22:1 The LORD said to Moses,
22:2 “Tell Aaron and his sons to treat with respect the sacred offerings the Israelites consecrate to me, so they will not profane my holy name. I am the LORD.
22:3 “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.
22:4 “‘If a descendant of Aaron has an infectious skin disease 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,
22:5 or if he touches any crawling thing that makes him unclean, or any person who makes him unclean, whatever the uncleanness may be.
22:6 The 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.
22:7 When the sun goes down, he will be clean, and after that he may eat the sacred offerings, for they are his food.
22:8 He must not eat anything found dead or torn by wild animals, and so become unclean through it. I am the LORD.
22:9 “‘The priests are to keep my requirements so that they do not become guilty and die for treating them with contempt. I am the LORD, who makes them holy.
22:10 “‘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.
22:11 But if a priest buys a slave with money, or if a slave is born in his household, that slave may eat his food.
22:12 If a priest’s daughter marries anyone other than a priest, she may not eat any of the sacred contributions.
22:13 But if a priest’s daughter becomes a widow or is divorced, yet has no children, and she returns to live in her father’s house as in her youth, she may eat of her father’s food. No unauthorized person, however, may eat any of it.
22:14 “‘If anyone eats a sacred offering by mistake, he must make restitution to the priest for the offering and add a fifth of the value to it.
22:15 The priests must not desecrate the sacred offerings the Israelites present to the LORD
22:16 by allowing them to eat the sacred offerings and so bring upon them guilt requiring payment. I am the LORD, who makes them holy.’”
22:17 The LORD said to Moses,
22:18 “Speak to Aaron and his sons and to all the Israelites and say to them: ‘If any of you–either an Israelite or an alien living in Israel–presents a gift for a burnt offering to the LORD, either to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering,
22:19 you must present a male without defect from the cattle, sheep or goats in order that it may be accepted on your behalf.
22:20 Do not bring anything with a defect, because it will not be accepted on your behalf.
22:21 When anyone brings from the herd or flock a fellowship offering to the LORD to fulfill a special vow or as a freewill offering, it must be without defect or blemish to be acceptable.
22:22 Do 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 an offering made to the LORD by fire.
22:23 You may, however, present as a freewill offering an ox or a sheep that is deformed or stunted, but it will not be accepted in fulfillment of a vow.
22:24 You 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,
22:25 and 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.’”
22:26 The LORD said to Moses,
22:27 “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 an offering made to the LORD by fire.
22:28 Do not slaughter a cow or a sheep and its young on the same day.
22:29 “When you sacrifice a thank offering to the LORD, sacrifice it in such a way that it will be accepted on your behalf.
22:30 It must be eaten that same day; leave none of it till morning. I am the LORD.
22:31 “Keep my commands and follow them. I am the LORD.
22:32 Do not profane my holy name. I must be acknowledged as holy by the Israelites. I am the LORD, who makes you holy
22:33 and who brought you out of Egypt to be your God. I am the LORD.”
22:1 Then Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
22:2 Tell Aaron and his sons to be careful with the holy things of the children of Israel, which they sanctify to Me, so that they do not profane My holy name; I am Jehovah.
22:3 Say to them, If anyone among all your seed throughout your generations approaches the holy things, which the children of Israel sanctify to Jehovah, and his uncleanness is upon him, that person shall be cut off from before Me; I am Jehovah.
22:4 No one of the seed of Aaron who is a leper or who has a discharge may eat of the holy things until he is clean. And whoever touches anything that is unclean because of contact with a dead person, or a man whose seed of copulation has gone from him,
22:5 Or whoever touches any creeping thing by which he may be made unclean, or a man by whom he may be made unclean, whatever his uncleanness,
22:6 The person who touches any such thing shall be unclean until the evening and shall not eat of the holy things unless he has bathed his body in water.
22:7 And when the sun sets, he shall be clean; and afterward he may eat of the holy things, because it is his food.
22:8 He shall not eat an animal which has died or is torn by beasts to become unclean by it; I am Jehovah.
22:9 They shall therefore keep My charge, so that they do not bring sin upon themselves because of it and die by it because they profane it; I am Jehovah who sanctifies them.
22:10 No stranger may eat any holy thing; a sojourner with a priest or a hired servant shall not eat any holy thing.
22:11 But if a priest acquires anyone through a purchase with his money, that one may eat of it; and those who are born in his house may eat of his food.
22:12 And if a priest’s daughter is married to a stranger, she shall not eat of the heave offering of the holy things.
22:13 But if a priest’s daughter becomes a widow or divorced and has no child, and she returns to her father’s house as in her youth, she may eat of her father’s food; but no stranger may eat of it.
22:14 And if a man eats the holy thing in ignorance, then he shall add one-fifth of its value to it and shall give the holy thing to the priest.
22:15 And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel that they offer to Jehovah,
22:16 And so cause them to bear the iniquity that brings guilt when they eat their holy things; for I am Jehovah who sanctifies them.
22:17 Then Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
22:18 Speak to Aaron and to his sons and to all the children of Israel, and say to them, When anyone of the house of Israel or of the sojourners in Israel presents his offering, whether it is any of their vows or any of their freewill offerings which they present to Jehovah for a burnt offering;
22:19 It shall be a male without blemish from the cattle, from the sheep, or from the goats, for you to be accepted.
22:20 But whatever has a blemish, you shall not present, for it will not be acceptable for you.
22:21 And whoever presents a sacrifice of peace offerings to Jehovah to make a special vow or for a freewill offering, from the herd or from the flock, it shall be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish in it.
22:22 You shall not present these to Jehovah: anything blind or injured or maimed or having a suppuration or eczema or scale; nor shall you make an offering by fire from them on the altar to Jehovah.
22:23 An ox or a lamb that has anything superfluous or lacking in its parts, that you may offer for a freewill offering; but it shall not be accepted for a vow.
22:24 And anything with its testicles bruised or crushed or broken or cut, you shall not present to Jehovah; you shall not do this in your land.
22:25 And from the hand of a foreigner you shall not present the food of your God from any of these, because their corruption is in them. There is a blemish in them; they shall not be accepted for you.
22:26 Then Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
22:27 When an ox or a sheep or a goat is born, it shall remain seven days with its mother; and from the eighth day and onward it shall be accepted for the offering of an offering by fire to Jehovah.
22:28 But whether cow or sheep, you shall not slaughter both it and its young on one day.
22:29 And when you sacrifice a sacrifice of thanksgiving to Jehovah, you shall sacrifice it so that you may be accepted.
22:30 On the same day it shall be eaten; you shall leave none of it until the morning; I am Jehovah.
22:31 Therefore you shall keep My commandments and do them; I am Jehovah.
22:32 And you shall not profane My holy name, but I will be sanctified among the children of Israel; I am Jehovah who sanctifies you,
22:33 Who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God; I am Jehovah.