1And Jehovah spake unto Moses , saying , 2Speak 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 Jehovah . 3Say 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 Jehovah , having his uncleanness upon him , that soul shall be cut off from before me : I am Jehovah . 4What 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 anything that is unclean by the dead , or a man whose seed goeth from him ; 5or whosoever toucheth any creeping thing , whereby he may be made unclean , or a man of whom he may take uncleanness , whatsoever uncleanness he hath; 6the 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 . 7And when the sun is down , he shall be clean ; and afterward he shall eat of the holy things , because it is his bread . 8That which dieth of itself , or is torn of beasts , he shall not eat, to defile himself therewith: I am Jehovah . 9They shall therefore keep my charge , lest they bear sin for it , and die therein, if they profane it : I am Jehovah who sanctifieth them .
Acceptable Offerings
10There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing : a sojourner of the priest ’s, or a hired servant , shall not eat of the holy thing . 11But if a priest buy any soul , the purchase of his money , he shall eat of it ; and such as are born in his house , they shall eat of his bread . 12And if a priest ’s daughter be married unto a stranger , she shall not eat of the heave-offering of the holy things . 13But if a priest ’s daughter be a widow, or divorced , and have no child , and be returned unto her father’s house , as in her youth , she shall eat of her father’s bread : but there shall no stranger eat thereof . 14And if a man eat of the holy thing unwittingly , then he shall put the fifth part thereof unto it , and shall give unto the priest the holy thing . 15And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel , which they offer unto Jehovah , 16and so cause them to bear the iniquity that bringeth guilt , when they eat their holy things : for I am Jehovah who sanctifieth them .
The Importance of Obedience
17And Jehovah spake unto Moses , saying , 18Speak 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 sojourners in Israel , that offereth his oblation , whether it be any of their vows , or any of their freewill-offerings, which they offer unto Jehovah for a burnt-offering; 19that ye may be accepted , ye shall offer a male without blemish , of the bullocks , of the sheep , or of the goats . 20But whatsoever hath a blemish , that shall ye not offer : for it shall not be acceptable for you . 21And whosoever offereth a sacrifice of peace-offerings unto Jehovah to accomplish a vow , 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. 22Blind , or broken , or maimed , or having a wen , or scurvy , or scabbed , ye shall not offer these unto Jehovah , nor make an offering by fire of them upon the altar unto Jehovah . 23Either a bullock or a lamb that hath anything superfluous or lacking in his parts , that mayest thou offer for a freewill-offering; but for a vow it shall not be accepted . 24That which hath its stones bruised , or crushed , or broken , or cut , ye shall not offer unto Jehovah ; neither shall ye do thus in your land. 25Neither 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 . 26And Jehovah spake unto Moses , saying , 27When 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 the oblation of an offering made by fire unto Jehovah . 28And whether it be cow or ewe , ye shall not kill it and its young both in one day . 29And when ye sacrifice a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto Jehovah , ye shall sacrifice it that ye may be accepted . 30On the same day it shall be eaten; ye shall leave none of it until the morning : I am Jehovah . 31Therefore shall ye keep my commandments , and do them : I am Jehovah . 32And ye shall not profane my holy name ; but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel : I am Jehovah who halloweth you , 33who brought you out of the land of Egypt , to be your God : I am Jehovah .