Leviticus 22
1 The Lord told Moses,
And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
2 “Tell Aaron and his sons to be dedicated when dealing with the holy offerings that the Israelites have dedicated to me, so that they don't dishonor my holy character. I am the Lord.
Speak to 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 to me: I am the LORD.
3 Tell them: These rules apply for all future generations. If any of your descendants in an unclean state comes close to the holy offerings that the Israelites dedicate to honor the Lord, that person must be expelled from my presence. I am the Lord.
Say to them, Whoever he be of all your seed among your generations, that goes to the holy things, which the children of Israel hallow to the LORD, having his uncleanness on him, that soul shall be cut off from my presence: I am the LORD.
4 If one of Aaron's descendants has a skin disease or a discharge, he is not allowed to eat the holy offerings until he is clean. Anyone who touches anything made unclean by a dead body or by a man who has had a release of semen,
What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or has a running issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he be clean. And whoever touches any thing that is unclean by the dead, or a man whose seed goes from him;
5 or anyone who touches an unclean animal or an unclean person, (whatever the uncleanness is),
Or whoever touches any creeping thing, whereby he may be made unclean, or a man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatever uncleanness he has;
6 anyone who touches anything like this will remain unclean until evening. He is not allowed to eat from the holy offerings unless he has washed himself with water.
The soul which has touched any such shall be unclean until even, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he wash his flesh with water.
7 At sunset he will become clean, and then he is allowed to eat from the holy offerings because they provide his food.
And when the sun is down, he shall be clean, and shall afterward eat of the holy things; because it is his food.
8 He must not eat anything that's died, or killed by wild animals, because that would make him unclean. I am the Lord.
That which dies of itself, or is torn with beasts, he shall not eat to defile himself therewith; I am the LORD.
9 The priests must do as I demand, so that they don't become guilty and die because they have not done so, treating my requirements with contempt. I am the Lord who makes them holy.
They shall therefore keep my ordinance, lest they bear sin for it, and die therefore, if they profane it: I the LORD do sanctify them.
10 Anyone who isn't part of a priest's family is not allowed eat the holy offerings. This also applies to a priest's guest or his paid worker.
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 However, if a priest uses his own money to buy a slave, or if a slave is born in the priest's household, then that slave is allowed to eat his food.
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 gets married to a man who isn't a priest, she is not allowed to eat the holy offerings.
If the priest’s daughter also be married to a stranger, she may not eat of an offering of the holy things.
13 But if a priest's daughter without children is widowed or divorced and goes back to her father's house, she is allowed to eat her father's food as she did when she was growing up. But no one outside the priest's family can eat it.
But if the priest’s daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no child, and is returned to her father’s house, as in her youth, she shall eat of her father’s meat: but there shall be no stranger eat thereof.
14 Anyone who eats a holy offering by mistake must pay compensation by adding a fifth to its value, and give it all to the priest.
And if a man eat of the holy thing unwittingly, then he shall put the fifth part thereof to it, and shall give it to the priest with the holy thing.
15 The priests must not make the holy offerings the Israelites present to the Lord unclean
And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer to the LORD;
16 by allowing the people to eat them and in so doing take upon themselves the punishment for guilt. For I am the Lord who makes them holy.”
Or suffer them to bear the iniquity of trespass, when they eat their holy things: for I the LORD do sanctify them.
17 The Lord told Moses,
And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
18 “Tell Aaron, his sons and all the Israelites: If you or foreigner living with you wants to make a gift as a burnt offering to the Lord, whether it's to fulfill a promise or as a freewill offering, this is what you are to do.
Speak to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the children of Israel, and say to them, Whatever 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 to the LORD for a burnt offering;
19 If it is to be accepted on your behalf you must offer a male without defects from the herds of cattle, sheep, or goats.
You shall offer at your own will a male without blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats.
20 Don't present anything with a defect because it won't be accepted on your behalf.
But whatever has a blemish, that shall you not offer: for it shall not be acceptable for you.
21 If you want to present a peace offering to the Lord from the herd or flock to fulfill a promise or as a freewill offering, in order to be acceptable the animal must be perfect, completely without defects.
And whoever offers a sacrifice of peace offerings to 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 Don't present to the Lord an animal that is blind, injured, or damaged in some way, or has warts, skin sores, or scabs. Don't place any animal that has these on the altar as a food offering to the Lord.
Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a running sore, or scurvy, or scabbed, you shall not offer these to the LORD, nor make an offering by fire of them on the altar to the LORD.
23 However, you can present a freewill offering of a bull or sheep that has a leg that is too long or too short, but not if it is a sacrifice to fulfill a promise.
Either a bullock or a lamb that has any thing superfluous or lacking in his parts, that may you offer for a freewill offering; but for a vow it shall not be accepted.
24 Don't present to the Lord an animal with testicles that are accidentally or deliberately damaged. You are not allowed to sacrifice any of these damaged animals in your land.
You shall not offer to the LORD that which is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut; neither shall you make any offering thereof in your land.
25 Nor are you allowed to accept such animals from a foreigner to be damaged and defective.”
Neither from a stranger’s hand shall you 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 The Lord told Moses,
And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
27 “When a bull, a sheep, or a goat is born, it must stay with its mother for seven days. After eight days it can be accepted as a food offering to the Lord.
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 thereafter it shall be accepted for an offering made by fire to the LORD.
28 However, don't kill a bull or a sheep and its young on the same day.
And whether it be cow, or ewe, you shall not kill it and her young both in one day.
29 When you present a thank offering to the Lord, make sure to do so in a way that it will be accepted on your behalf.
And when you will offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the LORD, offer it at your own will.
30 It has to be eaten on the same day. Don't leave any of it until morning. I am the Lord.
On the same day it shall be eaten up; you shall leave none of it until the morrow: I am the LORD.
31 Keep my rules and put them into practice. I am the Lord.
Therefore shall you keep my commandments, and do them: I am the LORD.
32 Don't disgrace my holy character. I must be accepted as holy by you. I am the Lord who makes you holy.
Neither shall you profane my holy name; but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel: I am the LORD which hallow you,
33 I am the one who led you out of Egypt to be your God. I am the Lord.”
That brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD.
