Leviticus 22

1 The Lord also spoke to Moses saying:

YHWH spoke to Moses, saying,

2 Speak to Aaron and to his sons, so that they may be careful of those things which have been consecrated for the sons of Israel, and so that they may not contaminate the name of the things sanctified to me, which they offer. I am the Lord.

"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 YHWH.

3 Say to them and to their posterity: Every man of your stock, who approaches toward those things which have been consecrated, and which the sons of Israel have brought forward to the Lord, in whom there is uncleanness, shall perish before the Lord. I am the Lord.

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

4 The man of the offspring of Aaron, who is a leper or who is suffering a flow of seed, shall not eat of those things which have been sanctified to me, until he is healed. Whoever will have touched what is unclean because of the dead, and he whose seed goes out from him, as if from sexual intercourse,

"'No man of the descendants of Aaron is a leper or has an issue, may eat of the holy things, until he is clean. Whoever touches anything that is unclean by the dead, a man who has had a seminal emission;

5 and whoever has touched a creeping thing, or any kind of unclean thing, the touching of which is filthy,

or whoever touches any crawling creature, whereby he may be made unclean, or a man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatever uncleanness he has;

6 shall be unclean until evening, and shall not eat those things which have been sanctified. But when he has washed 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 bathe his body in water.

7 and the sun has set, then, having been purified, he shall eat from what has been sanctified, because 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 Whatever dies on its own, and whatever has been seized by a wild beast, they shall not eat, nor shall they be polluted by these. I am the Lord.

That which dies of itself, or is torn by animals, he shall not eat, defiling himself by it. I am YHWH.

9 Let them observe my precepts, so that they may not fall under sin, and die in the Sanctuary, when they will have defiled it. I am the Lord, who sanctifies them.

"'They shall therefore follow my requirements, lest they bear sin for it, and die because of it, if they profane it. I am YHWH who sanctifies them.

10 No foreigner shall eat from what has been sanctified; a guest of the priests and a hired servant shall not eat from them.

"'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 whomever the priest has bought, and whoever has been born into his house, these shall eat from them.

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

12 If the daughter of a priest has been married to any of the people, she shall not eat from what has been sanctified, nor from the first-fruits.

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

13 But if she is a widow or divorced, and, being without children, she returns to her father’s house, she shall be nourished by her father’s foods, just as she was accustomed to do as a girl. No foreigner shall have the authority to eat from them.

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 Whoever, through ignorance, eats from what has been sanctified shall add a fifth part to that which he ate, and he shall give it to the priest at the Sanctuary.

"'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 shall not contaminate what has been sanctified from the sons of Israel, which they offer to the Lord,

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

16 lest perhaps they may suffer the iniquity of their offense, when they will have eaten what has been sanctified. I am the Lord, who sanctifies them.

and so cause them to bear the iniquity that brings guilt, when they eat their holy things: for I am YHWH who sanctifies them.'"

17 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

YHWH spoke to Moses, saying,

18 Speak to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the sons of Israel, and you shall say to them: The man from the house of Israel, or from the newcomers who live with you, who would bring forward his oblation, either fulfilling his vows or offering spontaneously, whatever he brings forward as a holocaust for the Lord,

"Speak to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the children of Israel, and say to them, 'Any man of the house of Israel or the foreigners who sojourn in Israel, who offers his offering, whether it be any of their vows, or any of their freewill offerings, which they offer to YHWH for a burnt offering;

19 in order to be offered through you, shall offer an immaculate male from the oxen, or from the sheep, or from the goats.

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

20 If it has a blemish, you shall not offer it, and it shall not be acceptable.

But whatever has a blemish, that you shall not offer: for it shall not be acceptable for you.

21 The man who will have offered a victim of peace offerings to the Lord, either fulfilling his vows or offering spontaneously, whether of oxen, or of sheep, shall offer what is immaculate, so that it may be acceptable. There shall be no blemish in it.

Whoever offers a sacrifice of peace offerings to YHWH to accomplish a vow, or for a freewill offering, of the herd or of the flock, it shall be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish in it.

22 If it is blind, or if it is broken, or if it has a scar, or if it is has a boil, or a skin disease or infection, you shall not offer these to the Lord, nor shall you burn any of these upon the altar of the Lord.

Blind, injured, maimed, having a wart, festering, or having a running sore, you shall not offer these to YHWH, nor make an offering by fire of them on the altar to YHWH.

23 An ox or a sheep, having an amputated ear or tail, you are able to offer voluntarily, but a vow is not able to be fulfilled by these.

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

24 You shall not offer to the Lord any animal which has the testicles bruised, or crushed, or cut and taken away, and you shall not cause any of these things in your land.

That which has its testicles bruised, crushed, broken, or cut, you shall not offer to YHWH; neither shall you do thus in your land.

25 From the hand of a foreigner, you shall not offer bread to your God, nor anything else that he would choose to give; for all this has been corrupted and blemished. You shall not accept them.

Neither shall you offer the bread of your God from the hand of a foreigner of any of these; because their corruption is in them. There is a blemish in them. They shall not be accepted for you.'"

26 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

YHWH spoke to Moses, saying,

27 An ox, a sheep, or a goat, when they have been born, shall be under the udder of their mother for seven days. But on the eighth day and thereafter, they are able to be offered to the Lord.

"When a bull, or a sheep, or a goat, is born, then it shall remain seven days with its mother; and from the eighth day and thenceforth it shall be accepted for the offering of an offering made by fire to YHWH.

28 Whether it is an ox, or a sheep, they shall not be immolated on the same day with their newborns.

Whether it is an ox or a sheep, you shall not kill it and its young both in one day.

29 If you immolate a victim as an act of thanksgiving to the Lord, so that he may be pleased,

"When you sacrifice a sacrifice of thanksgiving to YHWH, you shall sacrifice it so that you may be accepted.

30 you shall eat it on the same day; none of it shall remain until morning on the next day. I am the Lord.

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

31 Observe my commandments, and do them. I am the Lord.

"Therefore you shall keep my commandments, and do them. I am YHWH.

32 Do not pollute my holy name, so that I may be sanctified in the midst of the sons of Israel. I am the Lord, who sanctifies you,

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

33 and who led you away from the land of Egypt, so that I may be to you as God. I am the Lord.

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