Leviticus 21–23

Chapter 21

¹And Jehovah said to Moses, Speak unto the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none make himself unclean for a dead person among his peoples, ²except for his immediate relation, who is near unto him—for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother; ³and for his sister, a virgin, that is near unto him, who hath had no husband, for her may he make himself unclean. ⁴He shall not make himself unclean who is a chief among his peoples, to profane himself. ⁵They shall not make any baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corners of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh. ⁶They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their God; for they present Jehovah’s offerings by fire, the bread of their God; therefore shall they be holy. ⁷They shall not take as wife a whore, or a dishonoured woman; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband; for he is holy unto his God. ⁸And thou shalt hallow him; for the bread of thy God doth he present: he shall be holy unto thee; for I, Jehovah, who hallow you am holy. ⁹And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burned with fire.

¹⁰And the high priest among his brethren, on whose head the anointing oil was poured, and who is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor rend his garments. ¹¹Neither shall he come near any person dead, nor make himself unclean for his father and for his mother; ¹²neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am Jehovah. ¹³And he shall take a wife in her virginity. ¹⁴A widow, or a divorced woman, or a dishonoured one, a harlot, these shall he not take; but he shall take as wife a virgin from among his peoples. ¹⁵And he shall not profane his seed among his peoples; for I am Jehovah who do hallow him.

¹⁶And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, ¹⁷Speak unto Aaron, saying, Any of thy seed throughout their generations that hath any defect, shall not approach to present the bread of his God; ¹⁸for whatever man hath a defect, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or one limb longer than the other, ¹⁹or a man that is broken-footed, or broken-handed, ²⁰or hump-backed, or withered, or that hath a spot in his eye, or hath the itch, or scabs, or his testicles broken. ²¹No man of the seed of Aaron the priest that hath defect shall come near to present Jehovah’s offerings by fire: he hath a defect; he shall not come near to present the bread of his God. ²²The bread of his God, of the most holy and of the holy, shall he eat; ²³only he shall not come in unto the veil, nor shall he draw near unto the altar; for he hath a defect: that he profane not my sanctuaries; for I am Jehovah who do hallow them. ²⁴And Moses told it to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the children of Israel.

Chapter 22

¹And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, ²Speak 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 the things that they hallow unto me: I am Jehovah. ³Say unto them, Every one of all your seed, throughout your generations, that approacheth the holy things, which the children of Israel hallow unto Jehovah, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from before me: I am Jehovah. ⁴Whatsoever man of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or hath a flux, he shall not eat of the holy things, until he is clean. And he that toucheth any one that is unclean by a dead person, or a man whose seed of copulation hath passed from him; ⁵or a man that toucheth any crawling thing whereby he becometh unclean, or a man by whom he may become unclean, whatever may be his uncleanness, ⁶—a person that toucheth any such shall be unclean until even, and shall not eat of the holy things; but he shall bathe his flesh with water, ⁷and when the sun goeth down, he shall be clean, and may afterwards eat of the holy things; for it is his food. ⁸Of a dead carcase and what is torn shall he not eat, to make himself unclean therewith: I am Jehovah. ⁹And they shall keep my charge, lest they bear sin for it, and die by it, if they profane it: I am Jehovah who do hallow them.

¹⁰And no stranger shall eat the holy thing; the sojourner with the priest, and the hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing. ¹¹But if a priest buy any one for money, he may eat of it, and he that is born in his house: they may eat of his food. ¹²And a priest’s daughter who is married to a stranger may not eat of the heave-offering of the holy things. ¹³But a priest’s daughter that becometh a widow, or is divorced, and hath no seed, and returneth unto her father’s house, as in her youth, she may eat of her father’s food; but no stranger shall eat thereof. ¹⁴And if a man eat of a holy thing through inadvertence, then he shall put the fifth part thereof unto it, and shall give it unto the priest with the holy thing. ¹⁵And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel which they offer unto Jehovah, ¹⁶and cause them to bear the iniquity of trespass when they eat their holy things; for I am Jehovah who do hallow them.

¹⁷And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, ¹⁸Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them, Whatever man of the house of Israel, or of the sojourners in Israel, that presenteth his offering for any of his vows, and for any of his voluntary offerings, which they present to Jehovah as a burnt-offering, ¹⁹it shall be for your acceptance, without blemish, a male of the oxen, of the sheep, and of the goats. ²⁰Nothing that hath a defect shall ye present; for it shall not be acceptable for you. ²¹And if any present a sacrifice of peace-offering to Jehovah to accomplish a vow, or a voluntary offering of oxen or small cattle, it shall be without blemish to be accepted: there shall be no defect therein. ²²Blind, or broken, or maimed, or ulcerous, or with itch, or scabbed—ye shall not present these to Jehovah, nor make an offering by fire of them on the altar to Jehovah. ²³A bullock and a sheep that hath a member too long or too short, that mayest thou offer as a voluntary offering; but as a vow it shall not be accepted. ²⁴That which is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut shall ye not present to Jehovah; neither in your land shall ye do the like. ²⁵Nor from the hand of the stranger shall ye present the bread of your God, of any of these; for their corruption is in them: a defect is in them; they shall not be accepted for you. ²⁶And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, ²⁷An ox, or a sheep, or a goat, when it is brought forth, shall be seven days under its dam; and from the eighth day and thenceforth it shall be accepted for an offering by fire to Jehovah. ²⁸A cow, or sheep—it and its young shall ye not slaughter in one day. ²⁹And when ye sacrifice a sacrifice of thanksgiving to Jehovah, ye shall sacrifice it for your acceptance. ³⁰On that day shall it be eaten: ye shall leave none of it until morning: I am Jehovah. ³¹And ye shall observe my commandments and do them: I am Jehovah. ³²And ye shall not profane my holy name; but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel: I am Jehovah who do hallow you, ³³who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am Jehovah.

Chapter 23

¹And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, ²Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the set feasts of Jehovah, which ye shall proclaim as holy convocations—these are my set feasts. ³Six days shall work be done; but on the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, a holy convocation; no manner of work shall ye do: it is the sabbath to Jehovah in all your dwellings.

⁴These are the set feasts of Jehovah, holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons: ⁵In the first month, on the fourteenth of the month, between the two evenings, is the passover to Jehovah. ⁶And on the fifteenth day of this month is the feast of unleavened bread to Jehovah; seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread. ⁷On the first day ye shall have a holy convocation: no manner of servile work shall ye do. ⁸And ye shall present to Jehovah an offering by fire seven days; on the seventh day is a holy convocation: no manner of servile work shall ye do. ⁹And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, ¹⁰Speak unto the children of Israel and say unto them, When ye come into the land that I give unto you, and ye reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the first-fruits of your harvest unto the priest. ¹¹And he shall wave the sheaf before Jehovah, to be accepted for you; on the next day after the sabbath the priest shall wave it. ¹²And ye shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf, a he-lamb without blemish, a yearling, for a burnt-offering to Jehovah; ¹³and the oblation thereof: two tenths of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering by fire to Jehovah for a sweet odour; and the drink-offering thereof, of wine, a fourth part of a hin. ¹⁴And ye shall not eat bread, or roast corn, or green ears, until the same day that ye have brought the offering of your God: it is an everlasting statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

¹⁵And ye shall count from the morning after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave-offering, seven weeks; they shall be complete; ¹⁶even unto the morning after the seventh sabbath shall ye count fifty days; and ye shall present a new oblation to Jehovah. ¹⁷Out of your dwellings shall ye bring two wave-loaves, of two tenths of fine flour; with leaven shall they be baken; as first-fruits to Jehovah. ¹⁸And ye shall present with the bread seven he-lambs without blemish, yearlings, and one young bullock, and two rams: they shall be a…