| New International Version | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1The LORD said to Moses, | 1Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, |
| 2"Tell Aaron and his sons to treat with respect the sacred offerings the Israelites consecrate to me, so they will not profane my holy name. I am the LORD. | 2"Tell Aaron and his sons to be careful with the holy gifts of the sons of Israel, which they dedicate to Me, so as not to profane My holy name; I am the LORD. |
| 3"Say to them: 'For the generations to come, if any of your descendants is ceremonially unclean and yet comes near the sacred offerings that the Israelites consecrate to the LORD, that person must be cut off from my presence. I am the LORD. | 3"Say to them, 'If any man among all your descendants throughout your generations approaches the holy gifts which the sons of Israel dedicate to the LORD, while he has an uncleanness, that person shall be cut off from before Me; I am the LORD. |
| 4"'If a descendant of Aaron has a defiling skin disease or a bodily discharge, he may not eat the sacred offerings until he is cleansed. He will also be unclean if he touches something defiled by a corpse or by anyone who has an emission of semen, | 4No man of the descendants of Aaron, who is a leper or who has a discharge, may eat of the holy gifts until he is clean. And if one touches anything made unclean by a corpse or if a man has a seminal emission, |
| 5or if he touches any crawling thing that makes him unclean, or any person who makes him unclean, whatever the uncleanness may be. | 5or if a man touches any teeming things by which he is made unclean, or any man by whom he is made unclean, whatever his uncleanness; |
| 6The one who touches any such thing will be unclean till evening. He must not eat any of the sacred offerings unless he has bathed himself with water. | 6a person who touches any such shall be unclean until evening, and shall not eat of the holy gifts unless he has bathed his body in water. |
| 7When the sun goes down, he will be clean, and after that he may eat the sacred offerings, for they are his food. | 7But when the sun sets, he will be clean, and afterward he shall eat of the holy gifts, for it is his food. |
| 8He must not eat anything found dead or torn by wild animals, and so become unclean through it. I am the LORD. | 8He shall not eat an animal which dies or is torn by beasts, becoming unclean by it; I am the LORD. |
| 9"'The priests are to perform my service in such a way that they do not become guilty and die for treating it with contempt. I am the LORD, who makes them holy. | 9'They shall therefore keep My charge, so that they will not bear sin because of it and die thereby because they profane it; I am the LORD who sanctifies them. |
| 10"'No one outside a priest's family may eat the sacred offering, nor may the guest of a priest or his hired worker eat it. | 10No layman, however, is to eat the holy gift; a sojourner with the priest or a hired man shall not eat of the holy gift. |
| 11But if a priest buys a slave with money, or if slaves are born in his household, they may eat his food. | 11But if a priest buys a slave as his property with his money, that one may eat of it, and those who are born in his house may eat of his food. |
| 12If a priest's daughter marries anyone other than a priest, she may not eat any of the sacred contributions. | 12If a priest's daughter is married to a layman, she shall not eat of the offering of the gifts. |
| 13But if a priest's daughter becomes a widow or is divorced, yet has no children, and she returns to live in her father's household as in her youth, she may eat her father's food. No unauthorized person, however, may eat it. | 13'But if a priest's daughter becomes a widow or divorced, and has no child and returns to her father's house as in her youth, she shall eat of her father's food; but no layman shall eat of it. |
| 14"'Anyone who eats a sacred offering by mistake must make restitution to the priest for the offering and add a fifth of the value to it. | 14But if a man eats a holy gift unintentionally, then he shall add to it a fifth of it and shall give the holy gift to the priest. |
| 15The priests must not desecrate the sacred offerings the Israelites present to the LORD | 15They shall not profane the holy gifts of the sons of Israel which they offer to the LORD, |
| 16by allowing them to eat the sacred offerings and so bring upon them guilt requiring payment. I am the LORD, who makes them holy.'" | 16and so cause them to bear punishment for guilt by eating their holy gifts; for I am the LORD who sanctifies them.'" |
| 17The LORD said to Moses, | 17Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, |
| 18"Speak to Aaron and his sons and to all the Israelites and say to them: 'If any of you--whether an Israelite or a foreigner residing in Israel--presents a gift for a burnt offering to the LORD, either to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering, | 18"Speak to Aaron and to his sons and to all the sons of Israel and say to them, 'Any man of the house of Israel or of the aliens in Israel who presents his offering, whether it is any of their votive or any of their freewill offerings, which they present to the LORD for a burnt offering-- |
| 19you must present a male without defect from the cattle, sheep or goats in order that it may be accepted on your behalf. | 19for you to be accepted-- it must be a male without defect from the cattle, the sheep, or the goats. |
| 20Do not bring anything with a defect, because it will not be accepted on your behalf. | 20'Whatever has a defect, you shall not offer, for it will not be accepted for you. |
| 21When anyone brings from the herd or flock a fellowship offering to the LORD to fulfill a special vow or as a freewill offering, it must be without defect or blemish to be acceptable. | 21'When a man offers a sacrifice of peace offerings to the LORD to fulfill a special vow or for a freewill offering, of the herd or of the flock, it must be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no defect in it. |
| 22Do not offer to the LORD the blind, the injured or the maimed, or anything with warts or festering or running sores. Do not place any of these on the altar as a food offering presented to the LORD. | 22Those that are blind or fractured or maimed or having a running sore or eczema or scabs, you shall not offer to the LORD, nor make of them an offering by fire on the altar to the LORD. |
| 23You may, however, present as a freewill offering an ox or a sheep that is deformed or stunted, but it will not be accepted in fulfillment of a vow. | 23In respect to an ox or a lamb which has an overgrown or stunted member, you may present it for a freewill offering, but for a vow it will not be accepted. |
| 24You must not offer to the LORD an animal whose testicles are bruised, crushed, torn or cut. You must not do this in your own land, | 24Also anything with its testicles bruised or crushed or torn or cut, you shall not offer to the LORD, or sacrifice in your land, |
| 25and you must not accept such animals from the hand of a foreigner and offer them as the food of your God. They will not be accepted on your behalf, because they are deformed and have defects.'" | 25nor shall you accept any such from the hand of a foreigner for offering as the food of your God; for their corruption is in them, they have a defect, they shall not be accepted for you.'" |
| 26The LORD said to Moses, | 26Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, |
| 27"When a calf, a lamb or a goat is born, it is to remain with its mother for seven days. From the eighth day on, it will be acceptable as a food offering presented to the LORD. | 27"When an ox or a sheep or a goat is born, it shall remain seven days with its mother, and from the eighth day on it shall be accepted as a sacrifice of an offering by fire to the LORD. |
| 28Do not slaughter a cow or a sheep and its young on the same day. | 28"But, whether it is an ox or a sheep, you shall not kill both it and its young in one day. |
| 29"When you sacrifice a thank offering to the LORD, sacrifice it in such a way that it will be accepted on your behalf. | 29"When you sacrifice a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the LORD, you shall sacrifice it so that you may be accepted. |
| 30It must be eaten that same day; leave none of it till morning. I am the LORD. | 30"It shall be eaten on the same day, you shall leave none of it until morning; I am the LORD. |
| 31"Keep my commands and follow them. I am the LORD. | 31"So you shall keep My commandments, and do them; I am the LORD. |
| 32Do not profane my holy name, for I must be acknowledged as holy by the Israelites. I am the LORD, who made you holy | 32"You shall not profane My holy name, but I will be sanctified among the sons of Israel; I am the LORD who sanctifies you, |
| 33and who brought you out of Egypt to be your God. I am the LORD." | 33who brought you out from the land of Egypt, to be your God; I am the LORD." |
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