CHAPTER 22
“Tell
Aaron
and his sons
to treat with respect
the sacred offerings
that
the Israelites
have consecrated to Me,
so that they do not
profane
My holy
name.
I
am the LORD.
Say
to them:
‘For the generations to come,
if any
of your descendants
in a state of uncleanness
approaches
the sacred offerings
that
the Israelites
consecrate
to the LORD,
that
person
must be cut off
from My presence.
I
am the LORD.
None
of
Aaron’s
descendants
who has a skin disease
or
a discharge
shall eat
from the sacred offerings
until
he is clean.
Whoever touches
anything
defiled
by a corpse
or
by a man
who
has
an emission
of semen,
or
whoever
touches
a
crawling creature
or
a person
that
makes him unclean,
whatever
the uncleanness may be,
the man
who
touches
any of these will remain unclean
until
evening.
He must not
eat
from
the sacred offerings
unless
he has bathed
himself
with water.
When the sun
has set,
he will become clean,
and then
he may eat
from
the sacred offerings,
for
they
are his food.
He must not
eat
anything found dead
or torn by wild animals,
which would make him unclean.
I
am the LORD.
The priests must keep
My charge,
lest
they bear
the guilt
and die
because
they profane it.
I
am the LORD
who sanctifies them.
No
one
outside
a priest’s family is to eat
the sacred offering,
nor may a foreigner
staying with a priest,
or a hired hand,
eat
of it.
But if
a priest
purchases
someone
with
his money,
or one
is born
in his household,
that person
may eat
of it.
If
the priest’s
daughter
is married
to a man
other than a priest,
she
is not
to eat
of the sacred
contributions.
But if
a priest’s
daughter
with no
children
becomes
widowed
or divorced
and returns
to
her father’s
house,
she may share
her father’s
food
as in her youth.
But no
outsider
may share
it.
If
anyone
eats
a sacred offering
in error,
he must add
a fifth
to
its value and give
the sacred offering
to the priest.
by allowing the people to eat
the sacred offerings
and thus to bear
the punishment
for guilt.
For
I
am the LORD
who sanctifies
them.’”
“Speak
to
Aaron
and his sons
and all
the Israelites
and tell
them,
‘Any man
of
the house
of Israel
or any foreign resident
who
presents
his offering,
whether
the burnt offering is
a freewill gift
or payment of a vow
to the LORD,
must offer an unblemished
male
from the cattle,
sheep,
or goats
in order for it to be accepted on your b
When
a man
presents
a peace offering
to the LORD
from the herd
or
flock
to fulfill
a vow
or
as a freewill offering,
it must be
without blemish
or
defect
to be acceptable.
You are not
to present
any animal to the LORD
that is blind,
injured,
or
maimed,
or
anything with a running sore,
festering rash,
or scab;
you must not
put
any of these
on
the altar
as an offering made by fire
to the LORD.
You may present
as a freewill offering
an ox
or sheep
that has a deformed
or stunted limb,
but it is not
acceptable
to fulfill a vow.
You are not
to present
to the LORD
an animal whose testicles are bruised,
crushed,
torn,
or cut;
you are not to
sacrifice them
in your land.
Neither you nor
a foreigner
shall present
food
to your God
from any
such animal.
They will not
be accepted
on your behalf,
because
they are deformed
and flawed.’”
“When
an ox,
a sheep,
or
a goat
is born,
it must remain
with
its mother
for seven
days.
From the eighth
day
on,
it will be acceptable
as an offering
to the LORD
made by fire.
When
you sacrifice
a thank
offering
to the LORD,
offer it
so that it may be acceptable on your beh
You must not
profane
My holy
name.
I must be acknowledged as holy
among
the Israelites.
I
am the LORD
who sanctifies you,