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Leviticus 22 Unlocked Literal Bible
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1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
2 “Speak to Aaron and to his sons, tell them to keep away from the holy things of the people of Israel, which they set apart to me. They must not profane my holy name. I am Yahweh.
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 Say to them, 'If any of your descendants throughout your generations approaches the holy things that the people of Israel have set apart to Yahweh, while he is unclean, that person must be cut off from before me: I am Yahweh.
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 None of the descendants of Aaron who has an infectious skin disease, or an infection flowing from his body, may eat any of the sacrifices made to Yahweh until he is clean. Whoever touches anything unclean through contact with the dead, or by contact with a man who has a flow 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 whoever touches any creeping animal that makes him unclean, or any person who makes him unclean, whatever kind of uncleanness it may be—
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 then the priest who touches anything unclean will be unclean until evening. He must not eat any of the holy things, unless he has bathed his body in 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 When the sun has set, he will then be clean. After sunset he may eat from the holy things, because they are 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 found dead or killed by wild animals, by which he would defile himself. I am Yahweh.
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 follow my instructions, or they will be guilty of sin and could die for profaning me. I am Yahweh 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 No one outside the priest's family, including guests of a priest or his hired servants, may eat anything that is holy.
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 But if a priest buys any slave with his own money, that slave may eat from the things set apart to Yahweh. The priest's family members and slaves born in his house, they also may eat with him from those things.
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 a priest's daughter married someone who is not a priest, she may not eat any of the holy contribution 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 is a widow, or divorced, and if she has no child, and if she returns to live in her father's house as in her youth, she may eat from her father's food. But no one who is not in the priestly family may eat from the priest's food.
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 If a man eats a holy food without knowing it, then he must repay the priest for it; he must add one-fifth to it and give it back 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 people of Israel must not profane the holy things that they have raised high and presented to Yahweh,
15 The priests shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer to Yahweh,
16 and cause themselves to carry the sin that would make them guilty of eating the holy food, for I am Yahweh 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 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
17 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
18 “Speak to Aaron and his sons, and to all the people of Israel. Say to them, 'Any Israelite, or an alien living in Israel, when they present a sacrifice—whether it is to fulfill a vow, or whether it is a freewill offering, or they present to Yahweh a burnt offering,
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, they must offer a male animal without blemish from the 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 But you must not offer whatever has a blemish. I will not accept it on your behalf.
20 But you shall not offer whatever has a defect, for it shall not be acceptable for you.
21 Whoever offers a sacrifice of fellowship offerings from the herd or the flock to Yahweh to fulfill a vow, or as a freewill offering, it must be unblemished to be accepted. There must be no defect in the animal.
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 You must not offer animals that are blind, disabled, or maimed, or that have warts, sores, or scabs. You must not offer these to Yahweh as a sacrifice by fire on the altar.
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 You may present as a freewill offering an ox or a lamb that is deformed or small, but an offering like that will not be accepted for a vow.
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 Do not offer any animal to Yahweh that has bruised, crushed, torn, or cut testicles. Do not do this within 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 You must not present the bread of your God from the hand of a foreigner. Those animals are deformed and have defects in them, they will not be accepted for you.'”
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 Yahweh spoke to Moses and said,
26 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
27 “When a calf or a sheep or a goat is born, it must remain seven days with its mother. Then from the eighth day on, it may be accepted as a sacrifice for an offering made by fire to Yahweh.
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 Do not kill a cow or ewe along with its young, both 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 sacrifice a thank offering to Yahweh, you must sacrifice it in an acceptable way.
29 “When you sacrifice a sacrifice of thanksgiving to Yahweh, you shall sacrifice it so that you may be accepted.
30 It must be eaten on the same day that it is sacrificed. You must leave none of it until the next morning. I am Yahweh.
30 It shall be eaten on the same day; you shall leave none of it until the morning. I am Yahweh.
31 So you must keep my commandments and carry them out. I am Yahweh.
31 “Therefore you shall keep my commandments, and do them. I am Yahweh.
32 You must not profane my holy name. I must be acknowledged as holy by the people of Israel. I am Yahweh 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 who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God: I am Yahweh.”
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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