Levítico 22

¹ And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

² Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that theyMeaning, that the priests abstain from eating, as long as they are polluted.separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, and that they profane not my holy name [in those things] which they hallow unto me: I [am] the LORD.

³ Say unto them, Whosoever [he be] of all your seed among your generations, thatTo eat of it.goeth unto the holy things, which the children of Israel hallow unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from my presence: I [am] the LORD.

⁴ What man soever of the seed of Aaron [is] a leper, or hath a running issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he be clean. And whoso toucheth any thing [that is]By touching any dead thing, or being at burial of the dead.unclean [by] the dead, or a man whose seed goeth from him;

⁵ Or the man that toucheth any creeping thing, whereby he may be made vncleane, or a man, by whom he may take vncleannesse, whatsoeuer vncleannesse he hath,

⁶ The person that hath touched such, shall therefore be vncleane vntill the euen, and shall not eat of ye holy things, except he haue washed his flesh with water.

⁷ But when the Sunne is downe, hee shalbe cleane, & shall afterward eate of the holy things: for it is his foode.

⁸ Of a beast that dyeth, or is rent with beasts, whereby he may be defiled, hee shall not eate: I am the Lorde.

⁹ Let them keepe therefore mine ordinance, least they beare their sinne for it, and die for it, if they defile it: I the Lord sanctifie them.

¹⁰ There shall noWhich is not of the tribe of Levi.stranger eat [of] the holy thing: aSome read, the servant who had his ear bored, and would not go free, (Exo_21:6).sojourner of the priest, or an hired servant, shall not eat [of] the holy thing.

¹¹ But if the Priest bye any with money, he shall eate of it, also he that is borne in his house: they shall eate of his meate.

¹² If the priest's daughter also be [married] unto aWho is not of the priests kindred.stranger, she may not eat of an offering of the holy things.

¹³ Notwithstanding if the Priests daughter be a widowe or diuorced, and haue no childe, but is returned vnto her fathers house shee shall eate of her fathers bread, as she did in her youth but there shall no stranger eate thereof.

¹⁴ And if a man eat [of] the holy thing unwittingly, then he shall put theHe shall give that and a fifth part over.fifth [part] thereof unto it, and shall give [it] unto the priest with the holy thing.

¹⁵ So they shall not defile the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer vnto the Lord,

¹⁶ Or suffer them to bear the iniquity ofFor if they did not offer sacrifice for their error, the people by their example might commit the same offence.trespass, when they eat their holy things: for I the LORD do sanctify them.

¹⁷ And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

¹⁸ Speake vnto Aaron, and to his sonnes, and to all the children of Israel, and say vnto them, Whosoeuer he be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers in Israel, that will offer his sacrifice for all their vowes, and for all their free offrings, which they vse to offer vnto the Lorde for a burnt offring,

¹⁹ Yee shall offer of your free minde a male without blemish of the beeues, of the sheepe, or of the goates.

²⁰ Ye shall not offer any thing that hath a blemish: for that shal not be acceptable for you.

²¹ And whosoeuer bringeth a peace offring vnto ye Lord to accomplish his vowe, or for a free offring, of the beeues, or of the sheepe, his free offring shall bee perfect, no blemish shalbe in it.

²² Blinde, or broken, or maimed, or hauing a wenne, or skiruie, or skabbed: these shall yee not offer vnto the Lord nor make an offring by fire of these vpon the altar of the Lorde.

²³ Yet a bullocke, or a sheepe that hath any member superfluous, or lacking, such mayest thou present for a free offring, but for a vowe it shall not be accepted.

²⁴ Ye shall not offer vnto ye Lord that which is bruised or crusshed, or broken, or cut away, neither shal ye make an offring thereof in your land,

²⁵ NeitherYou shall not receive any imperfect thing from a stranger, to make it the Lord's offering: which he calls the bread of the Lord.from a stranger's hand shall ye offer the bread of your God of any of these; because their corruption [is] in them, [and] blemishes [be] in them: they shall not be accepted for you.

²⁶ And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

²⁷ When a bullocke, or a sheepe, or a goate shal be brought foorth, it shalbe euen seuen daies vnder his damme: and from the eight day forth, it shalbe accepted for a sacrifice made by fire vnto the Lord.

²⁸ As for the cowe or the ewe, yee shall not kill her, and her yong both in one day.

²⁹ So when ye will offer a thanke offring vnto the Lord, ye shall offer willingly.

³⁰ The same day it shalbe eaten, yee shall leaue none of it vntill the morowe: I am the Lord.

³¹ Therefore shall ye keepe my commandements and do them: for I am the Lord.

³² Neither shall yeFor whoever does otherwise than God commands pollutes his Name.profane my holy name; but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel: I [am] the LORD which hallow you,

³³ Which haue brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the Lord.