Priests And Their Food
2 Give orders to Aaron and to his sons to keep themselves separate from the holy things of the children of Israel which they give to me, and not to make my holy name common: I am the Lord,
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.
2 “Tell Aaron and his sons to be careful with the holy gifts of the sons of Israel, which they dedicate to Me, so as not to profane My holy name; I am the Lord.
2 “Tell Aaron and his sons to deal respectfully with the holy offerings of the Israelites that they have consecrated to Me, so they do not profane My holy name;(A) I am Yahweh.
2 "Tell Aaron and his sons that they are to separate themselves for the sacred things of the Israelis and that they are not to defile my holy name. I am the LORD.
3 Say to them, If any man of all your seed through all your generations, being unclean, comes near the holy things which the children of Israel make holy to the Lord, he will be cut off from before 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.
3 Say to them, ‘(A)If any man among all your (a)descendants throughout your generations approaches the holy gifts which the sons of Israel dedicate to the Lord, while he has an uncleanness, that person shall be cut off from before Me; I am the Lord.
3 Say to them: If any man from any of your descendants throughout your generations is in a state of uncleanness yet approaches the holy offerings that the Israelites consecrate to the Lord, that person will be cut off from My presence; I am Yahweh.
3 Tell them that whoever among your descendants throughout your generations approaches the sacred things that the Israelis had consecrated to the LORD while still remaining unclean is to be eliminated from my presence. I am the LORD.
4 No man of the seed of Aaron who is a leper, or who has a flow from his body, may take of the holy food till he is clean. And any man touching anything which is unclean because of the dead, or any man whose seed goes from him;
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;
4 (B)No man of the (b)descendants of Aaron, who is a leper or who has a discharge, may eat of the holy gifts until he is clean. (C)And if one touches anything made unclean by a corpse or if (D)a man has a seminal emission,
4 No man of Aaron’s descendants who has a skin disease(a) or a discharge is to eat from the holy offerings until he is clean. Whoever touches anything made unclean by a dead person or by a man who has an emission of semen,
4 If one of Aaron's descendants has an infectious skin disease or a discharge, he is not to eat anything sacred until he has been cleansed. Anyone who touches an unclean thing on account of the dead, or who has a seminal discharge,
5 Or anyone touching any unclean thing which goes flat on the earth, or someone by whom he may be made unclean in any way whatever;
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;
5 or (E)if a man touches any teeming things by which he is made unclean, or any man by whom he is made unclean, whatever his uncleanness;
5 or whoever touches any swarming creature that makes him unclean or any person who makes him unclean—whatever his uncleanness—
5 or who becomes unclean by touching a creeping creature or another human being, whatever the uncleanness may be
6 Any person touching any such unclean thing will be unclean till evening, and may not take of the holy food till his flesh has been bathed in water;
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.
6 a (c)person who touches any such shall be unclean until evening, and shall not eat of the holy gifts unless he has bathed his (d)body in water.
6 the man who touches any of these will remain unclean until evening(B) and is not to eat from the holy offerings unless he has bathed his body with water.
6 such a person who comes in contact with anything like this will become unclean until evening. As a result, he is not to eat the sacred things unless he has bathed himself with water.
7 And when the sun has gone down he will be clean; and after that he may take part in the holy food, because it is his bread.
7 And when the sun is down, he shall be clean, and shall afterward eat of the holy things; because it is his food.
7 But when the sun sets, he will be clean, and afterward he shall eat of the holy gifts, for (F)it is his (e)food.
7 When the sun has set, he will become clean, and then he may eat from the holy offerings, for that is his food.(C)
7 When the sun has gone down and he has been cleansed, he may eat of the sacred things, since that's his food.
8 That which comes to a natural death, or is attacked by beasts, he may not take as food, for it will make him unclean: I am the Lord.
8 That which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts, he shall not eat to defile himself therewith: I am the LORD.
8 He shall not eat (G)an animal which dies or is torn by beasts, becoming unclean by it; I am the Lord.
8 He must not eat an animal that died naturally or was mauled by wild beasts,(b)(D) making himself unclean by it; I am Yahweh.
8 He is not to eat the carcass of an animal that was torn by animals, thereby defiling himself with it. I am the LORD.
9 So then, let them keep what I have put into their care, for fear that sin may come on them because of it, so causing their death because they have made it common: I am the Lord, who make them holy.
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.
9 They shall therefore keep (H)My charge, so that (I)they will not bear sin because of it and die thereby because they profane it; I am the Lord who sanctifies them.
9 They must keep My instruction,(E) or they will be guilty and die because they profane it; I am Yahweh who sets them apart.
9 They are to keep my charge. By doing so, they won't bear the punishment of sin because of it and therefore die if they've been defiled by it. I am the LORD, who sets them apart."
10 No outside person may take of the holy food, or one living as a guest in the priest's house, or a servant working for payment.
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.
10 ‘(J)No (f)layman, however, is to eat the holy gift; a sojourner with the priest or a hired man shall not eat of the holy gift.
10 “No one outside a priest’s family(c)(F) is to eat the holy offering. A foreigner staying with a priest or a hired hand is not to eat the holy offering.
10 "No resident alien is to eat anything sacred. Neither the visitor of the priest nor a hired laborer is to eat anything sacred.
11 But any person for whom the priest has given money, to make him his, may take of it with him; and those who come to birth in his house may take of his bread.
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.
11 (K)But if a priest buys a (g)slave as his property with his money, (h)that one may eat of it, and those who are born in his house may eat of his (i)food.
11 But if a priest purchases someone with his money, that person may eat it, and those born in his house may eat his food.
11 If a priest acquires a slave as property with his own money, he may eat with him. Those who were born in his house may eat his food.
12 And if the daughter of a priest is married to an outside person she may not take of the holy things which are lifted up as offerings.
12 If the priest's daughter also be married unto a stranger, she may not eat of an offering of the holy things.
12 If a priest’s daughter is married to a (j)layman, she shall not eat of the (k)offering of the gifts.
12 If the priest’s daughter is married to a man outside a priest’s family,(d) she is not to eat from the holy contributions.(e)
12 If a priest's daughter marries a resident alien, she is not to eat the sacred raised offerings.
13 But if a priest's daughter is a widow, or parted from her husband, and has no child, and has come back to her father's house as when she was a girl, she may take of her father's bread; but no outside person may do so.
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.
13 But if a priest’s daughter becomes a widow or divorced, and has no child and returns to her father’s house as in her youth, she shall eat of her father’s (l)food; (L)but no (m)layman shall eat of it.
13 But if the priest’s daughter becomes widowed or divorced, has no children, and returns to her father’s house as in her youth, she may share her father’s food. But no outsider may share it.
13 If the priest's daughter is a widow, or is divorced and childless, so that she has to return to her father's house as in her younger days, she may eat her father's food, but no resident alien may eat it.
14 And if a man takes the holy food in error, he will have to give the holy thing back to the priest, with the addition of a fifth part.
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.
14 (M)But if a man eats a holy gift unintentionally, then he shall add to it a fifth of it and shall give the holy gift to the priest.
14 If anyone eats a holy offering in error,(G) he must add a fifth to its value and give the holy offering to the priest.(H)
14 If a person eats anything sacred inadvertently, he is to add a fifth part to it and then give the sacred thing to the priest.
15 And they may not make common the holy things which the children of Israel give to the Lord,
15 And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto the LORD;
15 The priests must not profane the holy offerings the Israelites give to the Lord
15 They are not to defile the sacred things of the Israelis that they have offered to the LORD,
16 So causing sin to come on them when they take their holy things for food: I am the Lord who make them holy.
16 Or suffer them to bear the iniquity of trespass, when they eat their holy things: for I the LORD do sanctify them.
16 and so cause them (O)to bear (n)punishment for guilt by eating their holy gifts; for I am the Lord who sanctifies them.’”
16 by letting the people eat their holy offerings and having them bear the penalty of restitution.(I) For I am Yahweh who sets them apart.”
16 thereby causing them to bear the punishment of their iniquity for wrongdoing when they eat their sacred things, because I am the LORD, who sets them apart."
Acceptable Offerings
18 Say to Aaron and to his sons and to all the children of Israel, If any man of the children of Israel, or of another nation living in Israel, makes an offering, given because of an oath or freely given to the Lord for a burned offering;
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;
18 “Speak to Aaron and to his sons and to all the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘(P)Any man of the house of Israel or of the aliens in Israel who presents his offering, whether it is any of their (o)votive or any of their freewill offerings, which they present to the Lord for a burnt offering—
18 “Speak to Aaron, his sons, and all the Israelites and tell them: Any man of the house of Israel or of the foreign residents(J) in Israel who presents his offering(K)—whether they present freewill gifts or payment of vows to the Lord as burnt offerings—
18 "Tell Aaron, his sons, and all the Israelis that when a person from the house of Israel or from the resident aliens living in Israel brings his offering to the LORD as a whole burnt offering (whether in fulfillment of a promise or a free will offerings),
19 So that it may be pleasing to the Lord, let him give a male, without any mark, from among the oxen or the sheep or the goats.
19 Ye shall offer at your own will a male without blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats.
19 (Q)for you to be accepted—it must be a male without defect from the cattle, the sheep, or the goats.
19 must offer an unblemished male(L) from the cattle, sheep, or goats in order for you to be accepted.
19 so that he'll be sure to be accepted, he is to offer a male without defect from the bulls, the lambs, and the goats.
20 But anything which has a mark you may not give; it will not make you pleasing to the Lord.
20 But whatsoever hath a blemish, that shall ye not offer: for it shall not be acceptable for you.
20 You are not to present anything that has a defect, because it will not be accepted on your behalf.
20 However, whatever has a defect is not to be offered, because it won't be acceptable for you.
21 And whoever makes a peace-offering to the Lord, in payment of an oath or as a free offering, from the herd or the flock, if it is to be pleasing to the Lord, let it be free from any mark or damage.
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.
21 When a man offers a sacrifice of peace offerings to the Lord (S)to (p)fulfill a special vow or for a freewill offering, of the herd or of the flock, it must be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no defect in it.
21 “When a man presents a fellowship sacrifice to the Lord to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering from the herd or flock, it has to be unblemished to be acceptable; there must be no defect in it.
21 "If a person brings a peace offering sacrifice to the LORD to fulfill a vow or a free will offering from the herd or the flock, it is to be sound in order to be accepted, without any defect in it.
22 Anything blind or broken or damaged or having any disease or any mark on it may not be offered to the Lord; you may not make an offering of it by fire on the altar to the Lord.
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.
22 Those that are blind or fractured or maimed or having a running sore or eczema or scabs, you shall not offer to the Lord, nor make of them an offering by fire on the altar to the Lord.
22 You are not to present any animal to the Lord that is blind, injured, maimed, or has a running sore, festering rash,(M) or scabs; you may not put any of them on the altar as a fire offering to the Lord.(N)
22 You are not to bring to the LORD an offering that is blind, fractured, mutilated, or infected with ulcers, scurvy, or scales. You are not to present any of them as an offering made by fire on the altar for the LORD.
23 An ox or a lamb which has more or less than its natural parts, may be given as a free offering; but it will not be taken in payment of an oath.
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.
23 In respect to an ox or a lamb which has an (q)overgrown or stunted member, you may present it for a freewill offering, but for a vow it will not be accepted.
23 You may sacrifice as a freewill offering any animal from the herd or flock that has an elongated or stunted limb, but it is not acceptable as a vow offering.
23 "You may offer a bull or lamb that has one limb longer than the other or that is stunted as a free will offering, but it's not acceptable in fulfillment of a promise.
24 An animal which has its sex parts damaged or crushed or broken or cut, may not be offered to the Lord; such a thing may not be done anywhere in your land.
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.
24 Also (T)anything with its testicles bruised or crushed or torn or cut, you shall not offer to the Lord, or (r)sacrifice in your land,
24 You are not to present to the Lord anything that has bruised, crushed, torn, or severed testicles;(O) you must not sacrifice them in your land.
24 You are not to bring to the LORD an animal that has been emasculated, crushed, torn, or cut apart. You are not to practice this in your land.
25 And from one who is not an Israelite you may not take any of these for an offering to the Lord; for they are unclean, there is a mark on them, and the Lord will not be pleased with them.
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.
25 nor shall you accept any such from the hand of a foreigner for offering (U)as the (s)food of your God; for their corruption is in them, they have a defect, they shall not be accepted for you.’”
25 Neither you nor(f) a foreigner are to present food to your God from any of these animals. They will not be accepted for you because they are deformed and have a defect.”(P)
25 A resident alien is not to offer as food to your God any of these items, because they are afflicted with ritual corruption due to their defects. They're not acceptable for you."
27 When an ox or a sheep or a goat is given birth, let it be with its mother for seven days; and after the eighth day it may be taken as an offering made by fire to the Lord.
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.
27 “When an ox or a sheep or a goat is born, it shall (t)remain (V)seven days (u)with its mother, and from the eighth day on it shall be accepted as a sacrifice of an offering by fire to the Lord.
27 “When an ox, sheep, or goat is born, it must remain with(g) its mother for seven days; from the eighth day(Q) on, it will be acceptable as a gift, a fire offering to the Lord.
27 "Whenever a bull, a sheep, or a goat is born, it is to remain for seven days under the care of its mother. But on the eighth day onwards, it may be accepted as an offering made by fire to the LORD.
29 And when you make an offering of praise to the Lord, make it in a way which is pleasing to him.
29 And when ye will offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto the LORD, offer it at your own will.
29 When you sacrifice (X)a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the Lord, you shall sacrifice it so that you may be accepted.
29 When you offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the LORD, bring it so that it's acceptable for you.
30 Let it be used for food on the same day; do not keep any part of it till the morning: I am the Lord.
30 On the same day it shall be eaten up; ye shall leave none of it until the morrow: I am the LORD.
30 It shall be eaten on the same day, you shall leave none of it until morning; I am the Lord.
30 It is to be eaten that same day. You are not to leave any of it until morning. I am the LORD.
32 And do not make my holy name common; so that it may be kept holy by the children of Israel: I am the Lord who make you holy,
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,
32 “You shall not profane My holy name, but I will be sanctified among the sons of Israel; I am the Lord who sanctifies you,
32 You must not profane My holy name; I must be treated as holy(U) among the Israelites. I am Yahweh who sets you apart,
32 "You are not to defile my sacred name, because I've been set apart in the midst of the Israelis. Furthermore, I am the LORD, who sets you apart
33 Who took you out of the land of Egypt that I might be your God: I am the Lord.
33 That brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD.
33 the One 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 the LORD."