² “Speak to Aaron and his sons so that they ^(A)abstain from the holy things of the people of Israel, which they ^(B)dedicate to me, so that they do not ^(C)profane my holy name: I am the Lord.

^19 (A)“All the firstborn males that are born of your herd and flock you shall dedicate to the Lord your God. You shall do no work with the firstborn of your herd, nor shear the firstborn of your flock.

²¹ You shall not give any of your children to ^(A)offer them^[a] to ^(B)Molech, and so ^(C)profane the name of your God: I am the Lord.

³² And you shall ^(A)bear no sin by reason of it, when you have contributed the best of it. But you shall not ^(B)profane the holy things of the people of Israel, lest you die.’”

^32 (A)And you shall not profane my holy name, that ^(B)I may be sanctified among the people of Israel. ^(C)I am the Lord who sanctifies you,

^12 (A)You shall not swear by my name falsely, and so ^(B)profane the name of your God: I am the Lord.

³⁸ It shall be on Aaron's forehead, and Aaron shall ^(A)bear any guilt from the holy things that the people of Israel consecrate as their holy gifts. It shall regularly be on his forehead, that they may be accepted before the Lord.

^12 (A)you shall set apart to the Lord all that first opens the womb. All the firstborn of your animals that are males shall be the Lord's.

³ he ^(A)shall separate himself from wine and strong drink. He shall drink no vinegar made from wine or strong drink and shall not drink any juice of grapes or eat grapes, fresh or dried. ⁴ All the days of his separation^[a] he shall eat nothing that is produced by the grapevine, not even the seeds or the skins.

⁵ “All the days of his vow of separation, no ^(B)razor shall touch his head. Until the time is completed for which he separates himself to the Lord, he shall be holy. ^(C)He shall let the locks of hair of his head grow long.

⁶ “All the days that he separates himself to the Lord ^(D)he shall not go near a dead body. ^7 (E)Not even for his father or for his mother, for brother or sister, if they die, shall he make himself unclean, because his separation to God is on his head. ⁸ All the days of his separation he is holy to the Lord.