Book of Leviticus Laws given to the Levites and to the children of Israel
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Leviticus chapter 1

Instructions for various types of offerings:

¹The LORD called to Moses and spoke to him at the Tabernacle of the Meeting, saying; ²Tell the children of Israel that when they bring an offering to the LORD, it shall be of the livestock, of the heard and of the flock.

• Burnt offerings:

  ³If it is an offering of Livestock: it must be a male without blemish. He shall offer it of his own free will at the Tabernacle of the Meeting, before the LORD. ⁴He shall put his hand on the head of the animal and it will be accepted on his behalf to make atonement for him. ⁵He shall then kill it before the LORD and the priests will sprinkle the blood around the altar. ⁶Then he shall skin the offering and cut it into pieces. ⁷The priest shall then prepare the altar, ⁸laying the pieces in order and then burn the pieces on the altar of burnt offerings, including the head and the fat. ⁹But the legs and the internals shall first be washed with water then the priest shall burn all of it on the altar. It is a burnt sacrifice, a sweet smelling aroma to the LORD.

  ¹⁰If it is an offering of the Flocks, whether sheep or goats: it must be a male without blemish. ¹¹He shall kill it on the north side of the alter, before the LORD. The priests shall sprinkle the blood around the altar. ¹²He shall then cut the burnt offering into its pieces and the priest shall lay the pieces in order and burn the pieces on the altar of burnt offerings, including the head and the fat. ¹³But the legs and the internals shall first be washed with water then the priest shall burn all of it on the altar. It is a sweet smelling aroma to the LORD.

  ¹⁴If it is an offering of Fowls, either of turtledoves or of young pigeons. ¹⁵The priest shall bring it to the altar, wring its head and off drain its blood at the side of the altar and burn it on the altar. ¹⁶He shall then pluck off its feathers and put them beside the altar, on the east side, where the ashes are kept. ¹⁷Then he shall cut the bird between the wings, yet not divide the bird in two. Then the priest shall burn all of it on the altar of burnt offering. It shall be a sweet smelling aroma to the LORD.

Leviticus chapter 2

• Grain offerings:

  ¹All grain offerings shall be of fine flour and have oil and frankincense poured on it. ²He shall take it to the priests, the priest shall take a handful of the flour and burn it on the altar of burnt offerings as a memorial, a sweet aroma to the LORD. ³The rest of the grain shall be the priest, Aaron's and his sons of the offerings made by fire, it is most holy to the LORD.

  ⁴If the offering has been baked in an oven; It shall be an unleavened cake made of fine flour mixed with oil or unleavened wafers anointed with oil.

  ⁵If the offering has been made on a griddle; It shall be unleavened, mixed with oil. ⁶You shall break it in pieces and pour oil on it.

  ⁷If the offering has been made in a frying pan; It shall be made of fine flour mixed with oil.

  ⁸You shall bring the grain offering made of such before the LORD, giving it to the priest and he will bring it to the altar. ⁹He shall take from the grain offering a memorial portion and will burn it on the altar of burnt offerings, it is a sweet aroma to the LORD. ¹⁰Whatever is left of the offering is Aaron's and his sons of the offerings made by fire, it is most holy to the LORD.

  ¹¹No grain offering offered to the LORD shall be made with leaven or with honey, you shall not burn either in any of your offerings.

  ¹²The offering of your first fruits, you shall offer them to the LORD, but they shall not be burnt on the altar, as a sweet aroma.

  ¹³Every grain offering shall be seasoned with salt, you shall not let the salt of the covenant of your God to be lacking. With all your offerings, you shall offer salt.

  ¹⁴If you offer a grain offering of your firstfruits to the LORD you shall offer full heads of new grain beaten and roasted on the fire. ¹⁵You shall put oil and frankincense on it, for it is a grain offering. ¹⁶The priest shall then burn the memorial portion, as an offering unto the LORD.

Leviticus chapter 3

• Peace offerings:

  ¹If the peace offering is of the herd, whether it be male or female, it must be without blemish. ²Placing his hand on the offering and kill it at the door of the Tabernacle of the Meeting and the priest shall then sprinkle the blood around the altar of burnt offerings. ³The priest shall then offer it by fire as a peace offering. The fat that covers the internal organs ⁴and the two kidneys he shall remove. ⁵And Aaron's sons shall offer them up by fire, as a sweet aroma to the LORD.

  ⁶If the peace offering is a lamb of the flock, whether it be male or female, it shall be without blemish, ⁷offered before the LORD. ⁸The priest shall place his hand on the offering and killing it at the door of the Tabernacle of the Meeting. He shall then sprinkle the blood around the altar of burnt offerings. ⁹Then he shall offer from the sacrifice the peace offering unto the LORD. He shall remove the fat of the animal, the fat of the tail and of the internal organs. ¹⁰He shall remove the two kidneys ¹¹and together with the fat, offer them up by fire, as a food offering unto the LORD.

  ¹²If the offering is a goat of the flock, he shall offer it before the LORD. ¹³The priest shall place his hand on the offering and kill it at the door of the Tabernacle of the Meeting. He shall then sprinkle the blood around the altar of burnt offerings. ¹⁴He shall remove the fat the covers the internal organs ¹⁵and together with the two kidneys. ¹⁶Offer them up by fire, as a food offering made by fire producing a sweet aroma.

  ¹⁷It shall be a perpetual statute throughout all generations, that you shall neither eat fat nor blood.

Leviticus chapter 4

• Sin offering:

  ¹Now the LORD spoke to Moses, saying; ²Tell the children of Israel that If anyone sins through ignorance, against the commandments, doing what should not be done. ³If the anointed priest sins, bringing guilt on the people. Let him offer to the LORD a young bull without blemish. ⁴He shall bring the bull to the door of the Tabernacle of the Meeting, place his hand on the bull's head and kill the bull before the LORD. ⁵Then the anointed priest shall take some of the blood and bring it to the Tabernacle of the Meeting. ⁶He shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle some of the blood seven times before the LORD in front of the veil in the sanctuary. ⁷The priest shall also put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of incenses and shall pour the rest of the blood out at the base of the alter of burnt offerings. ⁸Then he shall remove all the fat ⁹and the two kidneys. ¹⁰Just as it was taken from the bull in the peace offering so shall he burn them on the altar of burnt offering. ¹¹But the hide of the bull, with all its flesh, head, legs and insides. ¹²Shall be carried outside the camp to a clean place, where the ashes are poured out. There it shall be burnt with fire.

  ¹³Now if the whole congregation of Israel sins through ignorance, against the commandments of the LORD. ¹⁴When their sin becomes known to them, the assembly then shall offer a young bull for the sin, bringing it before the Tabernacle of the Meeting. ¹⁵The elders of the congregation shall place their hands on the head and kill the bull before the LORD. ¹⁶The anointed priest shall then bring some of the blood into the Tabernacle of the Meeting. ¹⁷Dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle it seven times before the LORD in front of the veil of the sanctuary. ¹⁸He shall also put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of incenses and shall pour the rest of the blood out at the base of the alter of burnt offerings. ¹⁹He shall then take the fat from the animal and burn it on the altar. ²⁰As he did with the bull of the sin offering. Thus making atonement for them and it shall be forgiven them. ²¹He shall then carry the bull outside the camp and burn it, as he did the other bull. This is a sin offering for the assembly.

  ²²If a ruler sins, doing something unintentionally against one of God's commandments. ²³When his sins comes to his knowledge, he shall offer up a young male goat without blemish. ²⁴Placing his hand on the goat and kill it, before the LORD, for it is a sin offering. ²⁵The priest shall then dip his finger in the blood and put some on the horns of the alter of burnt offerings, pouring the rest out at the base of the altar. ²⁶Then the priest shall burn all the fat on the altar, as the sacrifice of a peace offering. So shall atonement be made for him concerning his sin and it shall be forgiven him.

  ²⁷If any of the common people unintentionally sin against the LORD's commandments. ²⁸When the sin that he has committed comes to his knowledge, he shall bring a young female goat without blemish. ²⁹Placing his hands on the head of the offering and kill it, in the place of the burnt offerings. ³⁰The priest shall then dip his finger in the blood and put some on the horns of the alter of burnt offerings, pouring the rest out at the base of the altar. ³¹He shall remove its fat, as the fat of a peace offering is removed and burn it on the altar, as a sweet smelling aroma to the LORD. Thus the priest shall make atonement for him and he shall be forgiven.
  ³²If he brings a lamb as his sin offering, the lamb shall be a female without blemish. ³³Placing his hands on the head and kill it, at the place where they kill the burnt offering. ³⁴The priest shall sprinkle some of the blood at the altar of burnt offering, pouring the remaining blood out at the base of the altar. ³⁵Burning the fat of the animal on the altar, as in a peace offering. Thus the priest shall make atonement for him and he shall be forgiven.

Leviticus chapter 5

• A (trespass or guilt) offering, is to be made when:

  ¹When a person is a witness to the words of a conspiracy, whether he knows of the matter or not, but nether does he make this known, he shall be guilty.

  ²When a person touches any unclean thing. Either a carcass of an unclean animal. ³Or if he touches human uncleanness and is unaware of it. When he realizes it, he shall be unclean and guilty.

  ⁴When a person swears, speaking an oath foolishly whether for evil or to do good. When he becomes aware of this, he shall be guilty, whatever the matter may be.

  ⁵When he realizes that he is guilty in any of these matters, he shall confess that he has sinned. ⁶Bringing a trespass offering of a young female lamb or a young goat, as a sin offering and the priest shall make atonement for him.

  ⁷If he is not able to bring an offering of the flock, he may bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons. One as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering. ⁸The priest shall then offer the sin offering first. He shall wring off its head, but not sever it from the body. ⁹Then he shall sprinkle some of its blood on the side of the altar, pouring out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar. ¹⁰The second shall be offered as a burnt offering according to the manor of the burnt offerings. Thus the priest shall make attainment on his behalf and his sin shall be forgiven him.

  ¹¹If he is not able to bring turtledoves or pigeons then he shall bring two quarts of fine flour as his sin offering. He shall not put any oil on it or frankincense on it for it is a sin offering. ¹²The priest shall take a handful, as a memorial portion and burn it on the altar, according to a sin offering. ¹³Thus the priest shall make atonement for him and the sin that he has committed shall be forgiven him. The rest of the flour shall be the priests, as a grain offering.

  ¹⁴The LORD spoke to Moses, saying; ¹⁵If a person should sin unintentionally, thus committing a trespass, in regard to the holy things of the LORD, he shall bring to the LORD a ram without blemish. Together with an amount set, of shekels of silver. ¹⁶He shall also make restitution for the harm that he has done to the holy thing, adding one-fifth to it and shall give it to the priest. Thus the priest shall make anointment for him and he shall be forgiven.

  ¹⁷Even though a person commits any of these acts in ignorance, he is still guilty and shall bear his iniquity. ¹⁸He shall bring an offering of a ram without blemish to the LORD with his validation, of the trespass offering. And the priest shall make anointment for him regarding his ignorance and he shall be forgiven. ¹⁹It is a trespass offering, for surly he has been guilty before the LORD.

Leviticus chapter 6

¹The LORD spoke to Moses, saying; ²If a person sins, thus acting unfaithfully against the LORD, by lying to his neighbor. Either about: a deposit of security, or in keeping his word, or an issue of theft extorting his neighbor. ³Or if he finds what has been lost and swears falsely concerning it. ⁴He shall then be guilty of his sin and shall restore the full value or make good the wrong. ⁵Plus adding one-fifth to it, giving it to the rightful parity. And on the day of his trespass offering, ⁶he shall bring his trespass offering to the LORD. Of a ram without blemish with his validation offering to the priest. ⁷The priest shall then make atonement for him and he shall be forgiven.

laws according to the operations of burnt offerings

⁸Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying; ⁹Tell Aaron and his sons this is the procedure of the burnt offering: The burnt offering shall be on the hearth of the altar overnight until morning and the fire on the altar shall not go out. ¹⁰The priest shall have on his linen garments and set the ashes from the burnt offering beside the altar. ¹¹Then he shall remove his garments and put on other garments and carry the ashes outside the camp to a clean place. ¹²A fire shall always be kept burning on the altar, it shall never be put out. The priest shall burn wood on the altar every morning and lay the burnt offerings on top of it and he shall burn the fat of the peace offerings on it. ¹³The fire burring on the altar shall never go out.

laws according to the operations of grain offerings

¹⁴The sons of Aaron shall offer it on the altar, before the LORD. ¹⁵He shall take a handful of the fine flour with oil and frankincense and burn it on the altar for a sweet aroma, as a memorial to the LORD. ¹⁶The remainder of the flour shall be eaten by Aaron's and his sons with unleavened bread, in the court of the Tabernacle of Meeting. ¹⁷It shall not be baked with leaven, for this is the portion of My offerings, made by fire that I have given them, it is most holy, as is the sin offering and the trespass offering. ¹⁸All the males among the children of Aaron may eat of it, it will be an everlasting statute throughout your generation, an offering made by fire unto the LORD and whomever touches them must be holy.

¹⁹And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying; ²⁰This is the offering that Aaron and his sons shall offer the LORD on the day when they are anointed: Two quarts of fine flour as a dally grain offering. Half of it in the morning and the other half at night. ²¹It shall be made in a pan with oil and you shall offer the baked pieces as a sweet savor to the LORD. ²²The priest who is anointed, shall then offer it as a statute forever to the LORD. It shall be completely burnt, ²³for every food offering of the priest's shall be completely burnt, none of it shall be eaten.

laws according to the operations of sin offerings

²⁴The LORD also spoke to Moses, saying; ²⁵Tell Aaron and his sons, this is the procedure of the sin offering: The sin offering shall be killed before the LORD, in the same place where the burnt offering is killed, it is most holy. ²⁶The priest that offers it, shall eat of it in the Tabernacle of the Meeting, he shall eat of it in a holy place. ²⁷Everyone who touches the flesh of the offering must be holy and if any blood falls upon any garment, that garment shall be washed in a holy place. ²⁸The pot in which the flesh was boiled in, if it is a made of clay it shall be broken and if it is a bronze pot it shall be scoured and washed in water. ²⁹All the males among the priests may eat this, it is most holy. ³⁰But the meat from the sin offering where the blood was brought into the Tabernacle of the Meeting, to make anointment, shall not be eaten.

Leviticus chapter 7

laws according to the operations of (trespass or guilt) offerings

¹This is the procedure of the (trespass or guilt) offering (it is most holy)! ²The trespass offering shall be killed in the place where the burnt offering is killed and its blood shall be sprinkled around the altar. ³All the fat of the animal ⁴and the two kidneys of the animal shall be removed. ⁵The priest shall then burn them on the altar to the LORD, for it is a trespass offering.

⁶Every male among the priests may eat of it and it shall be eaten in a holy place. ⁷The trespass offering is like the sin offering, there is one law for both of them and the priest that makes atonement with it shall have it. ⁸The priest who offers anyone's burnt offering he shall receive the hide of the animal. ⁹Just as, every grain offering, is the priests who offered it. ¹⁰Likewise all grain offerings, whether mixed with oil or dry shall belong equally to all the sons of Aaron.

laws according to the operations of peace offerings

¹¹This is the procedure of the peace offering. ¹²If a peace offering is given out of thanksgiving. He shall offer it with his thanksgiving offering of unleavened cakes mixed with oil, unleavened wafers anointed with oil or cake of fine flour mixed with oil. ¹³Besides this he shall offer leavened bread with the sacrifice of thanksgiving for his peace offering.

¹⁴From it he shall offer one cake from each offering as a heave offering and it shall belong to the priest who sprinkles the blood of the peace offering. ¹⁵The flesh of the sacrifice of the peace offering shall be eaten the day that it's offered, none shall be left until morning. ¹⁶But if the offering is because of a vow or a free-will offering, it shall be eaten that day but the remainder can also be eaten the next day. ¹⁷On the third day however, it must be burnt with fire. ¹⁸If any of the flesh is eaten on the third day, the offering shall not be accepted, but rather it shall become an abomination to him and the person who eats of it shall bear the guilt.

¹⁹The flesh of an offering that touches any unclean thing shall not be eaten, it shall be burnt with fire. As for flesh of the offering that is clean, all who are clean themselves may eat of it. ²⁰But the person who eats of it while he is unclean, that person shall be cut off from his people. ²¹Whatsoever the reason that person is unclean, if they eat of the peace offering, they shall be cut off from his people.

²²And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying; ²³Tell the children of Israel that, they shall not eat the fat of animals, whether of the beasts, or of the sheep or goats. ²⁴The fat of the animals may be used in any other way, but you shall not eat of it. ²⁵For if you eat the fat of an animal that is offered to the LORD, that person shall be cut off from his people. ²⁶Nether shall you eat any blood, whether it be of bird or beast. Whomever eats of any blood shall be cut off from his people.

²⁸The LORD spoke to Moses, saying; ²⁹Tell the children of Israel that, he who offers a peace offering to the LORD, shall offer it of his own free will. ³⁰His own hands shall bring the fat and the breast of the offerings made by fire to the LORD, and he may also wave the breast as a wave offering before the LORD. ³¹The priest shall then burn the fat on the altar, but the breast shall be Aaron's and his sons. ³²Also the right thigh shall be given to the priest, who offers up your peace offering, as a heave offering. ³³The priest shall have the right thigh for his part. ³⁴For the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the heave offering, I have taken from the children of Israel and given to Aaron and his sons as their portion forever. ³⁵This is the portion of the anointing for Aaron and his sons from the offerings made by fire, that the LORD gave to them. The day they were presented and anointed as priests.

³⁷These are the laws of the burnt offering, the grain offering, the sin offering, the trespass offering and of the consecrations and the sacrifice of the peace offering. ³⁸That the LORD commanded Moses on the mountain of Sinai.

Leviticus chapter 8

The Consecration of Aaron and his son's.

¹The LORD then spoke to Moses, saying; ²Gather together Aaron and his sons, their garments, the anointing oil, a bull as a sin offering, two rams and a basket of unleavened bread. ³And gather the congregation together at the door of the Tabernacle.

⁴Moses did as the LORD commanded. ⁵Saying to the people, this is what the LORD has commanded to be done. ⁶Moses then washed Aaron and his son's feet with water. ⁷Then put a tunic on Aaron, along with a sash and a robe and attached the ephod. ⁸Then he put the breastplate on him and put the Urim and the Thummim in the breastplate. ⁹He then put the turban on his head and on the front of it he put the golden plate, refereed to as the holy crown that read Holiness to the Lord.

¹⁰Moses then took anointing oil, anointed and consecrated, the Tabernacle and all that was in it, (setting it apart for service unto the LORD). ¹¹He sprinkled oil on the altar of burnt offerings seven times, anointing it and all of its utensils, also anointing the laver and its base. ¹²Then Moses poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron's head, to anoint and set him apart. ¹³Moses then put tunics on Aaron's sons along with girdles and turbans, as the LORD had commanded him.

¹⁴Moses then brought the bull as the sin offering, Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the bull ¹⁵and Moses killed it. He then took some of the blood and with his fingers, put some of it on the horns of the altar, pouring the rest at the base of the altar. Thus purifying the altar, making atonement for it and setting it apart. ¹⁶He then took the fat of the animal and the two kidneys and burnt them on the altar. ¹⁷But the flesh of the bull, its hide and its internals, he burnt with fire outside the camp, as was commanded by the LORD.

¹⁸Then Moses took the ram, as a burnt offering, Aaron and his sons then placed their hands on the head ¹⁹and Moses killed it. Then He sprinkled the blood around the altar. ²⁰Moses then cut the ram into pieces and burned the head, the pieces and the fat. ²¹He then washed the insides and the legs in water and Moses burned the whole ram on the altar. A burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, a sweet aroma to the LORD.

²²Moses then brought the second ram, the ram for consecration. Then Aaron and his sons placed their hands on the head of the ram ²³and Moses killed it. He then took some of the blood and put it on the tip of Aaron's right ear, on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot. ²⁴Likewise Moses also did this to Aaron's sons, he put some of the blood on their right ear, their right thumb and their right big toe and he sprinkled the rest of the blood around the altar. ²⁵Then he removed the fat from the animal, the two kidneys and the right thigh. ²⁶Taking from the basket of unleavened bread, he took one cake anointed with oil and one wafer and placed them on the fat and on the right thigh. ²⁷All of this he placed in the hands of Aaron's and his sons and he waved them as a wave offering before the LORD. ²⁸Moses then took them from their hands and burnt them on the altar of burnt offerings as a consecration offering. ²⁹Moses then took the breast and waved it as a wave offering before the LORD, this was what Moses did for Aaron's consecration, as the LORD had commanded him.

³⁰Moses then took some of the anointing oil and some of the blood, which was on the altar and sprinkled it on Aaron and his sons and on their garments and he consecrated Aaron, his sons and their garments. ³¹Moses then instructed Aaron and his sons to boil the meat at the door of the Tabernacle of the Meeting and eat of it there together with the bread of the consecration that was in the basket. ³²And whatever remains of the flesh and of the bread shall be burnt with fire. ³³You and your sons shall not go outside the door of the Tabernacle of the Meeting until the seven days of your consecration are complete. ³⁴Thus, this day, I have made atonement for you, as the LORD has commanded me, ³⁵Therefore you shall stay at the door of the Tabernacle of the Meeting, day and night for seven days. Keeping watch over the things of the LORD, least you die. ³⁶So Aaron and his sons did all these things, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Leviticus chapter 9

Aaron's and his sons priestly ministry begins.

¹On the eighth day, Moses called Aaron, his sons and the elders of Israel. ²He then told Aaron to take a young bull as a sin offering, a ram without blemish as a burnt offering and offer them before the LORD. ³Then instructed the children of Israel to take a young goat as a sin offering, a calf and a lamb, without blemish, both of the first year, as a burnt offering. ⁴A bull and a ram as peace offering, along with a grain offering mixed with oil. For this day the LORD shall appear to you.

⁵So they brought as Moses instructed before the Tabernacle of the Meeting and all the congregation came near and stood before the LORD. ⁶Moses then spoke and said, you shall do as the LORD has commanded and the glory of the LORD shall appear before you. ⁷Moses then instructed Aaron to go to the altar of burnt offerings. There offer your sin offering, along with your burnt offering, make atonement for yourself and the people, as the LORD has commanded.

⁸Thus Aaron first offered up the calf for the sin offering, which was for himself. ⁹Then Aaron's sons brought the blood to him and with his fingers Aaron put some on the horns of the altar, pouring the rest of the blood at the base of the altar. ¹⁰The fat of the animal and the two kidneys, he removed and burnt on the altar, ¹¹but the flesh and the hide, he burnt outside the camp.

¹²Aaron then offered his burnt offering and his sons presented him with the blood, that he sprinkled all around the altar. ¹³They then presented the burnt offering to him, the pieces, the head and Aaron burnt them on the altar. ¹⁴Then he washed the insides and the legs and burnt them as well on the altar.

¹⁵Then Aaron brought the people's offering, he took the goat which was the sin offering. Killed it and offered it as he did the first one. ¹⁶Then he brought the burnt offering and offered it according to the set procedure. ¹⁷He then brought the grain offering and burnt a handful of it on the alter, besides the mornings burnt sacrifice. ¹⁸He also killed the bull and the ram as peace offerings, for the people. Aaron's sons also brought him the blood from this offering and Aaron sprinkled the blood around the altar. ¹⁹They also brought the fat of the animal and the kidneys to him ²⁰and they put the fat on the breasts. He then burned the fat on the altar, ²¹but the breasts and the right thigh Aaron waved as a wave offering before the LORD.

²²Aaron then lifted his hand towards the people and blessed them, for he had offered for the people a sin offering, burnt offering and a peace offering. ²³Moses and Aaron then went into the Tabernacle of the Meeting and when they came out they blessed the people and the glory of the LORD appeared to all the people. ²⁴Fire then came out from before the LORD and consumed the burnt offing and the fat on the altar. And when the people saw this, they shouted, but at the same time they fell on their faces.

Leviticus chapter 10

Aaron's sons and the profane fire, (incense) offered to the LORD.

¹Now Aaron's sons (Nadab and Abihu), each took his censer, put incense in it and offered it up to the LORD. Since the LORD had not commanded them to do such, it was seen as profane fire before the LORD. ²So fire went out from the LORD and consumed them and they died before the LORD. ³For the Lord had spoken to Moses saying: Those who come near Me must regard Me as holy and I shall be glorified before all people. When Aaron knew this, he held his peace.

⁴Moses then called for the sons of Uzziel, the uncle of Aaron, (Mishael and Elzaphan) and said to them, carry your brethren out of the camp. ⁵So they carried them out of the camp by their tunics. ⁶Then to Aaron and his other two son's (Eleazar and Ithamar), Moses told them not to uncover your heads nor tear your clothes in mourning, lest you die and wrath comes upon all the people. But, let the whole house of Israel, mourn their death. ⁷You shall not go out of the place of the Tabernacle of the Meeting, for the LORD's anointing oil is upon you, for if you do, you shall die.

Priestly conduct

⁸The LORD then spoke to Aaron and said; ⁹You nor your son's shall not drink wine or intoxicating drink, when you go into the Tabernacle of the Meeting, lest you die. This shall be a statute throughout all generations. ¹⁰That you may be able to distinguish between holy and unholy, unclean and clean. ¹¹So that you can teach the children of Israel the statutes that the LORD has spoken to Moses.

¹²Moses then spoke to Aaron and his two remaining sons, (Eleazar and Ithamar). Telling them to take the grain offering that remands and to eat it without leaven beside the altar, for it is most holy. ¹³You shall eat of it in a holy place, for this is yours and your sons rightful portion. ¹⁴The breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the heave offering you shall eat in a clean place, both your sons and your daughters can eat of it, for it is your rightful portion given to you from the peace offerings of the children of Israel. ¹⁵These shall the children of Israel bring with their offerings of the fat and you shall wave them as a wave offering before the LORD. This shall be an everlasting statute as the LORD has commanded.

¹⁶Then Moses inquired of the goat of the last sin offering, for there it was burnt up. Then he became angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, (the remaining sons of Aaron) and Moses said to them. ¹⁷Why did you not eat of this sin offering, in a holy place, for the offering is most holy! And God has given this to you to bear the guilt of the congregation and to make atonement for them, before the LORD? ¹⁸Look its blood has not been brought into the holy place, you should have eaten of it, as I commanded. ¹⁹Aaron replied to Moses, saying, today the people have brought their sin and burnt offerings before the LORD, also today such things have befallen me. If I had eaten of the offering today, would it have really been accepted in the sight of the LORD? ²⁰And this satisfied Moses.

Leviticus chapter 11

Clean and unclean foods.

¹The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying; ²Tell the children of Israel that these are the animals of the earth that they may eat.

³They may eat any animal that has a split hoof and chews the cud. ⁴However you shall not eat the camel, ⁵the rock badger ⁶or the rabbit, for even though they chew the cud, they do not have spilt hoofs, they are unclean to you. ⁷Nether shall you eat the swine for even though it has a split hoof it does not chew the cud, it is unclean to you. ⁸You shall not eat of the animals that are unclean to you or touch their dead carcass.

⁹All that is in the sea and the rivers that has fins and scales, you may eat of. ¹⁰But all living things in the waters that do not have fins and scales you shall not eat, they are an abomination to you. ¹¹You shall not eat of them and their dead carcass shall also be an abomination to you.

¹³These among birds you shall not eat, you shall regard them as an abomination to you: The eagle, the vulture, the buzzard, ¹⁴the kite, the falcon, ¹⁵the raven, ¹⁶the ostrich, the seagull, the hawk, ¹⁷the owl, ¹⁸the jackdaw, ¹⁹the stork, the heron, the hoopoe and the bat.

²⁰All flying insects that creep on all fours are an abomination to you. ²¹Yet of these you may eat the insects that have jointed legs for leaping on the earth. ²²The locust, the cricket and the grasshopper. ²³All other flying insects that creep on all fours shall be an abomination to you, you shall not eat them.

²⁴By these animals you shall become unclean, whoever touches or carries the carcass of any of these unclean animals shall also become unclean. ²⁵He shall then wash his clothes and only be unclean until evening. ²⁶Anyone who touches any unclean animal shall also become unclean, Whoever touches their dead body shall be unclean until the evening. ²⁷or whatever goes on all four paws is unclean to you. ²⁸Whoever touches or carries any such carcass shall wash their clothes and be unclean until evening.

²⁹These also are unclean to you among the creeping things on the earth: the mole, the mouse, the lizard, ³⁰the gecko, the sand reptile and the chameleon. ³¹These are unclean and an abomination to you. Whoever touches any such carcass shall be unclean until evening. ³²Anything that it even falls upon shall be unclean, regardless whether it is of wood, clothing, skin or material. If it is a working item it must be put in water and it shall be unclean until evening, then it shall again be clean. ³³Any clay pot or dish it falls on, you shall break and whatever is in it shall be unclean. ³⁴Even if water comes upon any food item that was in the vessel, it shall still be unclean. ³⁵If any such caucus falls upon a cooking instrument, it shall be broken, for it is unclean. ³⁶Nevertheless if any unclean species falls into a cistern or a spring, where the quaintly of water is great, it shall remain clean, but whatever touches the carcass shall become unclean. ³⁷If any part of the carcass falls on a dry seed to be sown in the ground the seed shall remain clean, ³⁸but if water has been put on the seed, (NOTE: starting the germination process), it shall become unclean to you. ³⁹Even if a clean animal dies, whoever touches the carcass ⁴⁰or eats of the flesh shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening.

⁴¹Also every creeping thing, shall be an abomination to you, you shall not eat of it. ⁴²Whatever crawls on its belly, whatever goes on all fours or whatever has many legs among the creeping things. These you shall not eat, for they are an abomination. ⁴³You shall not make yourself unclean by them, least you defile yourself by them. ⁴⁴For I am the LORD your God, you shall set yourself apart and be holy, for I am holy. And you shall not defile yourself with anything that creeps on this earth. ⁴⁵For I am the LORD, whom brought you out of the land of Egypt. Therefore, consecrate yourself and be holy, for I am holy.

⁴⁶This is the law of the animals, the birds, the creatures in the waters and of every creature that creeps on the earth. ⁴⁷So that you can distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between the animal that may be eaten and the animal that may not be eaten.

Leviticus chapter 12

Woman's purification process after childbearing.

¹The LORD spoke this to Moses, saying; ²Tell the children of Israel that:

• If a woman gives birth to a male child, she shall be unclean seven days, as in the days of her menstrual impurity. ³On the eighth day the male child shall be circumcised. ⁴She shall then continue thirty-three more days in the purification of her bleeding. During this time, she shall not touch any holy thing or come into the sanctuary until the days of her purification are fulfilled.
• ⁵If she bears a female child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in the days of her menstrual impurity. She shall then continue sixty-six more days in the purification from her bleeding.

⁶When the days of her purification are fulfilled. She shall bring to the priest, at the door of the Tabernacle of the Meeting, a lamb as a burnt offering and either a young pigeon or a turtledove as a sin offering. ⁷The priest will offer this before the LORD and make atonement for her. And she shall be clean from the flow of her blood. This is the law for the woman who has bore a child. ⁸If she is not able to bring a lamb, then she shall bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons, one as her burnt offering and the other as her sin offering.

Leviticus chapter 13

Examination for determining cases of leprosy.

¹The LORD then spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying; ²When a man has a swelling, a scab or a bright spot and it appears to be under the skin, like the plague of leprosy. He shall be brought to one of the priests. ³The priest shall examine him. And if the sore has white hairs growing out of it and if the sore appears to be deeper than just contained in the skin. It is a leprous sore and the priest shall pronounce the man unclean. ⁴But if the spot on the skin has no white hairs growing from it and seems to be contained within the skin, the man shall be isolated for seven days and then re-examined. ⁵If after seven days the sore appears the same and has not spread, then the man shall be isolated yet another seven days. ⁶After that time, if the sore has faded and not spread on the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean and the man shall wash his clothes and be clean. ⁷But if after this, the sore should began to spread, the man shall go back to the priest ⁸and be pronounced unclean. For the sore is leprosy.

⁹When a person does have a leprous sore, he shall be brought to the priest. ¹⁰The priest shall examine him and if the swelling on the skin is white and it has turned the hair white and there appears to be a spot of raw flesh in the swelling. ¹¹It is an old patch of leprosy and the priest will pronounce the man unclean.

¹²If leprosy breaks out all over the skin, being from head to toe. ¹³Then the priest shall take this into consideration and pronounce the man clean. For the leprosy has turned all white. ¹⁴However if there appears to be any raw sores on him, he is unclean. ¹⁵And the priest will pronounce him unclean, for the sore is leprosy. ¹⁶Now if the sore changes and dries up and turns white, he is to come back to the priest ¹⁷and shall be pronounced clean.

¹⁸If the body develops a boil within the skin and it is healed over ¹⁹and in the place of the boil becomes a bright spot on the skin, reddish-white it shall be shown to the priest. ²⁰The priest shall examine it and if the bright spot has turned the hair white and it appears to be under the skin, it is a leprous sore and the priest will pronounce him unclean.

²¹But if there are no white hairs in it and it has become darker, being contained within the skin, the priest shall isolate the man for seven days. ²²If the sore spreads within in the skin, then the man shall be pronounced unclean. ²³But if the bright spot does not spread, it is a burning boil. And the priest shall pronounce him clean. ²⁴But if there seems to be raw flesh in which the skin has a hot burning and it becomes a bright white or reddish spot. ²⁵And if the hair has turned white and the sore is not contained within the skin. Then leprosy has broken out of the burning and the priest shall pronounce him unclean. ²⁶But if there are no white hairs in the bright spot and it is contained within the skin. The man shall be isolated for seven days. ²⁷After the seventh day. If it spreads beyond the skin, the priest shall pronounce him unclean. ²⁸But if the bright spot is contained and is somewhat faded, it is a rising of the burning and is not leprosy, the priest shall pronounce him clean.

²⁹If a man or a woman has a sore on their head or their beard. ³⁰The priest shall then examine them and if it appears to be under the skin, having thin shining yellow hairs. The priest shall pronounce them unclean, for it is leprosy. ³¹However if the sore is only skin deep having no hairs in it. The priest shall then isolate the person for seven days. After the seven days, if the sore has not spread having no yellow hair growing out of it and seems to be contained within the skin. ³³The person shall shave himself, except for the sore and they shall be isolated for seven more days. ³⁴On the seventh day, he shall be re-examined and if the sore has not spread and does not appear to be deeper than the skin, the priest shall then pronounce him clean. He shall wash his close and be clean. ³⁵But if the sore has spread, even after his cleansing. ³⁶The priest will re-examine him, this time he needs not look for yellow hairs, he shall simply pronounce him unclean. ³⁷Now if the sore appears to be dormant and there are black hairs growing up through it, the sore has healed and the priest shall pronounce him clean, for it is only a scab.

³⁸If either a man or a woman has a bright white spot on the skin. ³⁹The priest shall examine them and if the white spot is dull white, it is just a white spot that grows on the skin and the priest will pronounce the person clean.

⁴⁰If the hair has fallen from a man's head or ⁴¹forehead, to where he is bald, though he is clean. ⁴²However if there be a reddish-white sore on the bald head, it is leprosy sore. ⁴³The priest shall then examine him and if the sore is indeed leprosy, ⁴⁴he shall pronounce him unclean.

The treatment of the leprous man or woman.

⁴⁵Whoever is found to have a leprosy sore, he shall tear his clothes, shave his head, cover his mustache and cry, Unclean   Unclean!. ⁴⁶He shall be unclean all the days he has the sore and dwell alone outside the camp.

⁴⁷If a garment has a greenish or reddish leprous plague in it, regardless of the type of its material, ⁴⁸no matter how the garment was made or woven, the garment shall be examined by the priest. ⁴⁹If the garment indeed does have a greenish or reddish spot, it is a leprous plague. ⁵⁰The priest shall isolate the garment for seven days. ⁵¹And after seven days, if the plague, has spread in the garment, it is an active leprosy and unclean. ⁵²The garment shall be burnt. ⁵³But if the plague in the garment has not spread, ⁵⁴the garment shall be washed and then be isolated seven more days. ⁵⁵After the seven days, the garment is to be washed again. If the plague on the garment has not changed color, even though it has not spread, the garment is unclean and you shall burn it, for the plague continues to be active.

⁵⁶If the plague has faded from the garment after washing, the priest shall tear the spot out of the garment. ⁵⁷But if it again appears in the garment, it is a spreading plague and you shall burn the garment. ⁵⁸If after washing the garment the plague has disappeared from it, it shall then be washed a second time and the garment shall be clean. ⁵⁹This is the law of the leprous plague within a garment.

Leviticus chapter 14

The law of the leper in the day of his cleansing:

¹Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying; ²In the day of his cleansing the leprous man shall be seen by the priest. ³For the priest shall go out of the camp to examine him, to see if he is healed of his leprosy. ⁴The priest shall take for the man who is to be cleansed, two living and clean birds, cedar wood, scarlet lace and hyssop. ⁵The priest shall then command one of the birds to be killed in a clay pot over running water. ⁶He shall then take cedar wood, scarlet lace and hyssop and together with the live remaining bird, dip them in the blood from the dead bird. ⁷He shall sprinkle it seven times on the man who is to be cleansed from leprosy and pronounce him clean, letting the living bird go in an open field. ⁸He who is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, shave off all his hair and wash himself in water. After that he can come back into the camp, but he shall live outside his tent for seven days. ⁹On the seventh day he shall again shave off all the hair from his head, his beard and his eyebrows, wash his clothes and himself in water and shall be clean.

¹⁰On the eighth day, he shall take two male lambs, without blemish and a lamb less than a year old, also without blemish. Three-tenth of an ephod, (about 1.5 gallon) of fine flour mixed with oil, as in a grain offering plus one pint of oil. ¹¹Then the priest who cleanses him, shall present the man and all these things before the LORD, at the door of the Tabernacle of the Meeting. ¹²One of the lambs shall be offered as a trespass offering together with the pint of oil and they shall be waved before the LORD, as in a wave offering. ¹³He shall then kill the lamb in the holy place where the sin and burnt offering are killed, for as the sin offering is the priests so also is the trespass offering. ¹⁴The priest shall take some of the blood from the trespass offering and put it on the tip of the mans right ear, right thumb and his right big toe. ¹⁵The priest shall then take some oil, from the pint of oil and pour it into the palm of his own left hand. ¹⁶He shall then dip his right finger into the oil that is in his left hand and sprinkle some of the oil, seven times before the LORD. ¹⁷The priest shall put some of the oil, on the man to be cleansed, the tip of his right ear, on his right thumb and on his right big toe, over the blood from the trespass offering. ¹⁸The rest of the oil in the priest's hand, he shall put on the head of the man. Thus making atonement for the man, before the LORD.

¹⁹The priest shall then offer the sin offering and make atonement for him. ²⁰After that he will offer the burnt offering and the grain offering on the altar, making atonement for him and he shall be clean.

²¹But if the man is poor and cannot afford these things, he shall take one male lamb, as a trespass offering, to be waved. One-tenth of an ephah, (approximately 2 quarts), of fine flour, mixed with oil, as a grain offering, plus a pint of oil. ²²And two turtledoves or two young pigeons, as he is able to afford. One shall be his sin offering and the other his burnt offering. ²³He shall bring them to the priest, on the eighth day, to the door of the Tabernacle of the Meeting, before the LORD. ²⁴And the priest shall take the lamb for the trespass offering and the pint of oil and the priest shall wave them, as a wave offering before the LORD. ²⁵He shall then kill the lamb and put some of its blood on the tip of the mans right ear, on his right thumb and on his right big toe. ²⁶The priest shall then take some oil, from the pint of oil and pour it into the palm of his own left hand. ²⁷He shall then dip his right finger into the oil that is in his left hand and sprinkle some of the oil, seven times before the LORD. ²⁸The priest shall put some of the oil, on the man to be cleansed, the tip of his right ear, on his right thumb and on his right big toe, over the blood from the trespass offering. ²⁹The rest of the oil in the priest's hand, he shall put on the head of the man. Thus making atonement for the man, before the LORD, ³⁰as he is able to afford. ³¹One of the birds shall be offered as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, along with the grain offering. Thus shall the priest make atonement for him, whom is to be cleansed before the LORD. ³²This is the cleansing for one whom cannot afford the usual cleansing.

³³The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying; ³⁴When you come into the land of Canaan, that I shall give you as a possession and I put the leprous plague in one of your houses. ³⁵The owner of the house shall report it to the priest. ³⁶The priest shall first give an order that the house be emptied of its contents. When the house has been emptied of its contents, the priest shall then go in and examine the house. ³⁷If the plague is on the walls having an ingrained, greenish or reddish streak. ³⁸The priest shall quarantine the house for seven days. ³⁹On the seventh day he will re-inspect the house. ⁴⁰If the plague has spread, the plagued, materials in the house shall be taken outside the city to an unclean place. ⁴¹The entire inside of the house shall then be scraped and even the dust shall be taken outside the city to an unclean place. ⁴²Then shall they rebuild the house with clean materials and re-plaster the house.

⁴³But, if the plague returns, even after the house is rebuilt. ⁴⁴The priest shall verify that it is an active leprous plague and the house is unclean. ⁴⁵The house then must be torn down and all of its materials carried outside of the camp to an unclean place. ⁴⁶Also anyone who goes into the house, after it has been condemned, will be unclean until evening. ⁴⁷Moreover, if anyone eats or lies down in the house, they shall wash their clothes.

⁴⁸If the priest examines the house and finds that the plague has not spread, after the house was re-plastered. Then he shall pronounce the house to be clean, for the plague is healed. ⁴⁹To cleanse the house, he shall take two birds, cedar wood, scarlet lace and hyssop. ⁵⁰And kill one of the birds in a clay vessel over running water. ⁵¹Taking the cedar wood, the hyssop, the scarlet lace and the live bird, he will dip them in the blood of the slain bird, in the running water and will sprinkle the house seven times. ⁵²This shall cleanse the house. ⁵³Then he shall let the living bird loose outside the city in an open field, thus making atonement for the house and it shall be clean.

⁵⁴These are the laws and procedures for a leprous sore on either a man or woman, for a garment or for a house.

Leviticus chapter 15

Laws pertaining to a man having a discharge from his body.

¹And the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying; ²Tell the children of Israel, that any time a man has a discharge from his body, his discharge is unclean. ³Whether the discharge is currently seeping or has ceased because of the flesh, it is unclean. ⁴Every bed that he lies on and whatsoever he sits on shall also be unclean. ⁵More so whoever touches his bed or ⁶sits where he has sat, shall wash their clothes and bathe in water and they shall be unclean until evening. ⁷Also anybody that touches the body of the man who has the discharge, they shall wash their clothes and bathe in water and they shall be unclean until evening. ⁸If the man with the discharge spits on him who is clean, he shall wash his clothes and shall be unclean until evening. ⁹Any saddle that he rides on shall be unclean ¹⁰and whoever touches any of these things shall be unclean. ¹¹Likewise, whomever he touches and has not rinsed their hands in water, they shall also wash their clothes and bathe, they will be unclean until the evening. ¹²Even the clay pots that he touches shall be broken and other vessels made not of clay shall be washed.

¹³When the man that had the discharge is cleansed, he shall wait seven days, wash his clothes, bathe in running water and shall then be clean. ¹⁴On the eighth day he shall take either two turtle doves or two young pigeons and come before the LORD at the Tabernacle of the Meeting. ¹⁵The priest shall offer one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, thus making atonement for him before the LORD.

¹⁶If a man has an emission of semen, he shall wash his entire body in water and will be unclean until evening. ¹⁷Any garment that the semen falls on, shall be washed and will be unclean until evening. ¹⁸Also when a woman lies with a man and there is an emission of semen, they shall bathe in water and be unclean until evening.

Laws for a woman having a discharge of blood from her body.

¹⁹If a woman has a discharge of blood from her body, the impurity of her menstrual cycle, she shall be in her impurity, separated for seven days and whoever touches her shall be unclean until evening. ²⁰Everything that she lies on or sits on during her impurity shall be unclean. ²¹Whomever touches her bed, ²²or any object that she sat on, shall wash their clothes and bathe, they will be unclean until evening. ²³Even an object on her bed shall be unclean and shall cause the person that touches it to be unclean. ²⁴If a man lies with her at this time and her menstrual blood gets on him, he shall be unclean for seven days and every bed he lies on shall also be unclean.

²⁵If a woman has a discharge of blood for many days, apart from her normal cycle. ²⁶All the days of her unclean discharge shall be as the days of her customary impurity. Every bed that she lies on and every chair that she sits on shall be unclean. ²⁷And whoever touches whatever she has touched shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, he shall be unclean until evening.

²⁸When she is cleansed of her discharge, she shall wait seven days and then she shall be clean. ²⁹On the eighth day she shall take either two turtle doves or two young pigeons and come before the LORD at the Tabernacle of the Meeting. ³⁰The priest shall offer one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, thus making atonement before the LORD.

³¹Thus you shall separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness, least their uncleanness should cause them to die when they defile My Tabernacle that is among them. ³²This is the law for those who have a discharge and for him who emits semen and thus becomes unclean. ³³Also the woman that is menstruating, either a man or a woman that has a discharge or he that lies with a woman in her customary uncleanness.

Leviticus chapter 16

¹The LORD spoke to Moses, (after the death of Aaron's two sons, when they died for offering profane fire before the LORD), Leviticus 10:1-3 and the LORD said; ²Tell Aaron that he is not to go behind the veil into the Most Holy place whenever he likes, least he dies, for I will appear in a cloud above the mercy seat which is on the ark. ³Tell Aaron that he shall come into the holy place with the blood of a young bull as a sin offering and a ram as a burnt offering. ⁴Aaron shall wash himself and put on the holy garments, (the tunic, the sash and the turban). ⁵He shall also take from the congregation of the children of Israel, two kid goats as a sin offering and a ram as a burnt offering.

⁶Aaron shall first offer the bull as a sin offering for himself and his house. ⁷Then he shall present the two goats before the LORD at the door of the Tabernacle of the Meeting. ⁸He shall then cast lots to determine the goat to be offered to the LORD and the scapegoat. ⁹Offering the one goat as a sin offering ¹⁰but the scapegoat shall be presented alive before the LORD, to make atonement and shall be let go in the wilderness.

¹¹Aaron shall first kill the bull and offer up the sin offering, thus making atonement for himself and his house. ¹²Then he shall take a censer of burning coals and with his hands he shall take sweet incense and bring it inside the veil ¹³before the LORD. And he shall put the incense on the coals so that a cloud of incense covers the mercy seat that is in the Tabernacle of the Meeting, least he shall die. ¹⁴He shall then take some of the blood of the bull with his finger and on the east side, sprinkle the blood seven times on the mercy seat.

¹⁵Then he shall kill the goat for the people's sin offering, bringing the blood behind the veil. With its blood he shall do as he did with the blood from the bull and sprinkle it on the mercy seat. ¹⁶Aaron shall then make atonement for the holy place of the Tabernacle of the Meeting that is in the camp of the Israelites, because of the people's uncleanness and transgressions. ¹⁷And no man shall be inside the Tabernacle of the Meeting when Aaron goes behind the veil to make atonement for himself, his house and all the assembly of Israel.

¹⁸Aaron shall then go out to the alter of burnt offerings and make atonement for it, putting some of the blood from the bull and the goat on the horns of the alter. ¹⁹And with his finger, sprinkling some of the blood on it seven times, to cleanse it and consecrate it, setting it apart from the uncleanness of the children of Israel.

²⁰When Aaron has completed atoning for the holy place, the Tabernacle of the Meeting and the altar, he shall bring out the live goat, ²¹Aaron shall place both of his hands on it and confess over it all the iniquities and transgressions of the children of Israel. Putting them on the head of the goat and then hand the goat over to a capable man to release it in the wilderness. ²²The goat shall then bear all the inquires and will be released into an uninhabited land.

²³Aaron shall then enter again into the Tabernacle of the Meeting, take off his holy garments and leave them there. ²⁴He shall then wash with water, in a holy place and put on other garments. Coming out to offer his burnt offering along with the burnt offering for the people, making atonement for himself and for the people. ²⁵Burning the fat of the sin offering on the altar. ²⁶Now before the man who released the scapegoat shall come back into the camp, he shall wash his clothes and bathe in water. ²⁷And the bull and the goat used in the sin offering, whose blood was used to make atonement in the holy place, shall be carried outside the camp. ²⁸Then he who burns them shall wash his clothes and bathe, before coming back into the camp.

Keeping the day of atonement.

²⁹On the tenth day of the seventh month, you shall afflict your souls and no one shall do any work, whether they be native born or stranger, this shall be an everlasting statute. ³⁰For on that day the priest shall make atonement for you and cleanse you of all your sins before the LORD. ³¹It is as a Sabbath rest for you and you shall fast and search your soul, it shall be an everlasting statute. ³²Only the anointed priest shall make atonement, ³³for the holy sanctuary, for the Tabernacle of the Meeting, for the altar, for the priests and for all the people of the assembly. ³⁴Thus once a year atonement shall be made for all the sins of the children of Israel.

Leviticus chapter 17

¹And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying; ²Tell Aaron, his sons and the children of Israel that this is the LORD's command. ³That any man of the house of Israel who kills an ox, lamb or goat, whether it be inside or outside of the camp. ⁴If he does not bring it to the door of the Tabernacle as an offering to the LORD, the guilt of bloodshed shall be imputed to that man, for he has shed blood and that man shall be cut off from his people. ⁵Israel shall bring their sacrifices to the priest, that they have been offering in the open fields and offer them as peace offerings to the LORD. ⁶At the door of the Tabernacle of the Meeting the priest shall sprinkle the blood on the altar as a peace offering and burn the fat as a sweet smelling aroma to the LORD.

⁷No more shall they offer sacrifices to demons and useless gods, whom they whore after. This shall be an everlasting law throughout all their generations. ⁸For no man among them, whether native born or stranger, shall offer a burnt sacrifice ⁹apart from brining it to the door of the Tabernacle of the Meeting. For whomever does shall be cut off from his people.

¹⁰I will set My face against any man of the house of Israel or the stranger among you whom eats any blood, that person shall be cut off from among their people. ¹¹For life is in the blood and it is the blood that I have given to you to make atonement with for your souls. ¹²Therefore no one among you shall eat blood.

¹³Every man among you, whether native born or stranger that hunts an animal or bird for food. Shall pour out its blood and cover the blood with dust. ¹⁴For the blood sustains the life of all flesh. Therefore, the children of Israel shall not eat the blood of any flesh, for whoever does shall be cut off from his people.

¹⁵Every person, whether native born or stranger, who eats what has died naturally or what has been torn by beasts. Shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, he shall be unclean until evening and afterwards clean again. ¹⁶But if he does not wash his clothes and bathe, then he shall bear his own iniquity.

Leviticus chapter 18

Laws of sexual Morality

¹The LORD spoke this to Moses; ²Say to the children of Israel that, I am the LORD their God. ³They shall not do as according to the people of Egypt or of the people in the land of Canaan, where I am bringing them. ⁴They shall observe My judgments and statutes, keeping My ordinances. ⁵And the man who does so shall live within them. I am the LORD your God.

• ⁶You shall not have sexual relations with any near of kin to you, uncovering their nakedness and their shame, for I am the LORD.
• ⁷The nakedness of your father or mother you shall not uncover or look upon, they are your parents.
• ⁸The nakedness of your mother, is as your father's nakedness you shall not uncover or look upon. (Comparable Scripture: Anyone who lies with his father's wife, has violated his father. Both the man and the woman shall be put to death and they are responsible for their own deaths, Leviticus 20:11) .
• ^9,11Whether your sister be half or full, you shall not uncover her nakedness or look upon her shame, or go into her. (Comparable Scripture: If a man takes his sister in marriage, it is a wicked thing. They shall be cut off from their people and he shall bear this guilt, Leviticus 20:17).
• ¹⁰The nakedness of your children's daughter, you shall not uncover or look upon, for they are of your own flesh, it is as your own nakedness.
• ^12-13The nakedness of your mother's sister or father's sister, you shall not uncover or look upon, for they are near kin to your parents. (Comparable Scripture: For you are uncovering the nakedness of near kin and you shall bear their own shame, Leviticus 20:19).
• ¹⁴The nakedness of your father's brother wife, you shall not uncover or look upon, you shall not go into her, she is your aunt. (Comparable Scripture: If a man lies with his uncle's wife, he has uncovered his uncle's nakedness. They shall bear their own sin and the two shall be childless all their days, Leviticus 20:20).
• ¹⁵The nakedness of your daughter-in-law you shall not uncover or look upon. (Comparable Scripture: If a man lies with his daughter-in-law both of them shall be put to death. They have brought confusion on themselves and are responsible for their own deaths. Leviticus 20:12).
• ¹⁶The nakedness of your brother's wife, you shall not uncover or look upon, it is as your brother's nakedness. (Comparable Scripture: If a man takes his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing, for he has uncovered his brother's nakedness and they shall remain childless. Leviticus 20:21).
• ¹⁷You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, nor shall you take her son's daughter or her daughter's daughter and uncover their nakedness. For they are near kin to each other, this is wickedness. (Comparable Scripture: If this happens both shall be burnt, so that there may be no wickedness among you, Leviticus 20:14).
• ¹⁸You shall not take a woman for a wife along with her sister, to encourage rivalry between the two and uncover their nakedness while both are still alive.
• ¹⁹You shall not uncover a woman's nakedness and go into her while she is in her menstrual period of her customary uncleanness. (Comparable Scripture: If a man does this, he has exposed the flow of her blood and both of them shall be cut off from among their people. Leviticus 20:18 ).
• ²⁰You shall not lie with another man's wife and defile yourself with her. (Comparable Scripture: The man that commits adultery, both the adulterer and adulteress shall be put to death, Leviticus 20:10 ).
• ²¹You shall not sacrifice any of your descendants to pagan gods, you shall not profane the name of your God.
• ²²You shall not lie with a male such as with a woman, it is an abomination. (Comparable Scripture: If so both men shall be put to death and they are responsible for their own deaths, Leviticus 20:13).
• ²³A man shall not mate with any animal and defile himself with it. (Comparable Scripture: If he does he shall be put to death and the beast shall also be killed and if a woman stands before an animal to mate with it, it is a perversion. The woman and the beast shall be killed and she is responsible for her own death, Leviticus 20:15-16.

²⁴Do not defile yourselves with any of these things, as the other nations have done, for by doing so they have defiled themselves. ²⁵Even their land has become polluted and will vomit out its inhabitants. ²⁶Therefore, whether you are native born or stranger, keep My statutes and My judgments. ²⁷For the people of the nations have done all of these abominations. ²⁸Least the land vomit you out when you defile it. ²⁹If anybody commits any of these abominations, they shall be cut off from among their people. ³⁰Therefore you shall keep My ordinance and not commit these abominable customs that will defile yourselves from within. For I am the LORD your God.

Leviticus chapter 19

¹The LORD spoke to Moses, saying; ²Tell the congregation of Israel that they shall be holy, for I the LORD your God am holy.

• ³Everyone shall honor his mother and father and keep My Sabbaths.
• ⁴Do not turn to idols, or make for yourselves molded idols to worship.
• ^5-8If you offer a peace offering to the LORD, it shall be offered of your own free will and eaten the same day you offer it or on the next day. Any of it that remains on the third day shall be burned with fire, if any is eaten on the third day, it is an abomination and the offering shall not be accepted. All who eat of it shall bear their guilt, because they have profaned the holy offering of the LORD and that person shall be cut off from his people.
• ^9-10When you harvest your crops, you shall leave the corners of your field unharvested. Likewise, with your vineyard you shall not gather every grape, you shall leave them for the poor and the stranger.
• ^11-12You shall not steal, deal falsely with one another or lie to your neighbor. Nor shall you swear by My name falsely, or profane the name of your God.
• ¹³You shall not cheat or rob your neighbor. If you have a hired hand, you shall give him his wages promptly.
• ¹⁴You shall not verbally abuse the deaf, nor torment the blind.
• ¹⁵Your judgments shall be without injustice, you shall not be partial to the poor, nor honor the rich and mighty. But, in righteousness you shall judge all.
• ¹⁶You shall not go forth as a gossip, nor shall you takes sides against the life of your neighbor.
• ^17-18Do not harbor anger in your heart against your neighbor, rather correct him and do not allow him to bear sin. Do not take vengeance nor bear resentment towards him, but rather love your neighbor as yourself.
• ¹⁹You shall not crossbreed your livestock. You shall not sow your field with mixed seeds. Nor shall you wear a garment of mixed material.
• ^20-22If a man lies with a bondwoman who is betrothed to a man as a concubine, but has not yet been redeemed and given her freedom. There shall be punishment but not death, for this offence, because she was not yet free. And he shall bring his trespass offering to the LORD, at the door of the Tabernacle of the Meeting. There the priest shall make atonement for him with a ram and the sin that he has committed shall be forgiven.
• ^23-25When you plant trees for food, you shall consider the fruit the tree bears for the first three years as inedible and forbidden. In the fourth year, all its fruit shall be holy, a praise unto the LORD. And in the fifth year you may eat its fruit, that it may yield to you its increase.
• ²⁶You shall not eat anything with its blood remaining, nor shall you practice fortune-telling or soothsaying.
• ²⁷You shall not shave around the sides of your head, nor shall you disfigure the edges of your beard. You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh, nor tattoo any marks on your body.
• ²⁸Do not cause your daughter to become a prostitute of the city, least the entire land fall into harlotry and the land be full of wickedness.
• ²⁹You shall keep My Sabbath, respect and reverence My sanctuary, I am the LORD your God.
• ³⁰Give no regard to fortunetellers or soothsayers or familiar spirits, do not seek after them, to be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God.
• ³²You shall show honor and respect to the elderly.
• ^33-34If a non-Israelite dwells with you in your land, you shall not mistreat him. Treat him as a native born and treat him as one of your own. For you were strangers in the land of Egypt.
• ^35-36You shall have honest scales and measures, doing no injustice in measurements of length, weight or volume.

³⁷Therefore observe and do all My statutes and judgments, for I am the LORD.

Leviticus chapter 20

¹The LORD spoke to Moses, saying; ²Tell the children of Israel. Whoever dwells in Israel, whether Israelites or stranger. If they sacrifice by fire any of their descendants to pagan gods, he shall be put to death. The people shall stone him. ³I will set My face against him, he shall be cut off from his people, for he has defiled My sanctuary and profaned My holy name.

⁴And if, the people of the land should choose to overlook this, as he sacrifices his descendants to pagan gods and they do not kill him. ⁵Then I will set My face against that man and his entire family and all who prostitute themselves with these pagan gods.

⁶You shall not turn to mediums and familiar spirits and prostitute yourself with them. For I will set My face against that person and cut him off from his people. ⁷Therefore sanctify yourself and be holy for I am the LORD your God. ⁸Thus you shall keep My statutes and perform them, for I am the LORD, who sanctifies you.

⁹Everyone who curses his mother or father shall be put to death and he shall be responsible for his own death.

¹⁰The man who commits adultery, both the adulterer and the adulteress shall be put to death. ¹¹Any man who lies with his father's wife, he has violated his father and both of them shall be put to death and they shall be responsible for their own deaths. ¹²If a man lies with his daughter-in-law both of them shall be put to death, they have done a perverse thing and they are responsible for their own death. ¹³If a man lies with a male as with a female, both of them have committed an abomination, they shall both be put to death and they shall be responsible for their own deaths. ¹⁴If a man marries a woman and her mother, it is wickedness, they shall all be burnt, so that there may be no wickedness among you. ¹⁵If a man mates with an animal, he shall be put to death and the animal killed. ¹⁶If a woman mates with an animal, she and the animal shall be killed and she shall be responsible for her own death. ¹⁷If a man has sexual relations with his sister it is a wicked thing, they shall be cut off from their own people and shall bear their own shame. ¹⁸If a man lies with a woman during her menstrual cycle, he has exposed her flow of blood, both of them shall be cut off from their people. ¹⁹You shall not lie with your mother's sister or father's sister, they are near relations to you and each shall bear their guilt. ²⁰If a man lies with his aunt, he has violated his uncle. Each shall bear their sin and they shall die childless. ²¹If a man takes his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing, he has violated his brother and they shall be childless.

²²Therefore, you shall keep all My statutes and My judgments and perform them. That you may dwell peaceable in the land that I bring you into. ²³Do not walk as the nations did that I am casting out before you. For they have done all these things and I abhor them. ²⁴But I have given you the promise that you will inherit this land flowing with milk and honey. For I, am your God and have separated you from these people. ²⁵Therefore you shall distinguish between clean and unclean animals and birds and you shall not make yourself an abomination either by animal or bird or any living thing that creeps on the ground, that I have separated from you as unclean. ²⁶You shall be holy to Me, for I the LORD am holy and have separated you, that you should be Mine.

²⁷A man or a woman who is a wizard or a soothsayer, having familiar spirits, shall be put to death, they shall be stoned and they shall be responsible for their own death.

Leviticus chapter 21

Regulations and conduct for the priests.

¹The LORD spoke to Moses, saying; Tell the priests, the sons of Aaron that they shall not defile themselves among the people through the contact of a corpse. ²Except for near relatives, (father, mother, sons and daughter) ³and for his unmarried sister who is dependent on him, for these, he may defile himself. ⁴Otherwise he shall not defile himself, for he is a leader, a master priest among his people.

⁵The priests shall not make any bald place on their heads, nor shall they shave the edges of their beards or make cuttings in their flesh. ⁶They shall be holy to their God and not profane His name, since they offer the people's offerings, made by fire to the LORD. ⁷They shall not take for themselves a wife who is a harlot, a defiled or a divorced woman, for the priest is holy unto his God. ⁸And he has been sanctified, for he offers the bread of your God. ⁹If the daughter of a priest, profanes herself by playing the harlot, she profanes her father also. She shall be burned with fire.

¹⁰The high priest among his brethren, whom was set apart and whose head was anointed, shall not defile his head nor tear his clothes in mourning. ¹¹He shall not go near any dead body, or defile himself for his father or mother. ¹²He shall not go out of the sanctuary or profane the sanctuary. For the anointing oil of the LORD is upon his head. ¹³A widow, a divorced woman, a defiled woman or a whore he shall not marry, but he shall take a virgin wife from his own people. ¹⁵Nor shall he dishonor his children among his people, For I am the LORD, who sanctifies him.

¹⁶The LORD again spoke to Moses, saying; ¹⁷Tell Aaron that no man with a defect, shall present offerings made by fire to the LORD. ¹⁸Whether that man be blind, lame, having a marred face, a limb too long, a broken foot or hand, a hunchback or dwarf, a man with an eye defect, a scab or damaged testicles. ²¹No man of the descendants of Aaron the priest, who has a defect shall come near to make an offering to the LORD. ²²That man may eat the bread of his God, both the holy and the most holy. ²³But he shall not approach the veil or the altar, least he profane the LORD's sanctuary.

Leviticus chapter 22

¹The LORD spoke to Moses, saying; ²Tell Aaron and his sons that they shall separate themselves from the things the children of Israel consider holy and dedicate unto Me, so that they do not profane My holy name. ³Warn them that whomever among the priests that goes near the things the people consider holy and dedicate to the LORD, as long as that priest remains unclean, he shall be cut off from My presents. I am the LORD.

^4-5Any descendant of Aaron, who is a leper or has a discharge, he shall not eat the holy offerings until he is clean. And whoever becomes unclean, whether it be by, touching a corpse, having an emission of semen or touching an unclean thing, whether it be a person or a beast. ⁶He shall be unclean until evening and shall not eat the holy offerings unless he washes with water. ⁷Then he shall be clean when the sun goes down and afterwards he may eat of the holy offerings, because he is a priest. ⁸They shall not eat of any dead carcass or anything that has been torn by beasts, for this will defile them. (The same law is found in Leviticus 17:15) ⁹Therefore they shall keep ordinances, lest they bear sin when they profane them and die, for I am the LORD, who sanctified them.

¹⁰No outsider shall eat of the holy offering, whether it be one that dwells with the priest, his guest or his hired servants. ¹¹However if the priest buys a slave with his money, he may eat of it, also they whom are born in his house may eat of the food. ¹²However, if the priest's daughter marries an outsider, she may no longer eat of the holy offerings. ¹³But if the priest's daughter is a widow or divorced, having no children and in her youth has returned to her father's house, she may eat of her father's food.

¹⁴If a man does eat of the holy offering unintentionally, he shall restore a holy offering to the priest and add one-fifth to it. ¹⁵Also the priests shall not profane the holy offering that the children of Israel give unto the LORD. ¹⁶ Nor shall the priests allow them to bear the guilt of trespass, when they eat their holy offerings. For I am the LORD, who sanctifies them.

Acceptable and non-acceptable offering to the LORD.

¹⁷The LORD then said to Moses, saying; ¹⁸Tell Aaron and his sons and the children of Israel. Whatever man of Israel, or a stranger in Israel offers a burnt offering to the LORD, for his vows or gives a freewill offering. ¹⁹He shall offer of his own free will, a male without blemish of the cattle, sheep, or goats. ²⁰You shall not offer an animal having a defect, for it will not be acceptable. ²¹And whoever offers a peace offering to the LORD, to fulfill a vow, or gives a freewill offering. It must also be from the cattle or sheep without blemish, or it will not be accepted. ²²Those animals who are blind, broken, maimed or have an internal disease, you shall not offer to the LORD, or offer them by fire to the LORD on His altar. ²³A bull or a lamb that has a limb that is shorter or longer than the other, you can offer as a free will offering, but it will not be accepted if given as a sacrifice for a vow.

²⁴You shall not offer to the LORD, what is bruised or crushed, or torn or cut, nor shall you make offering of them in your open fields. ²⁵You shall not offer these from a foreigner's hand, because corruption and defects are in them and they shall not be accepted.

²⁶The LORD spoke to Moses, saying; ²⁷When a bull, sheep or goat is born, it shall be seven days with its mother. And on the eighth day it shall be accepted as an offering unto the LORD. ²⁸Whatever the animal may be, do not kill both her and her young on the same day. ²⁹When you do make an offering of thanksgiving, it must be made of one's own free will. ³⁰And on the same day it shall be eaten, none of it shall be left until morning, I am the LORD.

³¹Therefore, you shall keep My commandments and do them. ³²You shall not profane My holy name, but My name shall be worshiped among the children of Israel. For I am the LORD, who sanctifies you ³³and who brought you out of the land of Egypt. I am the LORD.

Leviticus chapter 23

The appointed feasts of the LORD.

¹And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying; ²Tell the children of Israel that these are the appointed holy feast days of the LORD, when you shall assemble yourselves together.

• The Sabbath

  ³Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day is the Sabbath a holy day, a sacred assembly of solemn rest. You shall do no work on that day.

• Feast of Passover and Unleavened bread

  ⁴This is a holy and sacred assembly unto the LORD and you shall proclaim it at the appointed time. ⁵On the fourteenth day of the first month, at twilight is the LORD's Passover. ⁶And on the following day, the fifteenth of the month, is the Feast of Unleavened Bread, for the next seven days you must eat unleavened bread. ⁷The first day of the seven, you shall have a sacred gathering, no work shall be done on that day. ⁸But you shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD all seven days. The seventh day again there shall be another sacred gathering, where you do no work on that day.

• Feast of Firstfruits

  ⁹And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying; ¹⁰Tell the children of Israel that when they come into the land that I will give them and reap its harvest, they shall bring a bundle, a sheaf of their grain, of their first fruits to the priest. ¹¹The priest, on the day after the Sabbath, will wave the sheaf before the LORD, so as to be accepted on your behalf. ¹²On that day when you offer it, you shall also offer a male lamb, without blemish, as a burnt offering to the LORD. ¹³The grain offering you give shall be two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour, (approximately four quarts and one pint), mixed with oil and offered by fire for a sweet aroma to the LORD. Also, the drink offering shall be one quart of wine. ¹⁴And on that day, you shall not eat until you have brought your offering to the LORD.

• Feast of Weeks

  ¹⁵You shall count fifty days after you give the offering of the firstfruits, seven Sabbaths plus one day. Then you shall offer a new grain offering to the LORD. ¹⁷You shall bring two loafs of bread for a wave offering, each made with approximately two quarts of fine flour, they shall be baked with leaven, for they are the firstfruits to the LORD. ¹⁸Seven lambs of the first year without blemish, one young bull and two rams shall be offered with the bread, as a burnt offering to the LORD. Together with the grain offering and a drink offering. ¹⁹You shall then sacrifice one of the kid goats as a sin offering and the two male lambs as a peace offering. ²⁰The priest shall then wave them with the bread of the firstfruits as a wave offering to the LORD, together with the two lambs. The offering shall be holy to the LORD and for the priests. ²¹That day shall be declared a sacred gathering, there shall be no customary work done, it shall be an ordinance forever.
  ²²When you reap the harvest in your fields, do not fully reap the corners of your fields, nor shall you gather what has fallen to the side. Leave this for the poor and the strangers, I am the LORD your God.

• Feast of Trumpets

  ²³The Lord spoke to Moses, saying; ²⁴Tell the children of Israel that on the first day of the seventh month there shall be a Sabbath rest, a memorial of blowing trumpets, a sacred gathering. ²⁵There shall be no customary work done on that day and you shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD.

• The Day of Atonement

  ²⁶And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying; ²⁷The tenth day of the seventh month, shall be the Day of Atonement. It shall be a scared gathering, you shall fast, searching your souls and offer an offering made by fire to the LORD. No work shall be done on that day, for it is the day that atonement is made for you before the LORD your God. ²⁹For if a person does not fast and humble himself on that day, he shall be cut off from his people. ³⁰And if anyone does work on that day, I will destroy that person from among his people. ³¹No manor of work shall be done and this day shall be a statue forever. ³²To you it shall be a Sabbath, a day of solemn rest. You shall observe it from the evening before that day to the evening of that day.

• Feast of Tabernacles

  ³³Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying; ³⁴Tell the children of Israel that the fifteenth day of the seventh month shall be the feast of Tabernacles, lasting for seven days. ³⁵On the first day there shall be a scared gathering, no customary work shall be done. ³⁶For seven days you shall offer offerings to the LORD. On the eighth day, there shall be a scared gathering, giving offerings to the LORD and no customary work shall be done on that day.

³⁷These are the feasts of the LORD and you shall proclaim them to be holy scared gatherings. When you come together to offer your offering made by fire unto the LORD. Either a burnt offering, a grain offering, a sacrifice and a drink offering. ³⁸These offering are in addition to your regular Sabbath offering, gift offerings, free will offerings and offerings due to taking a vow.

³⁹Also you shall observe the fifteenth day of the month, when you gather in the fruit of the land, you shall hold a seven day feast. On the first day and on the eighth day there shall be a Sabbath rest. ⁴⁰Starting on the first day continuing for all seven days, you shall take fruit from the trees, palm branches and other leafy branches and rejoice before the LORD. ⁴¹This seven day feast shall also be a statute forever throughout all generations. For the seven days, all native Israelites shall dwell in booths. ⁴³Just as you dwelt in tents when I brought you out of Israel, for I am the LORD your God.

⁴⁴So Moses went and declared all the LORD's feasts to the children of Israel.

Leviticus chapter 24

¹Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying; ²Command the children of Israel that they bring you pure olive oil, so the lampstand in the Tabernacle of the Meeting, outside the veil, shall burn continually. ³And Aaron shall be before the LORD responsible for this, from evening until morning, this shall also be a statute forever. ⁴He shall be responsible for the pure gold lampstand, that is before the LORD continually.

⁵For the showbread, you shall use fine flour and bake twelve cakes with it. Two-tenths of an ephah, (approximately four quarts of flour), shall be in each cake. ⁶You shall set them in two rows, six in a row, on the pure gold table before the LORD. ⁷You shall put frankincense on each row, that it might be as a memorial, an offering made by fire before the LORD. ⁸Every Sabbath he shall set this in order before the LORD, having received these from the children of Israel and this shall be an everlasting covenant. ⁹This shall be for Aaron and his sons and they shall eat of it in a holy place. For it is a most holy offering made by fire unto the LORD, this shall be a statute forever.

A case of a man swearing and blaspheming the LORD and its judgment.

¹⁰Then a son of an Israelite woman whose father was an Egyptian, was found fighting with a man of Israel, within the camp. ¹¹And the Israelite woman's son cursed and blasphemed the name of the Lord, so he was taken to Moses, (his mother's name was Shelomith the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan). ¹²They then took him into custody, so that the mind of the LORD might be shown them. ¹³And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying; ¹⁴Take him outside the camp and all who heard him, lay their hands on his head and let the congregation then stone him. ¹⁵You shall then say to the children of Israel, whoever curses his God shall bear his own sin. ¹⁶Whoever blasphemes the name of the LORD shall be stoned to death by the congregation, the native born Israelite as well as the stranger in the land.

¹⁷Whomever kills a man shall be put to death. (The same law is found in: Exodus 21:12). ¹⁸Whomever kills an animal shall make it good, animal for animal. ¹⁹If a man causes disfigurement to his neighbor, likewise, what he has caused shall also be done to him, ²⁰fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. (The same law is found in Exodus 21:24 ²¹You shall restore the animal, but whoever kills a man shall be put to death. ²²The same law shall apply for both stranger and native born, I am the LORD your God. ²³When Moses finished speaking this to the children of Israel, they took the man outside the camp and stoned him, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Leviticus chapter 25

The lands seventh year Sabbath.

¹As the LORD had spoken to Moses at Mount Sinai, saying; ²Tell the children of Israel that when they come into the promise land that I give them, the land shall observe a Sabbath unto the LORD. ³Six years you shall sow your field and harvest your vineyard, ⁴but in the seventh year, the land shall have a Sabbath unto the LORD of solemn rest. You shall neither sow nor reap your fields in that year. ⁵Whatever grows of its own accord in your fields, you shall not gather, for it is a year of rest for the land. ⁶The produce that naturally grows in your field shall be food for you, your servants, hired hands and the strangers who dwell in the land. ⁷It shall also be for your livestock and the animals that are in the land. All the crops that the land voluntary produces shall be used for food.

The fiftieth year, the year of Jubilee.

⁸You shall count seven cycles of Sabbaths, seven years times seven, counting forty-nine years. ⁹ Then on the tenth day of the seventh month, the Day of Atonement, you shall sound the trumpet throughout the land, for the year of Jubilee has come to the land. ¹⁰The fiftieth year shall be set apart, consecrated and liberty shall be proclaimed to all, throughout the land. It shall be a Jubilee for all and each person shall return his possession and every man shall also return to his own family. ¹¹The fiftieth year shall be a Jubilee to you, that you shall neither sow nor reap nor gather into your barns what grows of its own accord. ¹²The time of Jubilee shall be holy to you and you shall eat its produce right from the field.

¹³In this year every man shall return to his own land. ¹⁴If you sell anything to your neighbor or buy anything from your neighbor, you shall deal fairly. ¹⁵The price shall be set according to the number of years to the next year of Jubilee. ¹⁶A greater price if many years were yet remaining and a lessor price if fewer years were remaining, (NOTE: every fifieth year all possessions were to be returned their original owner, this is the year of jubilee). ¹⁷Therefore, deal fairly with your brother and fear your God, I am the LORD your God.

¹⁸So if you observe My statutes keeping My judgments and living by them, you shall dwell in the land in safety. ¹⁹The land will then yield its fruit to you and you shall eat to your fill and dwell in safety.

²⁰And when you ask, What you shall eat in the seventh year, since you neither sow nor gather. ²¹I will command My blessing on you in the sixth year and it will bring forth enough food for three years. ²²You shall then sow in the eighth year, while still eating of your reserve until the new crop of the ninth year.

²³The land shall not be sold permanently, for the land is Mine, for you are strangers and sojourners with Me. ²⁴Therefore, redemption shall be granted for your proprieties.

²⁵If an Israelite becomes poor and sells some of his possessions, out of need, his relative may be allowed to redeem it. ²⁶If the man becomes able to redeem it, ²⁷Then let him do so by counting the years since its sale and then restoring the remainder. ²⁸But if he is not able to have it redeemed, what was sold shall remain sold to him who bought it. Until the year of Jubilee, then it shall be released and the man returned to his possession.

²⁹If a man sells a house in a fortified city, he has one full year to redeem it. ³⁰After that time the house shall permanently belong to him who bought it, throughout his generations and shall not be released in the year of Jubilee. ³¹If the house is not in a fortified city, it shall be considered the same as the lands of the country. It can be redeemed and will also be released in the year of Jubilee. ³²As for the cities of the Levites, the Levites may redeem their properties at any time. ³³And they will also be released in the year of Jubilee, for the house in the city of the Levites are their possessions. ³⁴The common fields of the cities of the Levites may not be sold, for it is their perpetual possession.

³⁵If one of your brethren falls into poverty, you shall help him, as you would a stranger or a sojourner, that he may live with you. ³⁶Do not take advantage of him, by taking interest or by lending to him for much profit, but rather fear your God, that your brother might live with you. ³⁷You shall not lend your money to him at interest, nor sell him your food at a profit. ³⁸For I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt and will also give you the land of Canaan.

³⁹Now if one of your brethren becomes poor and sells himself to you, you shall not compel him to serve you as a slave. ⁴⁰Rather consider him as a hired servant and he shall serve you until the year of Jubilee. ⁴¹He and his children with him, shall then depart from you, to return to the possessions of his own family. ⁴²For My servants that I brought out of the land of Egypt, shall not be sold as slaves. ⁴³You shall not rule over him with rigor, but you shall fear your God.

⁴⁴You may buy male and female slaves from the surrounding nations. ⁴⁵Also you may buy the children of the strangers who dwell among you and their families, which were born in your land and they shall become your property. ⁴⁶You may pass them on to your children, as an inheritance, for they shall be your permanent slave. But, regarding your fellow Israelites, this shall not be and you shall not rule over them with vigor.

⁴⁷If a stranger who lives in your land becomes rich and an Israelite becomes in need and sells himself to the stranger. ⁴⁸After he has sold himself, he may be redeemed by either a brother, ⁴⁹a relative or if he is able he can also redeem himself. ⁵⁰The price of his redemption shall be reckoned as a hired servant, according to the number of years, starting with the year he was sold, to the year of Jubilee. ⁵¹If many years remain, he shall repay a larger share of his purchase price. ⁵²And if only a few years remain, he shall reckon a smaller price. ⁵³He shall be as a hired servant and shall not be ruled over with vigor. ⁵⁴If he is not redeemed in any of these ways, he and his children with him shall still be released in the year of Jubilee. ⁵⁵For the children of Israel are servants to Me, I am the LORD your God.

Leviticus chapter 26

The promise of blessings, if you follow My ways.

¹You shall not make carved idols for yourselves, nor have sacred pillars of stone that you bow down to, for I am the LORD your God.

²You shall keep My Sabbaths and reverence My sanctuary, I am the LORD.

³If you walk in My statutes, keep My commandments and live by them. ⁴I will then give you rain in its season, the land shall yield its crops and the trees their fruit. ⁵One growing season shall meet the next, for you shall eat your bread until you are filled and shall dwell in your land in safely. ⁶I will give you peace in your land and you shall lie down, for nothing shall make you afraid. I will rid the land of evil beasts and wars will not go through your land. ⁷You will chase your enemies and they shall fall by the sword before you. ⁸Five of you shall cause a hundred to flee, a hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight and your enemies shall fall by the sword before you. For I will look on you favorably, multiplying you and making you fruitful, confirming My covenant with you. ¹⁰You shall eat of your old harvest and replenish it with the new harvest. ¹¹I shall place My Tabernacle within your midst and My soul shall not reject and separate itself from you. ¹²I will then walk among you and be your God and you shall be My people. ¹³For I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, that you should not be their slaves. Thus I have broken the bonds of your yoke and made you to walk upright.

¹⁴But if you do not obey Me and do not follow all My commandments. ¹⁵If you despise My statutes and loathe My judgments, not living by them, but rather breaking My covenant. ¹⁶I will also do this to you: I will appoint terror over you, wasting disease and fever shall consume your eyes and cause sorrow in your heart. And you shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat of it. ¹⁷I will set My face against you and your enemies shall defeat you. Those who hate you shall reign over you and you shall flee even when no one pursues you.

¹⁸If after all this, you do not obey Me, I shall add to your calamities seven times more for your sins. ¹⁹I will break the pride of your strength and I shall shut the heavens up, they shall be unyielding to you as iron and the earth shall be as sterile as brass. ²⁰Thus your strength shall be spent in vain. Your land shall not yield its crops, nor the trees their fruit.

¹⁸If you still walk contrary to Me and are not willing to obey Me. I will bring on you seven times more plagues, according to your sins. ²²I shall send wild beasts among you that will rob you of your children, destroy your livestock and make you few in number, even your highways shall be made desolate.

²³And if by these things I have not yet reformed you, but you still walk contrary to Me. ²⁴Then I also will walk contrary to you. I shall smite you seven more times for your sins. ²⁵I shall bring a sword against you that shall execute the vengeance of the covenant. When you have gathered yourselves together within your cities, I will send pestilence among you and you shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy. ²⁶When I have cut off your life staff, rationing your bread, then it shall cost you bread supplied from ten families and that shall not even be enough for your fill.

²⁷After all this, if you still do not obey Me, but walk opposed to Me. ²⁸I will also walk contrary to you and I, will chastise you seven more times for your sins. ²⁹You shall eat the flesh of your sons and daughters. ³⁰I will destroy your high places, cut down your altars of incense and throw any carcasses that get in the way, on your worthless idols, for My soul does abhor you. ³¹I make your cities a wasteland and bring your sanctuaries to ruins, I will not smell the sweet fragrance of your offerings. ³²I will bring the land to desolation, even your enemies in the land will be astonished by it. ³³I will scatter you among the nations. A sword shall be drawn out after you, your land shall be desolate and your cities shall become wastelands. ³⁴Then your land shall rest and enjoy its Sabbath, as long as you are in your enemies land. ³⁵As long as the land lies desolate it shall rest, for it did not rest on your Sabbaths when you dwelt in it. ³⁶And even those who are left, I will send to them faintness of heart, insomuch that the sound of a shaken leaf will cause them to flee and they shall fall when no one is pursing. ³⁷For they shall stumble over one another, as if being pursued by the sword, for they will have no power to stand before their enemies. ³⁸They shall perish among the nations, for the land of their enemies will eat them up. ³⁹And they who are left will waste away within the land of their enemies, not only their guilt and shame, but also the guilt and shame of their fathers.

⁴⁰But, if they confess their wickedness and the wickedness of their fathers, along with their unfaithfulness to Me, walking contrary to Me. ⁴¹Realizing that I have also walked contrary to them and have brought them into the land of their enemies. If their uncircumcised hearts are humbled and they have accepted their guilt. ⁴²Then I will remember My covenant with Jacob, Isaac and Abraham and will remember the land.

⁴³But in the meantime, the land will lie desolate without them, enjoying its Sabbath's rest. While they accept their guilt, because they despised My judgments and loathed My statutes. ⁴⁴Yet, even in all of this, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, nor despise them, so as to utterly destroy them nor shall I break My covenant with them. ⁴⁵For their sakes I will remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought out of Egypt, in the sight of all the nations, that I might be their God. For I am the LORD their God.

⁴⁶These are the statutes and judgments and laws which the LORD made between Himself and the children of Israel on Mount Sinai by the hand of Moses.

Leviticus chapter 27

Declaring vows to the Lord.

¹Now the LORD spoke to Moses, saying; ²Tell the children of Israel that, when a man declares a vow and dedicates a person unto the LORD, it shall be according to the shekel validation..

^3-7(The validation shall be in shekels of silver according to the persons age).

Age	1 month-5 years	5-20 years	20-60 years	over 60 years
Male	5 shekels	20 shekels	50 shekels	15 shekels
Female	3 shekels	10 shekels	30 shekels	10 shekels

⁸However, if the person is too poor to pay the validation. He shall go before the priest and the priest will set a value for him, according to the ability of him who vowed.

⁹If a man brings an animal to the LORD, as an offering. All that is given to the LORD shall be holy. ¹⁰Once offered, he shall not exchange the animal, either bad for good or good for bad, for if he does both animals will be holy. ¹¹If it is an unclean animal, which are not to be offered as a sacrifice to the LORD. He shall present the animal before the priest. ¹²And the priest will set a value for it and his judgment shall stand. ¹³But if the man wishes to redeem the animal, he must add one-fifth to the validation.

¹⁴When a man dedicates his house to be holy to the LORD. The priest shall set a value for it and his judgment shall stand. ¹⁵If he who dedicated the house chooses to redeem the house, he must add one-fifth to his valuation price and then the house shall be his.

¹⁶If a man dedicates to the LORD part of his field, of his families' possessions, the value put on the field shall be according to the amount of seed required for it. Every homer of barley, (6.5 bushels) required to plant the field, shall equate to a land value of fifty shekels of silver. ¹⁷If the field is dedicated from the year of Jubilee, the validation shall stand. ¹⁸However, if he dedicates the field years after the Jubilee, then the priest shall count only the remaining years up to the year of Jubilee and will lessen the validation price. ¹⁹If he who dedicated the field ever wished to redeem it, he would add one-fifth to the validation amount and the field would then return to him. ²⁰If he does not wish to redeem it, or if he has sold the field to another man, the field shall no longer be redeemable. ²¹For the field when it is redeemed in the year of Jubilee, shall be a devoted field, holy unto the LORD and shall be the possession of the priest.

²²If a man dedicates a field that he has bought, that is not part of his families' inheritance. ²³The priest shall then compute the amount of the validation, up to the year of Jubilee and the man shall give that amount, on that day, as a holy offering to the LORD. ²⁴But in the year of Jubilee, the land shall return to the original owner, of his families' inheritance. ²⁵ The validations will be according to the shekel of the Sanctuary, at twenty gerahs to the shekel.

²⁶But, no man shall dedicate the firstborn of the animals, whether it be ox or sheep, for they are already the LORD's. ²⁷If it is an unclean animal, he can redeem it according to the set validation amount plus one-fifth. If he chooses not to redeem it, the animal shall be sold according to the validation amount. ²⁸Any thing that a man devotes to the LORD, whether of man or animal, or of land, every devoted thing is most holy to the LORD. ²⁹No man or animal, condemned to death by justice of the law, shall be redeemed, rather he shall be put to death.

³⁰All the tithe of the land, the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD's, for it is holy unto the LORD. ³¹Therefore if a man wishes to redeem any of his tithes, he can do so by adding one-fifth to it. ³²Now concerning the tithe of the flocks or the herds, that passed by the herdsmen staff, every tenth one shall be holy. ³³Whether good or bad, he shall not exchange it. If he does exchange it, then both, it and the animal substituted shall be holy, it shall not be redeemed.

³⁴These are the commandments that the LORD commanded Moses to give the children of Israel.