Leviticus:22

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* And the LORD spoke unto Moses , saying : * Speak unto Aaron and to his sons , that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel , which they hallow unto Me , and that they profane not My holy name : I am the LORD . * Say unto them : Whosoever he be of all your seed throughout your generations , that approacheth 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 before Me : I am the LORD . * What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper , or hath an issue , he shall not eat of the holy things , until he be clean . And whoso toucheth any one that is unclean by the dead ; or from whomsoever the flow of seed goeth out ; * or whosoever toucheth any swarming thing , whereby he may be made unclean , or a man of whom he may take uncleanness , whatsoever uncleanness he hath ; * the soul that toucheth any such shall be unclean until the even , and shall not eat of the holy things , unless he bathe his flesh in water . * And when the sun is down , he shall be clean ; and afterward he may eat of the holy things , because it is his bread . * That which dieth of itself , or is torn of beasts , he shall not eat to defile himself therewith : I am the LORD . * They shall therefore keep My charge , lest they bear sin for it , and die therein , if they profane it : I am the LORD who sanctify them . * There shall no common man eat of the holy thing ; a tenant of a priest , or a hired servant , shall not eat of the holy thing . * But if a priest buy any soul , the purchase of his money , he may eat of it ; and such as are born in his house , they may eat of his bread . * And if a priest 's daughter be married unto a common man , she shall not eat of that which is set apart from the holy things . * But if a priest 's daughter be a widow , or divorced , and have no child , and is returned unto her father 's house , as in her youth , she may eat of her father 's bread ; but there shall no common man eat thereof . * And if a man eat of the holy thing through error , then he shall put the fifth part thereof unto it , and shall give unto the priest the holy thing . * And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel , which they set apart unto the LORD ; * and so cause them to bear the iniquity that bringeth guilt , when they eat their holy things ; for I am the LORD who sanctify them . * And the LORD spoke unto Moses , saying : * Speak unto Aaron , and to his sons , and unto all the children of Israel , and say unto them : Whosoever he be of the house of Israel , or of the strangers in Israel , that bringeth his offering , whether it be any of their vows , or any of their free-will-offerings , which are brought unto the LORD for a burnt-offering ; * that ye may be accepted , ye shall offer a male without blemish , of the beeves , of the sheep , or of the goats . * But whatsoever hath a blemish , that shall ye not bring ; for it shall not be acceptable for you . * And whosoever bringeth a sacrifice of peace-offerings unto the LORD in fulfilment of a vow clearly uttered , or for a freewill - offering , of the herd or of the flock , it shall be perfect to be accepted ; there shall be no blemish therein . * Blind , or broken , or maimed , or having a wen , or scabbed , or scurvy , ye shall not offer these unto the LORD , nor make an offering by fire of them upon the altar unto the LORD . * Either a bullock or a lamb that hath any thing too long or too short , that mayest thou offer for a freewill-offering ; but for a vow it shall not be accepted . * That which hath its stones bruised , or crushed , or torn , or cut , ye shall not offer unto the LORD ; neither shall ye do thus in your land . * Neither from the hand of a foreigner shall ye offer the bread of your God of any of these , because their corruption is in them , there is a blemish in them ; they shall not be accepted for you . * And the LORD spoke unto Moses , saying : * When a bullock , or a sheep , or a goat , is brought forth , then it shall be seven days under the dam ; but from the eighth day and thenceforth it may be accepted for an offering made by fire unto the LORD . * And whether it be cow or ewe , ye shall not kill it and its young both in one day . * And when ye sacrifice a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto the LORD , ye shall sacrifice it that ye may be accepted . * On the same day it shall be eaten ; ye shall leave none of it until the morning : I am the LORD . * And ye shall keep My commandments , and do them : I am the LORD . * And ye shall not profane My holy name ; but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel : I am the LORD who hallow you , * that brought you out of the land of Egypt , to be your God : I am the LORD .

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