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¹ And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ² "Speak to Aaron and his sons so that they ^(a)abstain from the holy things of the people of Israel, which they ^(b)dedicate to me, so that they do not ^(c)profane my holy name: I am the Lord. ³ Say to them, ‘If any one of all your offspring throughout your generations approaches the holy things that the people of Israel dedicate to the Lord, while ^(d)he has an uncleanness, that person shall be cut off from my presence: I am the Lord. ⁴ None of the offspring of Aaron who has a leprous disease or a ^(e)discharge may eat of the holy things ^(f)until he is clean. ^(g)Whoever touches anything that is unclean through contact with the dead or ^(h)a man who has had an emission of semen, ⁵ and ⁽ⁱ⁾whoever touches a swarming thing by which he may be made unclean or ^(j)a person from whom he may take uncleanness, whatever his uncleanness may be— ⁶ the person who touches such a thing shall be unclean until the evening and shall not eat of the holy things unless he has ^(k)bathed his body in water. ⁷ When the sun goes down he shall be clean, and afterward he may eat of the holy things, because ^(l)they are his food. ^8 (m)He shall not eat what dies of itself or is torn by beasts, and so make himself unclean by it: I am the Lord.' ⁹ They shall therefore keep my charge, ⁽ⁿ⁾lest they bear sin for it and die thereby when they profane it: ^(o)I am the Lord who sanctifies them.

^10 (p)"A lay person shall not eat of a holy thing; no foreign guest of the priest or hired worker shall eat of a holy thing, ¹¹ but if a priest buys a slave^[a] as his property for money, the slave^[b] may eat of it, and ^(q)anyone born in his house may eat of his food. ¹² If a priest's daughter marries a layman, she shall not eat of the contribution of the holy things. ¹³ But if a priest's daughter is widowed or divorced and has no child and ^(r)returns to her father's house, ^(s)as in her youth, she may eat of her father's food; yet no lay person shall eat of it. ^14 (t)And if anyone eats of a holy thing unintentionally, he shall add ^(u)the fifth of its value to it and give the holy thing to the priest. ¹⁵ They ^(v)shall not profane the holy things of the people of Israel, which they contribute to the Lord, ¹⁶ and so cause them ^(w)to bear iniquity and guilt, by eating their holy things: ^(x)for I am the Lord who sanctifies them."

Acceptable Offerings

¹⁷ And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ¹⁸ "Speak to Aaron and his sons and all the people of Israel and say to them, ^(y)When any one of the house of Israel or of the sojourners in Israel presents a burnt offering as his offering, for any of their vows or freewill offerings that they offer to the Lord, ¹⁹ if it is to be accepted for you it shall be a ^(z)male without blemish, of the bulls or the sheep or the goats. ^20 (aa)You shall not offer anything that has a blemish, for it will not be acceptable for you. ²¹ And when anyone ^(ab)offers a sacrifice of peace offerings to the Lord ^(ac)to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering from the herd or from the flock, to be accepted it must be perfect; there shall be no blemish in it. ²² Animals ^(ad)blind or disabled or mutilated or having a discharge or ^(ae)an itch or scabs you shall not offer to the Lord or give them to the Lord as a food ^(af)offering on the altar. ²³ You may present a bull or a lamb that has a part ^(ag)too long or too short for a freewill offering, but for a vow offering it cannot be accepted. ²⁴ Any animal that has its testicles bruised or crushed or torn or cut you shall not offer to the Lord; you shall not do it within your land, ²⁵ neither shall you offer as ^(ah)the bread of your God any such animals gotten from a foreigner. Since there is a ^(ai)blemish in them, because of their mutilation, they will not be accepted for you."

²⁶ And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ^27 (aj)"When an ox or sheep or goat is born, it shall remain seven days with its mother, and from the eighth day on it shall be acceptable as a food offering to the Lord. ²⁸ But you shall not kill an ox or a sheep ^(ak)and her young in one day. ²⁹ And when you sacrifice a ^(al)sacrifice of thanksgiving to the Lord, you shall sacrifice it so that you may be accepted. ³⁰ It shall be eaten on the same day; ^(am)you shall leave none of it until morning: I am the Lord.

^31 (an)"So you shall keep my commandments and do them: I am the Lord. ^32 (ao)And you shall not profane my holy name, that ^(ap)I may be sanctified among the people of Israel. ^(aq)I am the Lord who sanctifies you, ³³ who brought you out of the land of Egypt ^(ar)to be your God: I am the Lord."