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”
Leviticus 22:1-16
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. 3 Say 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, 5 or (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; 6 a [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. 7 But when the sun sets, he will be clean, and afterward he may eat of the holy gifts, for (F)it is his [f]food. 8 He shall not eat (G)an animal which dies or is torn by animals, becoming unclean by it; I am the Lord. 9 They 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. 12 If a priest’s daughter is married to a [k]layman, she shall not eat of the [l]offering of the holy gifts. 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 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. 15 And (N)they shall not profane the holy gifts of the sons of Israel, which they offer to the Lord, 16 and thereby (O)bring upon them [o]punishment for guilt by eating their holy gifts; for I am the Lord who sanctifies them.’”
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- 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
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