Leviticus 22:1-20 ▼

1 And YHWH spoke to Moses, saying,

2 “Speak to Aaron and his sons, and they shall be separated from the holy things of the sons of Israel, lest they profane My holy name that they dedicate to Me. I am YHWH.

3 Say to them throughout your? generations: Any man of all your? seed who goes near the holy things that the sons of Israel dedicate to YHWH, and his uncleanness is upon him, that person shall be cut off from My presence. I am YHWH.

4 Any man of the seed of Aaron and who is a leper or has a discharge—the holy offerings he shall not eat until that he is clean; and whoever touches anything made unclean by a corpse or a man from whom a laying of seed goes out,

5 or a man who touches any swarming thing that is unclean to him or any person who is unclean to him, whatever his uncleanness may be,

6 then the person who has touched any such thing shall be unclean until the evening, and he shall not eat of the holy things, unless if he bathes his flesh with the water.

7 And when the sun goes down, then he shall be clean, and afterward he may eat of the holy things, because it is his food.

8 A carcass or torn thing he shall not eat, to defile himself with it. I am YHWH.

9 And they shall keep My ordinance and bear no sin for it that they die in it because they profane it. I am YHWH, sanctifying them.

10 And not any outsider shall eat the holy thing; one who dwells with the priest and a hireling shall not eat the holy thing.

11 And if a priest buys a person with his silver, he may eat it. And one who is born in his house, they may eat his food.

12 And the daughter of a priest, if she is married to an outsider, she may not eat of the holy contributions.

13 And the daughter of a priest, if she is a widow or divorced and has no seed to her and has returned to the house of her father as in her youth, she may eat from the bread of her father, and no outsider shall eat it.

14 And if a man eats the holy thing in error, then he shall add a fifth to it and he shall restore it to the priest with the holy thing.

15 And they shall not profane the holy things of the sons of Israel, which they offer to YHWH,

16 or allow them to bear the guilt of trespass when they eat their holy things. For I am YHWH, sanctifying them.”

17 And YHWH spoke to Moses, saying,

18 “Speak to Aaron and to his sons and to all the sons of Israel, and say to them, ‘Any man of the house of Israel or of the sojourners in Israel who offers his sacrifice for any of his vows or for any of his freewill offerings that they offer to YHWH as a burnt offering,

19 you? must offer freely an unblemished male of the herd from the sheep or from the goats.

20 Anything that has a blemish in it, you? shall not offer; for it shall not be acceptable on your? behalf.