| Berean Study Bible | New Living Translation |
| 1Then the LORD said to Moses, | 1The LORD said to Moses, |
| 2“Tell Aaron and his sons to treat with respect the sacred offerings that the Israelites have consecrated to Me, so that they do not profane My holy name. I am the LORD. | 2“Tell Aaron and his sons to be very careful with the sacred gifts that the Israelites set apart for me, so they do not bring shame on my holy name. I am the LORD. |
| 3Tell them that for the generations to come, if any of their descendants in a state of uncleanness approaches the sacred offerings that the Israelites consecrate to the LORD, that person must be cut off from My presence. I am the LORD. | 3Give them the following instructions. “In all future generations, if any of your descendants is ceremonially unclean when he approaches the sacred offerings that the people of Israel consecrate to the LORD, he must be cut off from my presence. I am the LORD. |
| 4If a descendant of Aaron has a skin disease or a discharge, he may not eat the sacred offerings until he is clean. Whoever touches anything defiled by a corpse or by a man who has an emission of semen, | 4“If any of Aaron’s descendants has a skin disease or any kind of discharge that makes him ceremonially unclean, he may not eat from the sacred offerings until he has been pronounced clean. He also becomes unclean by touching a corpse, or by having an emission of semen, |
| 5or whoever touches a crawling creature or a person that makes him unclean, whatever the uncleanness may be— | 5or by touching a small animal that is unclean, or by touching someone who is ceremonially unclean for any reason. |
| 6the man who touches any of these will remain unclean until evening. He must not eat from the sacred offerings unless he has bathed himself with water. | 6The man who is defiled in any of these ways will remain unclean until evening. He may not eat from the sacred offerings until he has bathed himself in water. |
| 7When the sun has set, he will become clean, and then he may eat from the sacred offerings, for they are his food. | 7When the sun goes down, he will be ceremonially clean again and may eat from the sacred offerings, for this is his food. |
| 8He must not eat anything found dead or torn by wild animals, which would make him unclean. I am the LORD. | 8He may not eat an animal that has died a natural death or has been torn apart by wild animals, for this would defile him. I am the LORD. |
| 9The priests must keep My charge, lest they bear the guilt and die because they profane it. I am the LORD who sanctifies them. | 9“The priests must follow my instructions carefully. Otherwise they will be punished for their sin and will die for violating my instructions. I am the LORD who makes them holy. |
| 10No one outside a priest’s family may eat the sacred offering, nor may the guest of a priest or his hired hand eat it. | 10“No one outside a priest’s family may eat the sacred offerings. Even guests and hired workers in a priest’s home are not allowed to eat them. |
| 11But if a priest buys a slave with his own money, or if a slave is born in his household, that slave may eat his food. | 11However, if the priest buys a slave for himself, the slave may eat from the sacred offerings. And if his slaves have children, they also may share his food. |
| 12If the priest’s daughter is married to a man other than a priest, she is not to eat of the sacred contributions. | 12If a priest’s daughter marries someone outside the priestly family, she may no longer eat the sacred offerings. |
| 13But if a priest’s daughter with no children becomes widowed or divorced and returns to her father’s house, she may share her father’s food as in her youth. But no outsider may share it. | 13But if she becomes a widow or is divorced and has no children to support her, and she returns to live in her father’s home as in her youth, she may eat her father’s food again. Otherwise, no one outside a priest’s family may eat the sacred offerings. |
| 14If anyone eats a sacred offering in error, he must add a fifth to its value and give the sacred offering to the priest. | 14“Any such person who eats the sacred offerings without realizing it must pay the priest for the amount eaten, plus an additional 20 percent. |
| 15The priests must not profane the sacred offerings that the Israelites present to the LORD | 15The priests must not let the Israelites defile the sacred offerings brought to the LORD |
| 16by allowing the people to eat the sacred offerings and thus to bear the punishment for guilt. For I am the LORD who sanctifies them.” | 16by allowing unauthorized people to eat them. This would bring guilt upon them and require them to pay compensation. I am the LORD who makes them holy.” Worthy and Unworthy Offerings |
| 17Then the LORD said to Moses, | 17And the LORD said to Moses, |
| 18“Speak to Aaron and his sons and all the Israelites and tell them, ‘Any man of the house of Israel or any foreign resident who presents a gift for a burnt offering to the LORD, whether to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering, | 18“Give Aaron and his sons and all the Israelites these instructions, which apply both to native Israelites and to the foreigners living among you. “If you present a gift as a burnt offering to the LORD, whether it is to fulfill a vow or is a voluntary offering, |
| 19must offer an unblemished male from the cattle, sheep, or goats in order for it to be accepted on your behalf. | 19you will be accepted only if your offering is a male animal with no defects. It may be a bull, a ram, or a male goat. |
| 20You must not present anything with a defect, because it will not be accepted on your behalf. | 20Do not present an animal with defects, because the LORD will not accept it on your behalf. |
| 21When a man presents a peace offering to the LORD from the herd or flock to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering, it must be without blemish or defect to be acceptable. | 21“If you present a peace offering to the LORD from the herd or the flock, whether it is to fulfill a vow or is a voluntary offering, you must offer a perfect animal. It may have no defect of any kind. |
| 22You are not to present to the LORD any animal that is blind, injured, or maimed, or anything with a running sore, a festering rash, or a scab; you must not put any of these on the altar as an offering made by fire to the LORD. | 22You must not offer an animal that is blind, crippled, or injured, or that has a wart, a skin sore, or scabs. Such animals must never be offered on the altar as special gifts to the LORD. |
| 23You may present as a freewill offering an ox or sheep that has a deformed or stunted limb, but it is not acceptable in fulfillment of a vow. | 23If a bull or lamb has a leg that is too long or too short, it may be offered as a voluntary offering, but it may not be offered to fulfill a vow. |
| 24You are not to present to the LORD an animal whose testicles are bruised, crushed, torn, or cut; you are not to sacrifice them in your land. | 24If an animal has damaged testicles or is castrated, you may not offer it to the LORD. You must never do this in your own land, |
| 25Neither you nor a foreigner shall present food to your God from any such animal. They will not be accepted on your behalf, because they are deformed and flawed.’ ” | 25and you must not accept such an animal from foreigners and then offer it as a sacrifice to your God. Such animals will not be accepted on your behalf, for they are mutilated or defective.” |
| 26Then the LORD said to Moses, | 26And the LORD said to Moses, |
| 27“When an ox, a sheep, or a goat is born, it must remain with its mother for seven days. From the eighth day on, it will be acceptable as an offering made by fire to the LORD. | 27“When a calf or lamb or goat is born, it must be left with its mother for seven days. From the eighth day on, it will be acceptable as a special gift to the LORD. |
| 28But you must not slaughter an ox or a sheep on the same day as its young. | 28But you must not slaughter a mother animal and her offspring on the same day, whether from the herd or the flock. |
| 29When you sacrifice a thank offering to the LORD, offer it so that it may be acceptable on your behalf. | 29When you bring a thanksgiving offering to the LORD, sacrifice it properly so you will be accepted. |
| 30It must be eaten that same day. Do not leave any of it until morning. I am the LORD. | 30Eat the entire sacrificial animal on the day it is presented. Do not leave any of it until the next morning. I am the LORD. |
| 31You are to keep My commandments and practice them. I am the LORD. | 31“You must faithfully keep all my commands by putting them into practice, for I am the LORD. |
| 32You must not profane My holy name. I must be acknowledged as holy among the Israelites. I am the LORD who sanctifies you, | 32Do not bring shame on my holy name, for I will display my holiness among the people of Israel. I am the LORD who makes you holy. |
| 33who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God. I am the LORD.” | 33It was I who rescued you from the land of Egypt, that I might be your God. I am the LORD.” |
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