Leviticus 22

New American Standard Bible

Various Rules for Priests

22 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 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. ³Say to them, ‘^(A)Any man among all your ^[a]descendants throughout your generations who approaches the holy gifts which the sons of Israel consecrate to the Lord, while he has an uncleanness, that person shall be cut off from My presence; I am the Lord. ⁴^(B)No man of the ^[b]descendants of Aaron, who has ^[c]leprosy or has a discharge, may eat of the holy gifts until he is clean. ^(C)And one who touches anything made unclean by a corpse, or ^(D)a man who has a seminal emission, ⁵or ^(E)a man who touches any swarming things by which he is made unclean, or touches any person by whom he is made unclean, whatever his uncleanness; ⁶a ^[d]person who touches any such thing shall be unclean until evening, and shall not eat of the holy gifts unless he has bathed his ^[e]body in water. ⁷But when the sun sets, he will be clean, and afterward he may eat of the holy gifts, for ^(F)it is his ^[f]food. ⁸He shall not eat ^(G)an animal which dies or is torn by animals, becoming unclean by it; I am the Lord. ⁹They shall therefore perform their ^(H)duty to Me, so that ^(I)they do not bear sin because of it and die by it because they profane it; I am the Lord who sanctifies them.

¹⁰‘^(J)No ^[g]layman, however, is to eat the holy gift; a foreign resident with the priest or a hired worker shall not eat the holy gift. ¹¹^(K)But if a priest buys a ^[h]slave as his property with his money, ^[i]that person may eat of it, and those who are born in his house may eat of his ^[j]food. ¹²If a priest’s daughter is married to a ^[k]layman, she shall not eat of the ^[l]offering of the holy gifts. ¹³But 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 may eat of her father’s ^[m]food; ^(L)but no ^[n]layman shall eat of it. ¹⁴^(M)If, however, someone eats a holy food unintentionally, then he shall add to it a fifth of it and shall give the holy food to the priest. ¹⁵And ^(N)they shall not profane the holy gifts of the sons of Israel, which they offer to the Lord, ¹⁶and thereby ^(O)bring upon them ^[o]punishment for guilt by eating their holy gifts; for I am the Lord who sanctifies them.’”

Flawless Animals for Sacrifice

¹⁷Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ¹⁸“Speak to Aaron and to his sons, and to all the sons of Israel, and say to them, ‘^(P)Anyone of the house of Israel or of the strangers in Israel who presents his offering, whether it is any of their ^[p]vows or any of their ^[q]voluntary offerings, which they present to the Lord as a burnt offering— ¹⁹^(Q)for you to be accepted—it must be a male without defect ^[r]from the cattle, the sheep, or the goats. ²⁰^(R)Whatever has a defect, you shall not offer, for it will not be accepted for you. ²¹When someone offers a sacrifice of peace offerings to the Lord ^(S)to fulfill a special vow or for a ^[s]voluntary offering, ^[t]of the herd or ^[u]of the flock, it must be without defect to be accepted; there shall be no defect in it. ²²Those that are blind, fractured, maimed, or have a wart, a festering rash, or scabs, you shall not offer to the Lord, nor make of them an offering by fire on the altar to the Lord. ²³Now as for an ox or a lamb which has an ^[v]overgrown or stunted member, you may present it as a ^[w]voluntary offering, but for a vow it will not be accepted. ²⁴Also ^(T)anything with its testicles squashed, crushed, torn off, or cut off, you shall not offer to the Lord, nor ^[x]sacrifice in your land, ²⁵nor shall you offer any of these animals taken from the hand of a ^[y]foreigner ^(U)as the ^[z]food of your God; for their deformity is in them, they have an impairment. They will not be accepted for you.’”

²⁶Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ²⁷“When an ox or a sheep or a goat is born, it shall ^[aa]remain ^(V)seven days ^[ab]with its mother, and from the eighth day on it will be considered acceptable as a sacrifice of an offering by fire to the Lord. ²⁸^(W)But, whether it is an ox or a sheep, you shall not slaughter both it and its young in one day. ²⁹When you sacrifice ^(X)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 morning. I am the Lord. ³¹^(Y)So you shall keep My commandments, and do them; I am the Lord.

³²“And you shall not profane My holy name, but I will be sanctified among the sons of Israel; I am the Lord who sanctifies you, ³³^(Z)who brought you out from the land of Egypt, to be your God; I am the Lord.”

Footnotes

Leviticus 22:3 Lit seed
Leviticus 22:4 Lit seed
Leviticus 22:4 I.e., leprosy or another serious skin disease
Leviticus 22:6 Lit soul
Leviticus 22:6 Lit flesh
Leviticus 22:7 Lit bread
Leviticus 22:10 Or unauthorized person
Leviticus 22:11 Lit soul
Leviticus 22:11 Lit he may
Leviticus 22:11 Lit bread
Leviticus 22:12 Lit stranger
Leviticus 22:12 Or uplifted offering
Leviticus 22:13 Lit bread
Leviticus 22:13 Lit stranger
Leviticus 22:16 Or wrongdoing requiring a guilt offering
Leviticus 22:18 Or vowed offerings
Leviticus 22:18 Or freewill offerings
Leviticus 22:19 Lit among
Leviticus 22:21 Or freewill offering
Leviticus 22:21 Lit among
Leviticus 22:21 Lit among
Leviticus 22:23 Or a deformed
Leviticus 22:23 Or freewill offering
Leviticus 22:24 Lit do
Leviticus 22:25 Lit son of a stranger
Leviticus 22:25 Lit bread
Leviticus 22:27 Lit be
Leviticus 22:27 Lit under

Psalm 28-29

New American Standard Bible

A Prayer for Help, and Praise for Its Answer.

A Psalm of David.

28 To You, Lord, I call;
My ^(A)rock, do not be deaf to me,
For if You ^(B)are silent to me,
I will become like those who ^(C)go down to the pit.
²Hear the ^(D)sound of my pleadings when I cry to You for help,
When I ^(E)raise my hands ^(F)toward ^[a]Your holy ^(G)sanctuary.
³^(H)Do not drag me away with the wicked
And with those who practice injustice,
Who ^(I)speak peace with their neighbors,
While evil is in their hearts.
⁴Give back to them ^(J)according to their work and according to the evil of their practices;
Give back to them according to the work of their hands;
Repay them what is due them.
⁵Because they ^(K)do not regard the works of the Lord
Nor the deeds of His hands,
He will tear them down and not build them up.

⁶Blessed be the Lord,
Because He ^(L)has heard the sound of my pleading.
⁷The Lord is my ^(M)strength and my ^(N)shield;
My heart ^(O)trusts in Him, and I am helped;
Therefore ^(P)my heart triumphs,
And with ^(Q)my song I shall thank Him.
⁸The Lord is ^[b]their ^(R)strength,
And He is a refuge of ^(S)salvation to His anointed.
⁹^(T)Save Your people and bless ^(U)Your inheritance;
Be their ^(V)shepherd also, and ^(W)carry them forever.

The Voice of the Lord in the Storm.

A Psalm of David.

29 ^(X)Ascribe to the Lord, ^[c]sons of the mighty,
Ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.
²Ascribe to the Lord the glory ^[d]due His name;
Worship the Lord ^(Y)in holy attire.

³The ^(Z)voice of the Lord is on the waters;
The God of glory ^(AA)thunders,
The Lord is over ^[e]^(AB)many waters.
⁴The voice of the Lord is ^(AC)powerful,
The voice of the Lord is majestic.
⁵The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars;
Yes, the Lord breaks ^(AD)the cedars of Lebanon in pieces.
⁶He makes Lebanon ^(AE)skip like a calf,
And ^(AF)Sirion like a young wild ox.
⁷The voice of the Lord divides ^[f]flames of fire.
⁸The voice of the Lord ^[g]shakes the wilderness;
The Lord shakes the wilderness of ^(AG)Kadesh.
⁹The voice of the Lord makes ^(AH)the deer give birth
And strips the forests bare;
And ^(AI)in His temple everything says, “Glory!”

¹⁰The Lord sat as King at the ^(AJ)flood;
Yes, the Lord sits as ^(AK)King forever.
¹¹^[h]The Lord will give ^(AL)strength to His people;
^[i]The Lord will bless His people with ^(AM)peace.