Leviticus 22
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1Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
KJVAnd the LORDH3068 spakeH1696(H8762) unto MosesH4872, sayingH559(H8800),
2 “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 Yahweh.
KJVSpeakH1696(H8761) unto AaronH175 and to his sonsH1121, that they separateH5144(H8735) themselves from the holy thingsH6944 of the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478, and that they profaneH2490(H8762) not my holyH6944 nameH8034 in those things which they hallowH6942(H8688) unto me: I am the LORDH3068.
3 “Tell them, ‘If anyone of all your offspring throughout your generations approaches the holy things which the children of Israel make holy to Yahweh, having his uncleanness on him, that soul shall be cut off from before me. I am Yahweh.
KJVSayH559(H8798) unto them, WhosoeverH376 he be of all your seedH2233 among your generationsH1755, that goethH7126(H8799) unto the holy thingsH6944, which the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478 hallowH6942(H8686) unto the LORDH3068, having his uncleannessH2932 upon him, that soulH5315 shall be cut offH3772(H8738) from my presenceH6440: I am the LORDH3068.
4 “‘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,
KJVWhat man soeverH376 of the seedH2233 of AaronH175 is a leperH6879(H8803), or hath a running issueH2100(H8802); he shall not eatH398(H8799) of the holy thingsH6944, until he be cleanH2891(H8799). And whoso touchethH5060(H8802) any thing that is uncleanH2931 by the deadH5315, or a manH376 whose seedH2233H7902 goethH3318(H8799) from him;
5 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—
KJVOr whosoeverH376 touchethH5060(H8799) any creeping thingH8318, whereby he may be made uncleanH2930(H8799), or a manH120 of whom he may take uncleannessH2930(H8799), whatsoever uncleannessH2932 he hath;
6 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.
KJVThe soulH5315 which hath touchedH5060(H8799) any such shall be uncleanH2930(H8804) until evenH6153, and shall not eatH398(H8799) of the holy thingsH6944, unlessH518 he washH7364(H8804) his fleshH1320 with waterH4325.
7 When the sun is down, he shall be clean; and afterward he shall eat of the holy things, because it is his bread.
KJVAnd when the sunH8121 is downH935(H8804), he shall be cleanH2891(H8804), and shall afterwardH310 eatH398(H8799) of the holy thingsH6944; because it is his foodH3899.
8 He shall not eat that which dies of itself or is torn by animals, defiling himself by it. I am Yahweh.
KJVThat which dieth of itselfH5038, or is tornH2966 with beasts, he shall not eatH398(H8799) to defileH2930(H8800) himself therewith: I am the LORDH3068.
9 “‘They shall therefore follow my commandment, lest they bear sin for it and die in it, if they profane it. I am Yahweh who sanctifies them.
KJVThey shall therefore keepH8104(H8804) mine ordinanceH4931, lest they bearH5375(H8799) sinH2399 for it, and dieH4191(H8804) therefore, if they profaneH2490(H8762) it: I the LORDH3068 do sanctifyH6942(H8764) them.
10 “‘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.
KJVThere shall no strangerH2114(H8801) eatH398(H8799) of the holy thingH6944: a sojournerH8453 of the priestH3548, or an hired servantH7916, shall not eatH398(H8799) of the holy thingH6944.
11 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.
KJVBut if the priestH3548 buyH7069(H8799) any soulH5315 withH7075 his moneyH3701, he shall eatH398(H8799) of it, and he that is bornH3211 in his houseH1004: they shall eatH398(H8799) of his meatH3899.
12 If a priest’s daughter is married to an outsider, she shall not eat of the heave offering of the holy things.
KJVIf the priest'sH3548 daughterH1323 also be married unto a strangerH376H2114(H8801), she may not eatH398(H8799) of an offeringH8641 of the holy thingsH6944.
13 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.
KJVBut if the priest'sH3548 daughterH1323 be a widowH490, or divorcedH1644(H8803), and have no childH2233, and is returnedH7725(H8804) unto her father'sH1 houseH1004, as in her youthH5271, she shall eatH398(H8799) of her father'sH1 meatH3899: but there shall no strangerH2114(H8801) eatH398(H8799) thereof.
14 “‘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.
KJVAnd if a manH376 eatH398(H8799) of the holy thingH6944 unwittinglyH7684, then he shall putH3254(H8804) the fifthH2549 part thereof unto it, and shall giveH5414(H8804) it unto the priestH3548 with the holy thingH6944.
15 The priests shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer to Yahweh,
KJVAnd they shall not profaneH2490(H8762) the holy thingsH6944 of the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478, which they offerH7311(H8686) unto the LORDH3068;
16 and so cause them to bear the iniquity that brings guilt when they eat their holy things; for I am Yahweh who sanctifies them.’”
KJVOr suffer them to bearH5375(H8689) the iniquityH5771 of trespassH819, when they eatH398(H8800) their holy thingsH6944: for I the LORDH3068 do sanctifyH6942(H8764) them.
17 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
KJVAnd the LORDH3068 spakeH1696(H8762) unto MosesH4872, sayingH559(H8800),
18 “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 Yahweh for a burnt offering:
KJVSpeakH1696(H8761) unto AaronH175, and to his sonsH1121, and unto all the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478, and sayH559(H8804) unto them, WhatsoeverH376 he be of the houseH1004 of IsraelH3478, or of the strangersH1616 in IsraelH3478, that will offerH7126(H8686) his oblationH7133 for all his vowsH5088, and for all his freewill offeringsH5071, which they will offerH7126(H8686) unto the LORDH3068 for a burnt offeringH5930;
19 that you may be accepted, you shall offer a male without defect, of the bulls, of the sheep, or of the goats.
KJVYe shall offer at your own willH7522 a maleH2145 without blemishH8549, of the beevesH1241, of the sheepH3775, or of the goatsH5795.
20 But you shall not offer whatever has a defect, for it shall not be acceptable for you.
KJVBut whatsoever hath a blemishH3971, that shall ye not offerH7126(H8686): for it shall not be acceptableH7522 for you.
21 Whoever offers a sacrifice of peace offerings to Yahweh 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.
KJVAnd whosoeverH376 offerethH7126(H8686) a sacrificeH2077 of peace offeringsH8002 unto the LORDH3068 to accomplishH6381(H8763) his vowH5088, or a freewill offeringH5071 in beevesH1241 or sheepH6629, it shall be perfectH8549 to be acceptedH7522; there shall be no blemishH3971 therein.
22 You shall not offer what is blind, is injured, is maimed, has a wart, is festering, or has a running sore to Yahweh, nor make an offering by fire of them on the altar to Yahweh.
KJVBlindH5788, or brokenH7665(H8803), or maimedH2782(H8803), or having a wenH2990, or scurvyH1618, or scabbedH3217, ye shall not offerH7126(H8686) these unto the LORDH3068, nor makeH5414(H8799) an offering by fireH801 of them upon the altarH4196 unto the LORDH3068.
23 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.
KJVEither a bullockH7794 or a lambH7716 that hath any thing superfluousH8311(H8803) or lacking in his partsH7038(H8803), that mayest thou offerH6213(H8799) for a freewill offeringH5071; but for a vowH5088 it shall not be acceptedH7521(H8735).
24 You must not offer to Yahweh that which has its testicles bruised, crushed, broken, or cut. You must not do this in your land.
KJVYe shall not offerH7126(H8686) unto the LORDH3068 that which is bruisedH4600(H8803), or crushedH3807(H8803), or brokenH5423(H8803), or cutH3772(H8803); neither shall ye makeH6213(H8799) any offering thereof in your landH776.
25 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.’”
KJVNeither from a stranger'sH5236 handH3027H1121 shall ye offerH7126(H8686) the breadH3899 of your GodH430 of any of these; because their corruptionH4893 is in them, and blemishesH3971 be in them: they shall not be acceptedH7521(H8735) for you.
26 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
KJVAnd the LORDH3068 spakeH1696(H8762) unto MosesH4872, sayingH559(H8800),
27 “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 Yahweh.
KJVWhen a bullockH7794, or a sheepH3775, or a goatH5795, is brought forthH3205(H8735), then it shall be sevenH7651 daysH3117 under the damH517; and from the eighthH8066 dayH3117 and thenceforthH1973 it shall be acceptedH7521(H8735) for an offeringH7133 made by fireH801 unto the LORDH3068.
28 Whether it is a cow or ewe, you shall not kill it and its young both in one day.
KJVAnd whether it be cowH7794 or eweH7716, ye shall not killH7819(H8799) it and her youngH1121 both in oneH259 dayH3117.
29 “When you sacrifice a sacrifice of thanksgiving to Yahweh, you shall sacrifice it so that you may be accepted.
KJVAnd when ye will offerH2076(H8799) a sacrificeH2077 of thanksgivingH8426 unto the LORDH3068, offerH2076(H8799) it at your own willH7522.
30 It shall be eaten on the same day; you shall leave none of it until the morning. I am Yahweh.
KJVOn the same dayH3117 it shall be eaten upH398(H8735); ye shall leaveH3498(H8686) none of it until the morrowH1242: I am the LORDH3068.
31 “Therefore you shall keep my commandments, and do them. I am Yahweh.
KJVTherefore shall ye keepH8104(H8804) my commandmentsH4687, and doH6213(H8804) them: I am the LORDH3068.
32 You shall not profane my holy name, but I will be made holy among the children of Israel. I am Yahweh who makes you holy,
KJVNeither shall ye profaneH2490(H8762) my holyH6944 nameH8034; but I will be hallowedH6942(H8738) amongH8432 the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478: I am the LORDH3068 which hallowH6942(H8762) you,
33 who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God. I am Yahweh.”
KJVThat brought you outH3318(H8688) of the landH776 of EgyptH4714, to be your GodH430: I am the LORDH3068.
Leviticus 22
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