Leviticus · Free Bible Version
Leviticus 22 Free Bible Version
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1 The Lord told Moses,
1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
2 “Tell Aaron and his sons to be dedicated when dealing with the holy offerings that the Israelites have dedicated to me, so that they don't dishonor my holy character. I am the Lord.
2 “Tell Aaron and his sons to separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, which they make holy to me, and that they not profane my holy name. I am Yahweh.
3 Tell them: These rules apply for all future generations. If any of your descendants in an unclean state comes close to the holy offerings that the Israelites dedicate to honor the Lord, that person must be expelled from my presence. I am the Lord.
3 “Tell them, ‘If anyone of all your offspring throughout your generations approaches the holy things which the children of Israel make holy to Yahweh, having his uncleanness on him, that soul shall be cut off from before me. I am Yahweh.
4 If one of Aaron's descendants has a skin disease or a discharge, he is not allowed to eat the holy offerings until he is clean. Anyone who touches anything made unclean by a dead body or by a man who has had a release of semen,
4 “‘Whoever of the offspring of Aaron is a leper or has a discharge shall not eat of the holy things until he is clean. Whoever touches anything that is unclean by the dead, or a man who has a seminal emission,
5 or anyone who touches an unclean animal or an unclean person (whatever the uncleanness is),
5 or whoever touches any creeping thing by which he may be made unclean, or a man from whom he may become unclean, whatever uncleanness he has—
6 anyone who touches anything like this will remain unclean until evening. He is not allowed to eat from the holy offerings unless he has washed himself with water.
6 the person that touches any such shall be unclean until the evening, and shall not eat of the holy things unless he bathes his body in water.
7 At sunset he will become clean, and then he is allowed to eat from the holy offerings because they provide his food.
7 When the sun is down, he shall be clean; and afterward he shall eat of the holy things, because it is his bread.
8 He must not eat anything that has died, or has been killed by wild animals, because that would make him unclean. I am the Lord.
8 He shall not eat that which dies of itself or is torn by animals, defiling himself by it. I am Yahweh.
9 The priests must do as I demand, so that they don't become guilty and die because they have not done so, treating my requirements with contempt. I am the Lord who makes them holy.
9 “‘They shall therefore follow my commandment, lest they bear sin for it and die in it, if they profane it. I am Yahweh who sanctifies them.
10 Anyone who isn't part of a priest's family is not allowed to eat the holy offerings. This also applies to a priest's guest or his paid worker.
10 “‘No stranger shall eat of the holy thing: a foreigner living with the priests, or a hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.
11 However, if a priest uses his own money to buy a slave, or if a slave is born in the priest's household, then that slave is allowed to eat his food.
11 But if a priest buys a slave, purchased by his money, he shall eat of it; and those who are born in his house shall eat of his bread.
12 If the priest's daughter gets married to a man who isn't a priest, she is not allowed to eat the holy offerings.
12 If a priest’s daughter is married to an outsider, she shall not eat of the heave offering of the holy things.
13 But if a priest's daughter without children is widowed or divorced and goes back to her father's house, she is allowed to eat her father's food as she did when she was growing up. But no one outside the priest's family can eat it.
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 Anyone who eats a holy offering by mistake must pay compensation by adding a fifth to its value, and give it all to the priest.
14 “‘If a man eats something holy unwittingly, then he shall add the fifth part of its value to it, and shall give the holy thing to the priest.
15 The priests must not make the holy offerings the Israelites present to the Lord unclean
15 The priests shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer to Yahweh,
16 by allowing the people to eat them and in so doing take upon themselves the punishment for guilt. For I am the Lord who makes them holy.”
16 and so cause them to bear the iniquity that brings guilt when they eat their holy things; for I am Yahweh who sanctifies them.’”
17 The Lord told Moses,
17 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
18 “Tell Aaron, his sons and all the Israelites: If you or a foreigner living with you wants to make a gift as a burnt offering to the Lord, whether it's to fulfill a promise or as a freewill offering, this is what you are to do.
18 “Speak to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the children of Israel, and say to them, ‘Whoever is of the house of Israel, or of the foreigners in Israel, who offers his offering, whether it is any of their vows or any of their free will offerings, which they offer to Yahweh for a burnt offering:
19 If it is to be accepted on your behalf you must offer a male without defects from the herds of cattle, sheep, or goats.
19 that you may be accepted, you shall offer a male without defect, of the bulls, of the sheep, or of the goats.
20 Don't present anything with a defect because it won't be accepted on your behalf.
20 But you shall not offer whatever has a defect, for it shall not be acceptable for you.
21 If you want to present a peace offering to the Lord from the herd or flock to fulfill a promise or as a freewill offering, in order to be acceptable the animal must be perfect, completely without defects.
21 Whoever offers a sacrifice of peace offerings to Yahweh to accomplish a vow, or for a free will offering of the herd or of the flock, it shall be perfect to be accepted. It shall have no defect.
22 Don't present to the Lord an animal that is blind, injured, or damaged in some way, or has warts, skin sores, or scabs. Don't place any animal that has these on the altar as a food offering to the Lord.
22 You shall not offer what is blind, is injured, is maimed, has a wart, is festering, or has a running sore to Yahweh, nor make an offering by fire of them on the altar to Yahweh.
23 However, you can present a freewill offering of a bull or sheep that has a leg that is too long or too short, but not if it is a sacrifice to fulfill a promise.
23 Either a bull or a lamb that has any deformity or lacking in his parts, that you may offer for a free will offering; but for a vow it shall not be accepted.
24 Don't present to the Lord an animal with testicles that are accidentally or deliberately damaged. You are not allowed to sacrifice any of these damaged animals in your land.
24 You must not offer to Yahweh that which has its testicles bruised, crushed, broken, or cut. You must not do this in your land.
25 Nor are you allowed to accept such animals from a foreigner that are damaged and defective.”
25 You must not offer any of these as the bread of your God from the hand of a foreigner, because their corruption is in them. There is a defect in them. They shall not be accepted for you.’”
26 The Lord told Moses,
26 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
27 “When a bull, a sheep, or a goat is born, it must stay with its mother for seven days. After eight days it can be accepted as a food offering to the Lord.
27 “When a bull, a sheep, or a goat is born, it shall remain seven days with its mother. From the eighth day on it shall be accepted for the offering of an offering made by fire to Yahweh.
28 However, don't kill a bull or a sheep and its young on the same day.
28 Whether it is a cow or ewe, you shall not kill it and its young both in one day.
29 When you present a thank offering to the Lord, make sure to do so in a way that it will be accepted on your behalf.
29 “When you sacrifice a sacrifice of thanksgiving to Yahweh, you shall sacrifice it so that you may be accepted.
30 It has to be eaten on the same day. Don't leave any of it until morning. I am the Lord.
30 It shall be eaten on the same day; you shall leave none of it until the morning. I am Yahweh.
31 Keep my rules and put them into practice. I am the Lord.
31 “Therefore you shall keep my commandments, and do them. I am Yahweh.
32 Don't disgrace my holy character. I must be accepted as holy by you. I am the Lord who makes you holy.
32 You shall not profane my holy name, but I will be made holy among the children of Israel. I am Yahweh who makes you holy,
33 I am the one who led you out of Egypt to be your God. I am the Lord.”
33 who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God. I am Yahweh.”
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Moses
Drawn from the Nile, he led Israel out of Egypt and received God's Law.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 2–Deuteronomy 34
Cross references (30)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 2 Deuteronomy 15:19; Leviticus 18:21; Numbers 18:32; Leviticus 22:32; Exodus 13:12
- 3 Leviticus 7:20–21; Exodus 33:14–15; Psalm 51:11; Matthew 25:41; 2 Thessalonians 1:9
- 4 Leviticus 15:2–3; Leviticus 15:13–16; Leviticus 11:39; Leviticus 13:2–3; Numbers 18:9
- 5 Leviticus 11:43–44; Leviticus 15:7; Leviticus 15:19; Leviticus 11:24–28
- 6 Leviticus 15:5; Hebrews 10:22; Leviticus 16:24–28; Leviticus 11:24–25; Haggai 2:13
- 7 Leviticus 21:22; 1 Corinthians 9:4; Deuteronomy 18:3–4; 1 Corinthians 9:13–14; Numbers 18:11–19
- 8 Leviticus 17:15; Exodus 22:31; Leviticus 7:24; Deuteronomy 14:21; Ezekiel 44:31
- 9 Exodus 28:43; Numbers 18:32; Numbers 18:22; Leviticus 16:2; Leviticus 22:16
- 10 1 Samuel 21:6; Matthew 12:4; Exodus 29:33
- 11 Genesis 17:13; Exodus 12:44; Numbers 18:11–13
- 12 Leviticus 21:3; Isaiah 40:13
- 13 Genesis 38:11; Leviticus 10:14; Numbers 18:11–19
- 14 Leviticus 27:15; Leviticus 27:13; Leviticus 5:15–19
- 15 Numbers 18:32; Leviticus 19:8; Leviticus 22:9; Ezekiel 22:26
- 16 Leviticus 22:9; 1 Peter 2:24; Leviticus 7:18; Psalm 38:4; Isaiah 53:11–12
- 18 Leviticus 1:2; Numbers 15:3; Deuteronomy 12:6; Jonah 1:16; Jonah 2:9
- 19 Leviticus 1:3; Leviticus 1:10; Exodus 12:5; 1 Peter 2:22–24; 2 Corinthians 5:21
- 20 Deuteronomy 17:1; Malachi 1:8; Deuteronomy 15:21; Hebrews 9:14; 1 Peter 1:19
- 21 Numbers 15:8; Numbers 15:3; Ecclesiastes 5:4–5; Leviticus 3:6; Leviticus 3:1
- 22 Leviticus 22:20; Malachi 1:8; Leviticus 1:9; Leviticus 3:5; Leviticus 3:3
- 23 Leviticus 21:18
- 24 Leviticus 22:20; Deuteronomy 23:1; Leviticus 21:20
- 25 Leviticus 21:6; Numbers 15:14–16; Malachi 1:12–14; Leviticus 21:8; Ezra 6:8–10
- 27 Exodus 22:30; Leviticus 12:2–3; Leviticus 22:25; Leviticus 19:23–24
- 28 Deuteronomy 22:6–7; Deuteronomy 14:21; Exodus 23:19; Exodus 34:26
- 29 Psalm 107:22; Psalm 116:17; Amos 4:5; 1 Peter 2:5; Leviticus 7:12–15
- 30 Exodus 16:19–20; Leviticus 19:7; Leviticus 7:15–18
- 31 Deuteronomy 4:40; Leviticus 19:37; Numbers 15:40; Leviticus 18:4–5; 1 Thessalonians 4:1–2
- 32 Luke 11:2; Leviticus 18:21; Matthew 6:9; Leviticus 10:3; Leviticus 20:8
- 33 Leviticus 11:45; Exodus 6:7; Numbers 15:41; Exodus 20:2; Leviticus 25:38
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