Thematic Bible
Leviticus 22:1 (show verse)
Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
Leviticus 22:2 (show verse)
“Tell Aaron and his sons to be careful with the holy things (offerings, gifts) which the children of Israel dedicate to Me, so that they do not profane My holy name; I am the Lord.
Leviticus 22:3 (show verse)
Say to them, ‘Any one of your descendants throughout your generations who approaches the holy things which the Israelites dedicate to the Lord, while he is [ceremonially] unclean, that person shall be cut off from My presence and excluded from the sanctuary; I am the Lord.
Leviticus 22:4 (show verse)
No man of the descendants of Aaron who is a leper or has a discharge may eat the holy things [the offerings and the showbread] until he is clean. And whoever touches any person or thing made unclean by contact with a corpse or a man who has had a seminal emission,
Leviticus 22:5 (show verse)
or whoever touches any crawling thing by which he is made unclean, or any person by whom he is made unclean, whatever it may be,
Leviticus 22:6 (show verse)
the person who touches any such thing shall be unclean until evening and shall not eat the holy things unless he has bathed his body in water.
Leviticus 22:7 (show verse)
When the sun sets, he will be clean, and afterward he may eat the holy things, for it is his food.
Leviticus 22:8 (show verse)
He shall not eat that which dies [of natural causes] or is torn by a predator, becoming unclean by it; I am the Lord.
Leviticus 22:9 (show verse)
Therefore the priests shall observe My ordinance, so that they will not bear sin because of it and die if they profane it; I am the Lord who sanctifies them.
Leviticus 22:10 (show verse)
‘No layman [that is, someone outside of Aaron’s family] is to eat the holy gift [which has been offered to God]; a foreigner residing with the priest or a hired man shall not eat the holy thing.
Leviticus 22:11 (show verse)
But if a priest buys a slave as his property with his money, the slave may eat the holy thing, and those who are born in the priest’s house; they may eat his food.
Leviticus 22:12 (show verse)
If a priest’s daughter is married to a layman [one not part of the priestly tribe], she shall not eat the offering of the holy things.
Leviticus 22:13 (show verse)
But if a priest’s daughter is a widow or divorced, and has no child, and returns to her father’s house as in her youth, she shall eat her father’s food; but no layman shall eat it.
Leviticus 22:14 (show verse)
But if a person unknowingly eats a holy gift [which has been offered to God], then he shall add one-fifth of its value to it and give the holy gift to the priest.
Leviticus 22:15 (show verse)
The priests shall not profane the holy things the Israelites offer to the Lord,
Leviticus 22:16 (show verse)
and so cause them [by neglect of any essential observance] to bear the punishment of guilt when they eat their holy things; for I am the Lord who sanctifies them.’”
Leviticus 22:17 (show verse)
Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
Leviticus 22:18 (show verse)
“Speak to Aaron and his sons and to all the Israelites and say to them, ‘Any man of the house of Israel or any stranger in Israel who presents his offering, whether to fulfill any of their vows or as any of their freewill (voluntary) offerings which they presented to the Lord as a burnt offering—
Leviticus 22:19 (show verse)
so that you may be accepted—it must be a male without blemish from the cattle, the sheep, or the goats.
Leviticus 22:20 (show verse)
You shall not offer anything which has a blemish, because it will not be accepted for you.
Leviticus 22:21 (show verse)
Whoever offers a sacrifice of peace offerings to the Lord to fulfill a special vow to the Lord or as a freewill offering from the herd or from the flock, it must be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish in it.
Leviticus 22:22 (show verse)
Animals that are blind or fractured or mutilated, or have a sore or a running wound or an itch or scabs, you shall not offer to the Lord nor make an offering of them by fire on the altar to the Lord.
Leviticus 22:23 (show verse)
For a freewill offering you may offer either a bull or a lamb which has an overgrown or stunted member (deformity), but for [the payment of] a vow it will not be accepted.
Leviticus 22:24 (show verse)
You shall not offer to the Lord any animal which has its testicles bruised or crushed or torn or cut off, or sacrifice it in your land.
Leviticus 22:25 (show verse)
Nor shall you offer as the food of your God any such [animals obtained] from a foreigner, because their corruption and blemish makes them unfit; there is a defect in them, they shall not be accepted for you.’”
Leviticus 22:26 (show verse)
Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
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Leviticus 22:27 (show verse)
“When a bull or a sheep or a goat is born, it shall remain for seven days with its mother; and after the eighth day it shall be accepted as an offering by fire to the Lord.
Leviticus 22:28 (show verse)
And whether [the mother] is a cow or a sheep, you shall not kill both it and its young in one day.
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Leviticus 22:29 (show verse)
When you sacrifice an offering of thanksgiving to the Lord, you shall sacrifice it so that you may be accepted.
Leviticus 22:30 (show verse)
It shall be eaten on the same day; you shall leave none of it until the next morning; I am the Lord.
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Leviticus 22:31 (show verse)
So you shall keep My commandments and do them; I am the Lord.
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Leviticus 22:32 (show verse)
“You shall not profane My holy name [using it to honor an idol, or treating it with irreverence or contempt or as a byword]; but I will be sanctified (set apart as holy) among the Israelites. I am the Lord, who sanctifies and declares you holy,
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Leviticus 22:33 (show verse)
who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God; I am the Lord.”
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