Leviticus Chapter 22
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And the man that committeth adultery with another man’s wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbor’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
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And the man that lieth with his father’s wife hath uncovered his father’s nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
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And if a man lie with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood shall be upon them.
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And if a man lie with mankind, as with womankind, both of them have committed abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
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And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you.
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And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and ye shall slay the beast.
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And if a woman approach unto any beast, and lie down thereto, thou shalt kill the woman, and the beast: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
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And if a man shall take his sister, his father’s daughter, or his mother’s daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness; it is a shameful thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of the children of their people: he hath uncovered his sister’s nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.
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And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, and shall uncover her nakedness; he hath made naked her fountain, and she hath uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of them shall be cut off from among their people.
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And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother’s sister, nor of thy father’s sister; for he hath made naked his near kin: they shall bear their iniquity.
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And if a man shall lie with his uncle’s wife, he hath uncovered his uncle’s nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.
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And if a man shall take his brother’s wife, it is impurity: he hath uncovered his brother’s nakedness; they shall be childless.
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Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all mine ordinances, and do them; that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, vomit you not out.
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And ye shall not walk in the customs of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they did all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.
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But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land flowing with milk and honey: I am Jehovah your God, who hath separated you from the peoples.
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Ye shall therefore make a distinction between the clean beast and the unclean, and between the unclean fowl and the clean: and ye shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by bird, or by anything wherewith the ground teemeth, which I have separated from you as unclean.
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And ye shall be holy unto me: for I, Jehovah, am holy, and have set you apart from the peoples, that ye should be mine.
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A man also or a woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones; their blood shall be upon them.
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And Jehovah said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none defile himself for the dead among his people;
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except for his kin, that is near unto him, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother,
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and for his sister a virgin, that is near unto him, that hath had no husband; for her may he defile himself.
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He shall not defile himself,
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being a chief man among his people, to profane himself.
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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.
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They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their God; for the offerings of Jehovah made by fire, the bread of their God, they do offer: therefore they shall be holy.
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They shall not take a woman that is a harlot, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God.
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Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee; for I Jehovah, who sanctify you, am holy.
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And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the harlot, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.
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And he that is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil is poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not let the hair of his head go loose, nor rend his clothes;
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neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;
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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 Jehovah.
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And he shall take a wife in her virginity.
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A widow, or one divorced, or a profane woman, a harlot, these shall he not take: but a virgin of his own people shall he take to wife.
darby (darby) - eBible.org Darby 1890 plaintext
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And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
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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 the things that they hallow unto me: I am Jehovah.
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Say unto them, Every one of all your seed, throughout your generations, that approacheth the holy things, which the children of Israel hallow unto Jehovah, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from before me: I am Jehovah.
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Whatsoever man of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or hath a flux, he shall not eat of the holy things, until he is clean. And he that toucheth any one that is unclean by a dead person, or a man whose seed of copulation hath passed from him;
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or a man that toucheth any crawling thing whereby he becometh unclean, or a man by whom he may become unclean, whatever may be his uncleanness,
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— a person that toucheth any such shall be unclean until even, and shall not eat of the holy things; but he shall bathe his flesh with water,
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and when the sun goeth down, he shall be clean, and may afterwards eat of the holy things; for it is his food.
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Of a dead carcase and what is torn shall he not eat, to make himself unclean therewith: I am Jehovah.
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And they shall keep my charge, lest they bear sin for it, and die by it, if they profane it: I am Jehovah who do hallow them.
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And no stranger shall eat the holy thing; the sojourner with the priest, and the hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.
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But if a priest buy any one for money, he may eat of it, and he that is born in his house: they may eat of his food.
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And a priest's daughter who is [married] to a stranger may not eat of the heave-offering of the holy things.
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But a priest's daughter that becometh a widow, or is divorced, and hath no seed, and returneth unto her father's house, as in her youth, she may eat of her father's food; but no stranger shall eat thereof.
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And if a man eat of a holy thing through inadvertence, then he shall put the fifth part thereof unto it, and shall give it unto the priest with the holy thing.
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And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel which they offer unto Jehovah,
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and cause them to bear the iniquity of trespass when they eat their holy things; for I am Jehovah who do hallow them.
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And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
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Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them, Whatever man of the house of Israel, or of the sojourners in Israel, that presenteth his offering for any of his vows, and for any of his voluntary offerings, which they present to Jehovah as a burnt-offering,
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it shall be for your acceptance, without blemish, a male of the oxen, of the sheep, and of the goats.
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Nothing that hath a defect shall ye present; for it shall not be acceptable for you.
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And if any present a sacrifice of peace-offering to Jehovah to accomplish a vow, or a voluntary offering of oxen or small cattle, it shall be without blemish to be accepted: there shall be no defect therein.
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Blind, or broken, or maimed, or ulcerous, or with itch, or scabbed — ye shall not present these to Jehovah, nor make an offering by fire of them on the altar to Jehovah.
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A bullock and a sheep that hath a member too long or too short, that mayest thou offer as a voluntary offering; but as a vow it shall not be accepted.
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That which is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut shall ye not present to Jehovah; neither in your land shall ye do [the like].
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Nor from the hand of the stranger shall ye present the bread of yourGod, of any of these; for their corruption is in them: a defect is in them; they shall not be accepted for you.
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And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
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An ox, or a sheep, or a goat, when it is brought forth, shall be seven days under its dam; and from the eighth day and thenceforth it shall be accepted for an offering by fire to Jehovah.
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A cow, or sheep — it and its young shall ye not slaughter in one day.
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And when ye sacrifice a sacrifice of thanksgiving to Jehovah, ye shall sacrifice it for your acceptance.
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On that day shall it be eaten: ye shall leave none of it until morning: I am Jehovah.
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And ye shall observe my commandments and do them: I am Jehovah.
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And ye shall not profane my holy name; but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel: I am Jehovah who do hallow you,
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who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be yourGod: I am Jehovah.
lxxbrent (lxxbrent) - Septuagint (Brenton 1851) eBible USFM
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And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
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Speak to Aaron and to his sons, and let them take heed concerning the holy things of the children of Israel, so they shall not profane my holy name in any of the things which they consecrate to me: I [am] the Lord.
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Say to them, Every man throughout your generations, whoever of all your seed shall approach to the holy things, whatsoever the children of Israel shall consecrate to the Lord, while his uncleanness is upon him, that soul shall be cut off from me: I [am] the Lord your God.
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And the man of the seed of Aaron the priest, if he should have leprosy or issue of the reins, shall not eat of the holy things, until he be cleansed; and he that touches any uncleanness of a dead body, or the man whose seed of copulation shall have gone out from him,
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or whosoever shall touch any unclean reptile, which will defile him, or [who shall touch] a man, whereby he shall defile him according to all his uncleanness:
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whatsoever soul shall touch them shall be unclean until evening; he shall not eat of the holy things, unless he bathe his body in water,
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and the sun go down, and then he shall be clean; and then shall he eat of all the holy things, for they are his bread.
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He shall not eat that which dies of itself, or is taken of beasts, so that he should be polluted by them: I [am] the Lord.
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And they shall keep my ordinances, that they do not bear iniquity because of them, and die because of them, if they shall profane them: I [am] the Lord God that sanctifies them.
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And no stranger shall eat the holy things: one that sojourns with a priest, or a hireling, shall not eat the holy things.
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But if a priest should have a soul purchased for money, he shall eat of his bread; and they that are born in his house, they also shall eat of his bread.
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And if the daughter of a priest should marry a stranger, she shall not eat of the offerings of the sanctuary.
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And if the daughter of a priest should be a widow, or put away, and have no seed, she shall return to her father's house, as in her youth: she shall eat of her father's bread, but no stranger shall eat of it.
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And the man who shall ignorantly eat holy things, shall add the fifth part to it, and give the holy thing to the priest.
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And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer to the Lord.
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So should they bring upon themselves the iniquity of trespass in their eating their holy things: for I [am] the Lord that sanctifies them.
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And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
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Speak to Aaron and his sons, and to all the congregation of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, Any man of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that abide among them in Israel, who shall offer his gifts according to all their confession and according to all their choice, whatsoever they may bring to the Lord for whole-burnt-offerings—
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your free-will-offerings [shall] be males without blemish of the herds, or of the sheep, or of the goats.
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They shall not bring to the Lord anything that has a blemish in it, for it shall not be acceptable for you.
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And whatsoever man shall offer a peace-offering to the Lord, discharging a vow, or in the way of free-will-offering, or an offering in your feasts, of the herds or of the sheep, it shall be without blemish for acceptance: there shall be no blemish in it.
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One that is blind, or broken, or has its tongue cut out, or is troubled with warts, or has a malignant ulcer, or tetters, they shall not offer these to the Lord; neither shall ye offer any of them for a burnt-offering on the altar of the Lord.
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And a calf or a sheep with the ears cut off, or that has lost its tail, thou shalt slay them for thyself; but they shall not be accepted for thy vow.
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That which has broken testicles, or is crushed or gelt or mutilated,—thou shalt not offer them to the Lord, neither shall ye sacrifice them upon your land.
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Neither shall ye offer the gifts of your God of all these things by the hand of a stranger, because there is corruption in them, a blemish in them: these shall not be accepted for you.
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And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
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As for a calf, or a sheep, or a goat, whenever it is born, then shall it be seven days under its mother; and on the eighth day and after they shall be accepted for sacrifices, a burnt-offering to the Lord.
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And a bullock and a ewe, it and its young, thou shalt not kill in one day.
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And if thou shouldest offer a sacrifice, a vow of rejoicing to the Lord, ye shall offer it so as to be accepted for you.
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In that same day it shall be eaten; ye shall not leave of the flesh till the morrow: I am the Lord.
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And ye shall keep my commandments and do them.
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And ye shall not profane the name of the Holy One, and I will be sanctified in the midst of the children of Israel. I [am] the Lord that sanctifies you,
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who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I [am] the Lord.
vul1914 (vul1914) - Vulgate 1914 UTF-8 (sacredbible.org)
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Locutus quoque est Dominus ad Moysen, dicens:
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Loquere ad Aaron et ad filios eius, ut caveant ab his quæ consecrata sunt filiorum Israel, et non contaminent nomen sanctificatorum mihi, quæ ipsi offerunt. ego Dominus.
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Dic ad eos, et ad posteros eorum: Omnis homo, qui accesserit de stirpe vestra ad ea quæ consecrata sunt, et quæ obtulerunt filii Israel Domino, in quo est immunditia, peribit coram Domino. ego sum Dominus.
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Homo de semine Aaron, qui fuerit leprosus, aut patiens fluxum seminis, non vescetur de his quæ sanctificata sunt mihi donec sanetur. Qui tetigerit immundum super mortuo, et ex quo egreditur semen quasi coitus,
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et qui tangit reptile, et quodlibet immundum, cuius tactus est sordidus,
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immundus erit usque ad vesperum, et non vescetur his quæ sanctificata sunt: sed cum laverit carnem suam aqua,
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et occubuerit sol, tunc mundatus vescetur de sanctificatis, quia cibus illius est.
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Morticinum et captum a bestia non comedent, nec polluentur in eis. ego sum Dominus.
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Custodiant præcepta mea, ut non subiaceant peccato, et moriantur in Sanctuario, cum polluerint illud. ego Dominus qui sanctifico eos.
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Omnis alienigena non comedet de sanctificatis, inquilinus sacerdotis, et mercenarius non vescentur ex eis.
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Quem autem sacerdos emerit, et qui vernaculus domus eius fuerit, his comedent ex eis.
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Si filia sacerdotis cuilibet ex populo nupta fuerit: de his quæ sanctificata sunt, et de primitiis non vescetur.
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sin autem vidua, vel repudiata, et absque liberis reversa fuerit ad domum patris sui: sicut puella consueverat, aletur cibis patris sui. Omnis alienigena comedendi ex eis non habet potestatem.
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Qui comederit de sanctificatis per ignorantiam, addet quintam partem cum eo quod comedit, et dabit sacerdoti in Sanctuarium.
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Nec contaminabunt sanctificata filiorum Israel, quæ offerunt Domino:
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ne forte sustineant iniquitatem delicti sui, cum sanctificata comederint. ego Dominus qui sanctifico eos.
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Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen, dicens:
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Loquere ad Aaron et filios eius et ad omnes filios Israel, dicesque ad eos: Homo de domo Israel, et de advenis qui habitant apud vos, qui obtulerit oblationem suam, vel vota solvens, vel sponte offerens, quidquid illud obtulerit in holocaustum Domini,
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ut offeratur per vos, masculus immaculatus erit ex bobus, et ovibus, et ex capris:
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si maculam habuerit, non offeretis, neque erit acceptabile.
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Homo qui obtulerit victimam pacificorum Domino, vel vota solvens, vel sponte offerens, tam de bobus quam de ovibus, immaculatum offeret, ut acceptabile sit: omnis macula non erit in eo.
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Si cæcum fuerit, si fractum, si cicatricem habens, si papulas, aut scabiem, aut impetiginem: non offeretis ea Domino, nec adolebitis ex eis super altare Domini.
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Bovem et ovem, aure et cauda amputatis, voluntarie offerre potes, votum autem ex eis solvi non potest.
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Omne animal, quod vel contritis vel tusis, vel sectis ablatisque testiculis est, non offeretis Domino, et in terra vestra hoc omnino ne faciatis.
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De manu alienigenæ non offeretis panes Deo vestro, et quidquid aliud dare voluerit: quia corrupta, et maculata sunt omnia: non suscipietis ea.
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Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen, dicens:
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Bos, ovis, et capra cum genita fuerint, septem diebus erunt sub ubere matris suæ: die autem octavo, et deinceps offerri poterunt Domino.
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Sive illa bos, sive ovis, non immolabuntur una die cum fœtibus suis.
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Si immolaveritis hostiam pro gratiarum actione Domino, ut possit esse placabilis,
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eodem die comedetis eam, non remanebit quidquam in mane alterius diei. ego Dominus.
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Custodite mandata mea, et facite ea. ego Dominus.
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Ne polluatis nomen meum sanctum, ut sanctificer in medio filiorum Israel. Ego Dominus qui sanctifico vos,
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et eduxi de Terra Ægypti, ut essem vobis in Deum. ego Dominus.
web (web) - WorldEnglish.Bible — CC0 modern update of ASV
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The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
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“Tell Aaron and his sons to separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, which they make holy to me, and that they not profane my holy name. I am the LORD.
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“Tell them, ‘If anyone of all your offspring throughout your generations approaches the holy things which the children of Israel make holy to the LORD, having his uncleanness on him, that soul shall be cut off from before me. I am the LORD.
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“‘Whoever of the offspring of Aaron is a leper or has a discharge shall not eat of the holy things until he is clean. Whoever touches anything that is unclean by the dead, or a man who has a seminal emission,
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or whoever touches any creeping thing by which he may be made unclean, or a man from whom he may become unclean, whatever uncleanness he has—
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the person that touches any such shall be unclean until the evening, and shall not eat of the holy things unless he bathes his body in water.
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When the sun is down, he shall be clean; and afterward he shall eat of the holy things, because it is his bread.
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He shall not eat that which dies of itself or is torn by animals, defiling himself by it. I am the LORD.
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“‘They shall therefore follow my commandment, lest they bear sin for it and die in it, if they profane it. I am the LORD who sanctifies them.
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“‘No stranger shall eat of the holy thing: a foreigner living with the priests, or a hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.
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But if a priest buys a slave, purchased by his money, he shall eat of it; and those who are born in his house shall eat of his bread.
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If a priest’s daughter is married to an outsider, she shall not eat of the heave offering of the holy things.
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But if a 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 of her father’s bread; but no stranger shall eat any of it.
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“‘If a man eats something holy unwittingly, then he shall add the fifth part of its value to it, and shall give the holy thing to the priest.
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The priests shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer to the LORD,
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and so cause them to bear the iniquity that brings guilt when they eat their holy things; for I am the LORD who sanctifies them.’”
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The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
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“Speak to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the children of Israel, and say to them, ‘Whoever is of the house of Israel, or of the foreigners in Israel, who offers his offering, whether it is any of their vows or any of their free will offerings, which they offer to the LORD for a burnt offering:
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that you may be accepted, you shall offer a male without defect, of the bulls, of the sheep, or of the goats.
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But you shall not offer whatever has a defect, for it shall not be acceptable for you.
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Whoever offers a sacrifice of peace offerings to the LORD to accomplish a vow, or for a free will offering of the herd or of the flock, it shall be perfect to be accepted. It shall have no defect.
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You shall not offer what is blind, is injured, is maimed, has a wart, is festering, or has a running sore to the LORD, nor make an offering by fire of them on the altar to the LORD.
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Either a bull or a lamb that has any deformity or lacking in his parts, that you may offer for a free will offering; but for a vow it shall not be accepted.
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You must not offer to the LORD that which has its testicles bruised, crushed, broken, or cut. You must not do this in your land.
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You must not offer any of these as the bread of your God from the hand of a foreigner, because their corruption is in them. There is a defect in them. They shall not be accepted for you.’”
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The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
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“When a bull, a sheep, or a goat is born, it shall remain seven days with its mother. From the eighth day on it shall be accepted for the offering of an offering made by fire to the LORD.
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Whether it is a cow or ewe, you shall not kill it and its young both in one day.
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“When you sacrifice a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the LORD, you shall sacrifice it so that you may be accepted.
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It shall be eaten on the same day; you shall leave none of it until the morning. I am the LORD.
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“Therefore you shall keep my commandments, and do them. I am the LORD.
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You shall not profane my holy name, but I will be made holy among the children of Israel. I am the LORD who makes you holy,
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who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God. I am the LORD.”
ylt (ylt) - Bible.com YLT98 plain UTF-8
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And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,
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`Speak unto Aaron, and unto his sons, and they are separated from the holy things of the sons of Israel, and they pollute not My holy name in what they are hallowing to Me; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.
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`Say unto them, To your generations, any man who draweth near, out of all your seed, unto the holy things which the sons of Israel do sanctify to Jehovah, and his uncleanness on him--even that person hath been cut off from before Me; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.
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`Any man of the seed of Aaron, and is leprous or hath an issue--of the holy things he doth not eat till that he is clean; and he who is coming against any uncleanness of a person, or a man whose seed of copulation goeth out from him,
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or a man who cometh against any teeming thing which is unclean to him, or against a man who is unclean to him, even any of his uncleanness--
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the person who cometh against it--hath even been unclean till the evening, and doth not eat of the holy things, but hath bathed his flesh with water,
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and the sun hath gone in, and he hath been clean, and afterwards he doth eat of the holy things, for it <FI>is<Fi> his food;
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a carcase or torn thing he doth not eat, for uncleanness thereby; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.
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`And they have kept My charge, and bear no sin for it, that they have died for it when they pollute it; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah sanctifying them.
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`And no stranger doth eat of the holy thing; a settler of a priest and an hireling doth not eat of the holy thing;
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and when a priest buyeth a person, the purchase of his money, he doth eat of it, also one born in his house; they do eat of his bread.
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`And a priest's daughter, when she is a strange man's, --she, of the heave-offering of the holy things doth not eat;
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and a priest's daughter, when she is a widow, or cast out, and hath no seed, and hath turned back unto the house of her father, as <FI>in<Fi> her youth, of her father's bread she doth eat; but no stranger doth eat of it.
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`And when a man doth eat of a holy thing through ignorance, then he hath added its fifth part to it, and hath given <FI>it<Fi> to the priest, with the holy thing;
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and they do not pollute the holy things of the sons of Israel--that which they lift up to Jehovah,
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nor have caused them to bear the iniquity of the guilt-offering in their eating their holy things; for I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah, sanctifying them.'
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And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,
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`Speak unto Aaron, and unto his sons, and unto all the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, Any man of the house of Israel, or of the sojourners in Israel, who bringeth near his offering, of all his vows, or of all his willing offerings which they bring near to Jehovah for a burnt-offering;
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at your pleasure a perfect one, a male of the herd, of the sheep or of the goats;
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nothing in which <FI>is<Fi> blemish do ye bring near, for it is not for a pleasing thing for you.
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`And when a man bringeth near a sacrifice of peace-offerings to Jehovah, to complete a vow, or for a willing-offering, of the herd or of the flock, it is perfect for a pleasing thing: no blemish is in it;
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blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scurvy, or scabbed--ye do not bring these near to Jehovah, and a fire-offering ye do not make of them on the altar to Jehovah.
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`As to an ox or a sheep enlarged or dwarfed--a willing-offering ye do make it, but for a vow it is not pleasing.
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As to a bruised, or beaten, or enlarged, or cut thing--ye do not bring <FI>it<Fi> near to Jehovah; even in your land ye do not do it.
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And from the hand of a son of a stranger ye do not bring near the bread of your God, of any of these, for their corruption <FI>is<Fi> in them; blemish <FI>is<Fi> in them; they are not pleasing for you.'
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And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,
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`When ox or lamb or goat is born, and it hath been seven days under its dam, then from the eighth day and henceforth, it is pleasing for an offering, a fire-offering to Jehovah;
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but an ox or sheep--it and its young one, ye do not slaughter in one day.
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`And when ye sacrifice a sacrifice of thanksgiving to Jehovah, at your pleasure ye do sacrifice,
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on that day it is eaten, ye do not leave of it till morning; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah;
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and ye have kept my commands, and have done them; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah;
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and ye do not pollute My holy name, and I have been hallowed in the midst of the sons of Israel; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah, sanctifying you,
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who am bringing you up out of the land of Egypt, to become your God; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.'
Explanations by Age Level
Explain Like I'm 5
A long, long time ago, there was nothing at all - no earth, no sky, no animals, no people. It was all dark and empty. But God was there! God is so powerful that He can make anything just by speaking. So God said "Let there be light!" and BOOM! There was light everywhere! God saw that the light was beautiful and good. He called the light "day" and the darkness "night." This was the very first day when God started making our wonderful world!
Explain Like I'm 10
Before anything existed - no planets, stars, or life - God decided to create the universe. The earth started out as a dark, empty place covered with water. But God's Spirit was there, ready to bring order and beauty to everything. When God spoke and said "Let there be light," light immediately appeared because God's words have incredible power. God looked at the light and was pleased with what He had made. He organized time by separating light (day) from darkness (night), creating the first 24-hour period. This shows us that God is organized and purposeful in everything He does.
Explain Like I'm 15
Genesis 1:1-5 establishes fundamental theological truths about God and creation. The Hebrew word "bara" (created) indicates creation from nothing (ex nihilo), demonstrating God's absolute sovereignty and power. The phrase "without form and void" (tohu wa-bohu) describes a state of chaos that God transforms into order. The Spirit of God "hovering" or "brooding" over the waters suggests active, caring involvement in creation. The creation of light before the sun (created on day 4) indicates that God Himself is the ultimate source of light and energy. The establishment of day and night creates the framework of time, showing that God operates within orderly patterns while transcending them. This passage refutes both atheistic materialism and pantheism, establishing that God is both transcendent (separate from creation) and immanent (actively involved in it).