 Or suffer them to bear the iniquity of trespass, when they eat their holy things: for I the LORD do sanctify them.

17 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

18 Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them, Whatsoever [he be] of the house of Israel, or of the strangers in Israel, that will offer his oblation for all his vows, and for all his freewill offerings, which they will offer unto the LORD for a burnt offering;

19 [Ye shall offer] at your own will a male without blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats.

20 [But] whatsoever hath a blemish, [that] shall ye not offer: for it shall not be acceptable for you.

21 And whosoever offereth a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD to accomplish [his] vow, or a freewill offering in beeves or sheep, it shall be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish therein.

22 Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scurvy, or scabbed, ye shall not offer these unto the LORD, nor make an offering by fire of them upon the altar unto the LORD.

23 Either a bullock or a lamb that hath any thing superfluous or lacking in his parts, that mayest thou offer [for] a freewill offering; but for a vow it shall not be accepted.

24 Ye shall not offer unto the LORD that which is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut; neither shall ye make [any offering thereof] in your land.

25 Neither from a stranger's hand shall ye offer the bread of your God of any of these; because their corruption [is] in them, [and] blemishes [be] in them: they shall not be accepted for you.

26 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

27 When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it shall be seven days under the dam; and from the eighth day and thenceforth it shall be accepted for an offering made by fire unto the LORD.

28 And [whether it be] cow or ewe, ye shall not kill it and her young both in one day.

29 And when ye will offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto the LORD, offer [it] at your own will.

30 On the same day it shall be eaten up; ye shall leave none of it until the morrow: I [am] the LORD.

31 Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I [am] the LORD.

32 Neither shall ye profane my holy name; but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel: I [am] the LORD which hallow you,

33 That brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I [am] the LORD.

1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying:

2 Tell Aaron and his sons to abstain from the holy things of the children of Israel, which they hallow unto me, and not to profane my holy name: for I am the LORD.

3 Say therefore unto them concerning their seed: Whosoever of your seed shall come near unto the holy things, which the children of Israel sanctify unto the LORD, and shall defile himself against them, his soul shall be cut off from my face: for I am the LORD.

4 Whosoever is leprous of the seed of Aaron, or hath an issue, he shall not eat of the holy things, until he be clean. For whosoever toucheth an unclean body, or whose seed escapeth in his sleep,

5 And whosoever toucheth any thing that is unclean to him, or any man that is unclean to him, and all that defileth him:

6 Whosoever toucheth the soul of one shall be unclean until the even: he shall not eat of the holy things, but shall first bathe his body in water.

7 And when the sun is down, and he is clean, then may he eat thereof: for it is his food.

8 A carcase, and that which is torn of wild beasts, shall he not eat; lest he be defiled thereby: for I am the LORD.

9 Therefore let them keep my statutes, lest they bring sin upon themselves, and die by it, when they profane themselves: for I am the LORD that sanctifieth them.

10 No other shall eat of the holy things, neither the priest's household, nor the hireling.

11 And if the priest buy a soul for his money, he may eat of it: and whatsoever is born unto him in his house may eat of his bread.

12 And if the priest's daughter be a stranger's wife, she shall not eat of the holy heave.

13 And if she be a widow, or cast out, and have no seed, and come again to her father's house, then she shall eat of her father's bread, as when she was a maid. But no stranger shall eat thereof.

14 And whosoever eateth of the holy things shall add the fifth part unto it, and give it unto the priest with the holy things,

15 That they profane not the holy things of the children of Israel, which they set apart unto the LORD,

16 That they be not laden with iniquity and guilt, when they eat their holy things: for I am the LORD that sanctifieth them.

17 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying:

18 Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the children of Israel, saying, Whatsoever Israelite or stranger that is in Israel will offer his oblation, whether it be of their vows, or of their own free will, to offer a burnt offering acceptable unto the LORD from among you,

19 This shall be a male, and without change, of cattle, or of lambs, or of kids.

20 Ye shall not sacrifice any thing that hath blemish: for it shall not be acceptable unto you.

21 And whosoever shall offer a peace offering unto the LORD, a special vow, or a freewill offering, of oxen or sheep, it shall be without change, that it may be acceptable; it shall have no blemish.

22 If it be blind, or infirm, or beaten, or scrawny, or ashen, or ashamed, ye shall not offer it unto the LORD, neither shall ye offer any sacrifice of it upon the altar of the LORD.

23 An ox or a sheep, which hath uncommon members, or changeable members, thou mayest offer of thy own free will; but it may not be acceptable for a vow.

24 Neither shalt thou offer unto the LORD any thing that is bruised, or torn, or rent, or wounded; neither shalt thou do it in your land.

25 Neither shalt thou offer any of these of the hand of a stranger beside the bread of your God: for it is not fit, neither is it wanting: therefore it shall not be acceptable unto you.

26 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying:

27 When an ox, or a lamb, or a goat, is born, it shall be with its mother seven days; and on the eighth day and after that it may be offered unto the LORD, and it shall be accepted.

28 Whether it be an ox or a lamb, it shall not be killed with his young in one day.

29 But if ye will offer a sacrifice of praise unto the LORD, that shall be acceptable unto you,

30 Then shall ye eat it that day, and shall keep nothing over till the morning: for I am the LORD.

31 Therefore keep my commandments, and do them: for I am the LORD.

32 That ye profane not my holy name, and that I be sanctified among the children of Israel: for I am the LORD that sanctifieth you,

33 Who brought you up out of the land of Egypt, that I might be your God, I the LORD. Chapter 23. Order of the noblest festivals.