Leviticus 22

Thomson^{(i) 1} then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ² Speak to Aaron and his sons and let them take heed not to profane my holy name, in respect to any of the holy things of the children of Israel, which they dedicate to me. I am the Lord; ³ say unto them, What man soever of your seed, throughout your generations, shall come near to the holy things which the children of Israel may dedicate to the Lord, and have any uncleanness upon him, that person shall be cut off from me. I am the Lord your God; ⁴ though a man be of the seed of Aaron the priest, yet if he be a leper, or hath a gonorrhea, he shall not eat of the holy things until he be cleansed. And with respect to him who toucheth any uncleanness of the dead, or the man from whom seminal matter may proceed; ⁵ or who may touch any unclean reptile which may defile him; or any man, by whom he may be defiled, whatever his uncleanness may be; ⁶ the person who shall touch such things shall be unclean until evening. He shall not eat of the holy things unless he wash his body with water, ⁷ and the sun be set. When he shall be clean, then he may eat of the holy things; for it is his food. ⁸ What died of itself, or is torn by wild beasts, he shall not eat to pollute himself therewith. I am the Lord, ⁹ therefore they shall keep my statutes, that they may not, on the account of those things, contract guilt, and die because of them, when they profane them. I am the Lord, the God who halloweth them, ¹⁰ therefore none of another family shall eat the holy things, nor shall he, who sojourneth with a priest, or who is hired by him, eat of them. ¹¹ But if the priest shall have a person bought with money, this person may eat of his food. And they who are born in his family may eat of his food. ¹² But if the daughter of a priest be married to a man of another family, she shall not eat of the dedications of the sanctuary. ¹³ But if the daughter of a priest become a widow, or be divorced, and have no issue, she may return to her father's house as in her youth, and eat of her father's food: But none of another family shall eat thereof. ¹⁴ And whoever shall eat of the holy things through inadvertence, he shall add a fifth to it, and give the holy thing to the priest. ¹⁵ Thus the priests will not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they set apart for the Lord, ¹⁶ nor bring upon themselves the guilt of a trespass, when they eat their holy things, for I am the Lord who hallow them. ¹⁷ Moreover the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ¹⁸ Speak to Aaron and his sons, and to the whole congregation of Israel, and thou shalt say unto them, Be the man who he may of the children of Israel, or of the proselytes who dwell among them in Israel, who shall bring his gifts according to any vow they may have made, or according to any determination they may have come to, whatever they bring for a whole burnt offering to God, ¹⁹ must, in order to be accepted for you, be males without blemish, from the herd, or from the sheep, or from the goats. ²⁰ What hath any blemish in it they shall not bring to the Lord; for it will not be accepted for you. ²¹ And whoever shall bring a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the Lord, either in discharge of a vow, or as a free will offering, or at your festivals, from the herd or from the flock, it must, in order to its being accepted, be without blemish. There must be no blemish in it. ²² That which is blind, or bruised, or which hath its tongue cut, or hath been eaten by ants, or is infected with scurvy or mange; these they shall not bring to the Lord, nor shall you give any such for an offering of homage on the altar to the Lord. ²³ A young bull, or a sheep which hath its ear cropped, or its tail cut, these thou mayst slaughter for thyself; but in discharge of thy vow they will not be accepted. ²⁴ What are castrated by crushing, bruising, cutting or extracting; these thou shalt not bring to the Lord, nor shall you make an offering of them in your land, ²⁵ nor from the hand of a stranger bring any such forward as gifts for your God. Because there is a defect in them; a blemish in them; they will not be accepted for you. ²⁶ Moreover the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ²⁷ With respect to a young bull, or a sheep, or a goat, when it is brought forth, it must be seven days under its dam, and on the eighth day, and thenceforward, it will be accepted as a gift for an homage offering to the Lord. ²⁸ But whether it be a young bull, or a lamb, thou must not kill the dam and the young on the same day. ²⁹ And if thou wilt offer a sacrifice; a vow of joy, to the Lord, in order that you may offer it acceptably, ³⁰ it must be eaten on the same day. You shall not leave any of the flesh of it till the next morning. I am the Lord, ³¹ therefore you shall keep these my commands, and do them; ³² And you shall not profane the name of the Holy One; so shall I be hallowed in the midst of the children of Israel. I am the Lord, ³³ who am hallowing you, who am bringing you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God. I am the Lord.