[ Leviticus Chapter 20 ]
1 And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and
put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the
LORD, which he commanded them not.
2 And there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them, and they died before
the LORD.
3 Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the LORD spake, saying, I will be
sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be
glorified. And Aaron held his peace.
4 And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron,
and said unto them, Come near, carry your brethren from before the sanctuary out
of the camp.
5 So they went near, and carried them in their coats out of the camp, as Moses
had said.
6 And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons,
Uncover not your heads, neither rend your clothes, lest ye die, and lest wrath
come upon all the people: but let your brethren, the whole house of Israel,
bewail the burning which the LORD hath kindled.
7 And ye shall not go out from the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,
lest ye die: for the anointing oil of the LORD is upon you. And they did
according to the word of Moses.
8 And the LORD spake unto Aaron, saying,
9 Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go
into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be a statute for
ever throughout your generations:
10 And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean
and clean,
11 And that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the LORD
hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses.
12 And Moses spake unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons that
were left, Take the meat offering that remaineth of the offerings of the LORD
made by fire, and eat it without leaven beside the altar: for it is most holy:
13 And ye shall eat it in the holy place, because it is thy due, and thy sons'
due, of the sacrifices of the LORD made by fire: for so I am commanded.
14 And the wave breast and heave shoulder shall ye eat in a clean place, thou,
and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee: for they be thy due, and thy sons'
due, which are given out of the sacrifices of peace offerings of the children of
Israel.
15 The heave shoulder and the wave breast shall they bring with the offerings
made by fire of the fat, to wave it for a wave offering before the LORD, and it
shall be thine, and thy sons' with thee, by a statute for ever, as the LORD hath
commanded.
16 And Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin offering, and, behold, it was
burnt: and he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron which were
left alive, saying,
17 Wherefore have ye not eaten the sin offering in the holy place, seeing it is
most holy, and God hath given it you to bear the iniquity of the congregation,
to make atonement for them before the LORD?
18 Behold, the blood of it was not brought in within the holy place: ye should
indeed have eaten it in the holy place, as I commanded.
19 And Aaron said unto Moses, Behold, this day have they offered their sin
offering and their burnt offering before the LORD, and such things have befallen
me: and if I had eaten the sin offering to day, should it have been accepted in
the sight of the LORD?
20 And when Moses heard that, he was content.
[ Leviticus Chapter 21 ]
1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron, and
say unto them, There shall none be defiled for the dead among his people:
2 But for his kin, that is near unto him, that is, for his mother, and for his
father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother.
3 And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no husband,
for her may he be defiled.
4 But he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to
profane himself.
5 They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the
corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.
6 They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their God: for
the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and the bread of their God, they do
offer: therefore they shall be holy.
7 They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane, neither shall they
take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God.
8 Thou shalt sanctify him therefore, for he offereth the bread of thy God: he
shall be holy unto thee: for I the LORD, which sanctify you, am holy.
9 And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore,
she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.
10 And he that is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the
anointing oil was poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall
not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes,
11 Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father,
or for his mother,
12 Neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his
God, for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the LORD.
13 And he shall take a wife in her virginity.
14 A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or an harlot, these shall he not
take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife.
15 Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the LORD do
sanctify him.
16 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
17 Speak unto Aaron, saying, Whosoever he be of thy seed in their generations
that hath any blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God.
18 For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind
man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or any thing superfluous,
19 Or a man that is brokenfooted, or brokenhanded,
20 Or crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy,
or scabbed, or hath his stones broken,
21 No man that hath a blemish of the seed of Aaron the priest shall come nigh to
offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire: he hath a blemish, he shall not
come nigh to offer the bread of his God.
22 He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy.
23 Only he shall not go in unto the vail, nor come nigh unto the altar, because
he hath a blemish, that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I the LORD do
sanctify them.
24 And Moses told it unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of
Israel.
[ Leviticus Chapter 22 ]
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy
things of the children of Israel, and that they profane not my holy name in
those things which they hallow unto me: I am the LORD.
3 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, that soul shall be cut off from my presence: I
am the LORD.
4 What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or hath a running issue, he
shall not eat of the holy things, until he be clean. And whoso toucheth any
thing that is unclean by the dead, or a man whose seed goeth from him,
5 Or whosoever toucheth any creeping thing, whereby he may be made unclean, or a
man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatsoever uncleanness he hath,
6 The 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.
7 And when the sun is down, he shall be clean, and shall afterward eat of the
holy things, because it is his food.
8 That which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts, he shall not eat to defile
himself therewith, I am the LORD.
9 They shall therefore keep mine ordinance, lest they bear sin for it, and die
therefore, if they profane it: I the LORD do sanctify them.
10 There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing: a sojourner of the priest, or
an hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.
11 But if the priest buy any soul with his money, he shall eat of it, and he
that is born in his house: they shall eat of his meat.
12 If the priest's daughter also be married unto a stranger, she may not eat of
an offering of the holy things.
13 But if the priest's daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no child, and
is returned unto her father's house, as in her youth, she shall eat of her
father's meat: but there shall be no stranger eat thereof.
14 And 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.
15 And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which
they offer unto the LORD,
16 Or suffer them to bear the iniquity of trespass, when they eat their holy
things: for I the LORD do sanctify them.
17 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
18 Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and
say unto them, Whatsoever he be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers in
Israel, that will offer his oblation for all his vows, and for all his freewill
offerings, which they will offer unto the LORD for a burnt offering,
19 Ye shall offer at your own will a male without blemish, of the beeves, of the
sheep, or of the goats.
20 But whatsoever hath a blemish, that shall ye not offer: for it shall not be
acceptable for you.
21 And whosoever offereth a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD to
accomplish his vow, or a freewill offering in beeves or sheep, it shall be
perfect to be accepted, there shall be no blemish therein.
22 Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scurvy, or scabbed, ye shall
not offer these unto the LORD, nor make an offering by fire of them upon the
altar unto the LORD.
23 Either a bullock or a lamb 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.
24 Ye shall not offer unto the LORD that which is bruised, or crushed, or
broken, or cut, neither shall ye make any offering thereof in your land.
25 Neither from a stranger's hand shall ye offer the bread of your God of any of
these, because their corruption is in them, and blemishes be in them: they shall
not be accepted for you.
26 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
27 When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it shall be
seven days under the dam, and from the eighth day and thenceforth it shall be
accepted for an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
28 And whether it be cow, or ewe, ye shall not kill it and her young both in one
day.
29 And when ye will offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto the LORD, offer it at
your own will.
30 On the same day it shall be eaten up, ye shall leave none of it until the
morrow: I am the LORD.
31 Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I am the LORD.
32 Neither shall ye profane my holy name, but I will be hallowed among the
children of Israel: I am the LORD which hallow you,
33 That brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD.
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