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| 1Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, | 1The LORD spoke to Moses: |
| 2“Speak to Aaron and his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, and that they do not profane My holy name by what they dedicate to Me: I am the LORD. | 2"Tell Aaron and his sons that they must deal respectfully with the holy offerings of the Israelites, which they consecrate to me, so that they do not profane my holy name. I am the LORD. |
| 3Say to them: ‘Whoever of all your descendants throughout your generations, who goes near the holy things which the children of Israel dedicate to the LORD, while he has uncleanness upon him, that person shall be cut off from My presence: I am the LORD. | 3Say to them, 'Throughout your generations, if any man from all your descendants approaches the holy offerings which the Israelites consecrate to the LORD while he is impure, that person must be cut off from before me. I am the LORD. |
| 4‘Whatever man of the descendants of Aaron, who is a leper or has a discharge, shall not eat the holy offerings until he is clean. And whoever touches anything made unclean by a corpse, or a man who has had an emission of semen, | 4No man from the descendants of Aaron who is diseased or has a discharge may eat the holy offerings until he becomes clean. The one who touches anything made unclean by contact with a dead person, or a man who has a seminal emission, |
| 5or whoever touches any creeping thing by which he would be made unclean, or any person by whom he would become unclean, whatever his uncleanness may be— | 5or a man who touches a swarming thing by which he becomes unclean, or touches a person by which he becomes unclean, whatever that person's impurity-- |
| 6the person who has touched any such thing shall be unclean until evening, and shall not eat the holy offerings unless he washes his body with water. | 6the person who touches any of these will be unclean until evening and must not eat from the holy offerings unless he has bathed his body in water. |
| 7And when the sun goes down he shall be clean; and afterward he may eat the holy offerings, because it is his food. | 7When the sun goes down he will be clean, and afterward he may eat from the holy offerings, because they are his food. |
| 8Whatever dies naturally or is torn by beasts he shall not eat, to defile himself with it: I am the LORD. | 8He must not eat an animal that has died of natural causes or an animal torn by beasts and thus become unclean by it. I am the LORD. |
| 9‘They shall therefore keep My ordinance, lest they bear sin for it and die thereby, if they profane it: I the LORD sanctify them. | 9They must keep my charge so that they do not incur sin on account of it and therefore die because they profane it. I am the LORD who sanctifies them. |
| 10‘No outsider shall eat the holy offering; one who dwells with the priest, or a hired servant, shall not eat the holy thing. | 10"'No lay person may eat anything holy. Neither a priest's lodger nor a hired laborer may eat anything holy, |
| 11But if the priest buys a person with his money, he may eat it; and one who is born in his house may eat his food. | 11but if a priest buys a person with his own money, that person may eat the holy offerings, and those born in the priest's own house may eat his food. |
| 12If the priest’s daughter is married to an outsider, she may not eat of the holy offerings. | 12If a priest's daughter marries a lay person, she may not eat the holy contribution offerings, |
| 13But if the 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 her father’s food; but no outsider shall eat it. | 13but if a priest's daughter is a widow or divorced, and she has no children so that she returns to live in her father's house as in her youth, she may eat from her father's food, but no lay person may eat it. |
| 14‘And if a man eats the holy offering unintentionally, then he shall restore a holy offering to the priest, and add one-fifth to it. | 14"'If a man eats a holy offering by mistake, he must add one fifth to it and give the holy offering to the priest. |
| 15They shall not profane the holy offerings of the children of Israel, which they offer to the LORD, | 15They must not profane the holy offerings which the Israelites contribute to the LORD, |
| 16or allow them to bear the guilt of trespass when they eat their holy offerings; for I the LORD sanctify them.’ ” | 16and so cause them to incur a penalty for guilt when they eat their holy offerings, for I am the LORD who sanctifies them.'" |
| 17And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, | 17The LORD spoke to Moses: |
| 18“Speak to Aaron and his sons, and to all the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘Whatever man of the house of Israel, or of the strangers in Israel, who offers his sacrifice for any of his vows or for any of his freewill offerings, which they offer to the LORD as a burnt offering— | 18"Speak to Aaron, his sons, and all the Israelites and tell them, 'When any man from the house of Israel or from the foreigners in Israel presents his offering for any of the votive or freewill offerings which they present to the LORD as a burnt offering, |
| 19you shall offer of your own free will a male without blemish from the cattle, from the sheep, or from the goats. | 19if it is to be acceptable for your benefit it must be a flawless male from the cattle, sheep, or goats. |
| 20Whatever has a defect, you shall not offer, for it shall not be acceptable on your behalf. | 20You must not present anything that has a flaw, because it will not be acceptable for your benefit. |
| 21And whoever offers a sacrifice of a peace offering to the LORD, to fulfill his vow, or a freewill offering from the cattle or the sheep, it must be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no defect in it. | 21If a man presents a peace offering sacrifice to the LORD for a special votive offering or for a freewill offering from the herd or the flock, it must be flawless to be acceptable; it must have no flaw. |
| 22Those that are blind or broken or maimed, or have an ulcer or eczema or scabs, you shall not offer to the LORD, nor make an offering by fire of them on the altar to the LORD. | 22"'You must not present to the LORD something blind, or with a broken bone, or mutilated, or with a running sore, or with a festering eruption, or with a feverish rash. You must not give any of these as a gift on the altar to the LORD. |
| 23Either a bull or a lamb that has any limb too long or too short you may offer as a freewill offering, but for a vow it shall not be accepted. | 23As for an ox or a sheep with a limb too long or stunted, you may present it as a freewill offering, but it will not be acceptable for a votive offering. |
| 24‘You shall not offer to the LORD what is bruised or crushed, or torn or cut; nor shall you make any offering of them in your land. | 24You must not present to the LORD something with testicles that are bruised, crushed, torn, or cut off; you must not do this in your land. |
| 25Nor from a foreigner’s hand shall you offer any of these as the bread of your God, because their corruption is in them, and defects are in them. They shall not be accepted on your behalf.’ ” | 25Even from a foreigner you must not present the food of your God from such animals as these, for they are ruined and flawed; they will not be acceptable for your benefit.'" |
| 26And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying: | 26The LORD spoke to Moses: |
| 27“When a bull or a sheep or a goat is born, it shall be seven days with its mother; and from the eighth day and thereafter it shall be accepted as an offering made by fire to the LORD. | 27"When an ox, lamb, or goat is born, it must be under the care of its mother seven days, but from the eighth day onward it will be acceptable as an offering gift to the LORD. |
| 28Whether it is a cow or ewe, do not kill both her and her young on the same day. | 28You must not slaughter an ox or a sheep and its young on the same day. |
| 29And when you offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the LORD, offer it of your own free will. | 29When you sacrifice a thanksgiving offering to the LORD, you must sacrifice it so that it is acceptable for your benefit. |
| 30On the same day it shall be eaten; you shall leave none of it until morning: I am the LORD. | 30On that very day it must be eaten; you must not leave any part of it over until morning. I am the LORD. |
| 31“Therefore you shall keep My commandments, and perform them: I am the LORD. | 31"You must be sure to do my commandments. I am the LORD. |
| 32You shall not profane My holy name, but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel. I am the LORD who sanctifies you, | 32You must not profane my holy name, and I will be sanctified in the midst of the Israelites. I am the LORD who sanctifies you, |
| 33who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD.” | 33the one who brought you out from the land of Egypt to be your God. I am the LORD." |
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