Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered outside the gate. Therefore, let us go forth to him outside the camp, bearing his reproach. For we have no continuing city here, but we seek one to come.
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Leviticus 1
¶1. And Jehovah called to Moses and spoke to him from the tent of meeting, saying,
2.“Speak to the children of Israel and say to them, ‘When any man among you brings an offering to the Lord from livestock, you shall bring your offering from the herd or from the flock.
3.If his offering be a burnt offering from the herd, he shall bring it, a male without blemish, to the entrance of the tent of meeting. He shall bring it of his own will before Jehovah.
4.And he shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering and it will be accepted from him to make atonement for him.
5.And he shall kill the bullock before the Lord. Then the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall bring the blood and throw the blood all around against the altar at the entrance of the tent of meeting.
6.And he shall flay the burnt offering, and he shall cut it into its pieces.
7.And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire on the altar and lay wood in order on the fire,
8.and the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall arrange the pieces, the head, and the suet on the wood that is on the fire that is on the altar.
9.But its entrails and its legs, he shall wash with the water, and the priest shall burn it all on the altar as a burnt offering, a placating aroma made by fire to the Lord.
¶10. “But if his offering be for a burnt offering from the flock, of the sheep or the goats, he shall bring a male without blemish.
11.And he shall kill it on the north side of the altar before the Lord, and the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall throw its blood against the altar all around.
12.And he shall cut it into its pieces, and along with its head and its suet, the priest shall lay them out on the wood that is for the fire that is on the altar.
13.But the entrails and the legs, he shall wash with the water, and the priest shall bring it all, and he shall burn it on the altar as a burnt offering. It is a placating aroma made by fire to the Lord.
¶14. “And if his burnt offering to the Lord be an offering from birds, then he shall bring his offering from the turtledoves or young doves.
15.And the priest shall bring it to the altar and wring off its head, and he shall burn it on the altar, and its blood shall be drained out on the side of the altar.
16.And he shall remove its crop with its feathers, and he shall cast it beside the altar on the east side, into the place for ashes.
17.And he shall tear it apart with its wings, but not into two, and the priest shall burn it on the altar, on the wood that is on the fire, as a burnt offering. It is a placating aroma made by fire to the Lord.
Leviticus 2
¶1. “And when someone brings an offering to the Lord as a grain offering, his offering shall be of fine flour, and he shall pour out oil for it, and he shall give frankincense with it.
2.And he shall bring it to the sons of Aaron, the priests, and he shall take from it a handful of the fine flour, and some of the oil, and all the frankincense, and then the priest shall burn the memorial on the altar, a placating aroma made by fire to the Lord.
3.But the rest of the grain offering is for Aaron and for his sons. It is a most holy portion of the Lord’s offerings made by fire.
4.And when you bring an offering, a grain offering baked in an oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mixed with oil, or unleavened wafers anointed with oil.
5.And if your offering be a grain offering cooked on a griddle, it shall be fine flour, unleavened, mixed with oil.
6.You shall break it in pieces and pour oil on it. It is a grain offering.
7.And if your offering be a grain offering cooked in a pan, it shall be made of fine flour with oil.
8.And you shall bring the grain offering that is made of these things to the Lord. And one shall present it to the priest, and he shall take it to the altar.
9.And the priest shall take the memorial from the grain offering and burn it on the altar, a placating aroma made by fire to the Lord.
10.And the rest of the grain offering is for Aaron and for his sons. It is a most holy portion of the Lord’s offerings made by fire.
11.No grain offering that you bring to the Lord shall be made with leaven, for you shall not burn any leaven or any honey with an offering made by fire to the Lord.
¶12.An offering of firstfruits shall you bring to the Lord, but they will not take them up to the altar for a placating aroma.
13.And every grain offering of yours, you shall season with salt; you shall not omit the salt of the covenant of your God from your grain offerings. With all your grain offerings, you shall offer salt.
14.And if you offer a grain offering of firstfruits to the Lord, you shall offer for the grain offering of your firstfruits from the field, crushed grain from fresh ears, roasted with fire.
15.And you shall give oil with it, and you shall set frankincense on it. It is a grain offering.
16.And the priest shall burn the memorial of it, some of the crushed grain, and some of the oil, and all of the frankincense as an offering made by fire to the Lord.
Leviticus 3
¶1. “And if his offering be a sacrifice of peace offerings, if he bring it from the herd, he shall offer it, either a male or a female without blemish, before the Lord.
2.And he shall lay his hand on the head of his offering and kill it at the entrance of the tent of meeting, and the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall throw the blood all around against the altar.
3.And from the sacrifice of the peace offerings made by fire to the Lord, he shall offer the fat that covers the entrails, and all the fat that is against the entrails,
4.and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them which is on the loins. And the caul above the liver, he shall remove with the kidneys.
5.And the sons of Aaron shall burn it on the altar on top of the burnt offering which is on the wood that is on the fire, a placating aroma made by fire to the Lord.
¶6. “And if his offering for the sacrifice of peace offerings to the Lord be from the flock, he shall offer a male or female without blemish.
7.If he is offering a lamb for his offering, then he shall offer it before the Lord.
8.And he shall lay his hand on the head of his offering and kill it in front of the tent of meeting, and the sons of Aaron shall throw its blood against the altar all around.
9.And from the sacrifice of the peace offerings made by fire to the Lord, he shall bring its fat. He shall remove the whole fat-tail close to the backbone, and the fat that covers the entrails, and all the fat that is against the entrails,
10.and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them which is on the loins. And the caul above the liver, he shall remove with the kidneys.
11.And the priest shall burn it on the altar. It is a food-offering made by fire to the Lord.
¶12. “If his offering be a goat, then he shall offer it before the Lord.
13.And he shall lay his hand on its head and kill it in front of the tent of meeting, and the sons of Aaron shall throw its blood against the altar all around.
14.And from his offering made by fire to the Lord, he shall bring the fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that is against the entrails,
15.and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them which is on the loins. And the caul above the liver, he shall remove with the kidneys.
16.And the priest shall burn them on the altar. It is a food-offering made by fire for a placating aroma; all the fat is the Lord’s.
17.It is a statute forever for your generations in all your dwellings: you shall not eat any fat or any blood.”
Leviticus 4
¶1. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
2.“Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘For a soul who sins ignorantly in any of the commandments of the Lord concerning things that should not be done, and does a single one of them:
¶3. “If the anointed priest sins, to the guilt of the people, then for his sin that he has sinned, he shall offer a bullock from the herd without blemish to the Lord for a sin offering.
4.And he shall bring the bullock to the entrance of the tent of meeting before the Lord, and lay his hand on the head of the bullock, and kill the bullock before the Lord.
5.And the anointed priest shall take some of the blood of the bullock and bring it into the tent of meeting,
6.and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood and spatter some of the blood seven times before the Lord, in front of the veil of the holy place.
7.And the priest shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of pungent incense before the Lord, which is in the tent of meeting, and he shall pour all the blood of the bullock on the base of the altar of burnt offering that is at the entrance of the tent of meeting.
8.And all the fat of the bullock of the sin offering shall he remove from it, the fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that is against the entrails,
9.and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them which is on the loins. And the caul above the liver, he shall take away with the kidneys,
10.just as it was removed from the bullock of the sacrifice of peace offerings, and the priest shall burn them on the altar of burnt offering.
11.But the hide of the bullock and all its flesh, with its head, and with its legs, and its entrails, and its dung,
12.even all the rest of the bullock, he shall then carry it out, to a clean place outside the camp, to the ash-dump, and burn it up on a wood fire. It shall be burned up at the ash-dump.
¶13. “Or if the whole congregation of Israel err, and the matter be hidden from the eyes of the Assembly, and they have done anything against the commandments of the Lord concerning things that should not be done, and they become guilty,
14.when the sin that they committed regarding a commandment becomes known, then the Assembly shall offer a bullock from the herd for the sin offering, and they shall bring it before the tent of meeting.
15.And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands on the head of the bullock before the Lord and kill the bullock before the Lord.
16.Then the anointed priest shall bring some of the blood of the bullock into the tent of meeting,
17.And the priest shall dip his finger in some of the blood and spatter it seven times before the Lord in front of the veil.
18.And he shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar that is before the Lord in the tent of meeting, and he shall pour out all the blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering that is at the entrance of the tent of meeting.
19.and he shall remove all its fat from it and burn it on the altar.
20.And he shall do to the bullock as he does to a bullock for the sin offering; thus shall he do to it. And the priest shall make atonement for them, and it shall be forgiven them.
21.And he shall carry the bullock out, outside the camp, and burn it up just as he burned the first bullock; it is a sin offering for the Assembly.
¶22.“When a prince sins ignorantly and does anything against the commandments of the Lord his God concerning things that should not be done, and becomes guilty,
23.or his sin that he committed against the commandment is made known to him, then he shall bring for his offering a male from the goats, a male without blemish,
24.and he shall lay his hand on the head of the goat and kill it at the place where one kills the burnt offering before the Lord; it is a sin offering.
25.Then the priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and he shall pour out its blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering.
26.And he shall burn all its fat on the altar, as with the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings. And the priest shall make atonement for him for his sin, and it shall be forgiven him.
¶27. “And if any one of the people of the land sins ignorantly, by doing anything against the commandments of the Lord concerning things that should not be done, and becomes guilty,
28.or his sin that he has committed is made known to him, then he shall bring his offering, a doe from the goats, a female without blemish, for his sin that he has committed.
29.And he shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering, and kill the sin offering at the place of the burnt offering.
30.And the priest shall take some of its blood with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and he shall pour out all its blood at the base of the altar.
31.And he shall remove all its fat just as the fat is removed from the sacrifice of the peace offerings, and the priest shall burn it on the altar for a placating aroma to the Lord, and the priest shall make atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven him.
32.And if he brings a lamb for his sin offering, he shall bring a female without blemish.
33.And he shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering, and kill it as a sin offering at the place where one kills the burnt offering.
34.Then the priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and he shall pour out all its blood at the base of the altar.
35.And he shall remove all its fat just as the fat of the lamb is removed from the sacrifice of the peace offerings, and the priest shall burn them on the altar according to the offerings made by fire to the Lord, and the priest shall make atonement for him, for his sin that he has committed, and it shall be forgiven him.
Leviticus 5
¶1. “And if a soul sins by hearing a voice of cursing, and he is a witness, or he saw it or knew of it, if he does not make it known, then he shall bear his iniquity.
2.Or a soul that touches any unclean thing or the carcass of an unclean animal, whether the carcass of an unclean beast or the carcass of an unclean swarming creature, and it is hidden from him, then he is unclean and guilty,
3.or if he comes in contact with a man’s uncleanness, whatever his uncleanness is with which he is unclean, and it be hidden from him, when he learns of it, then he is guilty,
4.or if a soul takes an oath, speaking rashly with his lips to do evil or to do good, whatsoever that man says rashly with an oath, and it is hidden from him, when he learns of it, then he is guilty concerning one of these things.
5.And it shall be that if he becomes guilty of one of these things, then he shall confess that he has sinned regarding it.
6.And he shall bring his guilt offering to the Lord for his sin that he has committed, a female from the flock, a ewe lamb or a doe of the goats, for a sin offering, and the priest shall make atonement for him for his sin.
7.And if he is not able to bring a lamb, then he shall bring as his guilt offering for the sin he committed two turtle-doves or two young doves to the Lord, one for a sin offering and one for a burnt offering.
8.And he shall bring them to the priest, and he shall offer that which is for the sin offering first, and he shall wring its head from its neck, but he shall not divide it.
9.And he shall spatter some of the blood of the sin offering on the side of the altar, and the remaining blood shall be drained out at the base of the altar; it is a sin offering.
10.And with the second, he shall make a burnt offering according to the ordinance, and the priest shall make atonement for him for his sin that he has committed, and it shall be forgiven him.
11.But if he is not able to bring two turtle-doves or two young doves, then he shall bring as his offering for the sin he committed a tenth of an ephah of fine flour for a sin offering; he shall not put oil on it nor shall he put frankincense on it, for it is a sin offering.
12.And he shall bring it to the priest and the priest shall take a handful from it as a memorial, and he shall burn it on the altar, according to the offerings made by fire to the Lord; it is a sin offering.
13.And the priest shall make an atonement for him for his sin that he committed in one of these things, and it shall be forgiven him; and it shall belong to the priest, like the grain offering.”
¶14. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
15.“If a soul commits an infraction and sins ignorantly in any of the holy things of the Lord, then he shall bring his guilt offering to the Lord, a ram without blemish from the flock, with your valuation in silver shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, for a guilt offering.
16.And he shall make amends, inasmuch as he sinned in a holy thing, and he shall add a fifth part to it, and he shall give it to the priest, and the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the guilt offering, and it shall be forgiven him.
¶17. “And if a soul sins and does any one of the commandments of the Lord concerning things that should not be done, and he did not know it, he is still guilty, and he shall bear his iniquity.
18.Then he shall bring to the priest a ram without blemish from the flock, with your valuation, for a guilt offering, and the priest shall make an atonement for him for his error which he ignorantly committed, and did not know it, and it shall be forgiven him.
19.It is a guilt offering; he is certainly guilty before the Lord.”
Leviticus 6
¶1. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
2.“If a soul sins and acts unfaithfully against the Lord, and is deceitful with his neighbor concerning a deposit, or in a pledge, or by robbery, or he oppresses his neighbor,
3.or he finds something lost and lies about it, and swears falsely – concerning any one of all the things that men may do to sin.
4.Then it will be, because he has sinned and is guilty, that he shall restore the thing that he stole, or that which he extorted, or that which was deposited with him, or the lost thing that he found,
5.or concerning anything that he swore falsely about, he shall repay him in total, and then add to that, one-fifth of its value. He shall give it to him on the day of his guilt offering.
6.And he shall bring his guilt offering to the Lord, a ram without blemish from the flock, with your valuation, for a guilt offering to the priest.
7.And the priest shall make an atonement for him before the Lord, and any of all the things that he may do requiring a guilt offering will be forgiven him.”
¶8. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
9.“Command Aaron and his sons, saying, ‘This is the law of the burnt offering. It is the burnt offering because it is burned on the altar all night until the morning, and the fire of the altar is to be kept burning on it.’
10.And the priest shall put on his linen garment, with his linen undergarments he puts on his body, and he shall take up the ashes left when the fire has consumed the burnt offering on the altar, and he shall put them beside the altar.
11.Then he shall take off his garments, and put on other garments, and take the ashes outside the camp to a clean place.
12.And the fire on the altar shall be kept burning on it; it shall not be put out. And the priest shall burn wood on it every morning, and shall lay the burnt offering in order upon it, and he shall burn the fat of the peace offerings upon it.
13.Fire shall burn continuously on the altar; it shall not be quenched.
¶14. “And this is the law of the grain offering for the sons of Aaron to offer before the Lord in front of the altar.
15.And one of his sons shall take a handful of the fine flour of the grain offering, and some of the oil thereof, and all the frankincense that is on the grain offering, and he shall burn the memorial of it on the altar as a placating aroma to the Lord.
16.But the rest of it, Aaron and his sons shall eat. Unleavened shall it be eaten in a holy place; in the court of the tent of meeting shall they eat it.
17.It shall not be baked with leaven. I have given it as their portion from my offerings made by fire. It is most holy, like the sin offering and like the guilt offering.
18.Every male among the children of Aaron may eat it. It is a statute forever, throughout your generations, concerning the Lord’s offerings made by fire. Whatever touches them shall be holy.”
¶19. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
20.“This shall be the offering for Aaron and his sons that they shall offer to the Lord on the day when he is anointed: a tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a continual grain offering, half of it in the morning and half of it in the evening.
21.It shall be made, mixed with oil, on a griddle. You shall bring it in, the baked pieces of the grain offering, and you shall offer it as a placating aroma to the Lord.
22.And the priest, the anointed one under him from among his sons, shall prepare it. It is a statute forever. It shall be wholly burned to the Lord.
23.And every grain offering for the priest shall be wholly burned. It shall not be eaten.”
¶24. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
25.“Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, This is the law of the sin offering. In the place where the burnt offering is killed, you shall kill the sin offering before the Lord. It is most holy.
26.The priest who offers the sin offering shall eat it in a holy place. It shall be eaten in the court of the tent of meeting.
27.Whatever touches its flesh will become holy, and when some of its blood spatters on a garment, you shall wash what it spattered on in a holy place.
28.And the earthen vessel in which it was boiled shall be broken, or if it was boiled in a bronze vessel, then it shall be scoured and rinsed with water.
29.Every male among the priests may eat it. It is most holy.
30.And no sin offering shall be eaten from which blood is brought into the tent of meeting to make atonement in the sanctuary; it shall be burned up in the fire.
Leviticus 7
¶1. “And this is the law of the guilt offering. It is most holy.
2.In the place where they kill the burnt offering, they shall kill the guilt offering, and he shall throw its blood against the altar all around.
3.And from it, he shall offer all of its fat, its fat-tail, and the fat that covers the entrails,
4.and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them which is on the loins. And the caul above the liver, he shall remove with the kidneys.
5.And the priest shall burn them on the altar as an offering made by fire to the Lord; it is a guilt offering.
6.Every male among the priests may eat it. In a holy place, it shall be eaten. It is most holy.
7.As the sin offering, so is the guilt offering. One law is for them both. It shall be for the priest who makes atonement with it.
8.And the priest who offers a man’s burnt offering, that priest shall have for himself the hide of the burnt offering he offered.
9.And all the grain offering that is baked in an oven, and all that is made in a pan or on a griddle, shall be the priest’s who offered it.
10.And every grain offering mixed with oil, or dry, shall be for all the sons of Aaron, one as much as another.
¶11. “And this is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings which one offers to the Lord.
12.If he offer it for thanksgiving, then he shall offer upon the thanksgiving sacrifice unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and cakes of fine flour mixed with oil.
13.With the cakes, he shall bring leavened bread for his offering with the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving.
14.And from it, he shall offer one of each offering as a portion for the Lord; it shall belong to the priest who throws the blood of the peace offerings.
15.And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving shall be eaten on the day of his offering; he shall not leave any of it until morning.
16.But if the sacrifice of his offering is for a vow or a freewill offering, it shall be eaten on the day he offers his sacrifice, and what remains of it may be eaten on the following day.
17.But on the third day, the remainder of the flesh of the sacrifice shall be burned up with fire.
18.And if any at all of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings be eaten on the third day, it will not be accepted from him who offered it, nor will it be reckoned to him. It is unclean, and the soul who eats any of it shall bear his iniquity.
19.Also, the flesh that touches any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it shall be burned up with fire. And as for the flesh, any man who is clean may eat the flesh,
20.but the soul that eats flesh from the sacrifice of peace offerings which are the Lord’s when his uncleanness is on him, that soul shall certainly be cut off from his people.
21.Moreover, a soul that touches anything unclean, whether the uncleanness of a man or an unclean beast, or any unclean abomination, and then eats any of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings that are the Lord’s, that soul shall certainly be cut off from his people.”
¶22. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
23.“Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Fat from an ox, or a sheep, or a goat, you shall not eat.
24.Yet, fat from a carcass and fat from an animal torn by beasts may be put to any other use, but you shall not eat it in any circumstance.
25.Whosoever eats fat from any beast that he offers as an offering made by fire to the Lord, that soul who eats it shall also be cut off from his people.
26.And you shall not consume any blood in any of your dwellings, whether of bird or beast.
27.Any soul who consumes any blood, that soul shall also be cut off from his people.
¶28. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
29.“Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘He who offers the sacrifice of his peace offerings to the Lord, shall bring to the Lord his offering from the sacrifice of his peace offerings;
30.his own hands shall bring the Lord’s offerings made by fire, the fat on the breast. He shall bring it with the breast for it to be waved as a wave offering before the Lord.
31.And the priest shall burn the fat on the altar, but the breast shall be for Aaron and his sons.
32.And the right thigh you shall give to the priest as an exsect offering from the sacrifices of your peace offerings.
33.Whoever of the sons of Aaron offers the blood of the peace offerings and the fat, the right thigh shall be his as his portion,
34.for the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the exsect offering have I taken from the children of Israel out of the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and I have given them to Aaron the priest and to his sons by statute forever from the children of Israel.”
¶35. This is the portion of Aaron and the portion of his sons out of the Lord’s offerings made by fire, from the day he presented them to minister as priests to the Lord,
36.which the Lord commanded to be given to them by the children of Israel, from the day he anointed them. It is a statute forever, throughout their generations.
37.This is the law for the burnt offering, for the grain offering, for the sin offering, and for the guilt offering, and for the ordination offerings, and for the sacrifice of the peace offerings,
38.which the Lord commanded Moses at Mount Sinai, in the day he commanded the children of Israel to offer their offerings to the Lord, in the wilderness of Sinai.
Leviticus 8
¶1. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
2.“Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, and the anointing oil, and a bullock for a sin offering, and two rams, and a basket of unleavened bread,
3.and assemble the whole congregation at the entrance of the tent of meeting.”
4. And Moses did as the Lord commanded him, and the congregation was assembled at the entrance of the tent of meeting.
5. And Moses said to the congregation, “This is what the Lord has commanded to be done.”
6. Then Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and he washed them with water.
7. And he put the tunic on him, and girded him with the sash, and he clothed him with the robe. And he put the ephod on him, and girded him with the skillfully woven band of the ephod, and bound it to him with it.
8. And he placed the breastplate on him, and he put the Urim and the Thummim into the breastplate.
9. And he placed the turban on his head, and on the turban, at its front, he put the gold plate, the holy crown, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
10. And Moses took the anointing oil, and he anointed the tabernacle and all that was in it, and he consecrated them.
11. And he sprinkled some of it on the altar seven times and anointed the altar, and all its accoutrements, and the laver and its base, to consecrate them.
12. And he poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron’s head and anointed him to consecrate him.
13. Then Moses brought Aaron’s sons, and he clothed them with tunics, and girded them with a sash, and he bound the head-coverings on them as the Lord had commanded Moses.
14. And he brought the bullock of the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the bullock of the sin offering.
15. And Moses killed it, and he took the blood and put it on the horns of the altar all around with his finger, and purified the altar, and he poured out the blood at the base of the altar and consecrated it to make atonement on it.
16. And he took all the fat that is on the entrails, and the caul of the liver, and the two kidneys with their fat, and Moses burned them on the altar.
17. But the bullock, and its hide, and its flesh, and its dung, he burned up with fire outside the camp as the Lord had commanded Moses.
18. And he brought the ram of the burnt offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram.
19. And Moses killed it, and he threw the blood against the altar all around.
20. And he cut the ram into its pieces, and Moses burned the head, and the pieces, and the fat.
21. And he washed the entrails and the legs in water, and Moses burned the whole ram on the altar as a burnt offering. It was a placating aroma made by fire to the Lord, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
22. And he brought the second ram, the ram of ordination, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram.
23. And Moses killed it, and he took some of its blood, and he put it on the tip of Aaron’s right ear, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.
24. And he brought Aaron’s sons, and Moses put some of the blood on the tip of their right ear, and on the thumb of their right hand, and on the big toe of their right foot, and he threw the blood against the altar all around.
25. And he took the fat, and its fat-tail, and all the fat that is on the entrails, and the caul of the liver, and the two kidneys with their fat, and the right thigh,
26.and from the basket of unleavened bread that is before the Lord, he took one unleavened cake, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, and he put them on the pieces of fat and on the right thigh.
27. And he placed everything onto Aaron’s palms and onto the palms of his sons, and he made them wave a wave offering before the Lord.
28. And Moses took them from their palms and burned them on the altar on top of the burnt offering for the ordinations; they were for a placating aroma; it is an offering made by fire to the Lord.
29. And Moses took the breast and waved it as a wave offering before the Lord, for it was Moses’ portion of the ram of ordination, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
30. And Moses took some of the anointing oil and some of the blood which was on the altar, and he sprinkled it on Aaron, on his garments, and on his sons, and on sons’ garments along with him, and he consecrated Aaron, his garments, and his sons, and sons’ garments with him.
31. And Moses said to Aaron and to his sons, “Boil the flesh at the entrance of the tent of meeting and eat it there, and the bread that is in the basket of ordination, as I commanded, saying, ‘Aaron and his sons shall eat it.’
32.And what remains of the flesh and of the bread, you shall burn up with fire.
33.And then you shall not go outside of the entrance of the tent of meeting seven days until the day your days of ordinations are completed; for seven days will He ordain you.
34.As has been done this day, the Lord commanded to be done to make atonement for you.
35.And you shall remain at the entrance of the tent of meeting, day and night, seven days and observe the command of the Lord so that you do not die, for thus I have been commanded.”
36. So Aaron and his sons did all the things that the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses.
Leviticus 9
¶1. And it came to pass that on the eighth day Moses called to Aaron and his sons, and to the elders of Israel,
2. And he said to Aaron, “Take for yourself a bull-calf for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering, both without blemish, and offer them before the Lord.
3.And to the children of Israel speak, saying, ‘Take a male from the goats for a sin offering, and a bull and a ram, both a year old and without blemish, for a burnt offering,
4.and an ox and a ram for peace offerings to sacrifice before the Lord, and a grain offering mixed with oil because the Lord will appear to you today.’”
5. So they brought what Moses commanded before the tent of meeting, and all the congregation came near and stood before the Lord.
6. And Moses said, “This is the thing that the Lord commanded you to do; then the glory of the Lord will appear to you.”
7. Then Moses said to Aaron, “Approach the altar and offer your sin offering and your burnt offering, and make atonement for yourself. And then for the people, offer also the offering of the people, and make atonement for them as the Lord commanded.”
8. And Aaron approached the altar, and he slaughtered the bull of the sin offering that was for himself.
9. And Aaron’s sons brought the blood to him, and he dipped his finger in the blood and put it on the horns of the altar, and he poured out the blood at the base of the altar.
10. And the fat, and the kidneys, and the caul of the liver of the sin offering he burned on the altar as the Lord commanded Moses.
11. But the flesh and the hide, he burned up with fire outside the camp.
12. And he slaughtered the burnt offering, and Aaron’s sons presented the blood to him, and he threw it against the altar all around.
13. And they presented the burnt offering to him in its pieces, and the head, and he burned them on the altar.
14. And he washed the entrails and the legs, and he burned them upon the burnt offering on the altar.
15. Then he brought the people’s offering, and he took the goat of the sin offering which was for the people, and slaughtered it, and made a sin offering like the first one.
16. And he brought the burnt offering and did with it according to the ordinance.
17. And he brought the grain offering, and took a handful of it, and burned it on the altar separately from the morning burnt offering.
18. And he slaughtered the ox and the ram for the sacrifice of peace offerings which was for the people, and Aaron’s sons presented the blood to him, and he threw it on the altar all around.
19. And the fat pieces from the ox and from the ram (the fat-tail, and the fatty covering of the entrails, and the kidneys, and the caul of the liver),
20.they put these fat pieces on the breasts, and he burned the pieces of fat on the altar.
21. And the breasts and the right thigh, Aaron waved as a wave offering before the Lord, as Moses commanded.
22. And Aaron lifted up his hand to the people and blessed them. And he came down from making the sin offering, and the burnt offering, and the peace offerings.
23. Then Moses and Aaron went into the tent of meeting, and then came out, and they blessed the people, and the glory of the Lord appeared to all the people.
24. And fire came out from before the Lord and consumed the burnt offering and the fat pieces on the altar. And all the people saw it, and they cried out and fell on their faces.
Leviticus 10
¶1. Then Nadab and Abihu, sons of Aaron, each took his fire-pan, and they put fire in them and laid incense on it, and they offered strange fire before the Lord which He had not commanded them.
2. And fire came out from before the Lord and consumed them, and they died before the Lord.
3. Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord spoke, saying, ‘I will be sanctified by those who come near to me, and before all the people, I will be glorified.’” And Aaron was silent.
4. And Moses summoned Mishael and Elzaphan, sons of Uzziel, Aaron’s uncle, and he said to them, “Come near! Carry your kinsmen from before the holy place outside of the camp!”
5. So they came near and carried them in their tunics outside of the camp, as Moses said.
6. And Moses said to Aaron, and to Eleazar and Ithamar his sons, “Do not unbind your heads nor rend your garments, lest you die and He become angry with the whole congregation. But let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning that the Lord kindled.
7.And you shall not go out from the entrance of the tent of meeting, lest you die, for the anointing oil of the Lord is upon you.” And they did according to the word of Moses.
¶8. And the Lord spoke to Aaron, saying,
9.“Do not drink wine or strong drink, you, nor your sons with you, when you go into the tent of meeting so you do not die. It is a statute forever throughout your generations,
10.so that you make a distinction between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean,
11.and that you may teach the children of Israel all the statutes that the Lord has spoken to them by the hand of Moses.”
¶12. Then Moses said to Aaron, and to Eleazar and Ithamar, his remaining sons, “Take the grain offering that is left over from the Lord’s offerings made by fire and eat it unleavened beside the altar, for it is most holy.
13.And you shall eat it in a holy place because it is your portion, and your sons’ portion, of the Lord’s offerings made by fire, for thus have I been commanded.
14.And the breast for the wave offering and the thigh of the exsect offering, you shall eat in a clean place, you, and your sons, and your daughters with you, because they have been given as your portion and your sons’ portion from the sacrifices of the peace offerings of the children of Israel.
15.They shall bring the thigh of the exsect offering and the breast of the wave offering, with the offerings of fat pieces made by fire, to wave as a wave offering before the Lord, and it will be yours and your sons with you by statute forever, as the Lord commanded.”
16. And Moses diligently inquired about the goat of the sin offering, and behold, it had been burned up. Then he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the remaining sons of Aaron, saying,
17.“Why did you not eat the sin offering in the holy place? For it is most holy, and He gave it to you to bear the iniquity of the congregation to make atonement for them before the Lord.
18.Behold, its blood was not brought inside the sanctuary. You should have certainly eaten it in the holy place as I commanded!”
19. But Aaron said to Moses, “Behold, today they offered their sin offering and their burnt offering before the Lord, yet, such things have happened to me, and if I had eaten the sin offering today, would it have been good in the sight of the Lord?”
20. And when Moses heard that, it was good in his eyes.
Leviticus 11
¶1. And the Lord spoke to Moses, and to Aaron, saying to them,
2.“Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘This is the living creature that you may eat from among the beasts that are on the earth.
3.Every one that divides the hoof, completely splitting the cleft of the hooves, bringing up the cud among the beasts, you may eat.
4.But this you shall not eat from among those that bring up the cud, or those that divide the hoof: the camel, because it brings up the cud, but there is no dividing of the hoof – it shall be unclean to you;
5.and the rock badger, because it brings up cud, but it does not divide the hoof – it shall be unclean to you;
6.and the arnebeth,[1] because it brings up cud, but it does not divide the hoof – it shall be unclean to you;
7.and the pig, because it divides the hoof and completely splits the hoof, but it does not bring up the cud – it shall be unclean to you.
8.Of their flesh, you shall not eat, and you shall not touch their carcass. They shall be unclean to you.
¶9. “This you may eat of all that are in the waters: whatever has fin and scale in the waters, in the seas, or in the rivers, you may eat.
10.But whatever does not have fin and scale in the waters and in the rivers, whether among all that swarm in the waters or any creature that is in the waters, shall be an abomination to you.
11.Yea, an abomination shall they be to you! Of their flesh, you shall not eat, and their carcasses, you shall detest.
12.Whatever in the waters that does not have fin and scale shall be an abomination to you.
¶13. “And these from among the birds, you shall have in abomination; they shall not be eaten; they are an abomination: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the osprey,
14.and the vulture, and the falcon after its kind,
15.every raven after its kind,
16.and the ostrich, and the night hawk, and the sea gull, and the hawk after its kind,
17.and the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl,
18.and the ibis, and the pelican, and the Egyptian vulture,
19.and the stork, the heron after its kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.
¶20.“Every swarming, flying creature that moves about with four shall be an abomination to you.
21.Nevertheless, this you may eat of every swarming, flying creature that moves about with four: whose legs are not above its feet, to leap with them upon the ground.
22.These you may eat of them: the young locust after its kind, and the bald locust after its kind, and the cricket after its kind, and the grasshopper after its kind.
23.But every swarming, flying creature which has four feet shall be an abomination to you.
¶24. “And by these, you shall become unclean; anyone who touches their carcass shall be unclean until evening
25.(yea, anyone who picks up a part of their carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening):
26.by any beast that divides a hoof, but it is not completely split, or it does not bring up the cud. They shall be unclean to you. Anyone who touches them shall be unclean.
¶27. “And whatever walks on its paws of every animal that walks on four feet shall be unclean to you. Anyone who touches their carcass shall be unclean until evening.
28.And he that picks up their carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening. They shall be unclean to you.
29.This also shall be unclean to you among the creeping things that creep on the earth: the mole, and the mouse, and the lizard after its kind,
30.even the gecko, and the monitor lizard, and the skink, and the sand lizard, and the chameleon.
31.These are unclean to you among all that creep. Anyone who touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until evening.
32.And whatever any of them falls on when they are dead shall be unclean, whether a wooden vessel, or clothing, or skin, or sack. Any vessel with which work is done must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until evening. Then it will be clean.
33.And any earthen vessel into which any of them fall, whatever is in it shall be unclean, and you shall break it.
34.Any food that may be eaten that water comes upon shall be unclean, and all drink that may be drunk in any vessel shall be unclean.
35.And whatever a part of their carcass falls on shall be unclean, oven or stove, shall be broken down. They are unclean, and they shall be unclean to you.
36.However, a spring or a cistern collecting water shall be clean, but whatever is touched by their carcass shall be unclean.
37.And if part of their carcass falls on any seed for sowing that is to be sowed, it shall be clean.
38.But if water has been put on the seed, and part of their carcass falls on it, it shall be unclean to you.
39.And if any beast that is food for you die, he who touches its carcass shall be unclean until evening.
40.And he who eats of its carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening. Also, he who picks up its carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening.
41.And every creeping thing that creeps on the earth is an abomination. It shall not be eaten.
42.Everything that moves on its belly, and everything that moves about with four or more feet, of every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, you shall not eat, for they are an abomination.
43.You shall not make yourselves abominable with any swarming thing that swarms, and you shall not make yourselves unclean with them and defile yourselves with them.
44.For I am Jehovah your God, and you shall sanctify yourselves, and you shall be holy, for I am holy, and you shall not make yourselves unclean with any swarming thing that crawls upon the earth.
45.For I am Jehovah who brought you up from the land of Egypt to be your God, and you are to be holy because I am holy.
46.This is the law of the beast, and of the bird, and of every living creature that moves in the waters, and of every creature that creeps on the earth,
47.to make a distinction between the unclean and the clean, and between the creature that may be eaten and the creature that may not be eaten.”
Leviticus 12
¶1. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
2.“Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘When a woman gives birth and bears a male, then shall she be unclean seven days, as in the days of separation for her menstruation, she shall be unclean.
3.And on the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.
4.Then for thirty-three days, she shall continue in the blood of her purification. She shall not touch anything holy, nor come to the sanctuary, until the completion of the days of her purification.
5.But if she bear a female, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her separation. Then for sixty-six days, she shall continue because of the blood of her purification.
6.And when the days of her purification are completed for a son or daughter, she shall bring a year-old lamb for a burnt offering and a young dove or a turtle-dove for a sin-offering to the priest at the entrance of the tent of meeting.
7.And he shall offer it before the Lord, and make atonement for her, and she shall be clean from the flow of her blood. This is the law for her who bears a male or a female.
8.And if she is not able to obtain a lamb, then she shall bring two turtle-doves, or two young doves, one for a burnt offering and one for a sin offering, and the priest will make atonement for her, and she shall be clean.’”
Leviticus 13
¶1. And the Lord spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
2.“When a man has on the skin of his flesh a swelling, or a scab, or a bright spot, and it becomes in the skin of his flesh the plague of leprosy, then he shall be brought in to Aaron the priest, or to one of his sons the priests.
3.And the priest shall look at the plague in the skin of the flesh, and when hair in the plague has turned white and the plague is not in appearance deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is the plague of leprosy, and the priest shall look at him and pronounce him unclean.
4.But if a bright spot be white in the skin of his flesh, and it is not in appearance deeper than the skin, and the hair in it has not turned white, then the priest shall shut up the plague seven days.
5.And the priest shall look at it on the seventh day, and behold, if in his eyes the plague is unchanged, the plague not having spread on the skin, then the priest shall shut him up seven days a second time.
6.And the priest shall look at it the second time on the seventh day, and behold, if the plague has faded, and the plague has not spread on the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean. It is a scab. And he shall wash his clothes and be clean.
7.But if the scab has spread further in the skin after he presents himself to the priest for his purifying, then he shall present himself a second time to the priest.
8.When the priest looks, and behold, the scab has spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is leprosy.
¶9. “When the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be brought to the priest.
10.When the priest looks, and behold, a white swelling be in the skin, and it has turned the hair white, and living, raw flesh is in the swelling,
11.it is a dormant leprosy in the skin of his flesh, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean. He shall not shut him up, though he is unclean.
12.And if the leprosy has broken out widely in the skin, so that the leprosy cover all the skin, the plague being from his head to his foot, visible everywhere to the eyes of the priest,
13.and when the priest looks, and behold, the leprosy has covered all his flesh, then he shall pronounce him who has the plague clean; it has all turned white; he is clean.
14.But on the day raw flesh appears on him, he shall be unclean.
15.And the priest shall look at the raw flesh and pronounce him unclean. The raw flesh is unclean; it is leprosy.
16.But should the raw flesh change again, and be turned white, then he shall go to the priest,
17.and when the priest looks at him, and behold, the plague is turned white, then the priest shall pronounce him who has the plague clean; he is clean.
¶18. “And flesh that had in its skin a boil and it healed,
19.but in the place of the boil is a white swelling or a bright, reddish-white spot, shall be shown to the priest.
20.And when the priest looks, and behold, its appearance is deeper than the skin, and its hair has turned white, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is a plague of leprosy broken out from the boil.
21.But if the priest looks at it, and behold, there is no white hair in it, and it is not lower than the skin, and it is faded, then the priest shall shut him up seven days,
22.and if it spreads further in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is a plague.
23.But if the bright spot stays in its place and does not spread, it is an inflammation of the boil, and the priest shall pronounce him clean.
24.Or flesh that has in its skin a fiery burning, and the burning tissue has a bright reddish-white or white spot,
25.then the priest shall look at it, and behold, if hair has turned white in the bright spot, and it is in appearance deeper than the skin, it is leprosy broken out from the burning, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is the plague of leprosy.
26.But if the priest look at it, and behold, there is no white hair in the bright spot, and it is not lower than the skin and is faded, then the priest shall shut him up seven days.
27.And the priest shall look at him on the seventh day. If it has spread further in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is the plague of leprosy.
28.But if the bright spot stays in its place and does not spread in the skin and is faded, it is a swelling from the burning, and the priest shall pronounce him clean for it is inflammation from the burn.
¶29. “When a man or a woman has a blemish on the head or beard,
30.then the priest shall look at the blemish, and behold, it is in appearance deeper than the skin, and within it there is thin, yellow hair, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is a scall. It is leprosy of the head or beard.
31.But if the priest look at the blemish of the scall, and behold, it is not in appearance deeper than the skin, and there is no black hair in it, then the priest shall shut up him who has the blemish of the scall seven days.
32.And the priest shall look at the blemish on the seventh day, and behold, the scall has not spread, and there is no yellow hair in it, and the scall is not in appearance deeper than the skin,
33.then he shall shave himself, but the scall shall he not shave, and the priest shall shut up him who has the scall seven days, a second time.
34.And the priest shall look at the scall on the seventh day, and behold, if the scall has not spread in the skin, and if it is not in appearance deeper than the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean, and he shall wash his clothes and be clean.
35.But if the scall spreads further in the skin after his purifying,
36.then the priest shall look at him, and behold, if the blemish has spread in the skin, the priest shall not check for the yellow hair, he is unclean.
37.But if the scall is unchanged and black hair has grown in it, the scall is healed; he is clean, and the priest shall pronounce him clean.
38.When a man or a woman have bright spots, bright white spots, in the skin of their flesh,
39.then the priest shall look, and behold, if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh are a faded white; it is a tetter broken out in the skin; he is clean.
40.And when a man’s head is bare, he is bald. He is clean.
41.And if the forefront of his head is bare; he has a bald forehead. He is clean.
42.But when there is a reddish-white blemish in the baldness or in the bald forehead, it is leprosy broken out in his baldness or his forehead.
43.Then the priest shall look at him, and behold, the swelling of the plague be reddish-white in his baldness or his forehead, like the appearance of leprosy in the skin of the flesh,
44.he is a leprous man; he is unclean. The priest shall certainly pronounce him unclean; his plague is on his head.
45.And the leper who has the plague, his clothes shall be torn in pieces, and his head kept uncovered, and he shall cover over the lip and shall cry out, “Unclean! Unclean!”
46.He shall be unclean all the days that the plague is in him; he is unclean. He shall dwell alone. His dwelling-place shall be outside of the camp.
47.And the garment that has the plague of leprosy in it, in a woolen garment or in a linen garment,
48.whether in the warp or weft of the linen or the wool, or in a skin, or in anything made of skin,
49.and the plague be greenish or reddish in the garment or in the skin, or in the warp, or in the weft, or in any vessel of skin; it is the plague of leprosy. It shall be shown to the priest.
50.And the priest shall look at the plague, and shut up the plague seven days.
51.And he shall look at the plague on the seventh day. If the plague has spread in the garment, or in the warp, or in the weft, or in the skin, or in any article that is made of skin, the plague is a pernicious leprosy; it is unclean.
52.He shall burn up the garment, whether the warp or the weft in the woolen or in the linen article, or in any vessel of skin that has in it the plague, for it is a pernicious leprosy. It shall be burned up in the fire.
53.But if the priest look, and behold, the plague has not spread in the garment, or in the warp or in the weft, or in any vessel of skin,
54.the priest shall give command, and they shall wash the thing that has the plague in it, and he shall shut it up seven days a second time.
55.And the priest shall look at the plague after it has been washed, and behold, if the plague has not changed its appearance, and the plague has not spread, it is unclean. You shall burn it up in the fire. It is eaten up on its back or on its front.
56.But if the priest look, and behold, the plague has faded after it was washed, then he shall tear it from the garment, or from the skin, or from the warp, or from the weft.
57.But if it still be seen in the garment, or in the warp, or in the weft, or in any vessel of skin, it is spreading. You shall burn up with fire that in which is the plague.
58.But the garment, or the warp, or the weft, or any vessel of skin that you wash and the plague is gone from them shall then be washed a second time, and it shall be clean.
59.This is the law of a plague of leprosy in a garment of wool, or linen, or warp, or weft, or any vessel of skin, to pronounce it clean or pronounce it unclean.
Leviticus 14
¶1. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
2.“This shall be the law for the leper in the day of his cleansing: When he is brought to the priest,
3.then the priest will come out, outside of the camp, and the priest shall look, and behold, if the plague of leprosy is healed in the leper,
4.then the priest shall give command, and he shall fetch two clean, living birds for the cleansing, with cedar wood, and bright scarlet, and hyssop.
5.And the priest shall give command, and he shall kill one bird in an earthen vessel over running water.
6.As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the bright scarlet, and the hyssop, and he shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the running water.
7.And he shall sprinkle it on him who is to be cleansed from leprosy seven times and pronounce him clean. Then he shall let the living bird go free in the open field.
8.And the cleansed man shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and bathe in the water, and he will be clean. Then, afterward, he will come into the camp, but he shall stay out of his tent for seven days.
9.And it shall be that on the seventh day, he will shave off all the hair from his head, and his beard, and his eyebrows. Even all his hair shall he shave off, and he shall wash his clothes and bathe his flesh in the water, and he will be clean.
10.And on the eighth day, he shall take two unblemished male lambs, and one unblemished ewe lamb a year old, and three tenth-parts of fine flour for a grain offering mixed with oil, and one log of oil.
11.And the priest who is pronouncing him clean shall set the man who is to be cleansed and the things for the offering before the Lord at the entrance of the tent of meeting.
12.And the priest shall take one of the male lambs and offer it for a guilt offering, and the log of oil, and he shall wave them as a wave offering before the Lord.
13.And he shall kill the male lamb at the place where he kills the sin offering and the burnt offering, in the holy place, for, like the sin offering, the guilt offering is for the priest. It is most holy.
14.And the priest shall take some of the blood of the guilt offering, and the priest shall put it on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.
15.And the priest shall take some of the log of oil, and he shall pour it into the palm of the priest’s left hand.
16.And the priest shall dip the finger of his right hand into some of the oil that is in his left palm, and he shall sprinkle some of the oil with his finger seven times before the Lord.
17.And then the priest shall put some of the oil that is left in his palm on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, over the blood of the guilt offering.
18.And the rest of the oil that is in the priest’s palm, he shall put on the head of him who is to be cleansed, and the priest shall make atonement for him before the Lord.
19.And the priest shall offer the sin offering, and make atonement for him who is to be cleansed from his uncleanness, and afterward he shall kill the burnt offering.
20.And the priest shall bring the burnt offering and the grain offering to the altar, and the priest shall make atonement for him, and he shall be cleansed.
¶21. “But if he is poor and cannot afford that, then he shall bring one male lamb for a guilt offering to be waved to make atonement for him, and one tenth-part of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering, and a log of oil,
22.and two turtledoves or two young doves, whichever he obtains, and one shall be a sin offering, and the other a burnt offering.
23.And he shall bring them on the eighth day for his cleansing to the priest at the entrance of the tent of meeting before the Lord.
24.And the priest shall take the lamb of the guilt offering, with the log of oil, and the priest shall wave them as a wave offering before the Lord.
25.And he shall slaughter the lamb of the guilt offering, and the priest shall take some of the blood of the guilt offering and shall put it on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.
26.And then the priest shall pour some of the oil into the palm of the priest’s left hand,
27.and with the finger of his right hand, the priest shall sprinkle some of the oil that is in his left palm seven times before the Lord.
28.And the priest shall put some of the oil that is in his palm on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, on the place of the blood of the guilt offering.
29.And the rest of the oil that is in the priest’s palm, he shall put on the head of him who is to be cleansed to make atonement for him before the Lord.
30.And with one of the turtledoves or of the young doves that he obtained, he shall make,
31.with whichever he was able to obtain, the one a sin offering and the other a burnt offering, with the grain offering. And the priest shall make atonement for him who is to be cleansed before the Lord.
32.This is the law for him who has the plague of leprosy who cannot afford the other for his cleansing.”
¶33. And the Lord spoke to Moses, and to Aaron, saying,
34.“When you come into the land of Canaan which I am giving to you for a possession, and I put the plague of leprosy in a house of the land of your possession,
35.then he whose house it is shall come and tell the priest, saying, ‘Some plague appears to me to be in the house.’
36.Then the priest shall give command, and they shall empty the house before the priest comes to inspect the plague, so that not everything that is in the house will be made unclean. And after that, the priest shall come to inspect the house.
37.And he shall look at the plague, and behold, if the plague in the walls of the house consists of greenish or reddish spots, and their appearance is deeper than the wall,
38.then the priest shall go out of the house, to the entrance of the house, and he shall cause the house to be shut up seven days.
39.And the priest shall return on the seventh day and look, and behold, if the plague has spread in the walls of the house,
40.then the priest shall give command, and they shall take down the stones in which is the plague and throw them into an unclean place outside of the city.
41.And he will cause the house to be scraped within all around, and they shall pour out the debris that is scraped off at an unclean place outside of the city.
42.And they shall take other stones and bring them instead of those stones, and he shall take other mortar and plaster the house.
¶43. “But if the plague returns and breaks out in the house after he took away the stones, and after the scraping of the house, and after it was plastered,
44.then the priest shall come and inspect it, and behold, the plague has spread in the house, it is a pernicious leprosy in the house. It is unclean.
45.And he shall tear down the house, its stones, and its timbers, and all the mortar of the house, and he shall take it out to an unclean place outside of the city.
46.Also, whoever goes into the house on any of the days that he closed it up shall be unclean until evening.
47.And whoever lies in the house shall wash his clothes, and whoever eats in the house shall wash his clothes.
¶48. “But when the priest comes and inspects the house, and behold, the plague has not spread in the house after the house was plastered, then the priest shall pronounce the house clean because the plague has been healed.
49.Then, to cleanse the house, he shall take two birds, and cedar wood, and bright scarlet, and hyssop.
50.And he shall kill one bird in an earthen vessel over running water.
51.And he shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the bright scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird, and in the running water, and he shall sprinkle the house seven times.
52.So shall he cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the bright scarlet.
53.And he shall release the living bird outside the city in the open field. So shall he make atonement for the house, and it shall be clean.
54.This is the law concerning every plague of leprosy, and scall,
55.and for leprosy of clothing, and of a house,
56.and for a swelling, and for a scab, and for a bright spot,
57.for direction in the day of uncleanness and in the day of cleanness. This is the law of leprosy.”
Leviticus 15
¶1. And the Lord spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
2.“Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, ‘Any man that has a discharge from his flesh, he is unclean by reason of his discharge.
3.And this shall be his uncleanness in his discharge, whether his flesh is flowing with his discharge or his flesh has sealed up because of his discharge, it is his uncleanness.
4.Every bed that he with the discharge lies on shall be unclean, and any object that he sits on shall be unclean.
5.And whoever touches his bed shall wash his clothes and bathe in water. And he shall be unclean until evening.
6.And he who sits on any object upon which he who has the discharge has sat shall wash his clothes and bathe in water. And he shall be unclean until evening.
7.And he who touches the flesh of him who has the discharge shall wash his clothes and bathe in water. And he shall be unclean until evening.
8.And if he who has the discharge spit on a clean person, then he shall wash his clothes and bathe in water. And he shall be unclean until evening.
9.And any seat upon which he who has the discharge rides shall be unclean.
10.And whoever touches anything that was under him shall be unclean until evening. And he who takes them away shall wash his clothes and bathe in water. And he shall be unclean until evening.
11.And whoever touches him who has the discharge and does not rinse his hands in water shall also wash his clothes and bathe in water. And he shall be unclean until evening.
12.And an earthen vessel that touches him who has the discharge shall be broken, and every wooden vessel shall be rinsed in water.
13.And when he who has the discharge is cleansed from his discharge, then he shall number for himself seven days for his cleansing. And he shall wash his clothes and bathe his flesh in running water and shall be clean.
14.And on the eighth day, he shall take for himself two turtle doves or two young doves, and he shall come before the Lord at the entrance of the tent of meeting and give them to the priest.
15.And the priest shall make of one of them a sin offering and of the other a burnt offering, and the priest shall make atonement for him before the Lord for his discharge.
¶16. “And if a man’s seed of copulation go out from him, then he shall bathe all his flesh in water, and he shall be unclean until evening.
17.And every garment and any hide upon which seed of copulation has come shall also be washed in water and shall be unclean until evening.
18.And as for when a man lies with a woman and there is seed of copulation, they shall also bathe in water and shall be unclean until evening.
¶19. “And when any woman has a discharge of blood, the discharge will be in her body for seven days; she shall be in her separation, and anyone who touches her shall be unclean until evening.
20.And anything that she lies on during her separation shall be unclean, and anything she sits on shall be unclean.
21.And anyone who touches her bed shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and he shall be unclean until evening.
22.And anyone who touches any object upon which she sits shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and he shall be unclean until evening.
23.And whether it is on the bed or on the thing upon which she has been sitting, when he touches it, he shall be unclean until evening.
24.And if a man actually lies with her so that her impurity is on him, then he shall be unclean for seven days, and any bed that he lies on shall be unclean.
¶25. “And when a woman has a discharge of her blood for many days not at the time of her separation, or when she has a discharge beyond her time of separation, all the days of the discharge of her uncleanness shall be as in the days of her separation. She shall be unclean.
26.Any bed on which she lies, on any of the days of her discharge, shall be for her like the bed of her separation, and any object upon which she sits shall be unclean, as the uncleanness of her separation.
27.And anyone who touches them shall be unclean, and he shall wash his garments and bathe in water, and he shall be unclean until evening.
28.But when she is cleansed from her discharge, then she shall count for herself seven days, and after that, she shall be clean.
29.And on the eighth day, she shall take for herself two turtle doves or two young doves, and she shall bring them to the priest at the entrance of the tent of meeting.
30.And the priest shall offer one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, and the priest shall make atonement for her before the Lord for the discharge of her uncleanness.
31.And you shall separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness, and they will not die in their uncleanness when they defile my tabernacle that is in their midst.
¶32. “This is the law for him who has a discharge, and whose seed of copulation goes out from him to make him unclean,
33.and the menstruating woman in her separation, and the one who has a discharge, whether male or female, and for a man when he lies with an unclean woman.”
Leviticus 16
¶1. And the Lord spoke to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron when they came before the Lord and died.
2. And the Lord said to Moses, “Speak to Aaron your brother that he not come at all times into the holy place within the veil, before the mercy-seat that is on the ark, so that he not die, for I appear in the cloud over the mercy-seat.
3.In this manner shall Aaron come into the holy place: with a bullock from the herd for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering.
4.He shall put on the holy linen tunic, and linen undergarments shall be against his flesh, and he shall gird himself with the linen sash and put on the linen turban. They are holy garments, and he shall bathe his flesh in water and then put them on.
5.And from the congregation of the children of Israel, he shall take two males from the goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt offering.
6.And Aaron shall offer the bullock for the sin offering that is for himself, and make atonement for himself and for his house.
7.And then he shall take the two goats and present them before the Lord at the entrance of the tent of meeting.
8.And Aaron shall cast lots for the two goats, one lot for the Lord, and the other lot for Azazel.
9.And Aaron shall bring the goat upon which the lot for the Lord fell, and he shall offer it as a sin offering.
10.And the goat upon which the lot for Azazel fell shall be presented alive before the Lord to make atonement with it, that it may be driven away into the wilderness for Azazel.
11.And Aaron shall bring the bullock for the sin offering that is for himself, and make atonement for himself and for his house. And he shall slaughter the bullock for the sin offering that is for himself.
12.And he shall take a fire-pan full of coals from the fire on the altar before the Lord, and his hands full of pungent incense ground fine, and he shall bring it within the veil.
13.And he shall put the incense on the fire before the Lord, and the cloud of incense will cover the mercy-seat that is over the testimony so that he does not die.
14.And he shall take some of the blood of the bullock and sprinkle it with his finger on the front of the mercy-seat eastward, and he shall sprinkle with his finger some of the blood before the mercy-seat seven times.
¶15. “Then he shall slaughter the goat of the sin offering that is for the people and bring its blood within the veil. And he shall do with its blood just as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it on the mercy-seat and before the mercy-seat.
16.And he shall make atonement for the holy place because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel and because of their transgressions in all their sins. And thus shall he do for the tent of meeting that is present with them in the midst of their uncleanness.
17.And there shall be no man in the tent of meeting when he goes in to make atonement in the holy place until he comes out and has made the atonement for himself and for his house, and for all the Assembly of Israel.
18.Then he shall go out to the altar that is before the Lord, and he shall make atonement for it. And he shall take some of the blood of the bullock, and some of the blood of the goat, and put it on the horns of the altar all around.
19.And he shall sprinkle with his finger some of the blood on it seven times, and cleanse it and sanctify it because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel.
20.When he has finished making atonement for the holy place, and the tent of meeting, and the altar, then he shall bring the live goat.
21.And Aaron shall lay his two hands on the head of the live goat and confess all the iniquities of the children of Israel over it, and all their transgressions in all their sins, and he shall put them on the head of the goat. And then he shall send it away by the hand of a ready man into the wilderness.
22.And the goat will bear on itself all their iniquities to a separated land, and he shall send the goat away into the wilderness.
23.Then Aaron shall come into the tent of meeting and take off the linen garments that he put on when he went into the holy place, and he shall lay them there.
24.And he shall bathe his flesh in water in the holy place and put on his garments. Then he shall come out and make his burnt offering and the burnt offering for the people, and he shall make atonement for himself and for the people.
25.And the fat of the sin offering, he shall burn on the altar.
26.And he that drove away the goat for Azazel shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and after this, he may come into the camp.
27.And the bullock of the sin offering and the goat of the sin offering whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the holy place, he shall carry outside of the camp, and they shall burn up their hides, and their flesh, and their dung with fire.
28.And the one who burns them up shall wash his clothes and bathe his flesh in water, and after this, he may come into the camp.
¶29. “And it shall be a statute for you forever: in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict your soul, and you shall do no work, both the native-born and the stranger who sojourns among you.
30.For on this day, he shall make atonement for you before the Lord to cleanse you from all your sins, that you may be clean.
31.A sabbath of rest shall it be for you, and you shall afflict your souls; it is a statute forever.
32.And the priest whom he shall anoint and whom he shall ordain to act as priest in his father’s stead shall make the atonement, and he shall put on the linen garments, the holy garments,
33.and when he has made atonement for the holy sanctuary, and for the tent of meeting, and for the altar, he shall also make atonement for the priests, and for all the people of the Assembly shall he make atonement.
34.And this shall be an everlasting statute for you, to atone for all the sins of the children of Israel once a year.” And he did just as Jehovah commanded Moses.
Leviticus 17
¶1. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
2.“Speak to Aaron and to his sons and all the people of Israel, and say to them, ‘This is the thing which Jehovah has commanded me to say:
3.Any man of the house of Israel who slaughters an ox, or a sheep, or a goat in the camp, or who slaughters them outside the camp,
4.and does not bring it to the entrance of the tent of meeting and offer it as a gift to Jehovah before Jehovah’s dwelling place, blood shall be imputed to that man. He has shed blood, and that man shall be cut off from among his people,
5.to the end that the sons of Israel bring their sacrifices which they are offering in the open field, and bring them to Jehovah at the entrance of the tent of meeting to the priest, and offer them as a peace offering to Jehovah.
6.And the priest shall throw the blood against the altar of Jehovah at the entrance of the tent of meeting, and he shall make the fat to smoke for a placating aroma to Jehovah.
7.And they shall no longer offer their sacrifices to goat demons, with which they committed whoredom. An everlasting statute shall this be for them, throughout their generations.’
8.And you shall say to them, ‘Any man of the house of Israel or any stranger who dwells among them who offers up a burnt offering or sacrifice,
9.and does not bring it to the entrance of the tent of meeting to offer it to Jehovah, then that man shall be cut off from his people.’
¶10.“And if any man of the house of Israel or of any stranger who dwells among them consumes any kind of blood, I will set my face against that soul who consumes the blood, and I will cut him off from among his people.
11.For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement upon the altar for your souls, for it is the blood that makes atonement for a soul.
12.That is why I said to the children of Israel, ‘No person among you may eat blood, nor may the sojourner who is sojourning among you eat blood.’
13.And every man of the sons of Israel or of the strangers that sojourn among you who hunts, a hunter of beast or flying creature that may be eaten, shall certainly pour out its blood and cover it with earth.
14.For the life of all flesh is its blood; it is for its life. That is why I said to the children of Israel, ‘The blood of all flesh shall you not eat,’ for the life of all flesh is its blood; all who eat it shall be cut off.
¶15. “And any soul who eats of a carcass or a torn animal, both the native-born and the stranger, shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and he shall be unclean until evening; then he shall be clean.
16.But if he does not wash his clothes and bathe his flesh, then he shall bear his iniquity.”
Leviticus 18
¶1. And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
2.“Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘I am Jehovah your God.
3.You shall not do as is done in the land of Egypt where you dwelt, nor shall you do as is done in the land of Canaan to which I bring you, neither shall you live according to their statutes.
4.You shall carry out my judgments and keep my statutes, to walk in them. I am Jehovah your God.
5.You must keep my statutes and my judgments, for the man who does them shall also live by them. I am the Lord.
6.None of you shall approach any close relative to uncover their nakedness. I am the Lord.
7.The nakedness of your father, that is, the nakedness of your mother, shall you not uncover; she is your mother. You shall not uncover her nakedness.
8.The nakedness of your father’s wife shall you not uncover; it is your father’s nakedness.
9.The nakedness of your sister, the daughter of your father or the daughter of your mother, whether born at home or born abroad, you shall not uncover their nakedness.
10.The nakedness of your son’s daughter or your daughter’s daughter, you shall not uncover their nakedness, for they are your own nakedness.
11.The nakedness of a daughter of the wife of your father, begotten by your father – she is your sister – you shall not uncover her nakedness.
12.The nakedness of your father’s sister shall you not uncover; she is your father’s relative.
13.The nakedness of your mother’s sister shall you not uncover, for she is your mother’s relative.
14.The nakedness of your father’s brother shall you not uncover. You shall not approach his wife; she is your aunt.
15.The nakedness of your daughter-in-law shall you not uncover; she is your son’s wife. You shall not uncover her nakedness.
16.The nakedness of your brother’s wife shall you not uncover; it is your brother’s nakedness.
17.The nakedness of a woman and her daughter shall you not uncover. Neither shall you take a daughter of her son or a daughter of her daughter to uncover her nakedness; they are her kin. It is depravity.
18.Neither shall you take a woman in addition to her sister, to be a rival, to uncover her nakedness besides the other’s during her lifetime.
19.And you shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness during the separation for her uncleanness.
20.And you shall not give your seed of copulation to a wife of your neighbor, to be defiled with her.
21.And you shall not permit any of your seed to pass through the fire to Molech, that you do not profane the name of your God. I am the Lord.
22.You shall not lie with a male as men lie with a woman. It is an abomination.
23.And you shall not lie with any beast to be defiled with it, and neither shall a woman stand before a beast to lie with it; it is confusion.
24.Do not defile yourselves by any of these things, for by all these, the nations which I am driving out from before you are defiled.
25.And the land is defiled, and I will visit its iniquity upon it, and the land will vomit out its inhabitants.
26.But you shall keep my statutes and my judgments, and you shall not do any of these abominations, neither the native born or the stranger who sojourns among you
27.(for all these abominations have the men of the land who were before you done, and the land is defiled),
28.that the land not vomit you out, should you defile it, as it vomited out the nation that was before you.
29.For whoever does any of these abominations, the souls that do them shall surely be cut off from the midst of their people.
30.Therefore, you shall keep my charge to not do any of these abominable customs which have been done before you, that you not defile yourselves with them. I am the Lord your God.”
Leviticus 19
¶1. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
2.“Speak to the whole congregation of the children of Israel, and say to them, ‘You shall be holy because I the Lord your God am holy.
3.Every one of you shall fear his mother and his father, and my sabbaths you shall keep. I am the Lord your God.
4.Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves molten gods. I am the Lord your God.
5.And when you make a sacrifice of peace offerings to the Lord, you must offer it of your own will.
6.It must be eaten on the day of your sacrifice or on the following day, but what remains until the third day shall be burned up in the fire.
7.And if any of it is eaten on the third day, it is unclean; it will not be accepted.
8.And everyone who eats it shall bear his iniquity because he profaned the Lord’s holy thing, and that soul shall be cut off from his people.
9.And when you reap a harvest in your land, you shall not completely reap the edge of your field, and the gleaning of your harvest you shall not gather.
10.And you shall not glean your vineyard, nor shall you gather fallen grapes from your vineyard; you shall leave them for the poor and for the stranger. I am the Lord your God.
11.You shall not steal, and you shall not deal falsely, and none of you shall lie to his fellow.
12.And you shall not swear falsely by my name, and you shall not profane the name of your God. I am the Lord.
13.You shall not oppress your fellow, nor shall you rob him. The wages of a hired worker shall not remain with you until morning.
14.You shall not curse a deaf man, nor shall you put a stumbling block before a blind man, but you shall fear before your God. I am the Lord.
15.You shall do no injustice in judgment. You shall neither be partial to a poor man nor show deference to a great man; with righteousness shall you judge your fellow.
16.You shall not go about as a slanderer among your people. You shall not stand against the blood of your fellow. I am the Lord.
17.You shall not hate your brother in your heart; you shall plainly reprove your fellow, lest you bear sin because of him.
18.You shall not take vengeance nor hold anything against the children of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord.
19.You shall keep my statutes. You shall not cause two kinds of your beasts to mate; you shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed; nor shall clothing of two kinds of material be put on you.
¶20. “And when a man lies carnally with a woman, and she is a slave designated for a man, but she has not at all been redeemed, nor has freedom been given to her, inquiry shall be made. They shall not be put to death if she was not free.
21.But he shall bring his guilt offering to the Lord, to the entrance of the tent of meeting, a ram for a guilt offering.
22.And the priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of guilt offering before the Lord for his sin that he committed, and he shall be forgiven of his sin that he committed.
¶23. “And when you come into the land and plant any tree for food, then you shall consider its fruit as uncircumcised. For three years it shall be uncircumcised to you; it shall not be eaten.
24.But in the fourth year, all its fruit shall be holy, offerings of praise to the Lord.
25.Then in the fifth year, you may eat its fruit, that its yield may increase for you. I am the Lord your God.
26.You shall not eat anything with the blood. You shall not practice divination, nor shall you practice soothsaying.
27.You shall not round off the sides of your head, nor shall you mar the sides of your beard.
28.And you shall make no cutting in your flesh for the dead, nor shall you make a permanent mark on yourselves. I am the Lord.
29.You shall not defile your daughter by making her a prostitute, that the land not fall into whoredom, and the land be filled with licentiousness.
30.You shall keep my sabbaths and reverence my sanctuary. I am the Lord.
31.You shall not turn to mediums nor seek after soothsayers, to be defiled by them. I am the Lord your God.
32.You shall stand up at the presence of a grey head and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear before your God. I am the Lord.
¶33. “And if a stranger sojourn with you in your land, you shall not maltreat him.
34.The stranger that sojourns with you shall be to you as one native born among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.
35.You shall do no injustice in judgment, in measurement, in weight, or in portioning.
36.Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin shall you have. I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from the land of Egypt.
37.And you shall keep all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them. I am the Lord.”
Leviticus 20
¶1. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
2.“Say also to the children of Israel, ‘Any man, whether of the sons of Israel or a stranger who is sojourning in Israel, who gives of his offspring to Molech shall surely be put to death; the people of the land shall stone him with stones.
3.And I will set my face against that man and cut him off from the midst of his people because he gave of his offspring to Molech to defile my sanctuary and to profane my holy name.
4.And if the people of the land ever hide their eyes from that man when he gives his offspring to Molech, so as not to put him to death,
5.then I will set my face against that man and against his family, and I will cut him off and any who commit whoredom with him to go whoring after Molech from the midst of their people.
6.And the soul who turns to mediums, or to soothsayers, to go whoring with them, I will also set my face against that soul, and I will cut him off from the midst of his people.
7.Therefore, sanctify yourselves, and be holy because I, Jehovah, am your God,
8.and you shall keep my statutes and do them. I am the Lord who sanctifies you.
9.Any man whatsoever who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death. His father and his mother he has cursed. His blood shall be upon him.
10.If a man commits adultery with the wife of a man, inasmuch as he has committed adultery with the wife of his neighbor, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
11.If a man lies with his father’s wife, he has uncovered the nakedness of his father. Both of them shall surely be put to death. Their blood shall be upon them.
12.If a man lies with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall surely be put to death. They have done a perverse thing. Their blood shall be upon them.
13.If a man lies with a male, as men lie with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination. They shall surely be put to death. Their blood shall be upon them.
14.If a man takes a woman and her mother, it is wickedness. Both him and them shall they burn up with fire, that there be no wickedness in your midst.
15.If a man gives his copulation to a beast, he shall surely be put to death, and you shall kill the beast.
16.If a woman approaches any beast to lie with it, then you shall kill the woman and the beast. They shall surely be put to death. Their blood shall be upon them.
17.If a man takes his sister, his father’s daughter or his mother’s daughter, and sees her nakedness, and she sees his nakedness, it is a shameful thing, and they shall be cut off in the sight of the children of their people. He uncovered the nakedness of his sister; he shall bear his iniquity.
18.If a man lie with a menstruating woman and uncovers her nakedness, he has exposed her flow, and she has uncovered the flow of her blood. Both of them shall be cut off from the midst of their people.
19.And the nakedness of your mother’s sister or your father’s sister, you shall not uncover, for it exposes his relative. They shall bear their iniquity.
20.If a man lies with his aunt, he uncovers his uncle’s nakedness. They shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.
21.If a man takes his brother’s wife, it is a filthy thing. He has uncovered his brother’s nakedness; they shall be childless.
¶22. “Now, you shall keep all my statutes and all my judgments, and do them, so that the land to which I am bringing you to dwell in does not vomit you out.
23.And do not walk in the statutes of the nation that I am casting out before you, for they have done all these things, and I abhor them.
24.But I have said to you, ‘You shall inherit their land, and I will give it to you to possess it, a land flowing with milk and honey.’ I am the Lord your God, who has separated you from the nations.
25.Therefore, you shall separate the clean and the unclean beasts, and the clean and the unclean flying creature, and you shall not make your souls detestable with any beast, or with any flying creature, or with anything that swarms on the ground which I have separated from you as unclean.
26.And you shall be holy to me, for I the Lord am holy, and I have separated you from the nations to be mine.
27.And a man or a woman among them that is a medium or soothsayer shall surely be put to death. They shall stone them with stones. Their blood shall be upon them.”
Leviticus 21
¶1. And the Lord said to Moses, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them, ‘No one shall defile himself for a dead person among his people,
2.except for a relative that is near to him, for his mother, or for his father, or for his son, or for his daughter, or for his brother,
3.or for his sister who is a virgin that is near to him who does not have a husband. For these, he may defile himself.
4.He shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to pollute himself.
5.They shall not make baldness on their head, nor shall they shave the sides of their beard, nor make a cutting in their flesh.
6.They shall be holy to their God and shall not profane the name of their God, for they offer the offerings of the Lord made by fire, the bread of their God; therefore, they shall be holy.
7.They shall not take a whore or a defiled woman as a wife, nor shall they take a woman divorced from her husband, for he is holy to his God.’
8.And you shall consecrate him, for he offers the bread of your God. He shall be holy to you because I, the Lord, who sanctifies you am holy.
9.If the daughter of a man who is a priest is defiled by playing the whore, she has profaned her father; she shall be burned up by fire.
10.And the high priest among his brothers, on whose head the anointing oil was poured, and who is ordained to put on the garments shall not unbind his head nor rend his garments.
11.And he shall not go in to any dead bodies; even for his father or his mother, he shall not defile himself.
12.And he shall not go out from the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God, for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is upon him. I am the Lord.
13.And he must take a wife in her virginity.
14.A widow, or a divorced woman, or a defiled woman, a harlot – these shall he not take, but only a virgin from among his people shall he take as a wife.
15.Yea, he shall not profane his seed among his people, for I am the Lord who sanctifies him.’”
¶16. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
17.“Speak to Aaron, saying, ‘Any of your offspring in their generations in whom there is a blemish shall not approach to offer the bread of his God.
18.For no man in whom there is a blemish shall approach: a blind man, or lame, or disfigured, or deformed,
19.or one who has a maimed foot, or a maimed hand,
20.or a hunchback, or a dwarf, or a defect in his eye, or the itch, or a scab, or a damaged testicle,
21.No man of the seed of Aaron the priest who has a blemish shall come near to offer the offerings of the Lord made by fire. He has a blemish; he shall not come near to offer the bread of his God.
22.He may eat the bread of his God, both the most holy and the holy,
23.but he shall not go in through the veil, nor shall he come near to the altar, for he has a blemish. He shall not profane my sanctuaries, for I am the Lord who sanctifies them.’”
24. And Moses spoke to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the children of Israel.
Leviticus 22
¶1. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
2.“Speak to Aaron and to his sons concerning when they should separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, which they consecrate to me, lest they profane my holy name. I am the Lord.
3.Say to them, ‘Throughout your generations, any man among all your seed who approaches the holy things which the children of Israel consecrate to the Lord when his uncleanness is upon him, that soul shall be cut off from before me. I am the Lord.
4.Any man of the seed of Aaron who is a leper or has a discharge, shall not eat of the holy things until he is clean. And whoever touches any unclean person, or a man whose seed of copulation goes out from him,
5.or a man who touches any swarming thing which made him unclean, or a man who makes him unclean through any of his uncleanness,
6.the soul who touches such a one shall be unclean until the evening, and he shall not eat of the holy things unless he bathe his flesh in water.
7.And when the sun is set, then he shall be clean, and afterward, he may eat of the holy things, for it is his food.
8.A carcass or an animal torn by beasts, he shall not eat, to be defiled by it. I am the Lord.
9.And they shall keep my charge, lest they bear sin on account of it and die for it, since those have defiled him. I am the Lord who sanctifies them.
10.And no stranger shall eat a holy thing; neither the guest of a priest nor a hired man shall eat a holy thing.
11.But if a priest buys a person, a purchase with his own money, he may eat of it, and one born in his house; they may eat of his food.
12.And if a daughter of a priest marries a man who is a stranger, she may not eat a portion of the holy things.
13.But if a daughter of a priest be a widow, or be divorced, and she has no child, and she has returned to her father’s house as in her youth, she may eat from her father’s food; but no stranger shall eat of it.
14.And if a man eat a holy thing unintentionally, then he shall add a fifth part to it and give it to the priest, along with the price of the holy thing.
15.Thus shall they not profane the holy things of the children of Israel which they lift up to the Lord,
16.nor cause them to bear the iniquity of guilt when they eat their holy things, for I am the Lord who sanctifies them.’”
¶17. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
18.“Speak to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the children of Israel, and say to them, ‘When any man of the house of Israel or the stranger in Israel brings his offering for any of their vows, or for any of their freewill offerings, that they offer to the Lord as a burnt offering,
19.for you to be acceptable, it must be without blemish, a male from the herd, of the sheep, or of the goats.
20.Any that has a blemish, you shall not offer, for it will not be acceptable for you.
21.And when a man offers from the herd or the flock a sacrifice of peace offerings to the Lord for an exceptional vow or for a freewill offering, it shall be perfect to be acceptable; there shall be no blemish in it.
22.Any blind, or broken, or mutilated, or having a sore, or itch, or scab, these you shall not offer to the Lord, nor shall you make an offering by fire with them on the altar to the Lord.
23.(But as for an ox or a lamb that is enlarged or stunted, you may offer it as a freewill offering, but it will not be accepted for a vow.)
24.Nor shall you offer the bruised, or crushed, or torn, or cut to the Lord. You shall not do so in your land.
25.And you shall not offer any of these from the hand of a foreigner as the bread of your God because their corruption is in them; a blemish is in them. They will not be accepted for you.’”
¶26. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
27.“When an ox, or a sheep, or a goat is born, then it shall be seven days with its mother. Then, from the eighth day and onward it is acceptable for an offering made by fire to the Lord.
28.Also, you shall not kill a cow or a ewe with its young on the same day.
29.And when you make a sacrifice for thanksgiving to the Lord, you shall sacrifice it of your own will.
30.On that day it must be eaten; you shall not leave any of it until the morning. I am the Lord.
31.And you shall keep my commandments and do them. I am the Lord.
32.And you shall not profane my holy name, but I will be sanctified among the children of Israel. I am the Lord who sanctifies you,
33.who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God. I am the Lord.”
Leviticus 23
¶1. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
2.“Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, ‘The appointed times of the Lord which you shall proclaim are holy convocations; they are my appointed times.
3.Six days shall work be done, and on the seventh day is a sabbath of rest, a holy convocation; you shall do no work at all. It shall be a sabbath to the Lord in all your dwellings.
¶4. “These are the appointed times of the Lord, holy convocations that you shall proclaim in their appointed season:
5.In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at twilight, is the Passover to the Lord.
6.And on the fifteenth day of that month is the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the Lord; you shall eat unleavened bread seven days.
7.The first day shall be a holy convocation for you; you shall do no servile work.
8.And you shall offer an offering made by fire to the Lord seven days. On the seventh day shall be a holy convocation; you shall do no servile work.’”
¶9. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
10.“Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, ‘When you have come in to the land that I am giving to you, and you reap its harvest, then you shall bring a sheaf from the first of your harvest to the priest.
11.And he shall wave the sheaf before the Lord for you to be accepted; on the day following the Sabbath, the priest shall wave it.
12.And on the day that you wave the sheaf, you shall offer a year-old lamb without blemish as a burnt offering to the Lord.
13.And its grain offering shall be two tenth-parts of fine flour mixed with oil, an offering made by fire to the Lord, a placating aroma, and its drink offering shall be wine, a fourth-part of a hin.
14.And you shall not eat bread, nor parched grain, nor fresh ears until that same day, until you have brought the offering of your God; it is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
¶15. “‘And you shall count for yourselves from the day following the Sabbath, from the day you bring the sheaf of the wave offering, seven Sabbaths; they shall be complete weeks.
16.To the day following the seventh Sabbath, you shall count fifty days. Then you shall offer a new grain offering to the Lord.
17.From your dwellings, you shall bring out two loaves for the wave offering. They shall be of two tenth-parts of fine flour, baked with leaven, firstfruits to the Lord.
18.And with the bread, you shall offer seven lambs, a year-old, without blemish, and one bullock from the herd, and two rams; they shall be a burnt offering to the Lord, with their grain offerings, and their drink offerings, an offering made by fire, a placating aroma to the Lord.
19.And you shall make a sin offering with one male from the goats, and a sacrifice of peace offerings with two lambs, a year-old.
20.And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits as a wave offering before the Lord, with the two lambs; they are holy to the Lord for the priest.
21.And you shall proclaim that on that same day shall be a holy convocation for you. You shall do no servile work; it is a statute forever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.
22.And when you reap a harvest from your land, you shall not completely reap the edge of your field in your reaping, and the gleaning of your harvest, you shall not gather. You shall leave them for the poor and for the stranger. I am the Lord your God.’”
¶23. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
24.“Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, there shall be a sabbath for you, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation.
25.You shall do no servile work, and you shall offer an offering made by fire to the Lord.’”
¶26. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
27.“Also, on the tenth day of this seventh month shall be the Day of Atonements; it shall be a holy convocation for you, and you shall afflict your souls, and you shall offer an offering made by fire to the Lord.
28.And you shall do no work that same day, for it is a day for atonements, to make atonement for you before the Lord your God.
29.Any soul that does not afflict himself that same day shall surely be cut off from his people.
30.And any soul that does any work on that same day, that soul will I surely destroy from the midst of his people.
31.You shall do no work; it is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
32.It shall be a sabbath of rest for you, and you shall afflict your souls. From the ninth day of the month at evening, from evening to evening, you shall observe your sabbath.”
¶33. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
34.“Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘On the fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be a Feast of Booths, seven days unto the Lord.
35.On the first day shall be a holy convocation; you shall do no servile work.
36.Seven days shall you offer an offering made by fire to the Lord. The eighth day shall be a holy convocation for you, and you shall offer an offering made by fire to the Lord. It is a solemn Assembly; you shall do no servile work.’
¶37. “These are the appointed times of the Lord which you shall proclaim, holy convocations to offer an offering made by fire to the Lord, a burnt offering and grain offering, the sacrifice and drink offerings, each on its day,
38.besides the Sabbaths of the Lord, and besides your gifts, and besides all your vows, and besides all your freewill offerings that you give to the Lord.
¶39. “Also, on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have gathered in the land’s harvest, you shall celebrate the feast of the Lord seven days. On the first day shall be a Sabbath, and on the eighth day shall be a Sabbath.
40.And on the first day, you shall take for yourselves foliage of beautiful trees: fronds of palm-trees, and branches of leafy trees, and willows of the brook. And you shall rejoice before the Lord your God seven days.
41. “And you shall celebrate it as a feast to the Lord seven days each year. It is a statute forever throughout your generations; you shall celebrate it in the seventh month.
42.You shall dwell in the booths seven days. All native-born in Israel shall dwell in the booths,
43.so that your generations may know that I made the children of Israel dwell in booths when I brought them out from the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.”
44. And Moses declared the appointed times of the Lord to the children of Israel.
Leviticus 24
¶1. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
2.“Command the children of Israel, that they bring pure, beaten olive oil to you for the light, so that each lamp may burn continually.
3.Outside the veil of the testimony, within the tent of meeting, Aaron shall attend it continually from evening until morning before the Lord; it is a statute forever throughout your generations.
4.He shall attend the lamps on the menorah of pure gold continually before the Lord.
¶5. “And you shall take fine flour and bake twelve cakes with it; there shall be two tenth-parts in each cake.
6.And you shall set them in two rows, six in each row on the table of pure gold before the Lord.
7.And you shall provide pure frankincense on each row, that it may be for the bread, that is, for the memorial of the offerings made by fire to the Lord.
8.Every Sabbath day, he shall set it in order before the Lord continually, from the offerings of the children of Israel; it is an everlasting covenant.
9.And it shall be for Aaron and for his sons, and they shall eat it in the holy place, for it is most holy to him from the offerings of the Lord made by fire; it is a statute forever.”
¶10. And the son of an Israelite woman (but he was the son of an Egyptian father), went out among the children of Israel, and the son of the Israelite woman and an Israelite man fought in the camp.
11. And the son of the Israelitish woman blasphemed the Name and cursed. And they brought him to Moses. (And his mother’s name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.)
12. And they put him in custody, that the word of the Lord might be revealed to them.
¶13. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
14.“Bring him who cursed outside of the camp, and all who heard him shall lay their hands on his head, and then the whole congregation shall stone him.
15.And you shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘Any man who curses his God shall surely bear his sin.
16.And he that blasphemes the name of Jehovah shall surely be put to death, and the whole congregation shall certainly stone him. As with the stranger, so with the native born, when he blasphemes the Name, he shall be put to death.
¶17. “And if anyone kills a man, he shall surely be put to death.
18.And he that kills a beast shall make restitution for it, life for life.
19.And if anyone causes a blemish in his neighbor, as he did, so shall it be done to him:
20.injury for injury, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. As he made a blemish in the man, so shall one be made in him.
21.And he that kills a beast shall make restitution for it, and he that kills a man shall be put to death.
22.There shall be one judgment for you. As with the stranger, so shall it be with the native born, for I am the Lord your God.”
23. And Moses spoke to the children of Israel, that they should bring the man who cursed outside the camp and stone him with stones. And the children of Israel did as the Lord commanded Moses.
Leviticus 25
¶1. And the Lord spoke to Moses at Mount Sinai, saying,
2.“Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, ‘When you come into the land that I am giving to you, the land shall also keep a Sabbath to the Lord.
3.Six years shall you sow your field, and six years shall you prune your vineyard, and gather its produce.
4.But in the seventh year shall be a Sabbath of rest for the land, a Sabbath to the Lord: you shall neither sow your field, nor prune your vineyard.
5.You shall not harvest what grows of itself from your harvest, nor shall you gather the grapes of your untrimmed vineyards. It shall be a year of rest for the land.
6.And during the land’s Sabbath, there shall be food for you, for you, and for your male slave, and for your female slave, and for your hired worker, and for your sojourner of the foreigners with you.
7.And as for your livestock and the beast that is in your land, all its yield shall be for food.
¶8. “And you shall count for yourself seven sabbaths of years, seven years seven times, and the days of the seven sabbaths of years shall be forty-nine years.
9.And you shall cause a shofar blast to pass throughout the land: in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, on the Day of Atonements, you shall cause a shofar blast to pass throughout all your land.
10.And you shall consecrate that year, the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout the land for all its inhabitants. It shall be a Jubilee for you, and each of you shall return to his possession, and each of you shall return to his family.
11.This fiftieth year shall be a Jubilee year for you. You shall not sow, neither shall you harvest what grows of itself in it, nor gather from its untrimmed vineyard,
12.for it is the Jubilee. It shall be holy to you. You shall eat of the yield of the field.
13.In the year of this Jubilee, each of you shall return to his possession.
14.And if you make a sale to your neighbor, or buy from your neighbor, you shall not oppress one another.
15.In proportion to the number of years after the Jubilee shall you buy from your neighbor, and in proportion to the number of years of production shall he sell to you.
16.According to the abundance of the years shall you increase its price, and according to the fewness of the years shall you reduce its price, for your selling shall be according to the number of years of production.
17.And none of you shall oppress his neighbor, but you shall fear your God, for I am the Lord your God.
18.You shall do my statutes, and you shall keep my judgments and do them, and then you will dwell safely upon the land.
19.And the land will yield its fruit, and you will eat to the full and dwell safely in it.
20.And if you should say, ‘What will we eat in the seventh year? Behold, we will neither sow, nor gather our produce’,
21.I have also commanded my blessing for you in the sixth year, and it will bring forth the produce of three years.
22.And you shall sow the eighth year, but you shall eat of the old produce until the ninth year; until its produce comes in, you shall eat of the old.
23.And the land shall not be sold in perpetuity, seeing the land is mine; for you are strangers and sojourners with me.
24.And in all the land of your possession, you shall allow redemption of the land.
¶25. “If your brother becomes poor and sells some of his possession, and his near kinsman comes to him, then he may redeem what his brother sold.
26.And if the man has no redeemer, but he becomes able and attains the means for its redemption,
27.then let him reckon the years since its sale and return the balance to the man to whom he sold it, and return to his possession.
28.But if he cannot find the means to restore it to himself, then what he sold shall remain in the hand of him who bought it until the year of the Jubilee; then in the Jubilee, it shall go out and return to his possession.
29.And if a man sells a dwelling-house in a walled city, then its redemption may occur until a whole year passes after its sale; its redemption may occur during that time.
30.But if it is not redeemed for him before a whole year is ended, then the house that is within the walled city shall remain its buyer’s in perpetuity throughout his generations; it shall not go out in the Jubilee.
31.But houses in the villages that do not have a wall round about shall be reckoned as fields of the country. You shall have the right of redemption, and it shall go out in the Jubilee.
32.But in the cities of the Levites, redemption for the Levites of the houses of the cities of their possession may occur at any time,
33.and any of the Levites may redeem it. But the house that was sold in the city of his possession shall go out in the Jubilee, for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel.
34.But the open field of their cities may not be sold, for it is a perpetual possession for them.
¶35. “And if your brother with you becomes poor and his means fails, then you shall strengthen him, even if a stranger or a sojourner, that he may continue with you.
36.Take no interest from him, or gain, but fear your God, that your brother may continue with you.
37.Do not provide him your money on interest, nor provide him your food for profit.
38.I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, to be your God.
¶39. “And if your brother with you becomes poor, and sells himself to you, you shall not have him do the work of a slave.
40.He shall be with you as a hired laborer, or as a sojourner; he shall serve with you until the year of Jubilee.
41.Then he shall go out from you, he and his children with him, and he shall return to his family, and return to the possession of his fathers.
42.For they are my slaves, whom I brought out from the land of Egypt; they shall not be sold as a slave is put up for sale.
43.You shall not rule over him harshly, but you shall fear your God.
44.And your male and your female slave that remain with you shall be of the nations that are round about you; from them shall you buy a male or female slave.
45.Moreover, you may buy of the children of the strangers that sojourn with you, and of their family that is with you, which they have borne in your land, and they are your possession.
46.And you shall leave them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit as a possession forever. You shall have them as slaves, but as for your brothers of the children of Israel, you shall not rule over him, one over his brother, harshly.
47.And if a stranger or a sojourner among you becomes well off, and your brother near him becomes poor and sells himself to the stranger or sojourner among you, or to descendants of the stranger’s family,
48.after he sells himself, he has the right of redemption; one of his brothers may redeem him,
49.or his uncle, or his uncle’s son may redeem him, or a close relative from his family may redeem him, or if he become able, then he may redeem himself.
50.And he shall reckon with his buyer from the year he was bought by him until the year of the Jubilee, and the money for his sale shall be according to the number of years, according to the days of a hired worker, shall it be for him.
51.If there are many years remaining, according to them shall he pay back the price of his redemption with the money from his purchase.
52.And if few years remain until the year of the Jubilee, then he shall reckon with him; he shall pay back his redemption according to his years.
53.He shall be with him as a yearly hired worker; he shall not rule over him harshly in your sight.
54.But if he is not redeemed in these ways, then he shall go out in the year of the Jubilee, he, and his children with him.
55.For the children of Israel are my servants; they are my servants whom I brought out from the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 26
¶1. “You shall not make idols for yourselves, nor shall you raise up for yourselves an image or pillar, nor shall you erect a carved stone in your land to bow down to it, because I am Jehovah, your God.
2.You shall keep my Sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary. I am Jehovah.
¶3. “If you walk in my statutes and observe my commandments and do them,
4.then I will give you your rains in their season, and the land will yield its produce, and the tree of the field will bear its fruit.
5.Your threshing season will last until the grape harvest, and grape harvest will last until seed-time. And you will eat your food to the full, and you will dwell safely in your land.
6.And I will establish peace in the land, and you will lie down and no one will make you afraid. And I will cause the harmful beast to cease from the land, and the sword will not pass through your land.
7.And you will pursue your enemies, and they will fall before you by the sword.
8.And five of you will pursue a hundred, and a hundred of you will pursue ten thousand, and your enemies will fall before you by the sword.
9.And I will turn to you, and I will make you fruitful, and I will multiply you, and I will establish my covenant with you.
10.And you will eat old store, and you will bring out the old because of the new.
11.And I will put my tabernacle in your midst, and my soul will not abhor you.
12.And I will walk about in your midst, and I will be your God, and you will be my people.
13.I am Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of the Egyptians, from being their slaves, and I broke the bars of your yoke and made you walk erect.
¶14. “But if you will not listen to me, and will not do all these commandments,
15.and if you refuse my statutes, and if your soul despises my judgments, so that you do not do all my commandments, so that you break my covenant,
16.I will surely do this to you: I will appoint over you terror, with consumption, and with the fever, consuming the eyes and draining the life, and you will sow your seed in vain, for your enemies will eat it.
17.And I will set my face against you, and you will be struck down before your enemies, and those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when no one is pursuing you.
¶18. “And if in spite of these things you will not listen to me, then I will again chasten you seven times for your sins.
19.And I will break your mighty pride. And I will make your skies like iron and your land like bronze,
20.and your strength will be spent in vain, and your land will not yield its produce, and the tree of the land will not bear its fruit.
21.And if you walk contrary to me, and will not listen to me, then I will add to you seven strokes, according to your sins.
22.And I will send against you beasts of the field, and they will bereave you, and they will kill your livestock, and they will diminish you, and your roads will be deserted.
23.And if by these things you are not corrected by me, and you walk contrary to me,
24.then will I also walk contrary to you, and I, myself, will strike you seven times for your sins.
25.And I will bring upon you a sword that executes the vengeance of the covenant. And when you are gathered together in your cities, I will send a plague in your midst, and you will be given into the hand of the enemy.
26.When I have broken your staff of bread, ten women will bake your bread in one oven, and they will return your bread by weight, and you will eat, but you will not be satisfied.
¶27. “And if you will not listen to me in this, but walk contrary to me,
28.then I will walk contrary to you in fury, and I, myself, will chasten you seven times for your sins.
29.And you will eat the flesh of your sons, and you will eat the flesh of your daughters.
30.And I will destroy your high places and cut down your images[2], and I will pile your corpses upon the corpses of your idols, and my soul will abhor you.
31.And I will make your cities a waste, and make your sacred places desolate, and I will not smell the fragrance of your placating aroma.
32.And I will make the land desolate, and your enemies who settle in it will be appalled at it.
33.And I will scatter you among the nations, and I will draw out a sword after you, and your land will be a desolation, and your cities will be a waste.
34.Then will the land enjoy its Sabbaths all the days of its being desolate while you are in the land of your enemies; then, the land will rest and enjoy its Sabbaths.
35.All the days of its being desolate, it will rest, because it did not rest on your Sabbaths while you were living on it.
36.And as for those among you who are left alive, I will cause faintness to come into their hearts in the lands of their enemies, and the sound of a shaken leaf will put them to flight, and they will flee as fleeing from a sword, and they will fall, though no one pursues.
37.And they will stumble, each over his brother, as if before a sword, though none pursues. And you will have no power to stand before your enemies.
38.And you will perish among the Gentiles, and the land of your enemies will devour you.
39.And they that are left of you will pine away in their iniquity in your enemies’ lands, and also in the iniquities of their fathers will they pine away with them.
40.But if they confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their fathers in their treachery that they committed against me, and also that they walked contrary to me
41.and that I walked contrary to them and brought them into the land of their enemies, then, if their uncircumcised heart be humbled and they then accept their punishment,
42.then I will remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and I will also remember my covenant with Abraham. And I will remember the land.
43.And the land will be abandoned by them, and without them, it will enjoy its Sabbaths in its desolation. And they will accept their punishment because, and only because, they despised my judgments and their soul abhorred my statutes.
44.Yet for all that, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject them; neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly and to break my covenant with them, for I am the Lord their God.
45.But I will for their sakes remember the covenant of their ancestors whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the heathen, that I might be their God. I am the Lord.”
46. These are the statutes, and the judgments, and the laws which the Lord made between Himself and the children of Israel at Mount Sinai by the hand of Moses.
Leviticus 27
¶1. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
2.“Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, ‘If anyone makes an exceptional vow, the persons shall belong to the Lord by your valuation.
3.And your valuation shall be: for a male from twenty years up to sixty years, your valuation shall be fifty shekels of silver, according to the shekel of the sanctuary;
4.and if it is for a female, then your valuation shall be thirty shekels;
5.and if from five years up to twenty years, then your valuation for the male shall be twenty shekels, and for the female, ten shekels;
6.and if from a month old up to five years, then your valuation for the male shall be five shekels of silver, and for the female, your valuation shall be three shekels of silver;
7.and if from sixty years and up, if a male, then your valuation shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female, ten shekels.
8.But if he be poorer than your valuation, then he shall present him before the priest, and the priest shall estimate his value. The priest may value him according to the means of the one who vowed.
¶9. “And if it be a beast which they may offer as an offering to the Lord, all that he gives to the Lord shall be holy.
10.He shall not alter it nor exchange it, good for bad, or bad for good, and if he does exchange beast for beast, then it and his exchange shall be holy,
11.and if it be any unclean beast that they may not offer as an offering to the Lord, then he shall present the beast before the priest.
12.And the priest shall estimate its value, whether good or bad; according to your valuation by the priest, so shall it be.
13.But if he would ever redeem it, then he shall add a fifth part to your valuation.
14.And if a man consecrate his house to be holy to the Lord, then the priest shall estimate its value, whether good or bad; as the priest values it, so shall it stand.
15.But if he who consecrated it redeems his house, then he shall add a fifth part of the money of your valuation to it, and it shall be his.
16.And if a man consecrate a field of his possession to the Lord, then your valuation shall be according to its seed, a homer of barley seed at fifty shekels of silver.
17.If he consecrate his field from the year of Jubilee, according to your valuation, it shall stand.
18.But if he consecrate his field after the Jubilee, then the priest shall reckon the money for him according to the years that remain until the year of Jubilee, and your valuation shall be diminished.
19.And if he that consecrated it would redeem the field, then he shall add a fifth part of the money of your valuation to it, and it shall be his.
20.And if he does not redeem the field and if he sells the field to another man, it may no longer be redeemed,
21.and when the field goes out in the Jubilee, it shall be holy to the Lord as a devoted field for the priest; it shall be his possession.
22.And if one consecrate to the Lord a field which he purchased, that is not of the fields of his possession,
23.then the priest shall reckon to him the amount of your valuation until the year of Jubilee, and he shall set your valuation on that day; it is holy to the Lord.
24.In the year of Jubilee, the field shall return to him from whom it was purchased, to him whose land possession it was.
25.And all your valuation shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary; twenty gerahs make a shekel.
26.However, the firstborn that is born among beasts belongs to the Lord. No man shall consecrate it, whether ox or sheep; it is the Lord’s.
27.But if it is an unclean animal, then he may ransom it according to your valuation, but he shall add a fifth part to it. Or if it is not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to your valuation.
28.However, no devoted thing that a man devotes to the Lord from all that he has shall be sold, whether man, or beast, or the field of his possession, nor shall it be redeemed; every devoted thing is most holy to the Lord.
29.No devoted thing that is devoted by man shall be redeemed; it shall surely be put to death.
¶30. “And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the tree is the Lord’s; it is holy to the Lord.
31.But if a man would rather redeem some of his tithe, he shall add a fifth part to it.
32.And all the tithe of herd or flock, every tenth one that passes under the rod, shall be holy to the Lord.
33.He shall not consider whether it is good or bad, nor exchange it, but if he does exchange it, then both it and its exchange shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.”
34. These are the commandments that the Lord commanded Moses for the children of Israel at Mount Sinai.
Footnotes
[1] Unknown creature, traditionally a rabbit.
[2] Hebrew uncertain.