[1] And the Lord said to Moses, [2] Give orders to Aaron and to his sons to
keep themselves separate from the holy things of the children of Israel
which they give to me, and not to make my holy name common: I am the Lord,
[3] Say to them, If any man of all your seed through all your generations,
being unclean, comes near the holy things which the children of Israel make
holy to the Lord, he will be cut off from before me: I am the Lord. [4] No
man of the seed of Aaron who is a leper, or who has a flow from his body,
may take of the holy food till he is clean. And any man touching anything
which is unclean because of the dead, or any man whose seed goes from him;
[5] Or anyone touching any unclean thing which goes flat on the earth, or
someone by whom he may be made unclean in any way whatever; [6] Any person
touching any such unclean thing will be unclean till evening, and may not
take of the holy food till his flesh has been bathed in water; [7] And when
the sun has gone down he will be clean; and after that he may take part in
the holy food, because it is his bread. [8] That which comes to a natural
death, or is attacked by beasts, he may not take as food, for it will make
him unclean: I am the Lord. [9] So then, let them keep what I have put into
their care, for fear that sin may come on them because of it, so causing
their death because they have made it common: I am the Lord, who make them
holy. [10] No outside person may take of the holy food, or one living as a
guest in the priest's house, or a servant working for payment. [11] But any
person for whom the priest has given money, to make him his, may take of it
with him; and those who come to birth in his house may take of his bread.
[12] And if the daughter of a priest is married to an outside person she
may not take of the holy things which are lifted up as offerings. [13] But
if a priest's daughter is a widow, or parted from her husband, and has no
child, and has come back to her father's house as when she was a girl, she
may take of her father's bread; but no outside person may do so. [14] And
if a man takes the holy food in error, he will have to give the holy thing
back to the priest, with the addition of a fifth part. [15] And they may
not make common the holy things which the children of Israel give to the
Lord, [16] So causing sin to come on them when they take their holy things
for food: I am the Lord who make them holy. [17] And the Lord said to
Moses, [18] Say to Aaron and to his sons and to all the children of Israel,
If any man of the children of Israel, or of another nation living in
Israel, makes an offering, given because of an oath or freely given to the
Lord for a burned offering; [19] So that it may be pleasing to the Lord,
let him give a male, without any mark, from among the oxen or the sheep or
the goats. [20] But anything which has a mark you may not give; it will not
make you pleasing to the Lord. [21] And whoever makes a peace-offering to
the Lord, in payment of an oath or as a free offering, from the herd or the
flock, if it is to be pleasing to the Lord, let it be free from any mark or
damage. [22] Anything blind or broken or damaged or having any disease or
any mark on it may not be offered to the Lord; you may not make an offering
of it by fire on the altar to the Lord. [23] An ox or a lamb which has more
or less than its natural parts, may be given as a free offering; but it
will not be taken in payment of an oath. [24] An animal which has its sex
parts damaged or crushed or broken or cut, may not be offered to the Lord;
such a thing may not be done anywhere in your land. [25] And from one who
is not an Israelite you may not take any of these for an offering to the
Lord; for they are unclean, there is a mark on them, and the Lord will not
be pleased with them. [26] And the Lord said to Moses, [27] When an ox or a
sheep or a goat is given birth, let it be with its mother for seven days;
and after the eighth day it may be taken as an offering made by fire to the
Lord. [28] A cow or a sheep may not be put to death with its young on the
same day. [29] And when you make an offering of praise to the Lord, make it
in a way which is pleasing to him. [30] Let it be used for food on the same
day; do not keep any part of it till the morning: I am the Lord. [31] So
then, keep my orders and do them: I am the Lord. [32] And do not make my
holy name common; so that it may be kept holy by the children of Israel: I
am the Lord who make you holy, [33] Who took you out of the land of Egypt
that I might be your God: I am the Lord.
