Leviticus 22:1-16
New King James Version
The Holiness of the Offerings
22 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to Aaron and his sons, that they (A)separate[a] themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, and that they (B)do not profane My holy name by what they (C)dedicate to Me: I am the Lord. 3 Say to them: ‘Whoever of all your descendants throughout your generations, who goes near the holy things which the children of Israel dedicate to the Lord, (D)while he has [b]uncleanness upon him, that person shall be cut off from My presence: I am the Lord.
4 ‘Whatever man of the descendants of Aaron, who is a (E)leper or has (F)a discharge, shall not eat the holy offerings (G)until he is clean. And (H)whoever touches anything made unclean by a corpse, or (I)a man who has had an emission of semen, 5 or (J)whoever touches any creeping thing by which he would be made unclean, or (K)any person by whom he would become unclean, whatever his uncleanness may be— 6 the person who has touched any such thing shall be unclean until evening, and shall not eat the holy offerings unless he (L)washes his body with water. 7 And when the sun goes down he shall be clean; and afterward he may eat the holy offerings, because (M)it is his food. 8 (N)Whatever dies naturally or is torn by beasts he shall not eat, to defile himself with it: I am the Lord.
9 ‘They shall therefore keep (O)My [c]ordinance, (P)lest they bear sin for it and die thereby, if they profane it: I the Lord sanctify them.
10 (Q)‘No outsider shall eat the holy offering; one who [d]dwells with the priest, or a hired servant, shall not eat the holy thing. 11 But if the priest (R)buys a person with his money, he may eat it; and one who is born in his house may eat his food. 12 If the priest’s daughter is married to an outsider, she may not eat of the holy offerings. 13 But if the 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 her father’s food; but no outsider shall eat it.
14 ‘And if a man eats the holy offering unintentionally, then he shall restore a holy offering to the priest, and add one-fifth to it. 15 They shall not profane the (S)holy offerings of the children of Israel, which they offer to the Lord, 16 or allow them to bear the guilt of trespass when they eat their holy offerings; for I the Lord sanctify them.’ ”
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- Leviticus 22:2 keep themselves apart from
- Leviticus 22:3 defilement
- Leviticus 22:9 charge
- Leviticus 22:10 As a visitor
Leviticus 22:1-16
Lexham English Bible
Priests and Their Food
22 Then[a] Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Tell[b] Aaron and his sons[c] that[d] they must deal respectfully with the Israelites’[e] votive offerings, and they must not profane my holy name, which they are consecrating to me; I am Yahweh.
3 “Say to them, ‘Throughout your generations, any man from any of your offspring who comes near the votive offerings that the Israelites[f] consecrate to Yahweh with[g] his uncleanness on him, that person shall be cut off[h] from before me;[i] I am Yahweh.
4 “‘Anyone[j] from Aaron’s offspring, if[k] he is afflicted with a skin disease or a fluid discharge, shall not eat in the sanctuary until[l] he is clean; and the one who touches any unclean person or a man from whom an emission of semen goes out, 5 or a man who touches any swarmer that is unclean for him or who touches a person who is unclean for him due to[m] whatever his uncleanness, 6 a person who touches such a thing[n] shall be unclean until the evening, and he shall not eat from the votive offerings, except[o] when he washes[p] his body with water 7 and the sun sets,[q] and he shall be clean; then[r] afterward he may eat from the votive offerings, because it is his food. 8 He shall not eat a naturally dead body or[s] a mangled carcass, so that he becomes unclean[t] by it; I am Yahweh.
9 “‘And they shall keep my obligation, and they shall not incur guilt because of it, so that[u] they die through it, because they have profaned it; I am Yahweh who consecrates them.
10 “‘No stranger shall eat[v] the votive offering; nor shall a temporary resident with[w] a priest or[x] a hired worker eat the votive offering. 11 But[y] a priest, if with his money he buys a person as his possession,[z] that one may eat it, and the descendants of his house themselves may eat his food. 12 And a priest’s daughter, when she marries a layman,[aa] she herself may not eat the votive offering.[ab] 13 But[ac] a priest’s daughter, when she becomes a widow or[ad] divorced or there is no offspring for her, and she returns to her father’s house as in her childhood, she may eat from her father’s food, but[ae] no layman may eat it.[af] 14 And if a man eats the votive offering unintentionally, then[ag] he shall add to it a fifth of it, and he shall give the votive offering to the priest. 15 And they shall not profane the Israelites’[ah] votive offerings that they present to Yahweh, 16 and so cause them, by their eating their votive offerings, to bear guilt requiring a guilt offering, because I am Yahweh, who consecrates them.’”
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- Leviticus 22:1 Or “And”
- Leviticus 22:2 Or “Speak to”
- Leviticus 22:2 Literally “to Aaron and to his sons”
- Leviticus 22:2 Or “and”
- Leviticus 22:2 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Leviticus 22:3 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Leviticus 22:3 Or “and”
- Leviticus 22:3 Or “and that person shall be cut off”
- Leviticus 22:3 Literally “to the faces of me”
- Leviticus 22:4 Literally “A man a man”
- Leviticus 22:4 Or “and”
- Leviticus 22:4 Literally “until which”
- Leviticus 22:5 Literally “for”
- Leviticus 22:6 Hebrew “him” or “it”
- Leviticus 22:6 Or “but if” or “but rather”
- Leviticus 22:6 Or “bathes”
- Leviticus 22:7 Literally “the sun goes” or “the sun enters”
- Leviticus 22:7 Or “and”
- Leviticus 22:8 Or “and”
- Leviticus 22:8 Literally “to become unclean”
- Leviticus 22:9 Or “and”
- Leviticus 22:10 Literally “And any stranger shall not eat”
- Leviticus 22:10 Hebrew “of”
- Leviticus 22:10 Or “and”
- Leviticus 22:11 Or “And”
- Leviticus 22:11 Literally “property of”
- Leviticus 22:12 Literally “she becomes for a strange man”
- Leviticus 22:12 Literally “the offering/lifting of the votive offering”
- Leviticus 22:13 Or “And”
- Leviticus 22:13 Or “and”
- Leviticus 22:13 Or “and”
- Leviticus 22:13 Literally “any stranger shall not eat it”
- Leviticus 22:14 Or “and”
- Leviticus 22:15 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
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