1And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,2“Speak to Aaron and his sons so that they abstain from the holy things of the people of Israel, which they dedicate to me, so that they do not profane my holy name: I am the Lord. (Ex 28:38; Le 18:21; Le 22:3; Nu 6:3; Nu 18:32; De 15:19)3Say to them, ‘If any one of all your offspring throughout your generations approaches the holy things that the people of Israel dedicate to the Lord, while he has an uncleanness, that person shall be cut off from my presence: I am the Lord. (Le 7:20)4None of the offspring of Aaron who has a leprous disease or a discharge may eat of the holy things until he is clean. Whoever touches anything that is unclean through contact with the dead or a man who has had an emission of semen, (Le 14:2; Le 15:2; Le 15:13; Le 15:16; Nu 19:11)5and whoever touches a swarming thing by which he may be made unclean or a person from whom he may take uncleanness, whatever his uncleanness may be— (Le 11:24; Le 11:43; Le 15:7; Le 15:19)6the person who touches such a thing shall be unclean until the evening and shall not eat of the holy things unless he has bathed his body in water. (Le 15:5; Heb 10:22)7When the sun goes down he shall be clean, and afterward he may eat of the holy things, because they are his food. (Le 3:11; Le 21:22; Nu 18:11; Nu 18:13)8He shall not eat what dies of itself or is torn by beasts, and so make himself unclean by it: I am the Lord.’ (Le 7:24)9They shall therefore keep my charge, lest they bear sin for it and die thereby when they profane it: I am the Lord who sanctifies them. (Ex 28:43; Le 19:17; Le 21:8; Le 21:15; Le 21:23)10“A lay person shall not eat of a holy thing; no foreign guest of the priest or hired worker shall eat of a holy thing, (Le 24:9; 1Sa 21:6; Mt 12:4; Mr 2:26; Lu 6:4)11but if a priest buys a slave[1] as his property for money, the slave[2] may eat of it, and anyone born in his house may eat of his food. (Nu 18:11; Nu 18:13)12If a priest’s daughter marries a layman, she shall not eat of the contribution of the holy things.13But if a priest’s daughter is widowed or divorced and has no child and returns to her father’s house, as in her youth, she may eat of her father’s food; yet no lay person shall eat of it. (Ge 38:11; Le 10:14; Nu 18:11; Nu 18:19; Ru 1:8)14And if anyone eats of a holy thing unintentionally, he shall add the fifth of its value to it and give the holy thing to the priest. (Le 4:2; Le 5:15; Le 5:18; Le 27:13; Le 27:15; Le 27:19)15They shall not profane the holy things of the people of Israel, which they contribute to the Lord, (Le 19:8; Nu 18:32)16and so cause them to bear iniquity and guilt, by eating their holy things: for I am the Lord who sanctifies them.” (Le 22:9)
Acceptable Offerings
17And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,18“Speak to Aaron and his sons and all the people of Israel and say to them, When any one of the house of Israel or of the sojourners in Israel presents a burnt offering as his offering, for any of their vows or freewill offerings that they offer to the Lord, (Le 1:2; Le 1:10; Nu 15:14)19if it is to be accepted for you it shall be a male without blemish, of the bulls or the sheep or the goats. (Le 1:3; Le 1:10)20You shall not offer anything that has a blemish, for it will not be acceptable for you. (De 15:21; De 17:1; Mal 1:8; Mal 1:14; Heb 9:14; 1Pe 1:19)21And when anyone offers a sacrifice of peace offerings to the Lord to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering from the herd or from the flock, to be accepted it must be perfect; there shall be no blemish in it. (Le 3:1; Le 3:6; Le 7:16; Nu 15:3; Nu 15:8; De 23:21; De 23:23; Ps 61:8; Ps 65:1; Ec 5:4)22Animals blind or disabled or mutilated or having a discharge or an itch or scabs you shall not offer to the Lord or give them to the Lord as a food offering on the altar. (Le 1:9; Le 1:13; Le 3:3; Le 3:5; Le 21:18; Le 21:20; Le 22:20; Mal 1:8)23You may present a bull or a lamb that has a part too long or too short for a freewill offering, but for a vow offering it cannot be accepted. (Le 21:18)24Any animal that has its testicles bruised or crushed or torn or cut you shall not offer to the Lord; you shall not do it within your land,25neither shall you offer as the bread of your God any such animals gotten from a foreigner. Since there is a blemish in them, because of their mutilation, they will not be accepted for you.” (Le 3:11; Mal 1:14)26And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,27“When an ox or sheep or goat is born, it shall remain seven days with its mother, and from the eighth day on it shall be acceptable as a food offering to the Lord. (Ex 22:30)28But you shall not kill an ox or a sheep and her young in one day. (De 22:6)29And when you sacrifice a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the Lord, you shall sacrifice it so that you may be accepted. (Le 7:12; Ps 107:22; Ps 116:17; Am 4:5)30It shall be eaten on the same day; you shall leave none of it until morning: I am the Lord. (Le 7:15)31“So you shall keep my commandments and do them: I am the Lord. (Le 19:37; Nu 15:40; De 4:40)32And you shall not profane my holy name, that I may be sanctified among the people of Israel. I am the Lord who sanctifies you, (Le 10:3; Le 18:21; Le 20:8)33who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God: I am the Lord.” (Ex 6:7)
Leviticus 22
New International Version
1The Lord said to Moses,2‘Tell Aaron and his sons to treat with respect the sacred offerings the Israelites consecrate to me, so that they will not profane my holy name. I am the Lord.3‘Say to them: “For the generations to come, if any of your descendants is ceremonially unclean and yet comes near the sacred offerings that the Israelites consecrate to the Lord, that person must be cut off from my presence. I am the Lord.4‘ “If a descendant of Aaron has a defiling skin disease[1] or a bodily discharge, he may not eat the sacred offerings until he is cleansed. He will also be unclean if he touches something defiled by a corpse or by anyone who has an emission of semen,5or if he touches any crawling thing that makes him unclean, or any person who makes him unclean, whatever the uncleanness may be.6The one who touches any such thing will be unclean till evening. He must not eat any of the sacred offerings unless he has bathed himself with water.7When the sun goes down, he will be clean, and after that he may eat the sacred offerings, for they are his food.8He must not eat anything found dead or torn by wild animals, and so become unclean through it. I am the Lord.9‘ “The priests are to perform my service in such a way that they do not become guilty and die for treating it with contempt. I am the Lord, who makes them holy.10‘ “No-one outside a priest’s family may eat the sacred offering, nor may the guest of a priest or his hired worker eat it.11But if a priest buys a slave with money, or if slaves are born in his household, they may eat his food.12If a priest’s daughter marries anyone other than a priest, she may not eat any of the sacred contributions.13But if a priest’s daughter becomes a widow or is divorced, yet has no children, and she returns to live in her father’s household as in her youth, she may eat her father’s food. No unauthorised person, however, may eat it.14‘ “Anyone who eats a sacred offering by mistake must make restitution to the priest for the offering and add a fifth of the value to it.15The priests must not desecrate the sacred offerings the Israelites present to the Lord16by allowing them to eat the sacred offerings and so bring upon them guilt requiring payment. I am the Lord, who makes them holy.” ’
Unacceptable sacrifices
17The Lord said to Moses,18‘Speak to Aaron and his sons and to all the Israelites and say to them: “If any of you – whether an Israelite or a foreigner residing in Israel – presents a gift for a burnt offering to the Lord, either to fulfil a vow or as a freewill offering,19you must present a male without defect from the cattle, sheep or goats in order that it may be accepted on your behalf.20Do not bring anything with a defect, because it will not be accepted on your behalf.21When anyone brings from the herd or flock a fellowship offering to the Lord to fulfil a special vow or as a freewill offering, it must be without defect or blemish to be acceptable.22Do not offer to the Lord the blind, the injured or the maimed, or anything with warts or festering or running sores. Do not place any of these on the altar as a food offering presented to the Lord.23You may, however, present as a freewill offering an ox[2] or a sheep that is deformed or stunted, but it will not be accepted in fulfilment of a vow.24You must not offer to the Lord an animal whose testicles are bruised, crushed, torn or cut. You must not do this in your own land,25and you must not accept such animals from the hand of a foreigner and offer them as the food of your God. They will not be accepted on your behalf, because they are deformed and have defects.” ’26The Lord said to Moses,27‘When a calf, a lamb or a goat is born, it is to remain with its mother for seven days. From the eighth day on, it will be acceptable as a food offering presented to the Lord.28Do not slaughter a cow or a sheep and its young on the same day.29‘When you sacrifice a thank-offering to the Lord, sacrifice it in such a way that it will be accepted on your behalf.30It must be eaten that same day; leave none of it till morning. I am the Lord.31‘Keep my commands and follow them. I am the Lord.32Do not profane my holy name, for I must be acknowledged as holy by the Israelites. I am the Lord, who made you holy33and who brought you out of Egypt to be your God. I am the Lord.’
Leviticus 22
King James Version
1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,2Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, and that they profane not my holy name in those things which they hallow unto me: I am the LORD.3Say unto them, Whosoever he be of all your seed among your generations, that goeth unto the holy things, which the children of Israel hallow unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from my presence: I am the LORD.4What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or hath a running issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he be clean. And whoso toucheth any thing that is unclean by the dead, or a man whose seed goeth from him;5Or whosoever toucheth any creeping thing, whereby he may be made unclean, or a man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatsoever uncleanness he hath;6The soul which hath touched any such shall be unclean until even, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he wash his flesh with water.7And when the sun is down, he shall be clean, and shall afterward eat of the holy things; because it is his food.8That which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts , he shall not eat to defile himself therewith: I am the LORD.9They shall therefore keep mine ordinance, lest they bear sin for it, and die therefore, if they profane it: I the LORD do sanctify them.10There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing: a sojourner of the priest, or an hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.11But if the priest buy any soul with his money, he shall eat of it, and he that is born in his house: they shall eat of his meat.12If the priest' daughter also be married unto a stranger, she may not eat of an offering of the holy things.13But if the priest' daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no child, and is returned unto her father' house, as in her youth, she shall eat of her father' meat: but there shall no stranger eat thereof.14And if a man eat of the holy thing unwittingly, then he shall put the fifth part thereof unto it, and shall give it unto the priest with the holy thing.15And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto the LORD;16Or suffer them to bear the iniquity of trespass, when they eat their holy things: for I the LORD do sanctify them.17And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,18Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them, Whatsoever he be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers in Israel, that will offer his oblation for all his vows, and for all his freewill offerings, which they will offer unto the LORD for a burnt offering;19Ye shall offer at your own will a male without blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats.20But whatsoever hath a blemish, that shall ye not offer: for it shall not be acceptable for you.21And whosoever offereth a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD to accomplish his vow, or a freewill offering in beeves or sheep, it shall be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish therein.22Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scurvy, or scabbed, ye shall not offer these unto the LORD, nor make an offering by fire of them upon the altar unto the LORD.23Either a bullock or a lamb that hath any thing superfluous or lacking in his parts, that mayest thou offer for a freewill offering; but for a vow it shall not be accepted.24Ye shall not offer unto the LORD that which is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut; neither shall ye make any offering thereof in your land.25Neither from a stranger' hand shall ye offer the bread of your God of any of these; because their corruption is in them, and blemishes be in them: they shall not be accepted for you.26And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,27When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it shall be seven days under the dam; and from the eighth day and thenceforth it shall be accepted for an offering made by fire unto the LORD.28And whether it be cow or ewe, ye shall not kill it and her young both in one day.29And when ye will offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto the LORD, offer it at your own will.30On the same day it shall be eaten up; ye shall leave none of it until the morrow: I am the LORD.31Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I am the LORD.32Neither shall ye profane my holy name; but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel: I am the LORD which hallow you,33That brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD.
Leviticus 22
New International Reader’s Version
1The LORD said to Moses,2‘Here is what I want you to tell Aaron and his sons. Tell them to treat the sacred offerings with respect. They are the offerings the Israelites set apart to honour me. So Aaron and his sons must never treat my name as if it were not holy. I am the LORD.3‘Say to them, “Suppose a man in your family line is ‘unclean’. And suppose he comes near the sacred offerings. They are the offerings the Israelites set apart to honour me. That man must not be allowed to serve me as a priest. That applies for all time to come. I am the LORD.4‘ “Suppose a man in Aaron’s family line has a skin disease. Or suppose liquid waste is flowing out of his body. Then he can’t eat the sacred offerings until he is made pure and clean. Suppose he touches something made ‘unclean’ by coming near a dead body. Or suppose he touches someone who has semen flowing from his body. Then he will be ‘unclean’.5Or suppose he touches any crawling thing that makes him ‘unclean’. Or suppose he touches any person who makes him ‘unclean’. It does not matter what ‘unclean’ thing he touches. It will make him ‘unclean’.6The one who touches anything of that kind will be ‘unclean’ until evening. He must not eat any of the sacred offerings unless he has taken a bath.7When the sun goes down, he will be ‘clean’. After that, he can eat the sacred offerings. They are his food.8He must not eat anything found dead or torn apart by wild animals. If he does, it will make him ‘unclean’. I am the LORD.9‘ “The priests must do what I require. But suppose they make fun of what I require. Then they will become guilty and die. I am the LORD. I make them holy.10‘ “Only a member of a priest’s family can eat the sacred offering. The guest of a priest can’t eat it. A priest’s hired worker can’t eat it either.11But suppose a priest buys a slave with money. Or suppose slaves are born in his house. Then they can eat the sacred food.12Suppose a priest’s daughter marries someone who is not a priest. Then she can’t eat any of the food brought as a sacred gift.13But suppose the priest’s daughter becomes a widow or is divorced. She does not have any children. And she returns to live in her father’s house, where she lived when she was young. Then she can eat her father’s food. But a person who does not belong to a priest’s family can’t eat any of it.14‘ “Suppose someone eats a sacred offering by mistake. Then they must pay back the priest for the offering. They must also add a fifth of its value to it.15The priests must not allow the sacred offerings to become ‘unclean’. They are the offerings the Israelites bring to the LORD.16The priests must not allow the offerings to become ‘unclean’ by letting the people eat them. If they do, they will bring guilt on the people. They will have to pay for what they have done. I am the LORD. I make them holy.” ’
Sacrifices the Lord does not accept
17The LORD spoke to Moses. He said,18‘Speak to Aaron and his sons. Speak to all the Israelites. Tell them, “Suppose any of you brings a gift for a burnt offering to the LORD. It does not matter whether you are an Israelite or an outsider who lives in Israel. It does not matter whether you bring the offering to keep a promise or because you choose to give it.19You must bring a male animal without any flaws if you want the LORD to accept it from you. It does not matter whether it is from your cattle, sheep or goats.20Do not bring an animal that has any flaws. If you do, the LORD will not accept it from you.21Suppose any of you brings an animal for a friendship offering to the LORD. Then it must not have any flaws at all. If it does, the LORD will not accept it. It does not matter whether the animal is from your herd or flock. It does not matter whether you bring it to keep a promise or because you choose to give it.22Do not offer a blind animal to the LORD. Do not bring a hurt or wounded animal. And do not offer one that has warts or boils or running sores. Do not place any of them on the altar as a food offering presented to the LORD.23But suppose you bring an offering you choose to give. Then you can bring an ox or a sheep whose body is twisted or too small. But the LORD will not accept it if you offer it to keep a promise.24You must not offer the LORD a male animal whose sex glands have been hurt. The glands also must not be crushed, torn or cut. You must not offer that kind of animal in your own land.25And you must not accept that kind of animal from someone who comes from another land. You must not offer it as food for your God. He will not accept it from you. Its body is twisted and has flaws.” ’26The LORD spoke to Moses. He said,27‘When a calf, lamb or goat is born, it must remain with its mother for seven days. From the eighth day on, I will accept it as a food offering presented to me.28Do not kill a cow and its calf on the same day. Do not kill a female sheep and its lamb on the same day.29‘Sacrifice a thank-offering to me in the right way. Then I will accept it from you.30You must eat it that same day. Do not leave any of it until morning. I am the LORD.31‘Obey my commands. Follow them. I am the LORD.32Do not treat my name as if it were not holy. The Israelites must recognise me as the holy God. I am the LORD. I made you holy.33I brought you out of Egypt to be your God. I am the LORD.’