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Leviticus 22

Various Rules for Priests

1 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Tell Aaron and his sons to be careful with the holy gifts of the sons of Israel, which they dedicate to Me, so as not to profane My holy name; I am the Lord. 3 Say to them, ‘ ^aAny man among all your ^{▼▼Lit seed}descendants throughout your generations who approaches the holy gifts which the sons of Israel consecrate to the Lord, while he has an uncleanness, that person shall be cut off from My presence; I am the Lord. 4 ^cNo man of the ^{▼▼Lit seed}descendants of Aaron, who has ^{▼▼I.e., leprosy or another serious skin disease}leprosy or has a discharge, may eat of the holy gifts until he is clean. ^fAnd one who touches anything made unclean by a corpse, or ^ga man who has a seminal emission, 5 or ^ha man who touches any swarming things by which he is made unclean, or touches any person by whom he is made unclean, whatever his uncleanness; 6 a ^{▼▼Lit soul}person who touches any such thing shall be unclean until evening, and shall not eat of the holy gifts unless he has bathed his ^{▼▼Lit flesh}body in water. 7 But when the sun sets, he will be clean, and afterward he may eat of the holy gifts, for ^kit is his ^{▼▼Lit bread}food. 8 He shall not eat ^man animal which dies or is torn by animals, becoming unclean by it; I am the Lord. 9 They shall therefore perform their ⁿduty to Me, so that ^othey do not bear sin because of it and die by it because they profane it; I am the Lord who sanctifies them.

10 ‘ ^pNo ^{▼▼Or unauthorized person}layman, however, is to eat the holy gift; a foreign resident with the priest or a hired worker shall not eat the holy gift. 11 ^rBut if a priest buys a ^{▼▼Lit soul}slave as his property with his money, ^{▼▼Lit he may}that person may eat of it, and those who are born in his house may eat of his ^{▼▼Lit bread}food. 12 If a priest’s daughter is married to a ^{▼▼Lit stranger}layman, she shall not eat of the ^{▼▼Or uplifted offering}offering of the holy gifts. 13 But if a priest’s daughter becomes a widow or divorced, and has no child and returns to her father’s house as in her youth, she may eat of her father’s ^{▼▼Lit bread}food; ^ybut no ^{▼▼Lit stranger}layman shall eat of it. 14 ^aaIf, however, someone eats a holy food unintentionally, then he shall add to it a fifth of it and shall give the holy food to the priest. 15 And ^abthey shall not profane the holy gifts of the sons of Israel, which they offer to the Lord, 16 and thereby ^acbring upon them ^{▼▼Or wrongdoing requiring a guilt offering}punishment for guilt by eating their holy gifts; for I am the Lord who sanctifies them.’”

Flawless Animals for Sacrifice

17 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 18 “Speak to Aaron and to his sons, and to all the sons of Israel, and say to them, ‘ ^aeAnyone of the house of Israel or of the strangers in Israel who presents his offering, whether it is any of their ^{▼▼Or vowed offerings}vows or any of their ^{▼▼Or freewill offerings}voluntary offerings, which they present to the Lord as a burnt offering-- 19 ^ahfor you to be accepted--it must be a male without defect ^{▼▼Lit among}from the cattle, the sheep, or the goats. 20 ^ajWhatever has a defect, you shall not offer, for it will not be accepted for you. 21 When someone offers a sacrifice of peace offerings to the Lord ^akto fulfill a special vow or for a ^{▼▼Or freewill offering}voluntary offering, ^{▼▼Lit among}of the herd or ^{▼▼Lit among}of the flock, it must be without defect to be accepted; there shall be no defect in it. 22 Those that are blind, fractured, maimed, or have a wart, a festering rash, or scabs, you shall not offer to the Lord, nor make of them an offering by fire on the altar to the Lord. 23 Now as for an ox or a lamb which has an ^{▼▼Or a deformed}overgrown or stunted member, you may present it as a ^{▼▼Or freewill offering}voluntary offering, but for a vow it will not be accepted. 24 Also ^aqanything with its testicles squashed, crushed, torn off, or cut off, you shall not offer to the Lord, nor ^{▼▼Lit do}sacrifice in your land, 25 nor shall you offer any of these animals taken from the hand of a ^{▼▼Lit son of a stranger}foreigner ^atas the ^{▼▼Lit bread}food of your God; for their deformity is in them, they have an impairment. They will not be accepted for you.’”

26 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 27 “When an ox or a sheep or a goat is born, it shall ^{▼▼Lit be}remain ^awseven days ^{▼▼Lit under}with its mother, and from the eighth day on it will be considered acceptable as a sacrifice of an offering by fire to the Lord. 28 ^ayBut, whether it is an ox or a sheep, you shall not slaughter both it and its young in one day. 29 When you sacrifice ^aza sacrifice of thanksgiving to the Lord, you shall sacrifice it so that you may be accepted. 30 It shall be eaten on the same day; you shall leave none of it until morning. I am the Lord. 31 ^baSo you shall keep My commandments, and do them; I am the Lord.

32 “And you shall not profane My holy name, but I will be sanctified among the sons of Israel; I am the Lord who sanctifies you, 33 ^bbwho brought you out from the land of Egypt, to be your God; I am the Lord.”