21 And the Lord said unto Moses, “Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them: ‘There shall none be defiled for the dead among his people,

² except for his kin who is near unto him, that is: for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother,

³ and for his sister, a virgin who is nigh unto him, who hath had no husband; for her may he be defiled.

⁴ But he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself.

⁵ They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard nor make any cuttings in their flesh.

⁶ They shall be holy unto their God and not profane the name of their God, for the offerings of the Lord made by fire and the bread of their God they do offer; therefore they shall be holy.

⁷ They shall not take a wife who is a whore or profane, neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband; for he is holy unto his God.

⁸ Thou shalt sanctify him therefore, for he offereth the bread of thy God. He shall be holy unto thee; for I the Lord, who sanctify you, am holy.

⁹ And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father. She shall be burned with fire.

¹⁰ “‘And he that is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil was poured and who is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not uncover his head nor rend his clothes;

¹¹ neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father or for his mother;

¹² neither shall he go out of the sanctuary nor profane the sanctuary of his God, for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the Lord.

¹³ And he shall take a wife in her virginity.

¹⁴ A widow or a divorced woman or profane or a harlot, these shall he not take; but he shall take a virgin of his own people for a wife.

¹⁵ Neither shall he profane his seed among his people, for I the Lord do sanctify him.’”

¹⁶ And the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying,

¹⁷ “Speak unto Aaron, saying, ‘Whosoever he be of thy seed in their generations who hath any blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God.

¹⁸ For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or any thing superfluous,

¹⁹ or a man who is brokenfooted, or brokenhanded,

²⁰ or crookbacked, or a dwarf, or who hath a blemish in his eye, or hath scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken—

²¹ no man that hath a blemish of the seed of Aaron the priest shall come nigh to offer the offerings of the Lord made by fire. He hath a blemish: he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God.

²² He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy and of the holy.

²³ Only he shall not go in unto the veil nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish, that he profane not My sanctuaries; for I the Lord do sanctify them.’”

²⁴ And Moses told it unto Aaron and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel.

22 And the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying,

² “Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, and that they profane not My holy name in those things which they hallow unto Me: I am the Lord.

³ Say unto them: ‘Whosoever he be of all your seed among your generations, who goeth unto the holy things which the children of Israel hallow unto the Lord, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from My presence: I am the Lord.

⁴ Whatsoever man of the seed of Aaron is a leper or hath a running issue, he shall not eat of the holy things until he is clean. And whoso toucheth any thing that is unclean by the dead, or a man whose seed goeth from him,

⁵ or whosoever toucheth any creeping thing whereby he may be made unclean, or a man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatsoever uncleanness he hath—

⁶ the soul who hath touched any such shall be unclean until evening, and shall not eat of the holy things unless he wash his flesh with water.

⁷ And when the sun is down he shall be clean, and shall afterwards eat of the holy things, because it is his food.

⁸ That which dieth of itself or is torn with beasts, he shall not eat to defile himself therewith: I am the Lord.

⁹ They shall therefore keep Mine ordinance, lest they bear sin for it and die therefore if they profane it: I the Lord do sanctify them.

¹⁰ “‘There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing. A sojourner of the priest or a hired servant shall not eat of the holy thing.

¹¹ But if the priest buy any soul with his money, he shall eat of it, and he that is born in his house; they shall eat of his meat.

¹² If the priest’s daughter also be married unto a stranger, she may not eat of an offering of the holy things.

¹³ But if the priest’s daughter be a widow or divorced, and have no child, and is returned unto her father’s house as in her youth, she shall eat of her father’s meat; but there shall no stranger eat thereof.

¹⁴ And if a man eat of the holy thing unwittingly, then he shall put a fifth part thereof unto it, and shall give it unto the priest with the holy thing.

¹⁵ And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto the Lord,

¹⁶ or allow them to bear the iniquity of trespass when they eat their holy things: for I the Lord do sanctify them.’”

¹⁷ And the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying,

¹⁸ “Speak unto Aaron and to his sons and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them: ‘Whosoever he be of the house of Israel or of the strangers in Israel, who will offer his oblation for all his vows and for all his freewill offerings, which they will offer unto the Lord for a burnt offering”

¹⁹ ye shall offer at your own will a male without blemish of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats.

²⁰ But whatsoever hath a blemish, that shall ye not offer; for it shall not be acceptable for you.

²¹ And whosoever offereth a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the Lord to accomplish his vow, or a freewill offering in beeves or sheep, it shall be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish therein.

²² Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scurvy, or scabbed, ye shall not offer these unto the Lord, nor make an offering by fire of them upon the altar unto the Lord.

²³ Either a bullock or a lamb that hath any thing superfluous or lacking in his parts, that mayest thou offer for a freewill offering, but for a vow it shall not be accepted.

²⁴ Ye shall not offer unto the Lord that which is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut; neither shall ye make any offering thereof in your land.

²⁵ Neither from a stranger’s hand shall ye offer the bread of your God of any of these, because their corruption is in them and blemishes are in them; they shall not be accepted for you.’”

²⁶ And the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying,

²⁷ “When a bullock or a sheep or a goat is brought forth, then it shall be seven days with its dam; and from the eighth day and thenceforth it shall be accepted for an offering made by fire unto the Lord.

²⁸ And whether it be cow or ewe, ye shall not kill it and her young both in one day.

²⁹ And when ye will offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto the Lord, offer it at your own will.

³⁰ On the same day it shall be eaten up; ye shall leave none of it until the morrow: I am the Lord.

³¹ “Therefore shall ye keep My commandments and do them: I am the Lord.

³² Neither shall ye profane My holy name, but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel. I am the Lord who hallow you,

³³ that brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God: I am the Lord.”

28 At the end of the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulcher.

² And behold, there was a great earthquake, for the angel of the Lord descended from Heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.

³ His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow.

⁴ And for fear of him the guards shook and became as dead men.

⁵ And the angel answered and said unto the women, “Fear ye not, for I know that ye seek Jesus, who was crucified.

⁶ He is not here, for He is risen, as He said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.

⁷ And go quickly and tell His disciples that He is risen from the dead, and behold, He goeth before you into Galilee. There shall ye see Him. Lo, I have told you.”

⁸ And they departed quickly from the sepulcher with fear and great joy, and ran to bring His disciples word.

⁹ And as they went to tell His disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, “All hail.” And they came, and held Him by the feet, and worshiped Him.

¹⁰ Then said Jesus unto them, “Be not afraid. Go tell My brethren to go into Galilee, and there shall they see Me.”

¹¹ Now when they were going, behold, some of the guards came into the city and reported unto the chief priests all the things that were done.

¹² And when they were assembled with the elders and had taken counsel, they gave a large sum of money unto the soldiers,

¹³ saying, “Say ye, ‘His disciples came by night and stole him away while we slept.’

¹⁴ And if this come to the governor’s ears, we will persuade him and secure you.”

¹⁵ So they took the money, and did as they were taught; and this account is commonly reported among the Jews until this day.

¹⁶ Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee onto a mountain where Jesus had appointed them.

¹⁷ And when they saw Him, they worshiped Him; but some doubted.

¹⁸ And Jesus came and spoke unto them, saying, “All power is given unto Me in Heaven and on earth.

¹⁹ Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost,

²⁰ teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you. And lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.” Amen.