1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Speak
unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things
of the children of Israel, and that they profane not my holy name in those things which
they hallow unto me: I am the LORD.
3 Say
unto them, Whosoever he be of all your seed among your
generations, that goeth unto the holy things, which the children of Israel
hallow unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut
off from my presence: I am the LORD.
4 What
man soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or hath a running issue; he
shall not eat of the holy things, until he be clean. And whoso toucheth any
thing that is unclean by the
dead, or a man whose seed goeth from him;
5 Or
whosoever toucheth any creeping thing, whereby he may be made unclean, or a man
of whom he may take uncleanness, whatsoever uncleanness he hath;
6 The
soul which hath touched any such shall be unclean until even, and shall not eat
of the holy things, unless he wash his flesh with water.
7 And
when the sun is down, he shall be clean, and shall afterward eat of the holy
things; because it is his food.
8 That
which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts, he shall not eat to
defile himself therewith: I am the LORD.
9 They
shall therefore keep mine ordinance, lest they bear sin for it, and die
therefore, if they profane it: I the LORD do sanctify them.
10 There
shall no stranger eat of the holy thing: a sojourner of the
priest, or an hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.
11 But
if the priest buy any soul with his money, he shall eat of
it, and he that is born in his house: they shall eat of his meat.
12 If
the priest's daughter also be married unto a stranger, she may not eat of an
offering of the holy things.
13 But
if the priest's daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no child, and is
returned unto her father's house, as in her youth, she shall eat of her
father's meat: but there shall no stranger eat thereof.
14 And
if a man eat of the
holy thing unwittingly, then he shall put the fifth part thereof
unto it, and shall give it unto the priest with the holy thing.
15 And
they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they
offer unto the LORD;
16 Or
suffer them to bear the iniquity of trespass, when they eat their holy things:
for I the LORD do sanctify them.
17 And
the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
18 Speak
unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto
them, Whatsoever he be of the house of Israel, or of the
strangers in Israel, that will offer his oblation for all his vows, and for all
his freewill offerings, which they will offer unto the LORD for a burnt
offering;
19 Ye shall offer at your own will a male without
blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats.
20 But whatsoever hath a blemish, that shall
ye not offer: for it shall not be acceptable for you.
21 And
whosoever offereth a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD to accomplish his vow,
or a freewill offering in beeves or sheep, it shall be perfect to be accepted;
there shall be no blemish therein.
22 Blind,
or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scurvy, or scabbed, ye shall not
offer these unto the LORD, nor make an offering by fire of them upon the altar
unto the LORD.
23 Either
a bullock or a lamb that hath any thing superfluous or lacking in his parts,
that mayest thou offer for a freewill offering; but for a vow it
shall not be accepted.
24 Ye
shall not offer unto the LORD that which is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or
cut; neither shall ye make any offering thereof in your land.
25 Neither
from a stranger's hand shall ye offer the bread of your God of any of these;
because their corruption is in them, and blemishes be in them:
they shall not be accepted for you.
26 And
the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
27 When
a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it shall be seven days
under the dam; and from the eighth day and thenceforth it shall be accepted for
an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
28 And whether it be cow
or ewe, ye shall not kill it and her young both in one day.
29 And
when ye will offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto the LORD, offer it at
your own will.
30 On
the same day it shall be eaten up; ye shall leave none of it until the morrow:
I am the
LORD.
31 Therefore
shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I am the LORD.
32 Neither
shall ye profane my holy name; but I will be hallowed among the children of
Israel: I am the
LORD which hallow you,
33 That
brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the
LORD.
