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.’
Leviticus 22
English Standard Version
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)