Leviticus 22 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 The LORD spoke to Moses, And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, The LORD said to Moses,
2 |Tell Aaron and his sons that they must respect the holy offerings which the Israelites set apart for me. In this way they will not dishonor my holy name. I am the LORD. “Speak to Aaron and his sons so that they abstain from the holy things of the people of Israel, which they dedicate to me, so that they do not profane my holy name: I am the LORD. “Tell Aaron and his sons to treat with respect the sacred offerings the Israelites consecrate to me, so they will not profane my holy name. I am the LORD.
3 |Tell them: In future generations if any of your descendants, while unclean, comes near the holy offerings the Israelites set apart for the LORD, that person must be excluded from my presence. I am the LORD. Say to them, ‘If any one of all your offspring throughout your generations approaches the holy things that the people of Israel dedicate to the LORD, while he has an uncleanness, that person shall be cut off from my presence: I am the LORD. “Say to them: ‘For the generations to come, if any of your descendants is ceremonially unclean and yet comes near the sacred offerings that the Israelites consecrate to the LORD, that person must be cut off from my presence. I am the LORD.
4 |No descendant of Aaron who has a skin disease or a discharge may eat any of the holy offerings until he is clean. Any person who has an emission of semen or touches a dead body, None of the offspring of Aaron who has a leprous disease or a discharge may eat of the holy things until he is clean. Whoever touches anything that is unclean through contact with the dead or a man who has had an emission of semen, “’If a descendant of Aaron has a defiling skin disease or a bodily discharge, he may not eat the sacred offerings until he is cleansed. He will also be unclean if he touches something defiled by a corpse or by anyone who has an emission of semen,
5 an unclean swarming creature, or an unclean person and whoever touches a swarming thing by which he may be made unclean or a person from whom he may take uncleanness, whatever his uncleanness may be— or if he touches any crawling thing that makes him unclean, or any person who makes him unclean, whatever the uncleanness may be.
6 will be unclean until evening. He must not eat any of the holy offerings unless he has washed himself. the person who touches such a thing shall be unclean until the evening and shall not eat of the holy things unless he has bathed his body in water. The one who touches any such thing will be unclean till evening. He must not eat any of the sacred offerings unless he has bathed himself with water.
7 When the sun has set, he will be clean. Then he may eat the holy offerings because they are his food. When the sun goes down he shall be clean, and afterward he may eat of the holy things, because they are his food. When the sun goes down, he will be clean, and after that he may eat the sacred offerings, for they are his food.
8 He must never eat the meat of an animal that dies naturally or is killed by wild animals. It will make him unclean. I am the LORD. He shall not eat what dies of itself or is torn by beasts, and so make himself unclean by it: I am the LORD.’ He must not eat anything found dead or torn by wild animals, and so become unclean through it. I am the LORD.
9 The priests must do what I order, or their sin will bring them death because they dishonored a holy offering. I am the LORD, who sets them apart as holy. They shall therefore keep my charge, lest they bear sin for it and die thereby when they profane it: I am the LORD who sanctifies them. “’The priests are to perform my service in such a way that they do not become guilty and die for treating it with contempt. I am the LORD, who makes them holy.
10 |Laypeople must never eat any holy offering, even if they are visiting a priest or are working for him. “A lay person shall not eat of a holy thing; no foreign guest of the priest or hired worker shall eat of a holy thing, “’No one outside a priest’s family may eat the sacred offering, nor may the guest of a priest or his hired worker eat it.
11 But if a priest buys a slave, the slave and anyone born in his household may eat the priest's food. but if a priest buys a slave as his property for money, the slave may eat of it, and anyone born in his house may eat of his food. But if a priest buys a slave with money, or if slaves are born in his household, they may eat his food.
12 However, if a priest's daughter marries a layman, she must never eat the food taken from the holy contributions. If a priest’s daughter marries a layman, she shall not eat of the contribution of the holy things. If a priest’s daughter marries anyone other than a priest, she may not eat any of the sacred contributions.
13 If a priest's daughter is widowed or divorced, doesn't have any children, and comes back to live in her father's home, she may eat her father's food. But a layperson must never eat it. But if a priest’s daughter is widowed or divorced and has no child and returns to her father’s house, as in her youth, she may eat of her father’s food; yet no lay person shall eat of it. But if a priest’s daughter becomes a widow or is divorced, yet has no children, and she returns to live in her father’s household as in her youth, she may eat her father’s food. No unauthorized person, however, may eat it.
14 |Those who eat a holy offering by mistake must give another holy offering to the priest and add one-fifth more to it. And if anyone eats of a holy thing unintentionally, he shall add the fifth of its value to it and give the holy thing to the priest. “’Anyone who eats a sacred offering by mistake must make restitution to the priest for the offering and add a fifth of the value to it.
15 Priests must not dishonor the holy offerings that the Israelites contribute to the LORD. They shall not profane the holy things of the people of Israel, which they contribute to the LORD, The priests must not desecrate the sacred offerings the Israelites present to the LORD
16 They must make those people pay the penalty for their guilt because they have eaten the priests' holy offerings. I am the LORD, who sets them apart as holy.| and so cause them to bear iniquity and guilt, by eating their holy things: for I am the LORD who sanctifies them.” by allowing them to eat the sacred offerings and so bring upon them guilt requiring payment. I am the LORD, who makes them holy.’”
17 The LORD spoke to Moses, And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, The LORD said to Moses,
18 |Tell Aaron, his sons, and all the Israelites: Israelites or foreigners may bring burnt offerings to the LORD for anything they vowed or as freewill offerings. “Speak to Aaron and his sons and all the people of Israel and say to them, When any one of the house of Israel or of the sojourners in Israel presents a burnt offering as his offering, for any of their vows or freewill offerings that they offer to the LORD, “Speak to Aaron and his sons and to all the Israelites and say to them: ‘If any of you—whether an Israelite or a foreigner residing in Israel—presents a gift for a burnt offering to the LORD, either to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering,
19 The offering must be a male that has no defects from your cattle, sheep, or goats in order to be accepted. if it is to be accepted for you it shall be a male without blemish, of the bulls or the sheep or the goats. you must present a male without defect from the cattle, sheep or goats in order that it may be accepted on your behalf.
20 Never bring any animal with a physical defect, because it will not be accepted on your behalf. You shall not offer anything that has a blemish, for it will not be acceptable for you. Do not bring anything with a defect, because it will not be accepted on your behalf.
21 A person may bring the LORD a fellowship offering to fulfill a vow or for a freewill offering. Whether it is from the cattle, sheep, or goats, it must be an animal that has no defects in order to be accepted. It must never be an animal that has defects. And when anyone offers a sacrifice of peace offerings to the LORD to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering from the herd or from the flock, to be accepted it must be perfect; there shall be no blemish in it. When anyone brings from the herd or flock a fellowship offering to the LORD to fulfill a special vow or as a freewill offering, it must be without defect or blemish to be acceptable.
22 Never bring the LORD an animal that is blind, has broken bones, cuts, warts, scabs, or ringworm. Never give the LORD any of these in a sacrifice by fire on the altar. Animals blind or disabled or mutilated or having a discharge or an itch or scabs you shall not offer to the LORD or give them to the LORD as a food offering on the altar. Do not offer to the LORD the blind, the injured or the maimed, or anything with warts or festering or running sores. Do not place any of these on the altar as a food offering presented to the LORD.
23 You may use a bull or a sheep with a deformity or one that is stunted in growth as a freewill offering. However, it will not be accepted for a vow. You may present a bull or a lamb that has a part too long or too short for a freewill offering, but for a vow offering it cannot be accepted. You may, however, present as a freewill offering an ox or a sheep that is deformed or stunted, but it will not be accepted in fulfillment of a vow.
24 Never bring the LORD an animal that has bruised, crushed, torn out, or cut out testicles. Never do any of these things to an animal in your land. Any animal that has its testicles bruised or crushed or torn or cut you shall not offer to the LORD; you shall not do it within your land, You must not offer to the LORD an animal whose testicles are bruised, crushed, torn or cut. You must not do this in your own land,
25 Never bring any kind of castrated animal received from a foreigner as a food offering for your God. A castrated animal will not be accepted on your behalf because castration is a physical defect.| neither shall you offer as the bread of your God any such animals gotten from a foreigner. Since there is a blemish in them, because of their mutilation, they will not be accepted for you.” and you must not accept such animals from the hand of a foreigner and offer them as the food of your God. They will not be accepted on your behalf, because they are deformed and have defects.’”
26 The LORD spoke to Moses, And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, The LORD said to Moses,
27 |When a calf, a lamb, or a goat is born, it must stay with its mother for seven days. From the eighth day on it may be accepted as a sacrifice by fire to the LORD. “When an ox or sheep or goat is born, it shall remain seven days with its mother, and from the eighth day on it shall be acceptable as a food offering to the LORD. “When a calf, a lamb or a goat is born, it is to remain with its mother for seven days. From the eighth day on, it will be acceptable as a food offering presented to the LORD.
28 Never slaughter a cow or a sheep and its young the same day. But you shall not kill an ox or a sheep and her young in one day. Do not slaughter a cow or a sheep and its young on the same day.
29 |When you sacrifice a thank offering to the LORD, do it in the proper way. And when you sacrifice a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the LORD, you shall sacrifice it so that you may be accepted. “When you sacrifice a thank offering to the LORD, sacrifice it in such a way that it will be accepted on your behalf.
30 Eat it the same day. Never leave any of it until morning. I am the LORD. It shall be eaten on the same day; you shall leave none of it until morning: I am the LORD. It must be eaten that same day; leave none of it till morning. I am the LORD.
31 |Carefully obey my commands. I am the LORD. “So you shall keep my commandments and do them: I am the LORD. “Keep my commands and follow them. I am the LORD.
32 Never dishonor my holy name. I will show my holiness among the Israelites. I am the LORD, who sets you apart as holy. And you shall not profane my holy name, that I may be sanctified among the people of Israel. I am the LORD who sanctifies you, Do not profane my holy name, for I must be acknowledged as holy by the Israelites. I am the LORD, who made you holy
33 I brought you out of Egypt to be your God. I am the LORD.| who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God: I am the LORD.” and who brought you out of Egypt to be your God. I am the LORD.”
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