Restrictions against the Unclean 1 ULT And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, BSB BSB: Then the LORD said to Moses,
2 ULT “Speak to Aaron and to his sons, and they shall be separated from the holy things of the sons of Israel, which they{ are} making holy to me, and they shall not profane the name of my holiness. 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 ULT Say to them,‘To your generations, any man who draws near from all your seed to the holy things that the sons of Israel have made holy to Yahweh and his uncleanness{ is} on him, that person shall be cut off from before my face. 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 ULT A man, a man from the seed of Aaron, and he{ is} skin diseased or flowing, he shall not eat of the holy things until he is clean. And the one touching anything unclean of a person or a man who has go out from him a lying of seed 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 ULT or a man who touches any swarming{ thing} that makes him unclean or a person who makes him unclean, whatever his uncleanness, BSB BSB: or whoever touches a crawling creature or a person that makes him unclean, whatever the uncleanness may be—
6 ULT the person who touches it will be unclean until the evening. And he shall not eat from the holy things unless he washes his body with the 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 ULT And the sun will go, and he will be clean. And afterward, he may eat from the holy things, because it{ is} his bread. 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 ULT An{ animal} carcass or a torn{ animal} he shall not eat, to become unclean by it. I{ am} Yahweh. BSB BSB: He must not eat anything found dead or torn by wild animals, which would make him unclean. I am the LORD.
9 ULT And they shall keep my watch, and they shall not bear sin with regard to it and die by it, because they profaned it. I{ am} Yahweh, the one making them holy. 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 ULT But any stranger may not eat the holy thing. A dweller of the priest or a hired{ person} may not eat the holy thing. 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 ULT But a priest, when he buys a person, the property of his silver, he himself may eat it. And one born of his house, they themselves may eat his bread. 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 ULT And a daughter of a priest, when she becomes the wife of a stranger, she herself may not eat the contribution of the holy things. 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 ULT But the daughter of a priest, when she becomes a widow or a divorced{ woman}, and there is no seed for her, and she returns to the house of her father as her youth— she may eat from the bread of her father. And any stranger may not eat 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 ULT And a man, when he eats a holy thing by mistake, then he shall add its fifth on it, and he shall give the holy thing to the priest. 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 ULT And they shall not profane the holy things of the sons of Israel, that which they raise to Yahweh, BSB BSB: The priests must not profane the sacred offerings that the Israelites present to the LORD
16 ULT or they shall cause themselves to bear the iniquity of guilt by their eating their holy things. For I{ am} Yahweh, the one making them holy.’” 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 ULT And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, BSB BSB: Then the LORD said to Moses,
18 ULT “Speak to Aaron and to his sons and to all the sons of Israel, and you shall say to them,‘A man, a man from the house of Israel or from the sojourner in Israel, who presents his offering, for any of their vows or for any of their freewill offerings, which they present to Yahweh as a burnt offering, 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 ULT for your acceptance, a perfect male among the cattle, among the sheep, or among the goats. BSB BSB: must offer an unblemished male from the cattle, sheep, or goats in order for it to be accepted on your behalf.
20 ULT Anything on which{ is} a blemish you shall not present, because it will not be acceptable for you. BSB BSB: You must not present anything with a defect, because it will not be accepted on your behalf.
21 ULT And a man, when he presents a sacrifice of peace offerings to Yahweh to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering among the cattle or among the flock, it shall be perfect for acceptance. Any blemish shall not be on it: 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 ULT blindness or being broken or being maimed or{ having} a running{ sore} or a scab or a sore— these you shall not present to Yahweh. And a gift you shall not give from them on the altar to Yahweh. 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 ULT But an ox or a lamb, extended or stunted, you may make it{ as} a freewill offering, but it will not be accepted for a vow. 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 ULT But bruised or crushed or torn or cut you shall not present to Yahweh, and in your land, you shall not do. 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 ULT And from the hand of a son of a foreigner, you shall not present the bread of your God from any of these because their being ruined is on them and a blemish is on them. They will not be accepted for you.’” 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 ULT And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, BSB BSB: Then the LORD said to Moses,
27 ULT “An ox or a lamb or a goat, when it is born, then it shall be seven days under its mother. And from the eighth day and beyond, it may be accepted as an offering, a gift to Yahweh. 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 ULT But an ox or a flock{ animal}, it and its son you shall not slaughter on one day. BSB BSB: But you must not slaughter an ox or a sheep on the same day as its young.
29 ULT And when you sacrifice a sacrifice of thanks to Yahweh, you shall sacrifice it for your acceptance. BSB BSB: When you sacrifice a thank offering to the LORD, offer it so that it may be acceptable on your behalf.
30 ULT On that day, it shall be eaten; you must not leave some of it until morning. I{ am} Yahweh. BSB BSB: It must be eaten that same day. Do not leave any of it until morning. I am the LORD.
31 ULT And you shall keep my commandments, and you shall do them. I{ am} Yahweh. BSB BSB: You are to keep My commandments and practice them. I am the LORD.
32 ULT And you shall not profane the name of my holiness, but I will show myself to be holy in the midst of the sons of Israel. I{ am} Yahweh, the one making you 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 ULT the one bringing you out of the land of Egypt to be your God: I{ am} Yahweh.” BSB BSB: who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God. I am the LORD.”
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