Leviticus 22 : 1 (HCSB)
The LORD spoke to Moses:
Leviticus 22 : 2 (HCSB)
"Tell Aaron and his sons to deal respectfully with the holy offerings of the Israelites that they have consecrated to Me, so they do not profane My holy name; I am the LORD.
Leviticus 22 : 3 (HCSB)
Say to them: If any man from any of your descendants throughout your generations is in a state of uncleanness yet approaches the holy offerings that the Israelites consecrate to the LORD, that person will be cut off from My presence; I am the LORD.
Leviticus 22 : 4 (HCSB)
No man of Aaron's descendants who has a skin disease or a discharge is to eat from the holy offerings until he is clean. Whoever touches anything made unclean by a dead person or by a man who has an emission of semen,
Leviticus 22 : 5 (HCSB)
or whoever touches any swarming creature that makes him unclean or any person who makes him unclean-- whatever his uncleanness--
Leviticus 22 : 6 (HCSB)
the man who touches any of these will remain unclean until evening and is not to eat from the holy offerings unless he has bathed his body with water.
Leviticus 22 : 7 (HCSB)
When the sun has set, he will become clean, and then he may eat from the holy offerings, for that is his food.
Leviticus 22 : 8 (HCSB)
He must not eat an animal that died naturally or was mauled by wild beasts, making himself unclean by it; I am the LORD.
Leviticus 22 : 9 (HCSB)
They must keep My instruction, or they will be guilty and die because they profane it; I am the LORD who sets them apart.
Leviticus 22 : 10 (HCSB)
"No one outside a priest's family is to eat the holy offering. A foreigner staying with a priest or a hired hand is not to eat the holy offering.
Leviticus 22 : 11 (HCSB)
But if a priest purchases someone with his money, that person may eat it, and those born in his house may eat his food.
Leviticus 22 : 12 (HCSB)
If the priest's daughter is married to a man outside a priest's family, she is not to eat from the holy contributions.
Leviticus 22 : 13 (HCSB)
But if the priest's daughter becomes widowed or divorced, has no children, and returns to her father's house as in her youth, she may share her father's food. But no outsider may share it.
Leviticus 22 : 14 (HCSB)
If anyone eats a holy offering in error, he must add a fifth to its value and give the holy offering to the priest.
Leviticus 22 : 15 (HCSB)
The priests must not profane the holy offerings the Israelites give to the LORD
Leviticus 22 : 16 (HCSB)
and have them bear the penalty of restitution if the people eat their holy offerings. For I am the LORD who sets them apart."
Leviticus 22 : 17 (HCSB)
The LORD spoke to Moses:
Leviticus 22 : 18 (HCSB)
"Speak to Aaron, his sons, and all the Israelites and tell them: Any man of the house of Israel or of the foreign residents in Israel who presents his offering-- whether they present freewill gifts or payment of vows to the LORD as burnt offerings--
Leviticus 22 : 19 (HCSB)
must offer an unblemished male from the cattle, sheep, or goats in order for you to be accepted.
Leviticus 22 : 20 (HCSB)
You are not to present anything that has a defect, because it will not be accepted on your behalf.
Leviticus 22 : 21 (HCSB)
"When a man presents a fellowship sacrifice to the LORD to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering from the herd or flock, it has to be unblemished to be acceptable; there must be no defect in it.
Leviticus 22 : 22 (HCSB)
You are not to present any [animal] to the LORD that is blind, injured, maimed, or has a running sore, festering rash, or scabs; you may not put any of them on the altar as a fire offering to the LORD.
Leviticus 22 : 23 (HCSB)
You may sacrifice as a freewill offering any animal from the herd or flock that has an elongated or stunted limb, but it is not acceptable as a vow offering.
Leviticus 22 : 24 (HCSB)
You are not to present to the LORD anything that has bruised, crushed, torn, or severed [testicles]; you must not sacrifice [them] in your land.
Leviticus 22 : 25 (HCSB)
Neither you nor a foreigner are to present food to your God from any of these animals. They will not be accepted for you because they are deformed and have a defect."
Leviticus 22 : 26 (HCSB)
The LORD spoke to Moses:
Leviticus 22 : 27 (HCSB)
"When an ox, sheep, or goat is born, it must remain with its mother for seven days; from the eighth day on, it will be acceptable as a gift, a fire offering to the LORD.
Leviticus 22 : 28 (HCSB)
But you are not to slaughter an animal from the herd or flock on the same day as its young.
Leviticus 22 : 29 (HCSB)
When you sacrifice a thank offering to the LORD, sacrifice it so that you may be accepted.
Leviticus 22 : 30 (HCSB)
It is to be eaten on the same day. Do not let any of it remain until morning; I am the LORD.
Leviticus 22 : 31 (HCSB)
"You are to keep My commands and do them; I am the LORD.
Leviticus 22 : 32 (HCSB)
You must not profane My holy name; I must be treated as holy among the Israelites. I am the LORD who sets you apart,
Leviticus 22 : 33 (HCSB)
the One who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God; I am the LORD."
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