Leviticus 22

1Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

2“Tell Aaron and his sons to separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, which they make holy to me, and that they not profane my holy name. I am Yahweh.Cross-references: Ex 13:12 · Ex 28:38 · Lev 15:31 · Lev 18:21 · Lev 19:12 · Lev 20:3 · +6 more

3“Tell them, ‘If anyone of all your offspring throughout your generations approaches the holy things which the children of Israel make holy to Yahweh, having his uncleanness on him, that soul shall be cut off from before me. I am Yahweh.Cross-references: Ex 33:14 · Lev 7:20 · Num 19:13 · Ps 16:11 · Ps 51:11 · Matt 25:41 · +1 more

4“‘Whoever of the offspring of Aaron is a leper or has a discharge shall not eat of the holy things until he is clean. Whoever touches anything that is unclean by the dead, or a man who has a seminal emission,Cross-references: Lev 2:3 · Lev 2:10 · Lev 6:25 · Lev 11:24 · Lev 11:39 · Lev 13:2 · +9 more

5or whoever touches any creeping thing by which he may be made unclean, or a man from whom he may become unclean, whatever uncleanness he has—Cross-references: Lev 11:24 · Lev 11:43 · Lev 15:7 · Lev 15:19

6the person that touches any such shall be unclean until the evening, and shall not eat of the holy things unless he bathes his body in water.Cross-references: Lev 11:24 · Lev 15:5 · Lev 16:24 · Num 19:7 · Hag 2:13 · 1Cor 6:11 · +1 more

7When the sun is down, he shall be clean; and afterward he shall eat of the holy things, because it is his bread.Cross-references: Lev 21:22 · Num 18:11 · Deut 18:3 · 1Cor 9:4 · 1Cor 9:13

8He shall not eat that which dies of itself or is torn by animals, defiling himself by it. I am Yahweh.Cross-references: Ex 22:31 · Lev 7:24 · Lev 11:39 · Lev 17:15 · Deut 14:21 · Ezek 44:31

9“‘They shall therefore follow my commandment, lest they bear sin for it and die in it, if they profane it. I am Yahweh who sanctifies them.Cross-references: Ex 28:43 · Lev 10:1 · Lev 16:2 · Lev 22:16 · Num 18:22 · Num 18:32

10“‘No stranger shall eat of the holy thing: a foreigner living with the priests, or a hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.Cross-references: Ex 29:33 · 1Sam 21:6 · Matt 12:4

11But if a priest buys a slave, purchased by his money, he shall eat of it; and those who are born in his house shall eat of his bread.Cross-references: Gen 17:13 · Ex 12:44 · Num 18:11

12If a priest’s daughter is married to an outsider, she shall not eat of the heave offering of the holy things.Cross-references: Lev 21:3 · Isa 40:13

13But if a priest’s daughter is a widow, or divorced, and has no child, and has returned to her father’s house as in her youth, she may eat of her father’s bread; but no stranger shall eat any of it.Cross-references: Gen 38:11 · Lev 10:14 · Num 18:11

14“‘If a man eats something holy unwittingly, then he shall add the fifth part of its value to it, and shall give the holy thing to the priest.Cross-references: Lev 5:15 · Lev 27:13 · Lev 27:15

15The priests shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer to Yahweh,Cross-references: Lev 19:8 · Lev 22:9 · Num 18:32 · Ezek 22:26

16and so cause them to bear the iniquity that brings guilt when they eat their holy things; for I am Yahweh who sanctifies them.’”Cross-references: Lev 7:18 · Lev 20:8 · Lev 22:9 · Ps 38:4 · Isa 53:11 · 1Pet 2:24

17Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

18“Speak to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the children of Israel, and say to them, ‘Whoever is of the house of Israel, or of the foreigners in Israel, who offers his offering, whether it is any of their vows or any of their free will offerings, which they offer to Yahweh for a burnt offering:Cross-references: Lev 1:2 · Lev 1:10 · Lev 7:16 · Lev 17:10 · Lev 17:13 · Lev 23:38 · +18 more

19that you may be accepted, you shall offer a male without defect, of the bulls, of the sheep, or of the goats.Cross-references: Ex 12:5 · Lev 1:3 · Lev 1:10 · Lev 4:32 · Matt 27:4 · Matt 27:19 · +12 more

20But you shall not offer whatever has a defect, for it shall not be acceptable for you.Cross-references: Lev 22:25 · Deut 15:21 · Deut 17:1 · Mal 1:8 · Mal 1:13 · Heb 9:14 · +1 more

21Whoever offers a sacrifice of peace offerings to Yahweh to accomplish a vow, or for a free will offering of the herd or of the flock, it shall be perfect to be accepted. It shall have no defect.Cross-references: Gen 28:20 · Gen 35:1 · Lev 3:1 · Lev 3:6 · Lev 7:11 · Num 15:3 · +5 more

22You shall not offer what is blind, is injured, is maimed, has a wart, is festering, or has a running sore to Yahweh, nor make an offering by fire of them on the altar to Yahweh.Cross-references: Lev 1:9 · Lev 1:13 · Lev 3:3 · Lev 3:5 · Lev 21:18 · Lev 22:20 · +1 more

23Either a bull or a lamb that has any deformity or lacking in his parts, that you may offer for a free will offering; but for a vow it shall not be accepted.Cross-references: Lev 21:18

24You must not offer to Yahweh that which has its testicles bruised, crushed, broken, or cut. You must not do this in your land.Cross-references: Lev 21:20 · Lev 22:20 · Deut 23:1

25You must not offer any of these as the bread of your God from the hand of a foreigner, because their corruption is in them. There is a defect in them. They shall not be accepted for you.’”Cross-references: Lev 21:6 · Lev 21:8 · Lev 21:21 · Num 15:14 · Num 16:40 · Ezra 6:8 · +4 more

26Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

27“When a bull, a sheep, or a goat is born, it shall remain seven days with its mother. From the eighth day on it shall be accepted for the offering of an offering made by fire to Yahweh.Cross-references: Ex 22:30 · Lev 12:2 · Lev 19:23 · Lev 22:25

28Whether it is a cow or ewe, you shall not kill it and its young both in one day.Cross-references: Ex 23:19 · Ex 34:26 · Deut 14:21 · Deut 22:6

29“When you sacrifice a sacrifice of thanksgiving to Yahweh, you shall sacrifice it so that you may be accepted.Cross-references: Lev 7:12 · Ps 107:22 · Ps 116:17 · Hos 14:2 · Amos 4:5 · Heb 13:15 · +1 more

30It shall be eaten on the same day; you shall leave none of it until the morning. I am Yahweh.Cross-references: Ex 16:19 · Lev 7:15 · Lev 19:7

31“Therefore you shall keep my commandments, and do them. I am Yahweh.Cross-references: Lev 18:4 · Lev 19:37 · Num 15:40 · Deut 4:40 · 1Thess 4:1

32You shall not profane my holy name, but I will be made holy among the children of Israel. I am Yahweh who makes you holy,Cross-references: Ex 19:5 · Lev 10:3 · Lev 18:21 · Lev 20:8 · Lev 21:8 · Lev 21:15 · +7 more

33who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God. I am Yahweh.”Cross-references: Ex 6:7 · Ex 20:2 · Lev 11:45 · Lev 19:36 · Lev 25:38 · Num 15:41