Leviticus 22

1 And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,

The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

2 “Speak to Aaron and to his sons, and they are separated from the holy things of the sons of Israel, and they do not defile My holy Name in what they are hallowing to Me; I [am] YHWH.

“Tell Aaron and his sons to separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, which they make holy to me, and that they not profane my holy name. I am the LORD.

3 Say to them: Throughout your generations, any man who draws near, out of all your seed, to the holy things which the sons of Israel sanctify to YHWH, and his uncleanness [is] on him—indeed, that person has been cut off from before My face; I [am] YHWH.

“Tell them, ‘If anyone of all your offspring throughout your generations approaches the holy things which the children of Israel make holy to the LORD, having his uncleanness on him, that soul shall be cut off from before me. I am the LORD.

4 Any man of the seed of Aaron, and he is leprous or has discharging—he does not eat of the holy things until he is clean; and he who is coming against any uncleanness of a person, or a man whose seed [from] intercourse goes out from him,

“‘Whoever of the offspring of Aaron is a leper or has a discharge shall not eat of the holy things until he is clean. Whoever touches anything that is unclean by the dead, or a man who has a seminal emission,

5 or a man who comes against any teeming thing which is unclean to him, or against a man who is unclean to him, even any of his uncleanness—

or whoever touches any creeping thing by which he may be made unclean, or a man from whom he may become unclean, whatever uncleanness he has—

6 the person who comes against it has even been unclean until the evening, and does not eat of the holy things, but has bathed his flesh with water,

the person that touches any such shall be unclean until the evening, and shall not eat of the holy things unless he bathes his body in water.

7 and the sun has gone in, and he has been clean, and afterward he eats of the holy things, for it [is] his food;

When the sun is down, he shall be clean; and afterward he shall eat of the holy things, because it is his bread.

8 he does not eat a carcass or torn thing, to become unclean with it; I [am] YHWH.

He shall not eat that which dies of itself or is torn by animals, defiling himself by it. I am the LORD.

9 And they have kept My charge, and bear no sin for it, that they have died for it when they defile it; I [am] YHWH sanctifying them.

“‘They shall therefore follow my commandment, lest they bear sin for it and die in it, if they profane it. I am the LORD who sanctifies them.

10 And no stranger eats of the holy thing; a settler [with] a priest and a hired worker does not eat of the holy thing;

“‘No stranger shall eat of the holy thing: a foreigner living with the priests, or a hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.

11 but when a priest buys a person, the purchase of his money, he eats of it, also one born in his house; they eat of his bread.

But if a priest buys a slave, purchased by his money, he shall eat of it; and those who are born in his house shall eat of his bread.

12 And a priest’s daughter, when she is a strange man’s, she does not eat of the raised-offering of the holy things;

If a priest’s daughter is married to an outsider, she shall not eat of the heave offering of the holy things.

13 but a priest’s daughter, when she is a widow, or cast out, and has no seed, and has turned back to the house of her father, as [in] her youth, she eats of her father’s bread; but no stranger eats of it.

But if a priest’s daughter is a widow, or divorced, and has no child, and has returned to her father’s house as in her youth, she may eat of her father’s bread; but no stranger shall eat any of it.

14 And when a man eats of a holy thing through ignorance, then he has added its fifth part to it, and has given [it] to the priest, with the holy thing;

“‘If a man eats something holy unwittingly, then he shall add the fifth part of its value to it, and shall give the holy thing to the priest.

15 and they do not defile the holy things of the sons of Israel—that which they lift up to YHWH,

The priests shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer to the LORD,

16 or have caused them to bear the iniquity of the guilt-offering in their eating their holy things; for I [am] YHWH, sanctifying them.”

and so cause them to bear the iniquity that brings guilt when they eat their holy things; for I am the LORD who sanctifies them.’”

17 And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,

The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

18 “Speak to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the sons of Israel, and you have said to them: Any man of the house of Israel, or of the sojourners in Israel, who brings his offering near, of all his vows, or of all his willing offerings which they bring near to YHWH for a burnt-offering—

“Speak to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the children of Israel, and say to them, ‘Whoever is of the house of Israel, or of the foreigners in Israel, who offers his offering, whether it is any of their vows or any of their free will offerings, which they offer to the LORD for a burnt offering:

19 [you bring near] at your pleasure a perfect one, a male of the herd, of the sheep or of the goats;

that you may be accepted, you shall offer a male without defect, of the bulls, of the sheep, or of the goats.

20 nothing in which [is] blemish do you bring near, for it is not for a pleasing thing for you.

But you shall not offer whatever has a defect, for it shall not be acceptable for you.

21 And when a man brings a sacrifice of peace-offerings near to YHWH, to complete a special vow, or for a willing-offering, of the herd or of the flock, it is perfect for a pleasing thing: no blemish is in it.

Whoever offers a sacrifice of peace offerings to the LORD to accomplish a vow, or for a free will offering of the herd or of the flock, it shall be perfect to be accepted. It shall have no defect.

22 Blind, or broken, or maimed, or [having] an oozing sore [[or a defect of the eye]], or itch, or scab—you do not bring these near to YHWH, and you do not make a fire-offering from them on the altar to YHWH.

You shall not offer what is blind, is injured, is maimed, has a wart, is festering, or has a running sore to the LORD, nor make an offering by fire of them on the altar to the LORD.

23 As for an ox or sheep [that] is deformed or stunted—you make it a willing-offering, but it is not pleasing for a vow.

Either a bull or a lamb that has any deformity or lacking in his parts, that you may offer for a free will offering; but for a vow it shall not be accepted.

24 As for bruised, or beaten, or torn, or cut—you do not bring [it] near to YHWH; and in your land you do not do it.

You must not offer to the LORD that which has its testicles bruised, crushed, broken, or cut. You must not do this in your land.

25 And you do not bring the bread of your God near from the hand of a son of a stranger, from any of these, for their corruption [is] in them; blemish [is] in them; they are not pleasing for you.”

You must not offer any of these as the bread of your God from the hand of a foreigner, because their corruption is in them. There is a defect in them. They shall not be accepted for you.’”

26 And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,

The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

27 “When ox, or lamb, or goat is born, and it has been under its mother [for] seven days, then from the eighth day and from now on, it is pleasing for an offering, a fire-offering to YHWH;

“When a bull, a sheep, or a goat is born, it shall remain seven days with its mother. From the eighth day on it shall be accepted for the offering of an offering made by fire to the LORD.

28 but an ox or sheep—you do not slaughter it and its young one in one day.

Whether it is a cow or ewe, you shall not kill it and its young both in one day.

29 And when you sacrifice a sacrifice of thanksgiving to YHWH, you sacrifice at your pleasure;

“When you sacrifice a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the LORD, you shall sacrifice it so that you may be accepted.

30 it is eaten on that day—you do not leave of it until morning; I [am] YHWH.

It shall be eaten on the same day; you shall leave none of it until the morning. I am the LORD.

31 And you have kept my commands and have done them; I [am] YHWH;

“Therefore you shall keep my commandments, and do them. I am the LORD.

32 and you do not defile My holy Name, and I have been hallowed in the midst of the sons of Israel; I [am] YHWH, sanctifying you,

You shall not profane my holy name, but I will be made holy among the children of Israel. I am the LORD who makes you holy,

33 who am bringing you up out of the land of Egypt, to become your God; I [am] YHWH.”

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