Leviticus 22
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
2 Speak to Aaron and to his sons, and
let them take heed concerning the holy things of the children of Israel, so
they shall not profane my holy name in any of the things which they consecrate
to me: I am the Lord.
3 Say to them, Every man throughout
your generations, whoever of all your seed shall approach to the holy things,
whatsoever the children of Israel shall consecrate to the Lord, while his
uncleanness is upon him, that soul shall be cut off from me: I
am the Lord your God.
4 And the man of the seed of Aaron the
priest, if he should have leprosy or issue of the reins, shall not eat of the
holy things, until he be cleansed; and he that touches any uncleanness of a
dead body, or the man whose seed of copulation shall have gone out from him,
5 or whosoever shall touch any unclean
reptile, which will defile him, or who shall touch a
man, whereby he shall defile him according to all his uncleanness:
6 whatsoever soul shall touch them
shall be unclean until evening; he shall not eat of the holy things, unless he
bathe his body in water, 7 and the sun
go down, and then he shall be clean; and then shall he eat of all the holy
things, for they are his bread. 8 He
shall not eat that which dies of itself, or is taken of beasts, so that he
should be polluted by them: I am the Lord.
9 And they shall keep my ordinances,
that they do not bear iniquity because of them, and die because of them, if
they shall profane them: I am the Lord God that
sanctifies them. 10 And no stranger
shall eat the holy things: one that sojourns with a priest, or a hireling,
shall not eat the holy things. 11 But
if a priest should have a soul purchased for money, he shall eat of his bread;
and they that are born in his house, they also shall eat of his bread.
12 And if the daughter of a priest
should marry a stranger, she shall not eat of the offerings of the sanctuary.
13 And if the daughter of a priest
should be a widow, or put away, and have no seed, she shall return to her
father's house, as in her youth: she shall eat of her father's bread, but no
stranger shall eat of it. 14 And the
man who shall ignorantly eat holy things, shall add the fifth part to it, and
give the holy thing to the priest.
15 And they shall not profane the
holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer to the Lord.
16 So should they bring upon
themselves the iniquity of trespass in their eating their holy things: for I
am the Lord that sanctifies them.
17 And the Lord spoke to Moses,
saying, 18 Speak to Aaron and his
sons, and to all the congregation of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, Any
man of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that abide among them in
Israel, who shall offer his gifts according to all their confession and
according to all their choice, whatsoever they may bring to the Lord for
whole-burnt-offerings— 19 your
free-will-offerings shall be males without blemish of
the herds, or of the sheep, or of the goats.
20 They shall not bring to the Lord
anything that has a blemish in it, for it shall not be acceptable for you.
21 And whatsoever man shall offer a
peace-offering to the Lord, discharging a vow, or in the way of
free-will-offering, or an offering in your feasts, of the herds or of the
sheep, it shall be without blemish for acceptance: there shall be no blemish
in it. 22 One that is blind, or
broken, or has its tongue cut out, or is troubled with warts, or has a
malignant ulcer, or tetters, they shall not offer these to the Lord; neither
shall ye offer any of them for a burnt-offering on the altar of the Lord.
23 And a calf or a sheep with the
ears cut off, or that has lost its tail, thou shalt slay them for thyself; but
they shall not be accepted for thy vow.
24 That which has broken testicles,
or is crushed or gelt or mutilated,—thou shalt not offer them to the Lord,
neither shall ye sacrifice them upon your land.
25 Neither shall ye offer the gifts
of your God of all these things by the hand of a stranger, because there is
corruption in them, a blemish in them: these shall not be accepted for you.
26 And the Lord spoke to Moses,
saying, 27 As for a calf, or a sheep,
or a goat, whenever it is born, then shall it be seven days under its mother;
and on the eighth day and after they shall be accepted for sacrifices, a
burnt-offering to the Lord. 28 And a
bullock and a ewe, it and its young, thou shalt not kill in one day.
29 And if thou shouldest offer a
sacrifice, a vow of rejoicing to the Lord, ye shall offer it so as to be
accepted for you. 30 In that same day
it shall be eaten; ye shall not leave of the flesh till the morrow: I am the
Lord. 31 And ye shall keep my
commandments and do them. 32 And ye
shall not profane the name of the Holy One, and I will be sanctified in the
midst of the children of Israel. I am the Lord that
sanctifies you, 33 who brought you
out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the
Lord.