¹The LORD spoke to Moses , saying ,

²“Tell Aaron and his sons to separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel , which they make holy to me , and that they not profane my holy name . I am the LORD .[#22:2 or GOD in all caps is from the Hebrew יהוה Yahweh except when otherwise noted as being from the short form יה Yah.]

³“Tell them , ‘If anyone of all your offspring throughout your generations approaches the holy things which the children of Israel make holy to the LORD , having his uncleanness on him , that soul shall be cut off from before me . I am the LORD .

⁴“‘Whoever of the offspring of Aaron is a leper or has a discharge shall not eat of the holy things until he is clean . Whoever touches anything that is unclean by the dead , or a man who has a seminal emission ,

⁵or whoever touches any creeping thing by which he may be made unclean , or a man from whom he may become unclean , whatever uncleanness he has —

⁶the person that touches any such shall be unclean until the evening , and shall not eat of the holy things unless he bathes his body in water .

⁷When the sun is down , he shall be clean ; and afterward he shall eat of the holy things , because it is his bread .

⁸He shall not eat that which dies of itself or is torn by animals, defiling himself by it . I am the LORD .

⁹“‘They shall therefore follow my commandment, lest they bear sin for it and die in it , if they profane it . I am the LORD who sanctifies them .

¹⁰“‘No stranger shall eat of the holy thing : a foreigner living with the priests , or a hired servant , shall not eat of the holy thing .

¹¹But if a priest buys a slave , purchased by his money , he shall eat of it ; and those who are born in his house shall eat of his bread .

¹²If a priest ’s daughter is married to an outsider , she shall not eat of the heave offering of the holy things .

¹³But if a priest ’s daughter is a widow, or divorced , and has no child , and has returned to her father’s house as in her youth , she may eat of her father’s bread ; but no stranger shall eat any of it .

¹⁴“‘If a man eats something holy unwittingly , then he shall add the fifth part of its value to it , and shall give the holy thing to the priest .

¹⁵The priests shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel , which they offer to the LORD ,

¹⁶and so cause them to bear the iniquity that brings guilt when they eat their holy things ; for I am the LORD who sanctifies them .’”

¹⁷The LORD spoke to Moses , saying ,

¹⁸“Speak to Aaron, and to his sons , and to all the children of Israel , and say to them , ‘Whoever is of the house of Israel , or of the foreigners in Israel , who offers his offering , whether it is any of their vows or any of their free will offerings , which they offer to the LORD for a burnt offering :

¹⁹that you may be accepted , you shall offer a male without defect , of the bulls , of the sheep , or of the goats .

²⁰But you shall not offer whatever has a defect , for it shall not be acceptable for you .

²¹Whoever offers a sacrifice of peace offerings to the LORD to accomplish a vow , or for a free will offering of the herd or of the flock , it shall be perfect to be accepted . It shall have no defect .

²²You shall not offer what is blind , is injured , is maimed , has a wart, is festering, or has a running sore to the LORD , nor make an offering by fire of them on the altar to the LORD .

²³Either a bull or a lamb that has any deformity or lacking in his parts , that you may offer for a free will offering ; but for a vow it shall not be accepted .

²⁴You must not offer to the LORD that which has its testicles bruised , crushed , broken , or cut . You must not do this in your land.

²⁵You must not offer any of these as the bread of your God from the hand of a foreigner , because their corruption is in them . There is a defect in them . They shall not be accepted for you .’”

²⁶The LORD spoke to Moses , saying ,

²⁷“When a bull , a sheep , or a goat is born , it shall remain seven days with its mother. From the eighth day on it shall be accepted for the offering of an offering made by fire to the LORD .

²⁸Whether it is a cow or ewe , you shall not kill it and its young both in one day .

²⁹“When you sacrifice a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the LORD , you shall sacrifice it so that you may be accepted .

³⁰It shall be eaten on the same day ; you shall leave none of it until the morning . I am the LORD .

³¹“Therefore you shall keep my commandments , and do them . I am the LORD .

³²You shall not profane my holy name , but I will be made holy amongst the children of Israel . I am the LORD who makes you holy ,[#22:32 or GOD in all caps is from the Hebrew יהוה Yahweh except when otherwise noted as being from the short form יה Yah.]

³³who brought you out of the land of Egypt , to be your God . I am the LORD .”