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22 3 Who ought to abstain from eating the things that were offered. 19 What oblation should be offered.
1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons, that they be [a]separated from the holy things of the children of Israel, and that they pollute not mine 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 after you, that [b]toucheth the holy things which the children of Israel hallow unto the Lord, having his uncleanness upon him, even that person shall be cut off from my sight, I am the Lord.
4 (A)Whosoever also of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or hath a running issue, he shall not eat of the holy things until he be clean: and who so toucheth any that is [c]unclean by reason of the dead, or a man whose issue of seed runneth from him,
5 Or the man that toucheth any creeping thing, whereby he may be made unclean, or a man by whom he may take uncleanness, [d]whatsoever uncleanness he hath,
6 The person that hath touched such, shall therefore be unclean until the even, and shall not eat of the holy things, [e]except he have washed his flesh with water.
7 But when the Sun is down, he shall be clean, and shall afterward eat of the holy things: for it is his [f]food.
8 (B)Of a beast that dieth, or is rent with beasts, whereby he may be defiled, he shall not eat: I am the Lord.
9 Let them keep therefore mine ordinance, lest they bear their sin for it, and die for it, if they defile it: I the Lord sanctify them.
10 There shall no [g]stranger also eat of the holy thing, neither [h]the guest of the Priest, neither shall an hired servant eat of the holy thing:
11 But if the Priest buy any with money, he shall eat of it, also he that is born in his house: they shall eat of his meat.
12 If the Priest’s daughter also be married unto a [i]stranger, she may not eat of the holy offerings.
13 Notwithstanding if the Priest’s daughter be a widow or divorced, and have no child, but is returned unto her father’s house, she shall eat of her father’s bread, as she did in her (C)youth: but there shall no stranger eat thereof.
14 ¶ If a man eat of the holy thing unwittingly, he shall put the [j]fifth part thereunto, and give it unto the Priest with the hallowed thing.
15 So shall they not defile the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto the Lord,
16 Neither cause the people to bear the iniquity of their [k]trespass, while they eat their holy thing: for I the Lord do hallow them.
17 ¶ And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
18 Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the children of Israel, and say unto them, Whosoever he be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers in Israel, that will offer his sacrifice for all their vows, and for all their free offerings, which they use to offer unto the Lord for a burnt offering,
19 Ye shall offer of your free mind a male without blemish of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats.
20 Ye shall not offer anything that hath a blemish: for that shall not be acceptable for you.
21 (D)And whosoever bringeth a peace offering unto the Lord to accomplish his vow, or for a free offering of the beeves, or of the sheep, his free offering shall be perfect, no blemish shall be in it.
22 Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a [l]wen, or scurvy, or scabbed: these shall ye not offer unto the Lord, nor make an offering by fire of these upon the Altar of the Lord.
23 Yet a bullock, or a sheep that hath any (E)member superfluous, or lacking, such mayest thou present for a free 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 away, neither shall ye make an offering thereof in your land,
25 Neither [m]of the hand of a stranger shall ye offer the bread of your God of any of these, because their corruption is in them, there is a blemish in them: therefore shall they not be accepted for you.
26 ¶ And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
27 When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat shall be brought forth, it shall be even seven days under his dam: and from the eighth day forth it shall be accepted for a sacrifice made by fire unto the Lord.
28 As for the cow or the ewe, ye shall not (F)kill her, and her young both in one day.
29 So when ye will offer a thank offering unto the Lord, ye shall offer willingly.
30 The same day shall it be eaten, ye shall leave (G)none of it to the morrow: I am the Lord.
31 Therefore shall ye keep my Commandments and do them: for I am the Lord.
32 Neither shall ye [n]pollute my holy Name, but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel. I the Lord sanctify you,
33 Which have brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the Lord.
23 2 The feasts of the Lord. 3 The Sabbath. 5 The Passover. 6 The feast of unleavened bread. 10 The feast of firstfruits. 16 Whitsuntide. 24 The feast of blowing trumpets. 34 The feast of Tabernacles.
1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, The feasts of the Lord which ye shall call the holy [o]assemblies, even these are my feasts.
3 (H)Six days [p]shall work be done, but in the seventh day shall be the Sabbath of rest, an holy [q]convocation: ye shall do no work therein, it is the Sabbath of the Lord, in all your dwellings.
4 ¶ These are the feasts of the Lord, and holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their [r]seasons.
5 In the first month and in the fourteenth day of the month at evening shall be the Passover of the Lord.
6 And on the fifteenth day of this month shall be the feast (I)of unleavened bread unto the Lord: seven days ye shall eat unleavened bread.
7 In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no [s]servile work therein.
8 Also ye shall offer sacrifice made by fire unto the Lord seven days, and in the [t]seventh day shall be an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.
9 ¶ And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
10 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring [u]a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the Priest,
11 And he shall shake the sheaf before the Lord, that it may be acceptable for you: the morrow after the [v]Sabbath, the Priest shall shake it.
12 And that day when ye shake the sheaf, shall ye prepare a lamb without blemish of a year old, for a burnt offering unto the Lord:
13 And the meat offering thereof shall be two [w]tenth deals of fine flour mingled with oil, for a sacrifice made by fire unto the Lord of sweet savor: and the drink offering thereof the fourth part [x]of an Hin of wine.
14 And ye shall eat neither bread nor parched corn, nor [y]green ears until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering unto your God: this shall be a Law forever in your generations and in all your dwellings.
15 ¶ Ye shall count also to you from the morrow after the [z]Sabbath, even from the day that ye shall bring the sheaf of the shake offering, seven [aa]Sabbaths, they shall be complete.
16 Unto the morrow after the seventh Sabbath shall ye number fifty days: then ye shall bring a new meat offering unto the Lord.
17 Ye shall bring out of your habitations bread for the shake offering: they shall be two loaves of two tenth deals of fine flour, which shall be baken with [ab]leaven for firstfruits unto the Lord.
18 Also ye shall offer with the bread seven lambs without blemish of one year old, and a young bullock and two rams: they shall be for a burnt offering unto the Lord, with their meat offerings and their drink offerings, for a sacrifice made by fire of a sweet savor unto the Lord.
19 Then ye shall prepare an he goat for a sin offering, and two lambs of one year old for peace offerings.
20 And the Priest shall shake them to and fro with the bread of the firstfruits before the Lord, and with the two lambs: they shall be holy to the Lord, for the [ac]Priest.
21 So ye shall proclaim the same day, that it may be an holy convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work therein: it shall be an ordinance forever in all your dwellings, throughout your generations.
22 ¶ (J)And when you reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not rid clean the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou make any aftergathering of thy harvest, but shalt leave them unto the poor and to the stranger, I am the Lord your God.
23 ¶ And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
24 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say, In the [ad]seventh month, and in the first day of the month shall ye [ae]have a Sabbath, for the remembrance of [af]blowing the trumpets, an holy convocation.
25 Ye shall do no servile work therein, but offer sacrifice made by fire unto the Lord.
26 ¶ And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
27 The (K)tenth also of this seventh month, shall be a day of reconciliation: it shall be an holy convocation unto you, and ye shall [ag]humble your souls, and offer sacrifice made by fire unto the Lord.
28 And ye shall do no work that same day: for it is a day of reconciliation, to make an atonement for you before the Lord your God.
29 For every person that humbleth not himself that same day, shall even be cut off from his people.
30 And every person that shall do any work that same day, the same person also will I destroy from among his people.
31 Ye shall do no manner work therefore: this shall be a law forever in your generations, throughout all your dwellings.
32 This shall be unto you a Sabbath of rest, and ye shall humble your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from [ah]even to even shall ye [ai]celebrate your Sabbath.
33 ¶ And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
34 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say, (L)In the fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be for seven days the feast of Tabernacles unto the Lord.
35 In the first day shall be an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.
36 Seven days ye shall offer (M)sacrifice made by fire unto the Lord, and in the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you, and ye shall offer sacrifices made by fire unto the Lord: it is the [aj]solemn assembly, ye shall do no servile work therein.
37 These are the feasts of the Lord (which ye shall call holy convocations) to offer sacrifice made by fire unto the Lord, as burnt offering, and meat offering, [ak]sacrifice, and drink offerings, every one upon his day,
38 Beside the Sabbaths of the Lord, and beside your gifts, and beside all your vows, and beside all your free offerings, which ye shall give unto the Lord.
39 But in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep an holy feast unto the Lord seven days: in the first day shall be a [al]Sabbath: likewise in the eighth day shall be a Sabbath.
40 And ye shall take you in the first day the fruit of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of [am]thick trees, and willows of the brook, and shall rejoice before the Lord your God seven days.
41 So ye shall keep this feast unto the Lord seven days in the year, by a perpetual ordinance through your generations: in the seventh month shall you keep it.
42 Ye shall dwell in booths seven days: all that are Israelites born, shall dwell in booths,
43 That your posterity may know that I have made the children of Israel to dwell in [an]booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.
44 So Moses declared unto the children of Israel the feasts of the Lord.
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