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Leviticus

1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, say­ing, 2 Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they 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, that 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 un­clean by the dead, or a man whose seed goeth from him; 5 Or whoso­ev­er toucheth any creep­ing thing, where­by he may be made un­clean, or a man of whom he may take un­clean­ness, what­so­ev­er un­clean­ness he hath; 6 The soul which hath touched any such shall be un­clean un­til even, and shall not eat of the holy things, un­less he wash his flesh with wa­ter. 7 And when the sun is down, he shall be clean, and shall af­ter­ward eat of the holy things; be­cause it is his food. 8 That which di­eth of it­self, or is torn with beasts, he shall not eat to de­file him­self there­with: I am the LORD. 9 They shall there­fore keep mine or­di­nance, lest they bear sin for it, and die there­fore, if they pro­fane it: I the LORD do sanc­ti­fy them. 10 There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing: a so­journ­er of the priest, or an hired ser­vant, shall not eat of the holy thing. 11 But if the priest buy any soul with his mon­ey, he shall eat of it, and he that is born in his house: they shall eat of his meat. 12 If the priest's daugh­ter also be married unto a stranger, she may not eat of an of­fer­ing of the holy things. 13 But if the 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 shall eat of her father's meat: but there shall no stranger eat there­of. 14 And if a man eat of the holy thing un­wit­ting­ly, then he shall put the fifth part there­of unto it, and shall give it unto the priest with the holy thing. 15 And they shall not pro­fane the holy things of the chil­dren of Is­rael, which they of­fer unto the LORD; 16 Or suf­fer them to bear the in­iq­ui­ty of tres­pass, when they eat their holy things: for I the LORD do sanc­ti­fy them. 17 And the LORD spake unto Moses, say­ing, 18 Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the chil­dren of Is­rael, and say unto them, What­so­ev­er he be of the house of Is­rael, or of the strangers in Is­rael, that will of­fer his obla­tion for all his vows, and for all his freewill of­fer­ings, which they will of­fer unto the LORD for a burnt of­fer­ing; 19 Ye shall offer at your own will a male with­out blem­ish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats. 20 But what­so­ev­er hath a blem­ish, that shall ye not of­fer: for it shall not be ac­cept­able for you. 21 And whoso­ev­er of­fer­eth a sac­ri­fice of peace of­fer­ings unto the LORD to ac­com­plish his vow, or a freewill of­fer­ing in beeves or sheep, it shall be per­fect to be ac­cept­ed; there shall be no blem­ish there­in. 22 Blind, or bro­ken, or maimed, or hav­ing a wen, or scurvy, or scabbed, ye shall not of­fer these unto the LORD, nor make an of­fer­ing by fire of them upon the al­tar unto the LORD. 23 Ei­ther a bul­lock or a lamb that hath any thing su­per­flu­ous or lack­ing in his parts, that mayest thou of­fer for a freewill of­fer­ing; but for a vow it shall not be ac­cept­ed. 24 Ye shall not of­fer unto the LORD that which is bruised, or crushed, or bro­ken, or cut; nei­ther shall ye make any of­fer­ing thereof in your land. 25 Nei­ther 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 unto Moses, say­ing, 27 When a bul­lock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it shall be sev­en days un­der the dam; and from the eighth day and thence­forth it shall be ac­cept­ed for an of­fer­ing made by fire unto the LORD. 28 And whether it be cow or ewe, ye shall not kill it and her young both in one day. 29 And when ye will of­fer a sac­ri­fice of thanks­giv­ing unto the LORD, of­fer it at your own will. 30 On the same day it shall be eat­en up; ye shall leave none of it un­til the mor­row: I am the LORD. 31 There­fore shall ye keep my com­mand­ments, and do them: I am the LORD. 32 Nei­ther shall ye pro­fane my holy name; but I will be hal­lowed among the chil­dren of Is­rael: I am the LORD which hal­low you, 33 That brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD.