Restrictions against the Unclean 1 UDB Yahweh also said to Moses, BSB BSB: Then the LORD said to Moses,
2 UDB "Explain to Aaron and his sons about when they should not touch or eat any food that the people have dedicated to me by giving it as a sacrifice. They must not dishonor me or my name. I am Yahweh. BSB BSB: “Tell Aaron and his sons to treat with respect the sacred offerings that the Israelites have consecrated to Me, so that they do not profane My holy name. I am the LORD.
3 UDB Tell them that for all future time, if they or any of their descendants become unfit for any reason to do the work that priests must do, they must not go near anything the people of Israel have dedicated to me as an offering. Anyone who violates this rule will no longer be part of my people. I am Yahweh. BSB BSB: Tell them that for the generations to come, if any of their descendants in a state of uncleanness approaches the sacred offerings that the Israelites consecrate to the LORD, that person must be cut off from My presence. I am the LORD.
4 UDB If any descendant of Aaron has a contagious skin disease or a discharge from his private parts, he is not allowed to eat any of the sacred offerings until he is cured. He will also be unfit for his work if he touches anything that has touched a corpse, or if he touches anyone who as an emission of semen, BSB BSB: If a descendant of Aaron has a skin disease or a discharge, he may not eat the sacred offerings until he is clean. Whoever touches anything defiled by a corpse or by a man who has an emission of semen,
5 UDB or if he touches anything that crawls on the ground, or if he touches any person who causes him to be unfit for his work. BSB BSB: or whoever touches a crawling creature or a person that makes him unclean, whatever the uncleanness may be—
6 UDB Any priest who touches anything unclean will be unclean until evening. He must not eat any of the holy things, unless he first washes his body with water. BSB BSB: the man who touches any of these will remain unclean until evening. He must not eat from the sacred offerings unless he has bathed himself with water.
7 UDB After the sun sets, he may eat food from the sacred offerings because they are now his food that is to be eaten. BSB BSB: When the sun has set, he will become clean, and then he may eat from the sacred offerings, for they are his food.
8 UDB But he must not eat anything that has died a natural death or that has been killed by wild animals, because if he did that, he would be unfit to work for me. I, Yahweh, am commanding those things. BSB BSB: He must not eat anything found dead or torn by wild animals, which would make him unclean. I am the LORD.
9 UDB The priests must obey my commandments; they must not despise them, or they will become guilty and die. I am Yahweh, the one who sets them apart for my honor. BSB BSB: The priests must keep My charge, lest they bear the guilt and die because they profane it. I am the LORD who sanctifies them.
10 UDB No one who does not belong to a priest's family is permitted to eat from the sacred offering. No one who is visiting the priest or who has been hired by the priest is permitted to eat it. BSB BSB: No one outside a priest’s family may eat the sacred offering, nor may the guest of a priest or his hired hand eat it.
11 UDB But if a priest buys a slave, or if a slave is born in his house, that slave is permitted to eat such food. BSB BSB: But if a priest buys a slave with his own money, or if a slave is born in his household, that slave may eat his food.
12 UDB If a priest's daughter marries a man who is not a priest, she is no longer permitted to eat the sacred foods that were given to Yahweh as gifts or offerings. BSB BSB: If the priest’s daughter is married to a man other than a priest, she is not to eat of the sacred contributions.
13 UDB But suppose that a priest's daughter who has no children becomes a widow or becomes divorced, and suppose also that she returns to her father's house to live there as she did when she was young. In that case, she may eat the same food that her father eats. But no other person is permitted to eat any of it. BSB BSB: But if a priest’s daughter with no children becomes widowed or divorced and returns to her father’s house, she may share her father’s food as in her youth. But no outsider may share it.
14 UDB If anyone who is not permitted to eat a sacred offering eats it without realizing that it is sacred, he must pay the priest for the food and add an extra one-fifth to it. BSB BSB: If anyone eats a sacred offering in error, he must add a fifth to its value and give the sacred offering to the priest.
15 UDB When the priests bring offerings to me, the sacred offerings that the Israelite people bring to them, they must not treat those offerings as though they were not special to me; BSB BSB: The priests must not profane the sacred offerings that the Israelites present to the LORD
16 UDB the people must not allow anyone who is not a priest to eat any of those offerings. If they did that, they would become guilty. I am Yahweh, the one who sets the Israelite people apart from other people and makes them holy for my honor." BSB BSB: by allowing the people to eat the sacred offerings and thus to bear the punishment for guilt. For I am the LORD who sanctifies them.”
Worthy Offerings 17 UDB Yahweh also said to Moses, BSB BSB: Then the LORD said to Moses,
18 UDB "Speak to Aaron and his sons and to all the Israelite people and tell them that I say this to them: 'If any of you Israelites or foreigners who live in Israel brings to me an animal that will be completely burned on the altar, either as a result of a solemn promise that you made to me or to be an offering that is given voluntarily, BSB BSB: “Speak to Aaron and his sons and all the Israelites and tell them, ‘Any man of the house of Israel or any foreign resident who presents a gift for a burnt offering to the LORD, whether to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering,
19 UDB you must bring from your cattle or sheep or goats an animal that has no defects, in order that I may accept it. BSB BSB: must offer an unblemished male from the cattle, sheep, or goats in order for it to be accepted on your behalf.
20 UDB Do not bring any animals that have defects, because I will not accept them for you. BSB BSB: You must not present anything with a defect, because it will not be accepted on your behalf.
21 UDB Similarly, when someone brings from his cattle or sheep or goats an offering to promise friendship with me, either to fulfill a promise that he made to me or to be a voluntary offering—for me to accept it, it must have no defects or blemishes. BSB BSB: When a man presents a peace offering to the LORD from the herd or flock to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering, it must be without blemish or defect to be acceptable.
22 UDB Do not offer to me animals that are blind or injured or maimed, or any animal that has warts or a festering sore. BSB BSB: You are not to present to the LORD any animal that is blind, injured, or maimed, or anything with a running sore, a festering rash, or a scab; you must not put any of these on the altar as a food offering to the LORD.
23 UDB You may present to me to be a voluntary offering an ox or a sheep that is injured or stunted, but it will not be accepted to fulfill a promise made to me. BSB BSB: You may present as a freewill offering an ox or sheep that has a deformed or stunted limb, but it is not acceptable in fulfillment of a vow.
24 UDB You must not offer to me animals whose testicles are bruised, crushed, torn or cut. You must not present these kind of damaged animals as offerings to Yahweh anywhere in the land where you live, BSB BSB: You are not to present to the LORD an animal whose testicles are bruised, crushed, torn, or cut; you are not to sacrifice them in your land.
25 UDB and you must not accept such animals that are sold to you by a foreigner. You must not offer them to me as food for me. Such animals will not be accepted by me, because they are deformed or have defects.'" BSB BSB: Neither you nor a foreigner shall present food to your God from any such animal. They will not be accepted on your behalf, because they are deformed and flawed.’”
26 UDB Yahweh also said to Moses, BSB BSB: Then the LORD said to Moses,
27 UDB "When a calf or lamb or goat is born, it must remain with its mother for seven days. After that, it can be accepted to be an offering to me that will be burned. BSB BSB: “When an ox, a sheep, or a goat is born, it must remain with its mother for seven days. From the eighth day on, it will be acceptable as a food offering presented to the LORD.
28 UDB Do not slaughter a cow or a sheep and its newborn young on the same day. BSB BSB: But you must not slaughter an ox or a sheep on the same day as its young.
29 UDB When you sacrifice an animal to thank me for what I have done, sacrifice it in a way that I will accept. BSB BSB: When you sacrifice a thank offering to the LORD, offer it so that it may be acceptable on your behalf.
30 UDB The meat must be eaten on that day. Do not leave any of it until the next morning. I, Yahweh, am the one who is commanding this. BSB BSB: It must be eaten that same day. Do not leave any of it until morning. I am the LORD.
31 UDB Obey all my commands. I, Yahweh, am commanding them. BSB BSB: You are to keep My commandments and practice them. I am the LORD.
32 UDB Do not dishonor me by disobeying them. You Israelite people must acknowledge that I, Yahweh, am holy, and I am the one who causes you to be holy. BSB BSB: You must not profane My holy name. I must be acknowledged as holy among the Israelites. I am the LORD who sanctifies you,
33 UDB And I am the one who brought you out of Egypt in order that I, Yahweh, will be your God." BSB BSB: who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God. I am the LORD.”
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