God in Leviticus

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1. 1:1

   Then the LORD called to Moses and spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting, saying,

2. 1:2

   “Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When any of you brings an offering to the LORD, you may bring as your offering an animal from the herd or the flock.

3. 1:3

   If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he is to present an unblemished male. He must bring it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting for its acceptance before the LORD.

4. 1:5

   And he shall slaughter the young bull before the LORD, and Aaron’s sons the priests are to present the blood and splatter it on all sides of the altar at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

5. 1:9

   The entrails and legs must be washed with water, and the priest shall burn all of it on the altar as a burnt offering, a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

6. 1:11

   He shall slaughter it on the north side of the altar before the LORD, and Aaron’s sons the priests are to splatter its blood against the altar on all sides.

7. 1:13

   The entrails and legs must be washed with water, and the priest shall present all of it and burn it on the altar; it is a burnt offering, a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

8. 1:14

   If, instead, one’s offering to the LORD is a burnt offering of birds, he is to present a turtledove or a young pigeon.

9. 1:17

   He shall tear it open by its wings, without dividing the bird completely. And the priest is to burn it on the altar atop the burning wood. It is a burnt offering, a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

10. 2:1

    “When anyone brings a grain offering to the LORD, his offering must consist of fine flour. He is to pour olive oil on it, put frankincense on it,

11. 2:2

    and bring it to Aaron’s sons the priests. The priest shall take a handful of the flour and oil, together with all the frankincense, and burn this as a memorial portion on the altar, a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

12. 2:3

    The remainder of the grain offering shall belong to Aaron and his sons; it is a most holy part of the food offerings to the LORD.

13. 2:8

    When you bring to the LORD the grain offering made in any of these ways, it is to be presented to the priest, and he shall take it to the altar.

14. 2:9

    The priest is to remove the memorial portion from the grain offering and burn it on the altar as a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

15. 2:10

    But the remainder of the grain offering shall belong to Aaron and his sons; it is a most holy part of the food offerings to the LORD.

16. 2:11

    No grain offering that you present to the LORD may be made with leaven, for you are not to burn any leaven or honey as a food offering to the LORD.

17. 2:12

    You may bring them to the LORD as an offering of firstfruits, but they must not go up on the altar as a pleasing aroma.

18. 2:13

    And you shall season each of your grain offerings with salt. You must not leave the salt of the covenant of your God out of your grain offering; you are to add salt to each of your offerings.

19. 2:14

    If you bring a grain offering of firstfruits to the LORD, you shall offer crushed heads of new grain roasted on the fire.

20. 2:16

    The priest shall then burn the memorial portion of the crushed grain and the oil, together with all its frankincense, as a food offering to the LORD.

21. 3:1

    “If one’s offering is a peace offering and he offers an animal from the herd, whether male or female, he must present it without blemish before the LORD.

22. 3:3

    From the peace offering he is to bring a food offering to the LORD: the fat that covers the entrails, all the fat that is on them,

23. 3:5

    Then Aaron’s sons are to burn it on the altar atop the burnt offering that is on the burning wood, as a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

24. 3:6

    If, however, one’s peace offering to the LORD is from the flock, he must present a male or female without blemish.

25. 3:7

    If he is presenting a lamb for his offering, he must present it before the LORD.

26. 3:9

    And from the peace offering he shall bring a food offering to the LORD consisting of its fat: the entire fat tail cut off close to the backbone, the fat that covers the entrails, all the fat that is on them,

27. 3:11

    Then the priest is to burn them on the altar as food, a food offering to the LORD.

28. 3:12

    If one’s offering is a goat, he is to present it before the LORD.

29. 3:14

    And from his offering he shall present a food offering to the LORD: the fat that covers the entrails, all the fat that is on them,

30. 3:16

    Then the priest is to burn the food on the altar as a food offering, a pleasing aroma. All the fat is the LORD’s.

31. 4:1

    Then the LORD said to Moses,

32. 4:2

    “Tell the Israelites to do as follows with one who sins unintentionally against any of the LORD’s commandments and does what is forbidden by them:

33. 4:3

    If the anointed priest sins, bringing guilt on the people, he must bring to the LORD a young bull without blemish as a sin offering for the sin he has committed.

34. 4:4

    He must bring the bull to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting before the LORD, lay his hand on the bull’s head, and slaughter it before the LORD.

35. 4:6

    The priest is to dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle some of it seven times before the LORD, in front of the veil of the sanctuary.

36. 4:7

    The priest must then put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of fragrant incense that is before the LORD in the Tent of Meeting. And he is to pour out the rest of the bull’s blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

37. 4:13

    Now if the whole congregation of Israel strays unintentionally and the matter escapes the notice of the assembly so that they violate any of the LORD’s commandments and incur guilt by doing what is forbidden,

38. 4:15

    The elders of the congregation are to lay their hands on the bull’s head before the LORD, and it shall be slaughtered before the LORD.

39. 4:17

    and he is to dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle it seven times before the LORD in front of the veil.

40. 4:18

    He is also to put some of the blood on the horns of the altar that is before the LORD in the Tent of Meeting, and he must pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

41. 4:22

    When a leader sins unintentionally and does what is prohibited by any of the commandments of the LORD his God, he incurs guilt.

42. 4:24

    He is to lay his hand on the head of the goat and slaughter it at the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered before the LORD. It is a sin offering.

43. 4:27

    And if one of the common people sins unintentionally and does what is prohibited by any of the LORD’s commandments, he incurs guilt.

44. 4:31

    Then he is to remove all the fat, just as it is removed from the peace offering, and the priest is to burn it on the altar as a pleasing aroma to the LORD. In this way the priest will make atonement for him, and he will be forgiven.

45. 4:35

    And he shall remove all the fat, just as the fat of the lamb is removed from the peace offerings, and he shall burn it on the altar along with the food offerings to the LORD. In this way the priest will make atonement for him for the sin he has committed, and he will be forgiven.

46. 5:6

    and he must bring his guilt offering to the LORD for the sin he has committed: a female lamb or goat from the flock as a sin offering. And the priest will make atonement for him concerning his sin.

47. 5:7

    If, however, he cannot afford a lamb, he may bring to the LORD as restitution for his sin two turtledoves or two young pigeons—one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering.

48. 5:12

    He is to bring it to the priest, who shall take a handful from it as a memorial portion and burn it on the altar atop the food offerings to the LORD; it is a sin offering.

49. 5:14

    Then the LORD said to Moses,

50. 5:15

    “If someone acts unfaithfully and sins unintentionally against any of the LORD’s holy things, he must bring his guilt offering to the LORD: an unblemished ram from the flock, of proper value in silver shekels according to the sanctuary shekel; it is a guilt offering.

51. 5:17

    If someone sins and violates any of the LORD’s commandments even though he was unaware, he is guilty and shall bear his punishment.

52. 5:19

    It is a guilt offering; he was certainly guilty before the LORD.”

53. 6:1

    And the LORD said to Moses,

54. 6:2

    “If someone sins and acts unfaithfully against the LORD by deceiving his neighbor in regard to a deposit or security entrusted to him or stolen, or if he extorts his neighbor

55. 6:6

    Then he must bring to the priest his guilt offering to the LORD: an unblemished ram of proper value from the flock.

56. 6:7

    In this way the priest will make atonement for him before the LORD, and he will be forgiven for anything he may have done to incur guilt.”

57. 6:8

    Then the LORD said to Moses,

58. 6:14

    Now this is the law of the grain offering: Aaron’s sons shall present it before the LORD in front of the altar.

59. 6:15

    The priest is to remove a handful of fine flour and olive oil, together with all the frankincense from the grain offering, and burn the memorial portion on the altar as a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

60. 6:18

    Any male among the sons of Aaron may eat it. This is a permanent portion from the food offerings to the LORD for the generations to come. Anything that touches them will become holy.”

61. 6:19

    Then the LORD said to Moses,

62. 6:20

    “This is the offering that Aaron and his sons must present to the LORD on the day he is anointed: a tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a regular grain offering, half of it in the morning and half in the evening.

63. 6:21

    It shall be prepared with oil on a griddle; you are to bring it well-kneaded and present it as a grain offering broken in pieces, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

64. 6:22

    The priest, who is one of Aaron’s sons and will be anointed to take his place, is to prepare it. As a permanent portion for the LORD, it must be burned completely.

65. 6:24

    And the LORD said to Moses,

66. 6:25

    “Tell Aaron and his sons that this is the law of the sin offering: In the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered, the sin offering shall be slaughtered before the LORD; it is most holy.

67. 7:5

    The priest shall burn them on the altar as a food offering to the LORD; it is a guilt offering.

68. 7:11

    Now this is the law of the peace offering that one may present to the LORD:

69. 7:14

    From the cakes he must present one portion of each offering as a contribution to the LORD. It belongs to the priest who sprinkles the blood of the peace offering.

70. 7:20

    But if anyone who is unclean eats meat from the peace offering that belongs to the LORD, that person must be cut off from his people.

71. 7:21

    If one touches anything unclean, whether human uncleanness, an unclean animal, or any unclean, detestable thing, and then eats any of the meat of the peace offering that belongs to the LORD, that person must be cut off from his people.”

72. 7:22

    Then the LORD said to Moses,

73. 7:25

    If anyone eats the fat of an animal from which a food offering may be presented to the LORD, the one who eats it must be cut off from his people.

74. 7:28

    Then the LORD said to Moses,

75. 7:29

    “Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘Anyone who presents a peace offering to the LORD must bring it as his sacrifice to the LORD.

76. 7:30

    With his own hands he is to bring the food offerings to the LORD; he shall bring the fat, together with the breast, and wave the breast as a wave offering before the LORD.

77. 7:35

    This is the portion of the food offerings to the LORD for Aaron and his sons since the day they were presented to serve the LORD as priests.

78. 7:36

    On the day they were anointed, the LORD commanded that this be given them by the sons of Israel. It is a permanent portion for the generations to come.

79. 7:38

    which the LORD gave Moses on Mount Sinai on the day He commanded the Israelites to present their offerings to the LORD in the Wilderness of Sinai.

80. 8:1

    Then the LORD said to Moses,

81. 8:4

    So Moses did as the LORD had commanded him, and the assembly gathered at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

82. 8:5

    And Moses said to them, “This is what the LORD has commanded to be done.”

83. 8:9

    Moses also put the turban on Aaron’s head and set the gold plate, the holy diadem, on the front of the turban, as the LORD had commanded him.

84. 8:13

    Then Moses presented Aaron’s sons, put tunics on them, wrapped sashes around them, and tied headbands on them, just as the LORD had commanded him.

85. 8:17

    But the bull with its hide, flesh, and dung he burned outside the camp, as the LORD had commanded him.

86. 8:21

    He washed the entrails and legs with water and burned the entire ram on the altar as a burnt offering, a pleasing aroma, a food offering to the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

87. 8:26

    And from the basket of unleavened bread that was before the LORD, he took one cake of unleavened bread, one cake of bread made with oil, and one wafer, and he placed them on the fat portions and on the right thigh.

88. 8:27

    He put all these in the hands of Aaron and his sons and waved them before the LORD as a wave offering.

89. 8:28

    Then Moses took these from their hands and burned them on the altar with the burnt offering. This was an ordination offering, a pleasing aroma, a food offering to the LORD.

90. 8:29

    He also took the breast—Moses’ portion of the ram of ordination—and waved it before the LORD as a wave offering, as the LORD had commanded him.

91. 8:34

    What has been done today has been commanded by the LORD in order to make atonement on your behalf.

92. 8:35

    You must remain at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting day and night for seven days and keep the LORD’s charge so that you will not die, for this is what I have been commanded.”

93. 8:36

    So Aaron and his sons did everything the LORD had commanded through Moses.

94. 9:2

    He said to Aaron, “Take for yourself a young bull for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering, both without blemish, and present them before the LORD.

95. 9:4

    an ox and a ram for a peace offering to sacrifice before the LORD, and a grain offering mixed with oil. For today the LORD will appear to you.’”

96. 9:5

    So they took what Moses had commanded to the front of the Tent of Meeting, and the whole congregation drew near and stood before the LORD.

97. 9:6

    And Moses said, “This is what the LORD has commanded you to do, so that the glory of the LORD may appear to you.”

98. 9:7

    Then Moses said to Aaron, “Approach the altar and sacrifice your sin offering and your burnt offering to make atonement for yourself and for the people. And sacrifice the people’s offering to make atonement for them, as the LORD has commanded.”

99. 9:10

    On the altar he burned the fat, the kidneys, and the lobe of the liver from the sin offering, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

100. 9:21

     but he waved the breasts and the right thigh as a wave offering before the LORD, as Moses had commanded.

101. 9:23

     Moses and Aaron then entered the Tent of Meeting. When they came out, they blessed the people, and the glory of the LORD appeared to all the people.

102. 9:24

     Fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed the burnt offering and the fat portions on the altar. And when all the people saw it, they shouted for joy and fell facedown.

103. 10:1

     Now Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu took their censers, put fire in them and added incense, and offered unauthorized fire before the LORD, contrary to His command.

104. 10:2

     So fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed them, and they died in the presence of the LORD.

105. 10:3

     Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the LORD meant when He said: ‘To those who come near Me I will show My holiness, and in the sight of all the people I will reveal My glory.’” But Aaron remained silent.

106. 10:6

     Then Moses said to Aaron and his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, “Do not let your hair become disheveled and do not tear your garments, or else you will die, and the LORD will be angry with the whole congregation. But your brothers, the whole house of Israel, may mourn on account of the fire that the LORD has ignited.

107. 10:7

     You shall not go outside the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, or you will die, for the LORD’s anointing oil is on you.” So they did as Moses instructed.

108. 10:8

     Then the LORD said to Aaron,

109. 10:11

     so that you may teach the Israelites all the statutes that the LORD has given them through Moses.”

110. 10:12

     And Moses said to Aaron and his remaining sons, Eleazar and Ithamar, “Take the grain offering that remains from the food offerings to the LORD and eat it without leaven beside the altar, because it is most holy.

111. 10:13

     You shall eat it in a holy place, because it is your share and your sons’ share of the food offerings to the LORD; for this is what I have been commanded.

112. 10:15

     They are to bring the thigh of the contribution and the breast of the wave offering, together with the fat portions of the food offerings, to wave as a wave offering before the LORD. It will belong permanently to you and your children, as the LORD has commanded.”

113. 10:17

     “Why didn’t you eat the sin offering in the holy place? For it is most holy; it was given to you to take away the guilt of the congregation by making atonement for them before the LORD.

114. 10:19

     But Aaron replied to Moses, “Behold, this very day they presented their sin offering and their burnt offering before the LORD. Since these things have happened to me, if I had eaten the sin offering today, would it have been acceptable in the sight of the LORD?”

115. 11:1

     The LORD spoke again to Moses and Aaron, telling them,

116. 11:44

     For I am the LORD your God; consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am holy. You must not defile yourselves by any creature that crawls along the ground.

117. 11:45

     For I am the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt so that I would be your God; therefore be holy, because I am holy.

118. 12:1

     Then the LORD said to Moses,

119. 12:7

     And the priest will present them before the LORD and make atonement for her; and she shall be ceremonially cleansed from her flow of blood. This is the law for a woman giving birth, whether to a male or to a female.

120. 13:1

     Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,

121. 14:1

     Then the LORD said to Moses,

122. 14:11

     The priest who performs the cleansing shall present the one to be cleansed, together with these offerings, before the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

123. 14:12

     Then the priest is to take one of the male lambs and present it as a guilt offering, along with the log of olive oil; and he must wave them as a wave offering before the LORD.

124. 14:16

     dip his right forefinger into the oil in his left palm, and sprinkle some of the oil with his finger seven times before the LORD.

125. 14:18

     The rest of the oil in his palm, the priest is to put on the head of the one to be cleansed, to make atonement for him before the LORD.

126. 14:23

     On the eighth day he is to bring them for his cleansing to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting before the LORD.

127. 14:24

     The priest shall take the lamb for the guilt offering, along with the log of olive oil, and wave them as a wave offering before the LORD.

128. 14:27

     and sprinkle with his right forefinger some of the oil in his left palm seven times before the LORD.

129. 14:29

     The rest of the oil in his palm, the priest is to put on the head of the one to be cleansed, to make atonement for him before the LORD.

130. 14:31

     one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, together with the grain offering. In this way the priest will make atonement before the LORD for the one to be cleansed.

131. 14:33

     Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,

132. 15:1

     And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,

133. 15:14

     On the eighth day he is to take two turtledoves or two young pigeons, come before the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, and give them to the priest.

134. 15:15

     The priest is to sacrifice them, one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering. In this way the priest will make atonement for the man before the LORD because of his discharge.

135. 15:30

     The priest is to sacrifice one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering. In this way the priest will make atonement for her before the LORD for her unclean discharge.

136. 16:1

     Now the LORD spoke to Moses after the death of two of Aaron’s sons when they approached the presence of the LORD.

137. 16:2

     And the LORD said to Moses: “Tell your brother Aaron not to enter freely into the Most Holy Place behind the veil in front of the mercy seat on the ark, or else he will die, because I appear in the cloud above the mercy seat.

138. 16:7

     Then he shall take the two goats and present them before the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

139. 16:8

     After Aaron casts lots for the two goats, one for the LORD and the other for the scapegoat,

140. 16:9

     he shall present the goat chosen by lot for the LORD and sacrifice it as a sin offering.

141. 16:10

     But the goat chosen by lot as the scapegoat shall be presented alive before the LORD to make atonement by sending it into the wilderness as the scapegoat.

142. 16:12

     Then he must take a censer full of burning coals from the altar before the LORD, and two handfuls of finely ground fragrant incense, and take them inside the veil.

143. 16:13

     He is to put the incense on the fire before the LORD, and the cloud of incense will cover the mercy seat above the Testimony, so that he will not die.

144. 16:18

     Then he shall go out to the altar that is before the LORD and make atonement for it. He is to take some of the bull’s blood and some of the goat’s blood and put it on all the horns of the altar.

145. 16:30

     because on this day atonement will be made for you to cleanse you, and you will be clean from all your sins before the LORD.

146. 16:34

     This is to be a permanent statute for you, to make atonement once a year for the Israelites because of all their sins.” And all this was done as the LORD had commanded Moses.

147. 17:1

     Then the LORD said to Moses,

148. 17:2

     “Speak to Aaron, his sons, and all the Israelites and tell them this is what the LORD has commanded:

149. 17:4

     instead of bringing it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting to present it as an offering to the LORD before His tabernacle—that man shall incur bloodguilt. He has shed blood and must be cut off from among his people.

150. 17:5

     For this reason the Israelites will bring to the LORD the sacrifices they have been offering in the open fields. They are to bring them to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and offer them as sacrifices of peace offerings to the LORD.

151. 17:6

     The priest will then splatter the blood on the altar of the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and burn the fat as a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

152. 17:9

     but does not bring it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting to sacrifice it to the LORD, that man must be cut off from his people.

153. 18:1

     Then the LORD said to Moses,

154. 18:2

     “Speak to the Israelites and tell them: I am the LORD your God.

155. 18:4

     You are to practice My judgments and keep My statutes by walking in them. I am the LORD your God.

156. 18:5

     Keep My statutes and My judgments, for the man who does these things will live by them. I am the LORD.

157. 18:6

     None of you are to approach any close relative to have sexual relations. I am the LORD.

158. 18:21

     You must not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.

159. 18:30

     You must keep My charge not to practice any of the abominable customs that were practiced before you, so that you do not defile yourselves by them. I am the LORD your God.”

160. 19:1

     Then the LORD said to Moses,

161. 19:2

     “Speak to the whole congregation of Israel and tell them: Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.

162. 19:3

     Each of you must respect his mother and father, and you must keep My Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.

163. 19:4

     Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves molten gods. I am the LORD your God.

164. 19:5

     When you sacrifice a peace offering to the LORD, you shall offer it for your acceptance.

165. 19:8

     Whoever eats it will bear his iniquity, for he has profaned what is holy to the LORD. That person must be cut off from his people.

166. 19:10

     You must not strip your vineyard bare or gather its fallen grapes. Leave them for the poor and the foreigner. I am the LORD your God.

167. 19:12

     You must not swear falsely by My name and so profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.

168. 19:14

     You must not curse the deaf or place a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall fear your God. I am the LORD.

169. 19:16

     You must not go about spreading slander among your people. You must not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am the LORD.

170. 19:18

     Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against any of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.

171. 19:21

     The man, however, must bring a ram to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting as his guilt offering to the LORD.

172. 19:22

     The priest shall make atonement on his behalf before the LORD with the ram of the guilt offering for the sin he has committed, and he will be forgiven the sin he has committed.

173. 19:24

     In the fourth year all its fruit must be consecrated as a praise offering to the LORD.

174. 19:25

     But in the fifth year you may eat its fruit; thus your harvest will be increased. I am the LORD your God.

175. 19:28

     You must not make any cuts in your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the LORD.

176. 19:30

     You must keep My Sabbaths and have reverence for My sanctuary. I am the LORD.

177. 19:31

     You must not turn to mediums or spiritists; do not seek them out, or you will be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God.

178. 19:32

     You are to rise in the presence of the elderly, honor the aged, and fear your God. I am the LORD.

179. 19:34

     You must treat the foreigner living among you as native-born and love him as yourself, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

180. 19:36

     You shall maintain honest scales and weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

181. 19:37

     You must keep all My statutes and all My ordinances and follow them. I am the LORD.”

182. 20:1

     Then the LORD said to Moses,

183. 20:7

     Consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am the LORD your God.

184. 20:8

     And you shall keep My statutes and practice them. I am the LORD who sanctifies you.

185. 20:24

     But I have told you that you will inherit their land, since I will give it to you as an inheritance—a land flowing with milk and honey. I am the LORD your God, who has set you apart from the peoples.

186. 20:26

     You are to be holy to Me because I, the LORD, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be My own.

187. 21:1

     Then the LORD said to Moses, “Speak to Aaron’s sons, the priests, and tell them that a priest is not to defile himself for a dead person among his people,

188. 21:6

     They must be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God. Because they present to the LORD the food offerings, the food of their God, they must be holy.

189. 21:7

     A priest must not marry a woman defiled by prostitution or divorced by her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.

190. 21:8

     You are to regard him as holy, since he presents the food of your God. He shall be holy to you, because I the LORD am holy—I who set you apart.

191. 21:12

     He must not leave or desecrate the sanctuary of his God, for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is on him. I am the LORD.

192. 21:15

     so that he does not defile his offspring among his people, for I am the LORD who sanctifies him.”

193. 21:16

     Then the LORD said to Moses,

194. 21:17

     “Say to Aaron, ‘For the generations to come, none of your descendants who has a physical defect may approach to offer the food of his God.

195. 21:21

     No descendant of Aaron the priest who has a defect shall approach to present the food offerings to the LORD. Since he has a defect, he is not to come near to offer the food of his God.

196. 21:22

     He may eat the most holy food of his God as well as the holy food,

197. 21:23

     but because he has a defect, he must not go near the veil or approach the altar, so as not to desecrate My sanctuaries. For I am the LORD who sanctifies them.’”

198. 22:1

     Then the LORD said to Moses,

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     “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.

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     Tell them that for the generations to come, if any of their 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.

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     He must not eat anything found dead or torn by wild animals, which would make him unclean. I am the LORD.

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     The priests must keep My charge, lest they bear the guilt and die because they profane it. I am the LORD who sanctifies them.

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     The priests must not profane the sacred offerings that the Israelites present to the LORD

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     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.”

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     Then the LORD said to Moses,

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     “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 a gift for a burnt offering to the LORD, whether to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering,

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     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.

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     You are not to present to the LORD any animal that is blind, injured, or maimed, or anything with a running sore, a festering rash, or a scab; you must not put any of these on the altar as a food offering to the LORD.

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     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.

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     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.’”

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     Then the LORD said to Moses,

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     “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 a food offering presented to the LORD.

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     When you sacrifice a thank offering to the LORD, offer it so that it may be acceptable on your behalf.

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     It must be eaten that same day. Do not leave any of it until morning. I am the LORD.

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     You are to keep My commandments and practice them. I am the LORD.

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     You must not profane My holy name. I must be acknowledged as holy among the Israelites. I am the LORD who sanctifies you,

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     who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God. I am the LORD.”

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     Then the LORD said to Moses,

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     “Speak to the Israelites and say to them, ‘These are My appointed feasts, the feasts of the LORD that you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies.

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     For six days work may be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, a day of sacred assembly. You must not do any work; wherever you live, it is a Sabbath to the LORD.

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     These are the LORD’s appointed feasts, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times.

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     The Passover to the LORD begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month.

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     On the fifteenth day of the same month begins the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the LORD. For seven days you must eat unleavened bread.

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     For seven days you are to present a food offering to the LORD. On the seventh day there shall be a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work.’”

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     And the LORD said to Moses,

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     And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD so that it may be accepted on your behalf; the priest is to wave it on the day after the Sabbath.

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     On the day you wave the sheaf, you shall offer a year-old lamb without blemish as a burnt offering to the LORD,

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     along with its grain offering of two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil—a food offering to the LORD, a pleasing aroma—and its drink offering of a quarter hin of wine.

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     You must not eat any bread or roasted or new grain until the very day you have brought this offering to your God. This is to be a permanent statute for the generations to come, wherever you live.

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     You shall count off fifty days until the day after the seventh Sabbath, and then present an offering of new grain to the LORD.

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     Bring two loaves of bread from your dwellings as a wave offering, each made from two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour, baked with leaven, as the firstfruits to the LORD.

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     Along with the bread you are to present seven unblemished male lambs a year old, one young bull, and two rams. They will be a burnt offering to the LORD, together with their grain offerings and drink offerings—a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

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     The priest is to wave the lambs as a wave offering before the LORD, together with the bread of the firstfruits. The bread and the two lambs shall be holy to the LORD for the priest.

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     When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap all the way to the edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Leave them for the poor and the foreign resident. I am the LORD your God.’”

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     The LORD also said to Moses,

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     You must not do any regular work, but you are to present a food offering to the LORD.’”

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     Again the LORD said to Moses,

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     “The tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. You shall hold a sacred assembly and humble yourselves, and present a food offering to the LORD.

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     On this day you are not to do any work, for it is the Day of Atonement, when atonement is made for you before the LORD your God.

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     And the LORD said to Moses,

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     “Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month the Feast of Tabernacles to the LORD begins, and it continues for seven days.

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     For seven days you are to present a food offering to the LORD. On the eighth day you are to hold a sacred assembly and present a food offering to the LORD. It is a solemn assembly; you must not do any regular work.

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     These are the LORD’s appointed feasts, which you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies for presenting food offerings to the LORD—burnt offerings and grain offerings, sacrifices and drink offerings, each on its designated day.

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     These offerings are in addition to the offerings for the LORD’s Sabbaths, and in addition to your gifts, to all your vow offerings, and to all the freewill offerings you give to the LORD.

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     On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, after you have gathered the produce of the land, you are to celebrate a feast to the LORD for seven days. There shall be complete rest on the first day and also on the eighth day.

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     On the first day you are to gather the fruit of majestic trees, the branches of palm trees, and the boughs of leafy trees and of willows of the brook. And you are to rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days.

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     You are to celebrate this as a feast to the LORD for seven days each year. This is a permanent statute for the generations to come; you are to celebrate it in the seventh month.

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     so that your descendants may know that I made the Israelites dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.’”

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     So Moses announced to the Israelites the appointed feasts of the LORD.

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     Then the LORD said to Moses,

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     Outside the veil of the Testimony in the Tent of Meeting, Aaron is to tend the lamps continually before the LORD from evening until morning. This is to be a permanent statute for the generations to come.

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     He shall tend the lamps on the pure gold lampstand before the LORD continually.

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     and set them in two rows—six per row—on the table of pure gold before the LORD.

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     And you are to place pure frankincense near each row, so that it may serve as a memorial portion for the bread, a food offering to the LORD.

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     Every Sabbath day the bread is to be set out before the LORD on behalf of the Israelites as a permanent covenant.

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     It belongs to Aaron and his sons, who are to eat it in a holy place; for it is to him a most holy part of the food offerings to the LORD—his portion forever.”

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     The son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name with a curse. So they brought him to Moses. (His mother’s name was Shelomith daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.)

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     They placed him in custody until the will of the LORD should be made clear to them.

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     Then the LORD said to Moses,

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     And you are to tell the Israelites, ‘If anyone curses his God, he shall bear the consequences of his sin.

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     Whoever blasphemes the name of the LORD must surely be put to death; the whole assembly must surely stone him, whether he is a foreign resident or native; if he blasphemes the Name, he must be put to death.

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     You are to have the same standard of law for the foreign resident and the native; for I am the LORD your God.’”

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     Then Moses spoke to the Israelites, and they took the blasphemer outside the camp and stoned him. So the Israelites did as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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     Then the LORD said to Moses on Mount Sinai,

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     “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: When you enter the land that I am giving you, the land itself must observe a Sabbath to the LORD.

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     But in the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of complete rest for the land—a Sabbath to the LORD. You are not to sow your field or prune your vineyard.

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     Do not take advantage of each other, but fear your God; for I am the LORD your God.

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     Do not take any interest or profit from him, but fear your God, that your countryman may live among you.

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     I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan and to be your God.

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     You are not to rule over them harshly, but you shall fear your God.

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     For the Israelites are My servants. They are My servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

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     “You must not make idols for yourselves or set up a carved image or sacred pillar; you must not place a sculpted stone in your land to bow down to it. For I am the LORD your God.

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     You must keep My Sabbaths and have reverence for My sanctuary. I am the LORD.

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     I will walk among you and be your God, and you will be My people.

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     I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt so that you would no longer be slaves to the Egyptians. I broke the bars of your yoke and enabled you to walk in uprightness.

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     Yet in spite of this, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject or despise them so as to destroy them and break My covenant with them; for I am the LORD their God.

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     But for their sake I will remember the covenant with their fathers, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations, that I might be their God. I am the LORD.”

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     These are the statutes, ordinances, and laws that the LORD established between Himself and the Israelites through Moses on Mount Sinai.

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     Then the LORD said to Moses,

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     “Speak to the Israelites and say to them, ‘When someone makes a special vow to the LORD involving the value of persons,

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     If he vows an animal that may be brought as an offering to the LORD, any such animal given to the LORD shall be holy.

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     But if the vow involves any of the unclean animals that may not be brought as an offering to the LORD, the animal must be presented before the priest.

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     Now if a man consecrates his house as holy to the LORD, then the priest shall value it either as good or bad. The price will stand just as the priest values it.

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     If a man consecrates to the LORD a parcel of his land, then your valuation shall be proportional to the seed required for it—fifty shekels of silver for every homer of barley seed.

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     When the field is released in the Jubilee, it will become holy, like a field devoted to the LORD; it becomes the property of the priests.

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     Now if a man consecrates to the LORD a field he has purchased, which is not a part of his own property,

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     then the priest shall calculate for him the value up to the Year of Jubilee, and the man shall pay the assessed value on that day as a sacred offering to the LORD.

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     But no one may consecrate a firstborn of the livestock, because a firstborn belongs to the LORD. Whether it is an ox or a sheep, it is the LORD’s.

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     Nothing that a man sets apart to the LORD from all he owns—whether a man, an animal, or his inherited land—can be sold or redeemed; everything so devoted is most holy to the LORD.

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     Thus any tithe from the land, whether from the seed of the land or the fruit of the trees, belongs to the LORD; it is holy to the LORD.

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     Every tenth animal from the herd or flock that passes under the shepherd’s rod will be holy to the LORD.

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     These are the commandments that the LORD gave to Moses for the Israelites on Mount Sinai.