¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

¹Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, and that they profane not² my holy name in those things which they hallow³ unto me: I am the LORD.

Say unto them, Whosoever he be of all your seed among your generations, that goeth unto the holy things, which the children of Israel hallow unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him,⁴ that soul⁵ shall be cut off from my⁶ presence: I am the LORD.

What man soever of the seed⁷ of Aaron is a leper⁸, or hath a running issue⁹; he shall not eat of the holy things¹⁰, until¹¹ he be clean. And whoso toucheth any thing that is unclean¹² by the dead, or a man whose¹³ seed goeth from him;

Or whosoever¹⁴ toucheth any creeping thing, whereby he may be made unclean, or a man¹⁵ of whom he may take uncleanness, whatsoever uncleanness he hath;

¹⁶The soul which hath touched any such shall be unclean until even, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he wash his flesh with water.

¹⁷And when the sun is down, he shall be clean, and shall afterward eat of the holy things; because it is his food.

¹⁸That which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts, he shall not eat to defile himself therewith: I am the LORD.

They shall therefore keep mine ordinance, lest they bear sin for it,¹⁹ and die therefore, if they profane it: I the LORD do sanctify them.

¶²⁰There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing: a sojourner of the priest, or an hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.

But if the priest buy any soul with his money²¹, he shall eat of it, and he that is born in his house: they shall eat of his meat.

If the priest's daughter also be married unto a stranger²², she may not eat of an offering of the holy things.

But if the priest's daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no child, and is returned unto her father's house²³, as in her²⁴ youth, she shall eat of her father's meat: but there shall no stranger eat thereof.

²⁵And if a man eat of the holy thing unwittingly, then he shall put the fifth part thereof unto it, and shall give it unto the priest with the holy thing.

²⁶And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto the LORD;

Or suffer them²⁷ to bear²⁸ the iniquity of trespass, when they eat their holy things: for I²⁹ the LORD do sanctify them.

¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them, Whatsoever³⁰ he be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers³¹ in Israel, that will offer his oblation for all his vows³², and for all his freewill³³ offerings, which they will offer unto the LORD for a burnt offering;

³⁴Ye shall offer at your own will a male without blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats.

¶³⁵But whatsoever hath a blemish, that shall ye not offer: for it shall not be acceptable for you.

And whosoever offereth a sacrifice of peace³⁶ offerings unto the LORD to accomplish³⁷ his vow, or a freewill offering in beeves or sheep³⁸, it shall be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish therein.

Blind³⁹, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scurvy, or scabbed, ye shall not offer these unto the LORD, nor make an offering⁴⁰ by fire of them upon the altar unto the LORD.

Either a bullock or a lamb⁴¹ that hath any thing superfluous or lacking in his parts, that mayest thou offer for a freewill offering; but for a vow it shall not be accepted.

Ye shall not offer unto the LORD that which is bruised, or crushed, or broken⁴², or cut; neither shall ye make any offering thereof in your land.

Neither from a stranger's⁴³ hand shall ye offer the bread⁴⁴ of your God of any of these; because⁴⁵ their corruption is in them, and blemishes be in them: they shall not be accepted for you.

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it shall be seven days⁴⁶ under the dam; and from the eighth day and thenceforth it shall be accepted for an offering made by fire unto the LORD.

And whether it be cow or ewe⁴⁷, ye shall not kill it and her young both in one day.

⁴⁸And when ye will offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto the LORD, offer it at your own will.

¶⁴⁹On the same day it shall be eaten up; ye shall leave none of it until the morrow: I am the LORD.

⁵⁰Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I am the LORD.

⁵¹Neither shall ye profane my holy name; but I will⁵² be hallowed among the children of Israel: I am the LORD which hallow you⁵³,

⁵⁴That brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD.