Leviticus 22

1 The Lord also spoke to Moses saying:

The LORD 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 the LORD.

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 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 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,

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

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 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 bathes 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.

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

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 commandment, lest they bear sin for it and die in it, if they profane it. I am the LORD 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 those who are born in his house 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 the LORD,

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 the LORD who sanctifies them.’”

17 And the Lord spoke 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 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, ‘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 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 defect, 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 you shall not offer whatever has a defect, 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 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 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.

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 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 free will 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.

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 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.

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 the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

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

Whether it is a cow or ewe, 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 the LORD, 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 the LORD.

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

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

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 amongst the children of Israel. I am the LORD 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 the LORD.”