Leviticus 9–11

9And ^ait came to pass on the eighth day, that Moses called Aaron and his sons, and the elders of Israel; ²And he said unto Aaron, ^bTake thee a young calf for a sin offering, ^cand a ram for a burnt offering, without blemish, and offer them before the Lord. ³And unto the children of Israel thou shalt speak, saying, ^dTake ye a kid of the goats for a sin offering; and a calf and a lamb, both of the first year, without blemish, for a burnt offering; ⁴Also ^ea bullock and a ram for peace offerings, to sacrifice before the Lord; and ^fa meat offering mingled with oil: for ^gto day the Lord will appear unto you. ⁵And they brought that which Moses commanded before the tabernacle of the congregation: and all the congregation drew near and stood before the Lord. ⁶And Moses said, This is the thing which the Lord commanded that ye should do: and the glory of the Lord shall appear unto you. ⁷And Moses said unto Aaron, Go unto the altar, and offer ^hthy sin offering, and ^hthy burnt offering, and make an atonement for thyself, and for the people: and ⁱoffer the offering of the people, and make an atonement for them; as the Lord commanded.

⁸Aaron therefore went unto the altar, and slew the calf of the sin offering, which was for himself. ^9kAnd the sons of Aaron brought the blood unto him: and he dipped his finger in the blood, and ^lput it upon the horns of the altar, and poured out the blood at the bottom of the altar: ^10mBut the fat, and the kidneys, and the caul above the liver of the sin offering, he burnt upon the altar; ⁿas the Lord commanded Moses. ^11oAnd the flesh and the hide he burnt with fire without the camp. ¹²And he slew the burnt offering; and Aaron’s sons presented unto him the blood, ^pwhich he sprinkled round about upon the altar. ^13qAnd they presented the burnt offering unto him, with the pieces thereof, and the head: and he burnt them upon the altar. ^14rAnd he did wash the inwards and the legs, and burnt them upon the burnt offering on the altar.

^15sAnd he brought the people’s offering, and took the goat, which was the sin offering for the people, and slew it, and ^toffered it for sin, as the first. ¹⁶And he brought the burnt offering, and offered it according to the ^||manner. ¹⁷And he brought ^uthe meat offering, and ^†took an handful thereof, and burnt it upon the altar, ^xbeside the burnt sacrifice of the morning. ¹⁸He slew also the bullock and the ram for ^ya sacrifice of peace offerings, which was for the people: and Aaron’s sons presented unto him the blood, which he sprinkled upon the altar round about, ¹⁹And the fat of the bullock and of the ram, the rump, and that which covereth ^zthe inwards, and the kidneys, and the caul above the liver: ²⁰And they put the fat upon the breasts, and he burnt the fat upon the altar: ²¹And the breasts and the right shoulder Aaron waved ^afor a wave offering before the Lord; as Moses commanded.

²²And Aaron ^blifted up his hand toward the people, and ^cblessed them, and came down from offering of the sin offering, and the burnt offering, and peace offerings. ²³And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of the congregation, and came out, and blessed the people: ^dand the glory of the Lord appeared unto all the people. ²⁴And ^ethere came a fire out from before the Lord, and consumed upon the altar the burnt offering and the fat: which when all the people saw, ^fthey shouted, and ^gfell on their faces.

10And ^aNadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, ^btook either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered ^cstrange fire before the Lord, which he commanded them not. ²And there ^dwent out fire from the Lord, and devoured them, and they died before the Lord. ³Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the Lord spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them ^ethat come nigh me, and before all the people I will be ^fglorified. ^gAnd Aaron held his peace. ⁴And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of ^hUzziel the uncle of Aaron, and said unto them, Come near, carry your ⁱbrethren from before the sanctuary out of the camp. ⁵So they went near, and carried them in their coats out of the camp; as Moses had said. ⁶And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons, ^kUncover not your heads, neither rend your clothes; lest ye die, and lest ^lwrath come upon all the people: but let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the Lord hath kindled. ^7mAnd ye shall not go out from the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: ⁿfor the anointing oil of the Lord is upon you. And they did according to the word of Moses.

⁸And the Lord spake unto Aaron, saying, ^9oDo not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations: ¹⁰And that ye may ^pput difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean; ^11qAnd that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the Lord hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses.

¹²And Moses spake unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons that were left, Take ^rthe meat offering that remaineth of the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and eat it without leaven ^sbeside the altar: for ^tit is most holy: ¹³And ye shall eat it in the holy place, because it is thy due, and thy sons’ due, of the sacrifices of the Lord made by fire: for ^uso I am commanded. ¹⁴And ^xthe wave breast and heave shoulder shall ye eat in a clean place; thou, and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee: for they be thy due, and thy sons’ due, which are given out of the sacrifices of peace offerings of the children of Israel. ¹⁵The heave shoulder and the wave breast shall they bring with the offerings made by fire of the fat, to wave it for a wave offering before the Lord; and it shall be thine, and thy sons’ with thee, by a statute for ever; as the Lord hath commanded.

¹⁶And Moses diligently sought ^ythe goat of the sin offering, and, behold, it was burnt: and he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron which were left alive, saying, ^17zWherefore have ye not eaten the sin offering in the holy place, seeing it is most holy, and God hath given it you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the Lord? ¹⁸Behold, ^athe blood of it was not brought in ^bwithin the holy place: ye should indeed have eaten it in the holy place, ^cas I commanded. ¹⁹And Aaron said unto Moses, Behold, ^dthis day have they offered their sin offering and their burnt offering before the Lord; and such things have befallen me: and if I had eaten the sin offering to day, should it have been accepted in the sight of the Lord? ²⁰And when Moses heard that, he was content.

11And the Lord spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them, ²Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, ^aThese are the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth. ³Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat. ⁴Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the hoof: as the camel, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you. ⁵And ^bthe coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you. ⁶And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you. ⁷And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; ^che is unclean to you. ⁸Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you.

⁹These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and ^dscales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat. ¹⁰And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an ^eabomination unto you: ¹¹They shall be even an ^cabomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination. ¹²Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall be an ^cabomination unto you.

¹³And these are they which ye shall have in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are an ^cabomination: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray, ¹⁴And the vulture, and the kite after his kind; ¹⁵Every ^fraven after his kind; ¹⁶And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the ^ghawk after his kind, ¹⁷And the ^hlittle owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl, ¹⁸And the swan, and the ⁱpelican, and the gier eagle, ¹⁹And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.

²⁰All fowls that creep, going upon all four, shall be an ^cabomination unto you. ²¹Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth upon all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal upon the earth; ²²Even these of them ye may eat; ^kthe locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind. ²³But all other flying creeping things, which have four feet, shall be an abomination unto you. ²⁴And for these ye shall be unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcase of them shall be unclean until the even. ²⁵And whosoever beareth ought of the carcase of them ^lshall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even. ²⁶The carcases of every beast which divideth the hoof, and is not clovenfooted, nor cheweth the cud, are unclean unto you: every one that toucheth them shall be unclean. ²⁷And whatsoever goeth upon his paws, among all manner of beasts that go on all four, those are unclean unto you: whoso toucheth their carcase shall be unclean until the even. ²⁸And he that beareth the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: they are unclean unto you.

²⁹These also shall be unclean unto you…