Leviticus 22 And the Lord said to Moses,

VIN⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ And the Lord said to Moses, ² "Tell Aaron and his sons that they must respect the holy offerings that the Israelites set apart for me. In this way they will not dishonor my holy name. I am the LORD." ³ »Tell them: ‘In future generations if any of your descendants, while unclean, comes near the holy offerings the Israelites set apart for the LORD, that person must be excluded from my presence. I am the LORD. ⁴ "'None of the descendants of Aaron who has a dreaded skin disease or a discharge may eat any of the sacred offerings until he is ritually clean. Any priest is unclean if he touches anything that is unclean through contact with a corpse or if he has an emission of semen ⁵ or whoever touches any creeping thing whereby he may be made unclean, or a man from whom he may become unclean, whatever uncleanness he has— ⁶ the soul that touches any such will be unclean until the evening. And will not eat of the holy things unless he bathe his flesh in water. ⁷ When the sun sets he will be clean, and afterward he may eat of the holy things, for it is his bread. ⁸ He shall not eat a naturally dead body or a mangled carcass, so that he becomes unclean by it; I am the LORD. ⁹ They shall therefore follow My requirements, lest they bear sin for it, and die therein, if they profane it. I am the LORD who sanctifies them. ¹⁰ "'There shall no stranger eat of the hallowed things, neither a guest of the priests, or a hired servant. ¹¹ But if a priest buy any one for money, he may eat of it, and he that is born in his house: they may eat of his food. ¹² »‘A priest's daughter who marries someone who is not a priest may not eat any of the sacred offerings. ¹³ But 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. ¹⁴ And, when, any man, eateth what is hallowed, by mistake, then shall he add the fifth part of it thereunto, and give unto the priest the hallowed thing: ¹⁵ "'The priests must not profane the sacred offerings ¹⁶ So causing sin to come on them when they take their holy things for food: I am the Lord who make them holy. ¹⁷ And the Lord said to Moses, ¹⁸ "Speak to Aaron, his sons, and all the Israelites, and tell them: ‘Israelites or foreigners may bring burnt offerings to the LORD for anything they vowed or as freewill offerings. ¹⁹ "'The offering must be a male that has no defects from your cattle, sheep, or goats in order to be accepted. ²⁰ "'Do not bring any animal with a physical defect. This is because it will not be acceptable for you. ²¹ And if anyone brings a sacrifice of fellowship offerings for the LORD to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering from the cattle or from the flock, it must be without defect to be acceptable; there must not be any physical defect in it. ²² You shall not offer what is blind, is injured, is maimed, has a wart, is festering, or has a running sore to the LORD, nor make an offering by fire of them on the altar to the LORD. ²³ "'You may use a bull or a sheep with a deformity or one that is stunted in growth as a freewill offering. However, it will not be accepted for a vow. ²⁴ You must not offer to the LORD that which has its testicles bruised, crushed, broken, or cut. You must not do this in your land. ²⁵ "'Never bring any kind of castrated animal received from a foreigner as a food offering for your God. A castrated animal will not be accepted on your behalf because castration is a physical defect.'" ²⁶ And the Lord said to Moses, ²⁷ "When an ox or a sheep or a goat is born, then it shall be under its mother for seven days, and from the eighth day and beyond it is acceptable as an offering made by fire for Yahweh. ²⁸ "Do not slaughter a cow or a sheep and its young the same day. ²⁹ When ye will offer a thank offering unto the LORD, ye shall so offer it that ye may be accepted. ³⁰ It will be eaten on the same day. You will leave none of it until the morning. I am the LORD. ³¹ Keep my commandments, and do them. I am the Lord. ³² You shall not profane my holy name, but I will be made holy among the children of Israel. I am the LORD who makes you holy, ³³ »I brought you out of Egypt to be your God. I am the LORD!