because I, the LORD, am your God. Set yourselves apart and be holy, because I am holy. You are not to defile yourselves with any of the swarming creatures that swarm the earth.

I am the LORD, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God. You are to be holy, because I am holy.

You are to differentiate between the clean and unclean, between the living creature that can be eaten and the living creature that is not to be eaten."

And she shall continue thirty-three days in the blood of her cleansing; no holy thing shall she touch, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her cleansing are fulfilled.

And when the days of her purification are fulfilled, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb of the first year for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtledove, for a sin offering, unto the door of the tabernacle of meeting, unto the priest:

And if her means are not sufficient for a lamb, then she shall take two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, the one for a burnt-offering, and the other for a sin-offering. And the priest shall make atonement for her, and she shall

But if the priest look on it, and behold, there are no white hairs therein, and it is not deeper than the skin, and is pale, the priest shall shut him up seven days;

"When a body has a burn on its skin and the raw area of the burn becomes a reddish white or white bright spot,

But if the priest examines it and discovers that there's no bright area or white hair, or if he discovers that it's not more extensive than skin deep and it's dull, then the priest is to isolate him for seven days.

But if the bright spot remains in place, doesn't spread in the skin, and it's dull, it's the swelling of the burned area. The priest is to declare him clean, since it's the scar from a burn."

then the priest shall examine the infection, and {if} its appearance [is] deeper than the skin and in it [is] thin bright red hair, then the priest shall declare it unclean--it [is] a diseased area of skin; it [is] an infectious skin disease of the head or the beard.

But if the priest examines the diseased area of the skin's infection and {if} its appearance is not deeper than the skin and there is no black hair in it, then the priest shall confine the afflicted person [with] the diseased area of skin [for] seven days.

And the priest shall examine the infection on the seventh day, and {if} the diseased area of skin has not spread and it does not have bright red hair in it and the diseased area of the skin's appearance is not deeper than the skin,

then he shall shave himself, but he shall not shave the diseased area of skin, and the priest shall confine [the person with] the diseased area of skin second [time] [for] seven days.

And the priest shall examine the diseased area of skin on the seventh day, and {if} the diseased area has not spread on the skin and its appearance is not deeper than the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean, and he shall wash his garments, and he shall be clean.

But if the diseased area of skin has not spread further on the skin after his cleansing,

then the priest shall examine him, and {if} the diseased area of skin has spread on the skin, the priest shall not inspect [for] bright red hair--he is unclean.

But if, in his eyes, the diseased area of skin has stayed [unchanged] and black hair has grown in it, the diseased area of skin is healed--he is clean, and the priest shall pronounce him clean.

And when either, man or woman, hath in the skin of their flesh bright spots, - bright spots that are white,

then the priest shall examine [them], and {if} [the] spots on their body's skin [are] faded white, it [is] a skin rash; it has broken out on the skin--it [is] clean.

But if there is a reddish white infection in the back or front bald area, it is a disease breaking out in his back or front bald area.

The priest is to examine it, and if the swelling of the infection is reddish white in the back or front bald area like the appearance of a disease on the skin of the body,

As to the leper in whom is the plague, his garments are rent, and his head is uncovered, and he covereth over the upper lip, and 'Unclean! unclean!' he calleth;

If there are red or green marks on the clothing, or on the leather, or in the threads of the cloth, or in anything made of skin, it is the leper's disease: let the priest see it.

then shall the priest command that there be brought for him that shall be cleansed two living birds that are clean, and cypress wood, and a piece of purple cloth and hyssop.

He is to slaughter the male lamb at the place in the sanctuary area where the sin offering and burnt offering are slaughtered, for like the sin offering, the restitution offering belongs to the priest; it is especially holy.

“But if he is poor and his means are insufficient, then he is to take one male lamb for a guilt offering as a wave offering to make atonement for him, and one-tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering, and a log of oil,

and two turtledoves or two young pigeons, which are within his means. One will be a sin offering and the other a burnt offering.

"He will then make one of the turtledoves or young pigeons, which are within his means,

This is the law for him in whom there is an infection of leprosy, whose means are limited for his cleansing.”

When you are come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you for a possession, and I put the disease of leprosy in a house of the land of your possession;

And he shall look on the disease, and, behold, if the disease is in the walls of the house with hollow streaks, greenish or reddish, which in sight are deep in the wall;

And the priest is to come again on the seventh day and have a look and see if the marks on the walls of the house are increased in size;

"Now as for the house, they are to scrape off inside and outside the house and then discard the torn out plaster in an unclean place outside the city.

They are then to take other stones and bring them to replace those stones. Lastly, they are to replaster the house."

"This [is] the instruction for any infectious skin disease and for the diseased area of skin,

to teach when they are unclean and when they are clean. This is the law of leprosy.

And they are to be offered by the priest, one for a sin-offering and one for a burned offering, and the priest will take away his sin before the Lord on account of his flow.

If a man sleeps with a woman and has an emission of semen, both of them are to bathe with water, and they will remain unclean until evening.

And when a woman's issue of blood floweth many days within the time of her separation, or when it floweth over her separation -- all the days of the issue of her uncleanness are as the days of her separation; she is unclean.

In this way may the children of Israel be made free from all sorts of unclean conditions, so that death may not overtake them when they are unclean and when they make unclean my holy place which is among them.

These are the regulations for one whose discharge of semen causes him to become unclean because of it,

He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen trousers upon his flesh, and shall be girded with a linen belt, and with the linen turban shall he be attired: these are holy garments; therefore shall he wash his flesh in water, and so put them on.

"The bull for the sin offering and the male goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought into the sacred place, are to be taken outside the camp. Their skin, meat, and offal are to be incinerated.

And the man by whom they are burned is to have his clothing washed and his body bathed in water, and then he may come back to the tent-circle.

“This is to be a permanent statute for you: In the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month you are to practice self-denial and do no work, both the native and the foreigner who resides among you.

because on that day, atonement will be made for you to cleanse you from all your sins. You are to be clean in the LORD's presence.

It is a special Sabbath for you, and you are to keep yourselves from pleasure; it is an order for ever.

[This is] so that the {Israelites} may bring their sacrifices that they are sacrificing {in the open field} and bring them for Yahweh to [the] tent of assembly's entrance to the priest, and they shall sacrifice fellowship offerings for Yahweh with them.

They are no longer to slaughter their sacrifices to the goat demons, with whom they have been committing prostitution. This will be a perpetual statute for you throughout your generations.

And you shall say to them, Any man of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who are staying among you, offers a burnt offering or sacrifice,

And any man of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that are staying among you, who eats any blood, I will set My face against that soul who eats blood, and will cut him off from among his people.

And any man of the sons of Israel, or of the strangers that are staying among you, who hunts game, beast or fowl, that may be eaten, he shall even pour out its blood and cover it with dust.

“For as for the life of all flesh, its blood is identified with its life. Therefore I said to the sons of Israel, ‘You are not to eat the blood of any flesh, for the life of all flesh is its blood; whoever eats it shall be cut off.’

You are not to do what you used to do in the land of Egypt where you lived. You are not to do what Canaan does, where I'm about to bring you, so that you live according to their statutes.

You are to practice My ordinances and you are to keep My statutes by following them; I am Yahweh your God.

“You are not to come near any close relative for sexual intercourse; I am Yahweh.

You are not to shame your father by having sex with your mother. She is your mother; you must not have sexual intercourse with her.

You are not to have sex with your father’s wife; it will shame your father.

You are not to have sexual intercourse with your sister, either your father’s daughter or your mother’s, whether born at home or born elsewhere. You are not to have sex with her.

[As for] the nakedness of your son's daughter or your daughter's daughter, you must not expose their nakedness, because they [are] your nakedness.

You are not to have sexual intercourse with your father’s wife’s daughter, who is adopted by your father; she is your sister.

You are not to have sexual intercourse with your father’s sister; she is your father’s close relative.

You are not to have sexual intercourse with your mother’s sister, for she is your mother’s close relative.

You are not to shame your father’s brother by coming near his wife to have sexual intercourse; she is your aunt.

You are not to have sexual intercourse with your daughter-in-law. She is your son’s wife; you are not to have sex with her.

You are not to have sexual intercourse with your brother’s wife; it will shame your brother.

You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, neither shall you take her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness; for they are her near kinswomen: it is wickedness.

You are not to marry a woman as a rival to her sister and have sexual intercourse with her during her sister’s lifetime.

“You are not to come near a woman during her menstrual impurity to have sexual intercourse with her.

You are not to have sexual intercourse with your neighbor’s wife, defiling yourself with her.

“You are not to make any of your children pass through the fire to Molech. Do not profane the name of your God; I am Yahweh.

You are not to sleep with a man as with a woman; it is detestable.

You are not to have sexual intercourse with any animal, defiling yourself with it; a woman is not to present herself to an animal to mate with it; it is a perversion.

Defile not you yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:

And the land itself has become unclean; so that I have sent on it the reward of its wrongdoing, and the land itself puts out those who are living in it.

But you are to keep My statutes and ordinances. You must not commit any of these detestable things—not the native or the foreigner who lives among you.

(for all these abominations have the men of the land done who are before you, and the land is defiled),

So you are not to let the land vomit you up because of your uncleanness as it is vomiting the nations that were here before you.

for any one who doth any of all these abominations -- even the persons who are doing so, have been cut off from the midst of their people;

Thus you are to keep My charge, that you do not practice any of the abominable customs which have been practiced before you, so as not to defile yourselves with them; I am the Lord your God.’”

"Tell the entire assembly of Israel that they are to be holy, since I, the LORD your God, am holy.

“Each of you is to respect his mother and father. You are to keep My Sabbaths; I am Yahweh your God.

"You are not to turn to their idols or cast gods out of melted metal for yourselves. I am the LORD your God.

"When you offer a peace offering to the LORD, you are to offer it for your acceptance.

“When you reap the harvest of your land, you are not to reap to the very edge of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest.

You are not to gather your vineyard or pick up the fallen grapes of your vineyard. Leave something for the poor and the resident alien who lives among you. I am the LORD your God."

"You are not to steal or lie or deal falsely with your neighbor.

"You are not to use my name to deceive, thereby defiling the name of your God. I am the LORD.

"You are not to oppress your neighbor or rob him. "The wages of a hired laborer are not to remain in your possession until morning.

You must not curse the deaf or put a stumbling block in front of the blind, but you are to fear your God; I am Yahweh.

"You are not to be unjust in deciding a case. You are not to show partiality to the poor or honor the great. Instead, decide the case of your neighbor with righteousness."

"You are not to go around slandering your people. "You are not to stand idle when your neighbor's life is at stake. I am the LORD.

"You are not to hate your relative in your heart. Rebuke your neighbor if you must, but you are not to incur guilt on account of him.

"You are not to seek vengeance or hold a grudge against the descendants of your people. Instead, love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD."

“You are to keep My statutes. You must not crossbreed two different kinds of your livestock, sow your fields with two kinds of seed, or put on a garment made of two kinds of material.

“If a man has sexual intercourse with a woman who is a slave designated for another man, but she has not been redeemed or given her freedom, there must be punishment. They are not to be put to death, because she had not been freed.

“When you come into the land and plant any kind of tree for food, you are to consider the fruit forbidden. It will be forbidden to you for three years; it is not to be eaten.

In the fifth year you are to eat of its fruit, that its yield may increase for you; I am the Lord your God.

“You are not to eat anything with blood in it. You are not to practice divination or sorcery.