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THE BOOK OF LEVITICUS
The Book of Leviticus, Chapter 1 1 And the Lord called Moses, and spoke to him from the
tabernacle of the testimony, saying:
2 Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to
them: The man among you that shall offer to the Lord a
sacrifice of the cattle, that is, offering victims of oxen
and sheep,
3 If his offering be a holocaust, and of the herd, he shall
offer a male without blemish, at the door of the
testimony, to make the Lord favourable to him:
4 And he shall put his hand upon the head of the victim, and
it shall be acceptable, and help to its expiation.
5 And he shall immolate the calf before the Lord, and the
priests the sons of Aaron shall offer the blood thereof,
pouring it round about the altar, which is before the door
of the tabernacle.
6 And when they have flayed the victim, they shall cut the
joints into pieces,
7 And shall put fire on the altar, having before laid in
order a pile of wood:
8 And they shall lay the parts that are cut out in order
thereupon, to wit, the head, and all things that cleave to
the liver,
9 The entrails and feet being washed with water: and the
priest shall burn them upon the altar for a holocaust, and
a sweet savour to the Lord.
10 And if the offering be of the hocks, a holocaust of sheep
or of goats, he shall offer a male without blemish:
11 And he shall immolate it at the side of the altar that
looketh to the north, before the Lord: but the sons of
Aaron shall pour the blood thereof upon the altar round
about:
12 And they shall divide the joints, the head, and all that
cleave to the liver: and shall lay them upon the wood,
under which the fire is to be put:
13 But the entrails and the feet they shall wash with water.
And the priest shall offer it all and burn it all upon the
altar for a holocaust, and most sweet savour to the Lord.
14 But if the oblation of a holocaust to the Lord be of
birds, of turtles, or of young pigeons,
15 The priest shall offer it at the altar: and twisting back
the neck, and breaking the place of the wound, he shall
make the blood run down upon the brim of the altar.
16 But the crop of the throat, and the feathers he shall cast
beside the altar at the east side, in the place where the
ashes are wont to be poured out,
17 And he shall break the pinions thereof, and shall not cut,
nor divide it with a knife, and shall burn it upon the
altar, putting Are under the wood. It is a holocaust and
oblation of most sweet savour to the Lord.
The Book of Leviticus, Chapter 2
1 When any one shall offer an oblation of sacrifice to the
Lord, his offering shall be of fine flour, and he shall
pour oil upon it, and put frankincense,
2 And shall bring it to the sons of Aaron the priests: and
one of them shall take a handful of the hour and oil, and
all the frankincense, and shall put it a memorial upon the
altar for a most sweet savour to the Lord.
3 And the remnant of the sacrifice shall be Aaron's, and his
sons', holy of holies of the offerings of the Lord.
4 But when thou offerest a sacrifice baked in the oven of
flour, to wit, leaves without leaven, tempered with oil,
and unleavened wafers, anointed with oil:
5 If thy oblation be from the fryingpan, of hour tempered
with oil, and without leaven,
6 Thou shalt divide it into little pieces, and shalt pour
oil upon it.
7 And if the sacrifice be from the gridiron, in like manner
the flour shall be tempered with oil:
8 And when thou offerest it to the Lord, thou shalt deliver
it to the hands of the priest.
9 And when he hath offered it, he shall take a memorial out
of the sacrifice, and burn it upon the altar for a sweet
savour to the Lord.
10 And whatsoever is left, shall be Aaron's, and his sons',
holy of holies of the offerings of the Lord.
11 Every oblation that is offered to the Lord shall be made
without leaven, neither shall any leaven or honey be burnt
in the sacrifice to the Lord.
12 You shall offer only the firstfruits of them and gifts:
but they shall not be put upon the altar, for a savour of
sweetness,
13 Whatsoever sacrifice thou offerest, thou shalt season it
with salt, neither shalt thou take away the salt of the
covenant of thy God from thy sacrifice. In all thy
oblations thou shalt offer salt.
14 But if thou offer a gift of the firstfruits of thy corn to
the Lord, of the ears yet green, thou shalt dry it at the
fire, and break it small like meal, and so shalt thou
offer thy firstfruits to the Lord,
15 Pouring oil upon it and putting on frankincense, because
it is the oblation of the Lord.
16 Whereof the priest shall burn for a memorial of the gift,
part of the corn broken small and of the oil, and all the
frankincense.
The Book of Leviticus, Chapter 3
1 And if his oblation be a sacrifice of peace offerings, and
he will offer of the herd, whether male or female, he
shall offer them without blemish before the Lord.
2 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his victim,
which shall be slain in the entry of the tabernacle of the
testimony, and the sons of Aaron the priests shall pour
the blood round about upon the altar.
3 And they shall offer of the sacrifice of peace offerings,
for tin oblation to the Lord, the fat that covereth the
entrails, and all the fat that is within.
4 The two kidneys with the fat wherewith the flanks are
covered, and the caul of the liver with the two little
kidneys.
5 And they shall burn them upon the altar, for a holocaust,
putting fire under the wood: for an oblation of most sweet
savour to the Lord.
6 But if his oblation and the sacrifice of peace offering be
of the flock, whether he offer male or female, they shall
be without blemish.
7 If he offer a lamb before the Lord,
8 He shall put his hand upon the head of his victim: and it
shall be slain in the entry of the tabernacle of the
testimony: and the sons of Aaron shall pour the blood
thereof round about upon the altar.
9 And they shall offer of the victim of peace offerings a
sacrifice to the Lord: the fat and the whole rump,
10 With the kidneys, and the fat that covereth the belly and
all the vitals and both the little kidneys, with the fat
that is about the flanks, and the caul of the liver with
the little kidneys.
11 And the priest shall burn them upon the altar, for the
food of the fire, and of the oblation of the Lord.
12 If his offering be a goat, and he offer it to the Lord,
13 He shall put his hand upon the head thereof: and shall
immolate it in the en- try of the tabernacle of the
testimony. And the sons of Aaron shall pour the blood
thereof round about upon the altar.
14 And they shall take of it for the food of the Lord's fire,
the fat that covereth the belly, and that covereth all the
vital parts :
15 The two little kidneys with the caul that is upon them
which is by the flanks, and the fat of the liver with the
little kidneys:
16 And the priest shall burn them upon the altar, for the
food of the fire, and of a most sweet savour. All the fat
shall be the Lord's.
17 By a perpetual law for you generations, and in all your
habitations: neither blood nor fat shall you eat at all.
The Book of Leviticus, Chapter 4
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2 Say to the children of Israel: The soul that sinneth
through ignorance, and doth any thing concerning any of
the commandments of the Lord, which he commanded not to be
done:
3 If the priest that is anointed shall sin, making the
people to offend, he shall offer to the Lord for his sin
a calf without blemish.
4 And he shall bring it to the door of the testimony before
the Lord, and shall put his hand upon the head thereof,
and shall sacrifice it to the Lord.
5 He shall take also of the blood of the calf, and carry it
into the tabernacle of the testimony.
6 And having dipped his finger in the blood, he shall
sprinkle with it seven times before the Lord, before the
veil of the sanctuary.
7 And he shall put some of the same blood upon the horns of
the altar of the sweet incense most acceptable to the
Lord, which is in the tabernacle of the testimony. And he
shall pour all the rest of the blood at the foot of the
altar of holocaust in the entry of the tabernacle.
8 And he shall take off the fat of the calf for the sin
offering, as well that which covereth the entrails, as all
the inwards:
9 The two little kidneys, and the caul that is upon them,
which is by the hanks, and the fat of the liver with the
little kidneys,
10 As it is taken off from the calf of the sacrifice of peace
offerings, and he shall burn them upon the altar of
holocaust.
11 But the skin and all the flesh with the head and the feet
and the bowels and the dung,
12 And the rest of the body he shall carry forth without the
camp into a clean place where the ashes are wont to be
poured out, and he shall burn them upon a pile of wood,
they shall be burnt in the place where the ashes are
poured out.
13 And if all the multitude of Israel shall be ignorant, and
through ignorance shall do that which is against the
commandment of the Lord,
14 And afterwards shall understand their sin, they shall
offer for their sin a calf, and shall bring it to the door
of the tabernacle.
15 And the ancients of the people shall put their hands upon
the head thereof before the Lord. And the calf being
immolated in the sight of the Lord,
16 The priest that is anointed shall carry of the blood into
the tabernacle of the testimony.
17 And shall dip his finger in it and sprinkle it seven times
before the veil.
18 And he shall put of the same blood on the horns of the
altar that is before the Lord, in the tabernacle of the
testimony: and the rest of the blood he shall pour at the
foot of the altar of holocaust, which is at the door of
the tabernacle of the testimony.
19 And all the fat thereof he shall take off, and shall burn
it upon the altar:
20 Doing so with this calf, as he did also with that before:
and the priest praying for them, the Lord will be merciful
unto them.
21 But the calf itself he shall carry forth without the camp,
and shall burn it as he did the former calf: because it is
for the sin of the multitude.
22 If a prince shall sin, and through ignorance do any one of
the things that the law of the Lord forbiddeth,
23 And afterwards shall come to know his sin, he shall offer
a buck goat without blemish, a sacrifice to the Lord.
24 And he shall put his hand upon the head thereof: and when
he hath immolated it in the place where the holocaust is
wont to be slain before the Lord, because it is for sin,
25 The priest shall dip his finger in the blood of the victim
for sin, touching therewith the horns of the altar of
holocaust, and pouring out the rest at the foot thereof.
26 But the fat he shall burn upon it, as is wont to be done
with the victims of peace offerings: and the priest shall
pray for him, and for his sin, and it shall be forgiven
him.
27 And if any one of the people of the land shall sin through
ignorance, doing any of those things that by the law of
the Lord are forbidden, and offending,
28 And shall come to know his sin, he shall offer a she goat
without blemish.
29 And he shall put his hand upon the head of the victim that
is for sin, and shall immolate it in the place of the
holocaust.
30 And the priest shall take of the blood with his finger,
and shall touch the horns of the altar of holocaust, and
shall pour out the rest at the foot thereof.
31 But taking off all the fat, as is wont to be taken away of
the victims of peace offerings, he shall burn it upon the
altar, for a sweet savour to the Lord: and he shall pray
for him, and it shall be for- given him.
32 But if he offer of the flock a victim for his sin, to wit,
an ewe without blemish:
33 He shall put his hand upon the head thereof, and shall
immolate it in the place where the victims of holocausts
are wont to be slain.
34 And the priest shall take of the blood thereof with his
finger, and shall touch the horns of the altar of
holocaust, and the rest he shall pour out at the foot
thereof.
35 All the fat also he shall take off, as the fat of the ram
that is offered for peace offerings is wont to be taken
away: and shall burn it upon the altar, for a burnt
sacrifice of the Lord: and he shall pray for him and for
his sin, and it shall be forgiven him.
The Book of Leviticus, Chapter 5
1 If any one sin, and hear the voice of one swearing, and is
a witness either because he himself hath seen, or is privy
to it: if he do not utter it, he shall bear his iniquity.
2 Whosoever toucheth any unclean thing, either that which
hath been killed by a beast, or died of itself, or any
other creeping thing: and forgetteth his uncleanness, he
is guilty, and hath offended:
3 And if he touch any thing of the uncleanness of man,
according to any uncleanness wherewith he is wont to be
defiled, and having forgotten it, come afterwards to know
it, he shall be guilty of an offence.
4 The person that sweareth, and uttereth with his lips, that
he would do either evil or good, and bindeth the same with
an oath, and his word, and having forgotten it afterwards
understandeth his offence,
5 Let him do penance for his sin,
6 And offer of the flocks an ewe lamb, or a she goat, and
the priest shall pray for him and for his sin:
7 But if he be not able to offer a beast, let him offer two
turtles, a or two young pigeons to the Lord, one for sin,
and the other for a holocaust,
8 And he shall give them to the priest: who shall offer the
first for sin, and twist back the head of it to the little
pinions, so that it stick to the neck, and be not
altogether broken off.
9 And of its blood he shall sprinkle the side of the altar,
and whatsoever is left, he shall let it drop at the bottom
thereof, because it is for sin.
10 And the other he shall burn for a holocaust, as is wont to
be done: and the priest shall pray for him, and for his
sin, and it shall be forgiven him.
11 And if his hand be not able to offer two turtles, or two
young pigeons, he shall offer for his sill the tenth part
of an ephi of flour. He shall not put oil upon it, nor put
any frankincense thereon, because it is for sin:
12 And he shall deliver it to the priest: who shall take a
handful thereof, and shall burn it upon the altar for a
memorial of him that offered it:
13 Praying for him and making atonement: but the part that is
left, he himself shall have for a gift.
14 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
15 If any one shall sin through mistake, transgressing the
ceremonies in those things that are sacrificed to the
Lord, he shall offer for his offence a ram without blemish
out of the flocks, that may be bought for two sicles,
according to the weight of the sanctuary:
16 And he shall make good the damage itself which he hath
done, and shall add the fifth part besides, delivering it
to the priest, who shall pray for him, offering the ram,
and it shall be forgiven him.
17 If any one sin through ignorance, and do one of those
things which by the law of the Lord are forbidden, and
being guilty of sin, understand his iniquity,
18 He shall offer of the hocks a ram without blemish to the
priest, according to the measure and estimation of the
sin: and the priest shall pray for him, because he did it
ignorantly: and it shall be forgiven him,
19 Because by mistake he trespassed against the Lord.
The Book of Leviticus, Chapter 6
1 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2 Whosoever shall sin, and despising the Lord, shall deny to
his neighbour the thing delivered to his keeping, which
was committed to his trust; or shall by force extort any
thing, or commit oppression;
3 Or shall find a thing lost, and denying it, shall also
swear falsely, or shall do any other of the many things,
wherein men are wont to sin:
4 Being convicted of the offence, he shall restore
5 All that he would have gotten by fraud, in the principal,
and the fifth part besides to the owner, whom he wronged.
6 Moreover for his sin he shall offer a ram without blemish
out of the flock, and shall give it to the priest,
according to the estimation and measure of the offence:
7 And he shall pray for him before the Lord, and he shall
have forgiveness for every thing in doing of which he hath
sinned.
8 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
9 Command Aaron and his sons: This is the law of a
holocaust: It shall be burnt upon the altar, all night
until morning: the Are shall be of the same altar.
10 The priest shall be vested with the tunick and the linen
breeches, and he shall take up the ashes of that which the
devouring fire hath burnt, and putting them beside the
altar,
11 Shall put off his former vestments, and being clothed with
others, shall carry them forth without the camp, and shall
cause them to be consumed to dust in a very clean place,
12 And the fire on the altar shah always burn, and the priest
shall feed it, putting wood on it every day in the
morning, and laying on the holocaust, shall burn thereupon
the fat of the peace offerings.
13 This is the perpetual fire which shall never go out on the
altar.
14 This is the law of the sacrifice and libations, which the
children of Aaron shall offer before the Lord, and before
the altar.
15 The priest shall take a handful of the flour that is
tempered with oil, and all the frankincense that is put
upon the flour: and he shall burn it on the altar for a
memorial of most sweet odour to the Lord:
16 And the part of the flour that is left, Aaron and his sons
shall eat, without leaven: and he shall eat it in the holy
place of the court of the tabernacle.
17 And therefore it shall not be leavened, because part
thereof is offered for the burnt sacrifice of the Lord. It
shall be most holy, as that which is offered for sin and
for trespass.
18 The males only of the race of Aaron shall eat it. It shall
be an ordinance everlasting in your generations concerning
the sacrifices of the Lord: Every one that toucheth them
shall be sanctified.
19 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
20 This is the oblation of Aaron, and of his sons, which they
must offer to the Lord, in the day of their anointing:
They shall offer the tenth part of an ephi of flour for a
perpetual sacrifice, half of it in the morning, and half
of it in the evening:
21 It shall be tempered with oil, and shall be fried in a
fryingpan.
22 And the priest that rightfully succeedeth his father,
shall offer it hot, for a most sweet odour to the Lord,
and it shall be wholly burnt on the altar.
23 For every sacrifice of the priest shall be consumed with
fire, neither shall any man eat thereof.
24 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
25 Say to Aaron and his sons: This is the law of the victim
for sin: in the place where the holocaust is offered, it
shall be immolated before the Lord. It is holy of holies.
26 The priest that offereth it, shall eat it in a holy place,
in the court of the tabernacle.
27 Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof, shall be
sanctified. If a garment be sprinkled with the blood
thereof, it shall be washed in a holy place.
28 And the earthen vessel, wherein it was sodden, shall be
broken, but if the vessel be of brass, it shall be
scoured, and washed with water.
29 Every male of the priestly race shall eat of the flesh
thereof, because it is holy of holies.
30 For the victim that is slain for sin, the blood of which
is carried into the tabernacle of the testimony to make
atonement in the sanctuary, shall not be eaten, but shall
be burnt with fire.
The Book of Leviticus, Chapter 7
1 This also is the law of the sacrifice for a trespass, it
is most holy:
2 Therefore where the holocaust is immolated, the victim
also for a trespass shall be slain: the blood thereof
shall be poured round about the altar.
3 They shall offer thereof the rump and the fat that
covereth the entrails:
4 The two little kidneys, and the fat which is by the
flanks, and the caul of the liver with the little kidneys.
5 And the priest shall burn them upon the altar: it is the
burnt sacrifice of the Lord for a trespass.
6 Every male of the priestly race, shall eat this flesh in
a holy place, because it is most holy.
7 As the sacrifice for sin is offered, so is also that for
a trespass: the same shall be the law of both these
sacrifices: it shall belong to the priest that offereth
it.
8 The priest that offereth the victim of holocaust, shall
have the skin thereof.
9 And every sacrifice of flour that is baked in the oven,
and whatsoever is dressed on the gridiron, or in the
fryingpan, shall be the priest's that offereth it:
10 Whether they be tempered with oil, or dry, all the sons of
Aaron shall have one as much as another.
11 This is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings that
is offered to the Lord.
12 If the oblation be for thanksgiving, they shall offer
leaves without leaven tempered with oil, and unleavened
wafers anointed with oil, and fine flour fried, and cakes
tempered and mingled with oil:
13 Moreover leaves of leavened bread with the sacrifice of
thanks, which is offered for peace offerings:
14 Of which one shall be offered to the Lord for firstfruits,
and shall be the priest's that shall pour out the blood of
the victim.
15 And the flesh of it shall be eaten the same day, neither
shall any of it remain until the morning.
16 If any man by vow, or of his own accord offer a sacrifice,
it shall in like manner be eaten the name day: and if any
of it remain until the morrow, it is lawful to eat it:
17 But whatsoever shall be found on the third day shall be
consumed with fire.
18 If any man eat of the flesh of the victim of peace
offerings on the third day, the oblation shall be of no
effect, neither shall it profit the offerer: yea rather
whatsoever soul shall defile itself with such meat, shall
be guilty of transgression.
19 The flesh that hath touched any unclean thing, shall not
be eaten, but shall be burnt with fire: he that is clean
shall eat of it.
20 If any one that is defiled shall eat of the flesh of the
sacrifice of peace offerings, which is offered to the
Lord, he shall be cut off from his people.
21 And he that hath touched the uncleanness of man, or of
beast, or of any thing that can defile, and shall eat of
such kind of flesh, shall be cut off from his people.
22 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
23 Say to the children of Israel: The fat of a sheep, and of
an ox, and of a goat you shall not eat.
24 The fat of a carcass that hath died of itself, and of a
beast that was caught by another beast, you shall have for
divers uses.
25 If any man eat the fat that should be offered for the
burnt sacrifice of the Lord, he shall perish out of his
people.
26 Moreover you shall not eat the blood of any creature
whatsoever, whether of birds or beasts.
27 Every one that eateth blood, shall perish from among the
people.
28 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
29 Speak to the children of Israel, saying: He that offereth
a victim of peace offerings to the Lord, let him offer
therewith a sacrifice also, that is, the libations
thereof.
30 He shall hold in his hands the fat of the victim, and the
breast: and when he hath offered and consecrated both to
the Lord, he shall deliver them to the priest,
31 Who shall burn the fat upon the altar, but the breast
shall be Aaron's and his sons'.
32 The right shoulder also of the victims of peace offerings
shall fall to the priest for firstfruits.
33 He among the sons of Aaron, that offereth the blood, and
the fat, he shall have the right shoulder also for his
portion.
34 For the breast that is elevated and the shoulder that is
separated I have taken of the children of Israel, from off
their victims of peace offerings, and have given them to
Aaron the priest, and to his sons, by a law for ever, from
all the people of Israel.
35 This is the anointing of Aaron and his sons, in the
ceremonies of the Lord, in the day when Moses offered
them, that they might do the office of priesthood,
36 And the things that the Lord commanded to be given them by
the children of Israel, by a perpetual observance in their
generations.
37 This is the law of holocaust, and of the sacrifice for
sin, and for trespass, and for consecration, and the
victims of peace offerings:
38 Which the Lord appointed to Moses in mount Sinai, when he
commanded the children of Israel, that they should offer
their oblations to the Lord in the desert of Sinai.
The Book of Leviticus, Chapter 8
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2 Take Aaron with his sons, their vestments, and the oil of
unction, a calf for sin, two rams, a basket with
unleavened bread,
3 And thou shalt gather together all the congregation to the
door of the tabernacle.
4 And Moses did as the Lord had commanded. And all the
multitude being gathered together before the door of the
tabernacle,
5 He said: This is the word that the Lord hath commanded to
be done.
6 And immediately he offered Aaron and his sons: and when he
had washed them,
7 He vested the high priest with the strait linen garment,
girding him with the girdle, and putting on him the violet
tunick, and over it he put the ephod,
8 And binding it with the girdle, he fitted it to the
rational, on which was Doctrine and Truth.
9 He put also the mitre upon his bead: and upon the mitre
over the forehead, he put the plate of gold, consecrated
with sanctification, as the Lord had commanded him.
10 He took also the oil of unction, with which he anointed
the tabernacle, with all the furniture thereof.
11 And when he had sanctified and sprinkled the altar seven
times, he anointed it, and all the vessels thereof, and
the laver with the foot thereof, he sanctified with the
oil.
12 And he poured it upon Aaron's head, and he anointed and
consecrated him :
13 And after he had offered his sons, he vested them with
linen tunicks, and girded them with girdles, and put
mitres on them as the Lord had commanded.
14 He offered also the calf for sin: and when Aaron and his
sons had put their hands upon the head thereof,
15 He immolated it: and took the blood, and dipping his
finger in it, he touched the horns of the altar round
about. Which being expiated, and sanctified, he poured the
rest of the blood at the bottom thereof.
16 But the fat that was upon the entrails, and the caul of
the liver, and the two little kidneys, with their fat, he
burnt upon the altar:
17 And the calf with the skin, and the flesh and the dung, he
burnt without the camp, as the Lord had commanded.
18 He offered also a ram for a holocaust: and when Aaron and
his sons had put their hands upon its head,
19 He immolated it, and poured the blood thereof round about
upon the altar.
20 And cutting the ram into pieces, the head thereof, and the
joints, and the fat he burnt in the fire,
21 Having first washed the entrails, and the feet, and the
whole ram together he burnt upon the altar, because it was
a holocaust of most sweet odour to the Lord, as he had
commanded him.
22 He offered also the second ram, is the consecration of
priests: and Aaron, and his sons put their hands upon the
head thereof:
23 And when Moses had immolated it, he took of the blood
thereof, and touched the tip of Aaron's right ear, and the
thumb of his right hand, and in like manner also the great
toe of his right foot.
24 He offered also the sons of Aaron: and when with the blood
of the ram that was immolated, he had touched the tip of
the right ear of every one of them, and the thumbs of
their right hands, and the great toes of their right feet,
the rest he poured on the altar round about:
25 But the fat, and the rump, and all the fat that covereth
the entrails, and the caul of the liver, and the two
kidneys with their fat, and with the right shoulder, he
separated.
26 And taking out of the basket; of unleavened bread, which
was before the Lord, a loaf without leaven, and a cake
tempered with oil and a wafer, he put them upon the fat,
and the right shoulder,
27 Delivering all to Aaron, end to his sons: wile having
lifted them up before the Lord,
28 He took them again from their hands, and burnt them upon
the altar of holocaust, because it was the oblation of
consecration, for a sweet odour of sacrifice to the Lord.
29 And he took of the ram of consecration, the breast for his
portion, elevating it before the Lord, as the Lord had
commanded him.
30 And taking the ointment, and the blood that was upon the
altar, he sprinkled Aaron, and his vestments, and his
sons, and their vestments with it.
31 And when he had sanctified them in their vestments, he
commanded them, saying: Boil the flesh before the door of
the tabernacle, and there eat it. Eat ye also the leaves
of consecration, that are laid in the basket, as the Lord
commanded me, saying: Aaron and his sons shall eat them:
32 And whatsoever shall be left of the flesh and the leaves,
shall be consumed with fire.
33 And you shall not go out of the door of the tabernacle for
seven days, until the day wherein the time of your
consecration shall be expired. For in seven days the
consecration is finished:
34 As at this present it hath been done, that the rite of the
sacrifice might be accomplished.
35 Day and night shall you remain in the tabernacle observing
the watches of the Lord, lest you die: for so it hath been
commanded me.
36 And Aaron and his sons did all things which the Lord spoke
by the hand of Moses.
The Book of Leviticus, Chapter 9
1 And when the eighth day was come, Moses called Aaron and
his sons, and the ancients of Israel, and said to Aaron:
2 Take of the herd a calf for sin, and a ram for a
holocaust, both without blemish, and offer them before the
Lord.
3 And to the children of Israel thou shalt say: Take ye a he
goat for sin, and a calf, and a lamb, both of a year old,
and without blemish for a holocaust,
4 Also a bullock and a ram for peace offerings: and immolate
them before the Lord, offering for the sacrifice of every
one of them flour tempered with oil; for to day the Lord
will appear to you.
5 They brought therefore all things that Moses had commanded
before the door of the tabernacle: where when all the
multitude stood,
6 Moses said: This is the word, which the Lord hath
commanded: do it, and his glory will appear to you.
7 And he said to Aaron: Approach to the altar, and offer
sacrifice for thy sin: offer the holocaust, and pray for
thyself and for the people: and when thou hast slain the
people's victim, pray for them, as the Lord hath
commanded.
8 And forthwith Aaron, approaching to the altar, immolated
the calf for his sin:
9 And his sons brought him the blood of it: and he dipped
his finger therein, and touched the horns of the altar,
and poured the rest at the foot thereof.
10 And the fat, and the little kidneys, and the caul of the
liver, which are for sin, he burnt upon the altar, as the
Lord had commanded Moses:
11 But the flesh and skins thereof he burnt with fire without
the camp.
12 He immolated also the victim of holocaust: and his sons
brought him the blood thereof, which he poured round about
on the altar.
13 And the victim being cut into pieces, they brought to him
the head and all the members, all which he burnt with tire
upon the altar,
14 Having first washed the entrails and the feet with water.
15 Then offering for the sin of the people, he slew the he
goat: and expiating the altar,
16 He offered the holocaust:
17 Adding in the sacrifice the libations, which are offered
withal, and burning them upon the altar, besides the
ceremonies of the morning holocaust.
18 He immolated also the bullock and the ram, the peace
offerings of the people: and his sons brought him the
blood, which he poured upon the altar round about.
19 The fat also of the bullock, and the rump of the ram, and
the two little kidneys, with their fat, and the caul of
the liver,
20 They put upon the breasts. And after the fat was burnt
upon the altar,
21 Aaron separated their breasts, and the right shoulders,
elevating them before the Lord, as Moses had commanded.
22 And stretching forth his hands to the people, he blessed
them. And so the victims for sin, and the holocausts, and
the peace offerings being finished, he came down.
23 And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of the
testimony, and after wards came forth and blessed the
people. And the glory of the Lord appeared to all the
multitude:
24 And behold a fire, coming forth from the Lord, devoured
the holocaust, and the fat that was upon the altar: which
when the multitude saw, they praised the Lord, falling on
their faces.
The Book of Leviticus, Chapter 10
1 And Nadab and Abiu, the sons of Aaron, taking their
censers, put fire therein, and incense on it, offering
before the Lord strange fire which was not commanded them.
2 And fire coming out from the Lord destroyed them, and they
died before the Lord.
3 And Moses said to Aaron: This is what the Lord hath
spoken: I will be sanctified in them that approach to me,
and I will be glorified in the sight of all the people.
And when Aaron heard this, he held his peace.
4 And Moses called Misael and Elisaphan, the sons of Oziel,
the uncle of Aaron, and said to them: Go and take away
your brethren from before the sanctuary, and carry them
without the camp.
5 And they went forthwith and took them as they lay, vested
with linen tunicks, and cast them forth, as had been
commanded them.
6 And Moses said to Aaron, and to Eleazar and Ithamar, his
sons: Uncover not your heads, and rend not your garments,
lest perhaps you die, and indignation come upon all the
congregation. Let your brethren, and all the house of
Israel, bewail the burning which the Lord has kindled:
7 But you shall not go out of the door of the tabernacle,
otherwise you shall perish, for the oil of the holy
unction is on you. And they did all things according to
the precept of Moses.
8 The Lord also said to Aaron:
9 You shall not drink wine nor any thing that may make
drunk, thou nor thy sons, when you enter into the
tabernacle of the testimony, lest you die: because it is
an everlasting precept through Your generations :
10 And that you may have knowledge to discern between holy
and unholy, between unclean and clean:
11 And may teach the children of Israel all my ordinances
which the Lord hath spoken to them by the hand of Moses.
12 And Moses spoke to Aaron, and to Eleazar and Ithamar, his
sons that were left: Take the sacrifice that is remaining
of the oblation of the Lord, and eat it without leaven
beside the altar, because it is holy of holies.
13 And you shall eat it in a holy place: which is given to
thee and thy sons of the oblations of the Lord, as it hath
been commanded me.
14 The breast also that is offered, and the shoulder that is
separated, you shall eat in a most clean place, thou and
thy sons, and thy daughters with thee. For they are set
aside for thee and thy children, of the victims of peace
offerings of the children of Israel:
15 Because they have elevated before the Lord the shoulder
and the breast, and the fat that is burnt on the altar,
and they belong to thee and to thy sons by a perpetual
law, as the Lord hath commanded.
16 While these things were a doing, when Moses sought for the
buck goat, that had been offered for sin, he found it
burnt: and being angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons
of Aaron that were left, he said:
17 Why did you not eat in the holy place the sacrifice for
sin, which is most holy, and given to you, that you may
bear the iniquity of the people, and may pray for them in
the sight of the Lord,
18 Especially whereas none of the blood thereof hath been
carried within the holy places, and you ought to have
eaten it in the sanctuary, as was commanded me?
19 Aaron answered: This day hath been offered the victim for
sin, and the holocaust before the Lord: and to me what
thou seest has happened: how could I eat it, or please the
Lord in the ceremonies, having a sorrowful heart?
20 Which when Moses had heard he was satisfied.
The Book of Leviticus, Chapter 11
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:
2 Say to the children of Israel: These are the animals which
you are to eat of all the living things of the earth.
3 Whatsoever hath the hoof divided, and cheweth the cud
among the beasts, you shall eat.
4 But whatsoever cheweth indeed the cud, and hath a hoof,
but divideth it not, as the camel, and others, that you
shall not eat, but shall reckon it among the unclean.
5 The cherogrillus which cheweth the cud, but divideth not
the hoof, is unclean.
6 The hare also: for that too cheweth the cud, but divideth
not the hoof.
7 And the swine, which, though it divideth the hoof, cheweth
not the cud.
8 The flesh of these you shall not eat, nor shall you touch
their carcasses, because they are unclean to you.
9 These are the things that breed in the waters, and which
it is lawful to eat. All that hath fins, and scales, as
well in the sea, as in the rivers, and the pools, you
shall eat.
10 But whatsoever hath not fins and scales, of those things
that move and live in the waters, shall be an abomination
to you,
11 And detestable : their flesh you shall not eat, and their
carcasses you shall avoid.
12 All that have not fins and scales, in the waters, shall be
unclean.
13 Of birds these are they which you must not eat, and which
are to be avoided by you: The eagle, and the griffon, and
the osprey,
14 And the kite, and the vulture, ac- cording to their kind,
15 And all that is of the raven kind, according to their
likeness.
16 The ostrich, and the owl, and the larus, and the hawk
according to its kind.
17 The screech owl, and the cormorant, and the ibis,
18 And the swan, and the bittern, and the porphyrion,
19 The heron, and the charadrion according to its kind, the
houp also, and the bat.
20 Of things that fly, whatsoever goeth upon four feet, shall
be abominable to you.
21 But whatsoever walketh upon four feet, but hath the legs
behind longer, wherewith it hoppeth upon the earth,
22 That you shall eat, as the bruchus in its kind, the
attacus, and ophiomachus, and the locust, every one
according to their kind.
23 But of dying things whatsoever hath four feet only, shall
be an abomination to you:
24 And whosoever shall touch the carcasses of them, shall be
defiled, and shall be unclean until the evening:
25 And if it be necessary that he carry any of these things
when they are dead, he shall wash his clothes, and shall
be unclean until the sun set.
26 Every beast that hath a hoof, but divideth it not, nor
cheweth the cud, shall be unclean: and he that toucheth
it, shall be defiled.
27 That which walketh upon hands of all animals which go on
all four, shall be unclean: he that shall touch their
carcasses shall be defiled until evening.
28 And he that shall carry such carcasses, shall wash his
clothes, and shall be unclean until evening: because all
these things are unclean to you.
29 These also shall be reckoned among unclean things, of all
that move upon the earth, the weasel, and the mouse, and
the crocodile, every one according to their kind:
30 The shrew, and the chameleon, and the stello, and the
lizard, and the mole:
31 All these are unclean. He that toucheth their carcasses
shall be unclean until the evening.
32 And upon what thing soever any of their carcasses shall
fall, it shall be defiled, whether it be a vessel of wood,
or a garment, or skins or haircloths; or any thing in
which work is done, they shall be dipped in water, and
shall be unclean until the evening, and so afterwards
shall be clean.
33 But an earthen vessel, into which any of these shall fall,
shall be defiled, and therefore is to be broken.
34 Any meat which you eat, if water from such a vessel be
poured upon it, shall be unclean; and every liquor that;
is drunk out of any such vessel, shall be unclean.
35 And upon whatsoever thing any of these dead beasts shall
fall, it shall be unclean: whether it be oven, or pots
with feet, they shall be destroyed, and shall be unclean.
36 But fountains and cisterns, and all gatherings together of
waters shall be clean. He that toucheth their carcasses
shall be defiled.
37 If it fall upon seed corn, it shall not defile it.
38 But if any man pour water upon the seed, and afterwards it
be touched by the carcasses, it shall be forthwith
defiled.
39 If any beast die, of which it is lawful for you to eat, he
that toucheth the carcass thereof, shall be unclean until
the evening:
40 And he that eateth or carrieth any thing thereof, shall
wash his clothes, and shall be unclean until the evening.
41 All that creepeth upon the earth shall be abominable,
neither shall it be taken for meat.
42 Whatsoever goeth upon the breast on four feet, or hath
many feet, or traileth on the earth, you shall not eat,
because it is abominable.
43 Do not defile your souls, nor touch aught thereof, lest
you be unclean,
44 For I am the Lord your God: be holy because I am holy.
Defile not your souls by any creeping thing, that moveth
upon the earth.
45 For I am the Lord, who brought you out of the land of
Egypt, that I might be your God.
46 You shall be holy, because I am holy. This is the law of
beasts and fowls, and of every living creature that moveth
in the waters, and creepeth on the earth:
47 That you may know the differences of the clean, and
unclean, and know what you ought to eat, and what to re-
fuse.
The Book of Leviticus, Chapter 12
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2 Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to
them: If a woman having received seed shall bear a man
child, she shall be unclean seven days, according to the
days of the separation of her flowers.
3 And on the eighth day the infant shall be circumcised:
4 But she shall remain three and thirty days in the blood of
her purification. She shall touch no holy thing, neither
shall she enter into the sanctuary, until tile days of her
purification be fulfilled.
5 But if she shall bear a maid child, she shall be unclean
two weeks, according to the custom of her monthly courses,
and she shall remain in the blood of her purification
sixty-six days.
6 And when the days of her purification are expired, for a
son, or for a daughter, she shall bring to the door of the
tabernacle of the testimony, a lamb of a year old for a
holocaust, and a young pigeon or a turtle for sin, and
shall deliver them to the priest:
7 Who shall offer them before the Lord, and shall pray for
her, and so she shall be cleansed from the issue of her
blood. This is the law for her that beareth a man child or
a maid child.
8 And if her hand find not sufficiency, and she is not able
to offer a lamb, she shall take two turtles, or two young
pigeons, one for a holocaust, and another for sin: and the
priest shall pray for her, and so she shall be cleansed.
The Book of Leviticus, Chapter 13 1 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:
2 The man in whose skin or flesh shalt arise a different
colour or a blister, or as it were something shining, that
is, the stroke of the leprosy, shall be brought to Aaron
the priest, or any one of his sons.
3 And if he see the leprosy in his skin, and the hair turned
white, and the place where the leprosy appears lower than
the skin and the rest of the flesh: it is the stroke of
the leprosy, and upon his judgment he shall be separated.
4 But if there be a shining whiteness in the skin, and not
lower than the other flesh, and the hair be of the former
colour, the priest shall shut him up seven days.
5 And the seventh day he shall look on him: and if the
leprosy be grown no farther, and hath not spread itself in
the skin, he shall shut him up again other seven days.
6 And on the seventh day, he shall look on him: if the
leprosy be somewhat obscure, and not spread in the skin,
he shall declare him clean, because it is but a scab: and
the man shall wash his clothes, and shall be clean.
7 But if the leprosy grow again, after he was seen by the
priest and restored to cleanness, he shall be brought to
him,
8 And shall be condemned of uncleanness.
9 If the stroke of the leprosy be in a man, he shall be
brought to the priest,
10 And he shall view him. And when there shall be a white
colour in the skin, and it shall have changed the look of
the hair, and the living flesh itself shall appear:
11 It shall be judged an inveterate leprosy, and grown into
the skin. The priest therefore shall declare him unclean,
and shall not shut him up, because he is evidently
unclean.
12 But if the leprosy spring out running about in the skin,
and cover all the skin from the head to the feet,
whatsoever falleth under the sight of the eyes,
13 The priest shall view him, and shall judge that the
leprosy which he has is very clean: because it is all
turned into whiteness, and therefore the mall shall be
clean.
14 But when the live flesh shall appear in him,
15 Then by the judgment of the priest he shall be defiled,
and shall be reckoned among the unclean: for live flesh,
if it be spotted with leprosy, is unclean.
16 And if again it be turned into whiteness, and cover all
the man,
17 The priest shall view him, and shall judge him to be
clean.
18 When also there has been an ulcer in the flesh and the
skin, and it has been healed,
19 And in the place of the ulcer, there appeareth a white
scar, or somewhat red, the man shall be brought to the
priest:
20 And when he shall see the place of the leprosy lower than
the other flesh, and the hair turned white, he shall
declare him unclean, for the plague of leprosy is broken
out in the ulcer.
21 But if the hair be of the former colour, and the scar
somewhat obscure, and be not lower than the flesh that is
near it, he shall shut him up seven days.
22 And if it spread, he shall judge him to have the leprosy:
23 But if it stay in its place, it is but the scar of an
ulcer, and the man shall be clean.
24 The flesh also and skin that hath been burnt, and after it
is healed hath a white or a red scar,
25 The priest shall view it, and if he see it turned white,
and the place thereof is lower than the other skin: he
shall declare him unclean, because the evil of leprosy is
broken out in the scar.
26 But if the colour of the hair be not changed, nor the
blemish lower than the other flesh, and the appearance of
the leprosy be somewhat obscure, he shall shut him up
seven days,
27 And on the seventh day he shall view him: if the leprosy
be grown farther in the skin, he shall declare him
unclean.
28 But if the whiteness stay in its place, and be not very
clear, it is the sore of a burning, and therefore he shall
be cleansed, because it is only the scar of a burning.
29 If the leprosy break out in the head or the beard of a man
or woman, the Priest shall see them,
30 And if the place be lower than the other flesh, and the
hair yellow, and thinner than usual: he shall declare them
unclean, because it is the leprosy of the head and the
beard;
31 But if he perceive the place of the spot is equal with the
flesh that is near it, and the hair black: he shall shut
him up seven days,
32 And on the seventh day he shall look upon it. If the spot
be not grown, and the hair beep its colour, and the place
of the blemish be even with the other flesh:
33 The man shall be shaven all but the place of the spot, and
he shall be shut up other seven days:
34 If on the seventh day the evil seen? to have stayed in its
place, and not lower than the other flesh, he shall
cleanse him, and his clothes being washed he shall be
clean.
35 But if after his cleansing the spot spread again in the
skin,
36 He shall seek no more whether the hair be turned yellow,
because he is evidently unclean.
37 But if the spot be stayed, and the hair be black, let him
know that the man is healed, and let him confidently
pronounce him clean.
38 If a whiteness appear in the skin of a man or a woman,
39 The priest shall view them. If he find that a darkish
whiteness shineth in the skin, let him know that it is not
the leprosy, but a white blemish, and that the man is
clean.
40 The man whose hair falleth off from his head, he is bald
and clean:
41 And if the hair fall from his forehead, he is bald before
and clean.
42 But if in the bald head or in the bald forehead there be
risen a white or reddish colour,
43 And the priest perceive this, he shall condemn him
undoubtedly of leprosy which is risen in the bald part.
44 Now whosoever shall be defiled with the leprosy, and is
separated by the judgment of the priest,
45 Shall have his clothes hanging loose, his head bare, his
mouth covered with a cloth, and he shall cry out that he
is defiled and unclean.
46 All the time that he is a leper and unclean, he shall
dwell alone without the camp.
47 A woollen or linen garment that shall have the leprosy
48 In the warp, and the woof, or a skin. or whatsoever is
made of a skin,
49 If it be infected with a white or red spot, it shall be
accounted the leprosy, and shall be shewn to the priest.
50 And he shall look upon it and shall shut it up seven days:
51 And on the seventh day when he looketh on it again, if he
find that it if grown, it is a Axed leprosy: he shall
judge the garment unclean, and every thing wherein it
shall be found:
52 And therefore it shall be burnt with fire.
53 But if he see that it is not grown,
54 He shall give orders, and they shall wash that part
wherein the leprosy is, and he shall shut it up other
seven days.
55 And when he shall see that the former colour is not
returned, nor yet the leprosy spread, he shall judge it
unclean, and shall burn it with fire, for the leprosy has
taken hold of the outside of the garment, or through the
whole.
56 But if the place of the leprosy be somewhat dark, after
the garment is washed, he shall tear it off, and divide it
from that which is sound.
57 And if after this there appear in those places that before
were without spot, a flying and wandering leprosy: it must
be burnt with fire.
58 If it cease, he shall wash with water the parts that are
pure, the second time, and they shall be clean.
59 This is the law touching the leprosy of any woollen or
linen garment, either in the warp or woof, or any thing of
skins, how it ought to be cleansed, or pronounced unclean.
The Book of Leviticus, Chapter 14
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2 This is the rite of a leper, when he is to be cleansed: he
shall be brought to the priest:
3 Who going out of the camp when he shall And that the
leprosy is cleansed,
4 Shall command him that is to be purified, to offer for
himself two living sparrows, which it is lawful to eat,
and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop.
5 And he shall command one of the sparrows to be immolated
in an earthen vessel over living waters:
6 But the other that is alive he shall dip, with the cedar
wood, and the scarlet and the hyssop, in the blood of the
sparrow that is immolated:
7 Wherewith he shall sprinkle him that is to be cleansed
seven times, that he may be rightly purified: and he shall
let go the living sparrow, that it may fly into the field.
8 And when the man hath washed his clothes, he shall shave
all the hair of his body, and shall be washed with water:
and being purified, he shall enter into the camp, yet so
that he tarry without his own tent seven days:
9 And on the seventh day he shall shave the hair of his
head, and his beard and his eyebrows, and the hair of all
his body. And having washed again his clothes, and his
body,
10 On the eighth day he shall take two lambs without blemish,
and an ewe of a year old without blemish, and three tenths
of flour tempered with oil for a sacrifice, and a sextary
of oil apart.
11 And when the priest that purifieth the man, hath presented
him, and all these things before the Lord, at the door of
the tabernacle of the testimony,
12 He shall take a. lamb, and offer it for a trespass
offering with the sextary of oil: and having offered all
before the Lord,
13 He shall immolate the lamb, where the victim for sin is
wont to be immolated, and the holocaust, that is, in the
holy place: for as that which is for sin, so also the
victim for a trespass offering pertaineth to the priest:
it is holy of holies.
14 And the priest taking of the blood of the victim that was
immolated for trespass, shall put it upon the tip of the
right ear of him that is cleansed, and upon the thumb of
his right hand and the great toe of his right foot:
15 And he shall pour of the sextary of oil into his own left.
hand,
16 And shall dip his right finger in it, and sprinkle it
before the Lord seven times.
17 And the rest of the oil in his left band, he shall pour
upon the tip of the right ear of him that is cleansed, and
upon the thumb of his right hand and the great toe of his
right foot, and upon the blood that was shed for trespass,
18 And upon his head.
19 And he shall pray for him before the Lord, and shall offer
the sacrifice for sin: then shall he immolate the
holocaust,
20 And put it on the altar with the libations thereof, and
the man shall be rightly cleansed.
21 But if he be poor, and his hand cannot find the things
aforesaid: he shall take a lamb for an offering for
trespass, that the priest may pray for him, and a tenth
part of hour tempered with oil for a sacrifice, and a
sextary of oil,
22 And two turtles or two young pigeons, of which one may be
for sin, and the other for a holocaust:
23 And he shall offer them on the eighth day of his
purification to the priest, at the door of the tabernacle
of the testimony before the Lord.
24 And the priest receiving the lamb for trespass, and the
sextary of oil, shall elevate them together.
25 And the lamb being immolated, he shall put of the blood
thereof upon the tip of the right ear of him that is
cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and the
great toe of his right foot:
26 But he shall pour part of the oil into his own left hand,
27 And dipping the finger of his right hand in it, he shall
sprinkle it seven times before the Lord:
28 And he shall touch the tip of the right ear of him that is
cleansed, and the thumb of his right hand and the great
toe of his right foot, in the place of the blood that was
shed for trespass.
29 And the other part of the oil that is in his left hand, he
shall pour upon the head of the purified person, that he
may appease the Lord for him.
30 And he shall offer a turtle, or young pigeon,
31 One for trespass, and the other for a holocaust, with
their libations.
32 This is the sacrifice of a leper, that is not able to have
all things that appertain to his cleansing.
33 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:
34 When you shall be come into the land of Chanaan, which I
will give you for a possession, if there be the plague of
leprosy in a house,
35 He whose house it is, shall go and tell the priest,
saying: It seemeth to me, that there is the plague of
leprosy in my house,
36 And he shall command, that they carry forth all things out
of the house, before he go into it, and see whether it
have the leprosy, lest all things become unclean that are
in the house. And after- wards he shall go in to view the
leprosy of the house.
37 And if he see in the walls thereof as it were little
dints, disfigured with paleness or redness, and lower than
all the rest,
38 He shall go out of the door of the house, and forthwith
shut it up seven days,
39 And returning on the seventh day, he shall look upon it.
If he find that the leprosy is spread,
40 He shall command, that the stones wherein the leprosy is,
be taken out, and cast without the city into an unclean
place:
41 And that the house be scraped on the inside round about,
and the dust of the scraping be scattered without the city
into an unclean place:
42 And that other stones be laid in the place of them that
were taken away, and the house be plastered with other
mortar.
43 But if, after the stones be taken out, and the dust
scraped off, and it be plastered with other earth,
44 The priest going in perceive that the leprosy is returned,
and the walls full of spots, it is a lasting leprosy, and
the house is unclean:
45 And they shall destroy it forthwith, and shall cast the
stones and timber thereof, and all the dust without the
town into an unclean place.
46 He that entereth into the house when it is shut, shall be
unclean until evening,
47 And he that sleepeth in it, and eateth any thing, shall
wash his clothes.
48 But if the priest going in perceive that the leprosy is
not spread in the house, after it was plastered again, he
shall purify it, it being cured,
49 And for the purification thereof he shall take two
sparrows, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:
50 And having immolated one sparrow In an earthen vessel over
living waters,
51 He shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the
scarlet, and the living sparrow, and shall dip all in the
blood of the sparrow that is immolated, and in the living
water, and he shall sprinkle the house seven times:
52 And shall purify it as well with the blood of the sparrow,
as with the living water, and with the living sparrow, and
with the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet.
53 And when he hath let go the sparrow to fly freely away
into the field, he shall pray for the house, and it shall
be rightly cleansed.
54 This is the law of every kind of leprosy and stroke.
55 Of the leprosy of garments and houses,
56 Of a scar and of blisters breaking out, of a shining spot,
and when the colours are diversely changed:
57 That it may be known when a thing is clean or unclean.
The Book of Leviticus, Chapter 15
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:
2 Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: The man
that hath an issue of seed, shall be unclean.
3 And then shall he be judged subject to this evil, when a
filthy humour, at every moment, cleaveth to his flesh, and
gathereth there.
4 Every bed on which he sleepeth, shall be unclean, and
every place on which he sitteth.
5 If ally man touch his bed, he shall wash his clothes: and
being washed with water, he shall be unclean until the
evening.
6 If a man sit where that man hath sitten, he also shall
wash his clothes: and being washed with water, shall be
unclean until the evening.
7 He that toucheth his flesh, shall wash his clothes: and
being himself washed with water shall be unclean until the
evening.
8 If such a man cast his spittle upon him that is clean, he
shall wash his clothes: and being washed with water, he
shall be unclean until the evening.
9 The saddle on which he hath sitten shall be unclean.
10 And whatsoever has been under him that hath the issue of
seed, shall be unclean until the evening. He that carrieth
any of these things, shall wash his clothes: and being
washed with water, he shall be unclean until the evening.
11 Every person whom such a one shall touch, not having
washed his hands before, shall wash his clothes: and being
washed with water, shall be unclean until the evening.
12 If he touch a vessel of earth, it shall be broken: but if
a vessel of wood, if shall be washed with water.
13 If he who suffereth this disease be healed, he shall
number seven days after his cleansing, and having washed
his clothes, and all his body in living water, he shall be
clean.
14 And on the eighth day he shall take two turtles, or two
young pigeons, and he shall come before the Lord, to the
door of the tabernacle of the testimony, and shall give
them to the priest:
15 Who shall offer one for sin, and the other for a
holocaust: and he shall pray for him before the Lord, that
he may be cleansed of the issue of his seed.
16 The man from whom the seed of copulation goeth out, shall
wash all his body with water: and he shall be unclean
until the evening.
17 The garment or skin that he weareth, he shall wash with
water, and it shall be unclean until the evening.
18 The woman, with whom he copulateth, shall be washed with
water, and shall be unclean until the evening.
19 The woman, who at the return of the month, hath her issue
of blood, shall be separated seven days.
20 Every one that toucheth her, shall be unclean until the
evening.
21 And every thing that she sleepeth on, or that she sitteth
on in the days of her separation, shall be defiled.
22 He that toucheth her bed shall wash his clothes: and being
himself washed with water, shall be unclean until the
evening.
23 Whosoever shall touch any vessel on which she sitteth,
shall wash his clothes: and himself being washed with
water, shall be defiled until the evening.
24 If a man copulateth with her in the time of her flowers,
he shall be unclean seven days: and every bed on which he
shall sleep shall be defiled.
25 The woman that hath an issue of blood many days out of her
ordinary time, or that ceaseth not to flow after the
monthly courses, as long as she is subject to this
disease, shall be unclean, in the same manner as if she
were in her flowers.
26 Every bed on which she sleepeth, and every vessel on which
she sitteth, shall be defiled.
27 Whosoever toucheth them shall wash his clothes: and
himself being washed with water, shall be unclean until
the evening.
28 If the blood stop and cease to run, she shall count seven
days of her purification:
29 And on the eighth day she shall offer for herself to the
priest, two turtles, or two young pigeons, at the door of
the tabernacle of the testimony:
30 And he shall offer one for sin, and the other for a
holocaust, and he shall pray for her before the Lord, and
for the issue of her uncleanness.
31 You shall teach therefore the children of Israel to take
heed of uncleanness, that they may not die in their filth,
when they shall have defiled my tabernacle that is among
them.
32 This is the law of him that hath the issue of seed, and
that is defiled by copulation.
33 And of the woman that is separated in her monthly times,
or that hath a continual issue of blood, and of the man
that sleepeth with her.
The Book of Leviticus, Chapter 16
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, after the death of the two
sons of Aaron, when they were slain upon their offering
strange fire:
2 And he commanded him, saying, Speak to Aaron thy brother,
that he enter not at all into the sanctuary, which is
within the veil before the propitiatory, with which the
ark is covered, lest he die, (for I will appear in a cloud
over the oracle,)
3 Unless he first do these things: He shall offer a calf for
sin, and a ram for a holocaust.
4 He shall be vested with a linen tunick, he shall cover his
nakedness with linen breeches: he shall be girded with a
linen girdle, and he shall put a linen mitre upon his
head: for these are holy vestments: all which he shall put
on, after he is washed.
5 And he shall receive from the whole multitude of the
children of Israel two buck goats for sin, and one ram for
a holocaust.
6 And when he hath offered the calf and prayed for himself,
and for his own house,
7 He shall make the two buck goats to stand before the Lord
in the door of the tabernacle of the testimony:
8 And casting lots upon them both, one to be offered to the
Lord, and the other to be the emissary goat:
9 That whose lot fell to be offered to the Lord, he shall
offer for sin:
10 But that whose lot was to be the emissary goat, he shall
present alive before the Lord, that he may pour out
prayers upon him, and let him go into the wilderness.
11 After these things are duly celebrated, he shall offer the
calf, and praying for himself and for his own house, he
shall immolate it:
12 And taking the censer, which he hath filled with the
burning coals of the altar, and taking up with his hand
the compounded perfume for incense, he shall go in within
the veil into the holy place:
13 That when the perfumes are put upon the fire, the cloud
and vapour thereof may cover the oracle, which is over the
testimony, and he may not die.
14 He shall take also of the blood of the calf, and sprinkle
with his finger seven times towards the propitiatory to
the east.
15 And when he hath killed the buck goat for the sin of the
people, he shall carry in the blood thereof within the
veil, as he was commanded to do with the blood of the
calf, that he may sprinkle it over against the oracle,
16 And may expiate the sanctuary from the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and from their transgressions, and all
their sins. According to this rite shall he do to the
tabernacle of the testimony, which is fixed among them in
the midst of the filth of their habitation.
17 Let no man be in the tabernacle when the high priest goeth
into the sanctuary, to pray for himself and his house, and
for the whole congregation of Israel, until he come out.
18 And when he is come out to the altar that is before the
Lord, let him pray for himself, and taking the blood of
the calf, and of the buck goat, let him pour it upon the
horns thereof round about:
19 And sprinkling with his finger seven times, let him
expiate, and sanctify it from the uncleanness of the
children of Israel.
20 After he hath cleansed the sanctuary, and the tabernacle,
and the altar, then let him offer the living goat:
21 And putting both hands upon his head, let him confess all
the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their
offences and sins: and praying that they may light on his
head, he shall turn him out by a man ready for it, into
the desert.
22 And when the goat hath carried all their iniquities into
an uninhabited land, and shall be let go into the desert,
23 Aaron shall return into the tabernacle of the testimony,
and putting off the vestments, which he had on him before
when he entered into the sanctuary, and leaving them
there,
24 He shall wash his flesh in the holy place, and shall put
on his own garments. And after that he has come out and
hath offered his own holocaust, and that of the people, he
shall pray both for himself, and for the people:
25 And the fat that is offered for sins, he shall burn upon
the altar.
26 But he that hath let go the emissary goat, shall wash his
clothes, and his body with water, and so shall enter into
the camp.
27 But the calf and the buck goat, that were sacrificed for
sin, and whose blood was carried into the sanctuary, to
accomplish the atonement, they shall carry forth without
the camp, e and shall burn with fire, their skins and
their flesh, and their dung:
28 And whosoever burneth them shall wash his clothes, and
flesh with water, and so shall enter into the camp.
29 And this shall be to you an everlasting ordinance: The
seventh month, the tenth day of the month, you shall
afflict your souls, and shall do no work, whether it be
one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth
among you.
30 Upon this day shall be the expiation for you, and the
cleansing from all your sins: you shall be cleansed before
the Lord.
31 For it is a sabbath of rest, and you shall afflict your
souls by a perpetual religion.
32 And the priest that is anointed, and whose hands are
consecrated to do the office of the priesthood in his
father's stead, shall make atonement; and he shall be
vested with the linen robe and the holy vestments,
33 And he shall expiate the sanctuary and the tabernacle of
the testimony and the altar, the priest also and all the
people.
34 And this shall be an ordinance for ever, that you pray for
the children of Israel, and for all their sins once in a
year. He did therefore as the Lord had commanded Moses.
The Book of Leviticus, Chapter 17
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2 Speak to Aaron and his sons, and to all the children of
Israel, saying to them: This is the word, which the Lord
hath commanded, saying:
3 Any man whosoever of the house of Israel if he kill an ox,
or a sheep, or a goat in the camp, or without the camp,
4 And offer it not at the door of the tabernacle an oblation
to the Lord, shall be guilty of blood: as if he had shed
blood, so shall he perish from the midst of his people.
5 Therefore the children of Israel shall bring to the priest
their victims, which they kill in the field, that they may
be sanctified to the Lord before the door of the
tabernacle of the testimony, and they may sacrifice them
for peace offerings to the Lord.
6 And the priest shall pour the blood upon the altar of the
Lord, at the door of the tabernacle of the testimony, and
shall burn the fat for a sweet odour to the Lord.
7 And they shall no more sacrifice their victims to devils,
with whom they have committed fornication. It shall be an
ordinance for ever to them and to their posterity.
8 And thou shalt say to them: The man of the house of
Israel, and of the strangers who sojourn among you, that
offereth a holocaust or a victim,
9 And bringeth it not to the door of the tabernacle of the
testimony, that it may be offered to the Lord, shall
perish from among his people.
10 If any man whosoever of the house of Israel, and of the
strangers that sojourn among them, eat blood, I will set
my face against his soul, and will cut him off from among
his people:
11 Because the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have
given it to you, that you may make atonement with it upon
the altar for your souls, and the blood may be for an
expiation of the soul.
12 Therefore I have said to the children of Israel: No soul
of you, nor of the strangers that sojourn among you, shall
eat blood.
13 Any man whosoever of the children of Israel, and of the
strangers that sojourn among you, if by hunting or
fowling, he take a wild beast or a bird, which is lawful
to eat, let him pour out its blood, and cover it with
earth.
14 For the life of all flesh is in the blood: therefore I
said to the children of Israel: You shall not eat the
blood of any flesh at all, because the life of the flesh
is in the blood, and whosoever eateth it, shall be cut
off.
15 The soul that eateth that which died of itself, or has
been caught by a beast, whether he be one of your own
country or a stranger, shall wash his clothes and himself
with water, and shall be defiled until the evening: and in
this manner he shall be made clean.
16 But if he do not wash his clothes, and his body, he shall
bear his iniquity.
The Book of Leviticus, Chapter 18
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2 Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to
them: I am the Lord your God.
3 You shall not do according to the custom of the land of
Egypt, in which you dwelt: neither shall you act according
to the manner of the country of Chanaan, into which I will
bring you, nor shall you walk in their ordinances.
4 You shall do my judgments, and shall observe my precepts,
and shall walk in them. I am the Lord your God.
5 Keep my laws and my judgments, which if a man do, he shall
live in them. I am the Lord.
6 No man shall approach to her that is near of kin to him,
to uncover her nakedness. I am the Lord.
7 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father, or the
nakedness of thy mother: she is thy mother, thou shalt not
uncover her nakedness.
8 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's wife:
for it is the nakedness of thy father.
9 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy sister by
father or by mother, whether born at home or abroad.
10 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy son's
daughter, or thy daughter's daughter: because it is thy
own nakedness.
11 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's
wife's daughter, whom she bore to thy father, and who is
thy sister.
12 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's
sister: because she is the flesh of thy father.
13 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's
sister: because she is thy mother's flesh.
14 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's
brother: neither shalt thou approach to his wife, who is
joined to thee by affinity.
15 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter in
law: because she is thy son's wife, neither shalt thou
discover her shame.
16 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's
wife: because it is the nakedness of thy brother.
17 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy wife and her
daughter. Thou shalt not take her son's daughter or her
daughter's daughter, to discover her shame: because they
are her flesh, and such copulation is incest.
18 Thou shalt not take thy wife's sister for a harlot, to
rival her, neither shalt thou discover her nakedness,
while she is yet living.
19 Thou shalt not approach to a woman having her flowers,
neither shalt thou uncover her nakedness.
20 Thou shalt not lie with thy neighbour's wife, nor be
defiled with mingling of seed.
21 Thou shalt not give any of thy seed to be consecrated to
the idol Moloch, nor defile the name of thy God : I am the
Lord.
22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind as with womankind, because
it is an abomination.
23 Thou shalt not copulate with any beast, neither shalt thou
be defiled with it. A woman shall not lie down to a beast,
nor copulate with it: because it is a heinous crime.
24 Defile not yourselves with any of these things with which
all the nations have been defiled, which I will cast out
before you,
25 And with which the land is defiled: the abominations of
which I will visit, that it may vomit out its inhabitants.
26 Keep ye my ordinances and my judgments, and do not any of
these abominations: neither any of your own nation, nor
any stranger that sojourneth among you.
27 For all these detestable things the inhabitants of the
land have done, that; were before you, and have defiled
it.
28 Beware then, lest in like manner, it vomit you also out,
if you do the like things, as it vomited out the nation
that was before you.
29 Every soul that shall commit any of these abominations,
shall perish from the midst of his people.
30 Keep my commandments. Do not the things which they have
done, that have been before you, and be not defiled
therein. I am the Lord your God.
The Book of Leviticus, Chapter 19
1 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2 Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel,
and thou shalt say to them: Be ye holy, because I the Lord
your God am holy.
3 Let every one fear his father, and his mother. Keep my
sabbaths. I am the Lord your God.
4 Turn ye not to idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods.
I am the Lord your God.
5 If ye offer in sacrifice a peace offering to the Lord,
that he may be favourable,
6 You shall eat it on the same day it was offered, and the
next day: and whatsoever shall be left until the third
day, you shall burn with fire.
7 If after two days ally man eat thereof, he shall be
profane and guilty of impiety:
8 And shall bear his iniquity, because he hath defiled the
holy thing of the Lord, and that soul shall perish from
among his people.
9 When thou reapest the corn of thy land, thou shalt not cut
down all that is on the face of the earth to the very
ground: nor shalt thou gather the ears that remain.
10 Neither shalt thou gather the bunches and grapes that fall
down in thy vineyard, but shalt leave them to the poor and
the strangers to take. I am the Lord your God.
11 You shall not steal. You shall not lie, neither shall any
man deceive his neighbour.
12 Thou shalt not swear falsely by my name, nor profane the
name of thy God. I am the Lord.
13 Thou shalt not calumniate thy neighbour, nor oppress him
by violence. The wages of him that hath been hired by thee
shall not abide with thee until the morning.
14 Thou shalt not speak evil of the deaf, nor put a
stumblingblock before the blind: but thou shalt fear the
Lord thy God, because I am the Lord.
15 Thou shalt not do that which is unjust, nor judge
unjustly. Respect not the person of the poor, nor honour
the countenance of the mighty. But judge thy neighbour
according to justice.
16 Thou shalt not be a detractor nor a whisperer among the
people. Thou shalt not stand against the blood of thy
neighbour. I am the Lord.
17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart, but reprove
him openly, lest thou incur sin through him.
18 Seek not revenge, nor be mindful of the injury of thy
citizens. Thou shalt love thy friend as thyself. I am the
Lord.
19 Keep ye my laws. Thou shalt not make thy cattle to gender
with beasts of any other kind. Thou shalt not sow thy
field with different seeds. Thou shalt not wear a garment
that is woven of two sorts.
20 If a man carnally lie with a woman that is a bondservant
and marriageable, and yet not redeemed with a price, nor
made free: they both shall be scourged, and they shall not
be put to death, because she was not a free woman.
21 And for his trespass he shall offer a ram to the Lord, at
the door of the tabernacle of the testimony:
22 And the priest shall pray for him and for his sin before
the Lord, and he shall have mercy on him, and the sin
shall be forgiven.
23 When you shall be come into the land, and shall have
planted in it fruit trees, you shall take away the
firstfruits of them: the fruit that comes forth shall be
unclean to you, neither shall you eat of them.
24 But in the fourth year, all their fruit shall be
sanctified, to the praise of the Lord.
25 And in the fifth year you shall eat the fruits thereof,
gathering the increase thereof. I am the Lord your God.
26 You shall not eat with blood. You shall not divine nor
observe dreams.
27 Nor shall you cut your hair roundwise: nor shave your
beard.
28 You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh, for the
dead, neither shall you make in yourselves any figures or
marks: I am the Lord.
29 Make not thy daughter a common strumpet, lest the land be
defiled, and filled with wickedness.
30 Keep ye my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary. I am the
Lord.
31 Go not aside after wizards, neither ask any thing of
soothsayers, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord your
God.
32 Rise up before the hoary head, and honour the person of
the aged man: and fear the Lord thy God. I am the Lord.
33 If a stranger dwell in your land, and abide among you, do
not upbraid him :
34 But let him be among you as one of the same country: and
you shall love him as yourselves: for you were strangers
in the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.
35 Do not any unjust thing in judgment, in rule, in weight,
or in measure.
36 Let the balance be just and the weights equal, the bushel
just, and the sextary equal. I am the Lord your God, that
brought you out of the land of Egypt.
37 Keep all my precepts, and all my judgments, and do them.
I am the Lord.
The Book of Leviticus, Chapter 20
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2 Thus shalt thou say to the children of Israel: If any man
of the children of Israel, or of the strangers, that dwell
in Israel, give of his seed to the idol Moloch, dying let
him die: the people of the land shall stone him.
3 And I will set my face against him: and I will cut him off
from the midst of his people, because he hath given of his
seed to Moloch, and hath defiled my sanctuary, and
profaned my holy name.
4 And if the people of the land neglecting, and as it were
little regarding my commandment, let alone the man that
hath given of his seed to Moloch, and will not kill him:
5 I will set my face against that man, and his kindred, and
will cut off both him and all that consented with him, to
commit fornication with Moloch, out of the midst of their
people.
6 The soul that shall go aside after magicians, and
soothsayers, and shall commit fornication with them, I
will set my face against that soul, and destroy it out of
the midst of its people.
7 Sanctify yourselves, and be ye holy because I am the Lord
your God.
8 Keep my precepts, and do them. I am the Lord that sanctify
you.
9 He that curseth his father, or mother, dying let him die:
he hath cursed his father, and mother, let his blood be
upon him.
10 If any man commit adultery with the wife of another, and
defile his neighbour's wife, let then: be put to death,
both the adulterer and the adulteress.
11 If a man lie with his stepmother, and discover the
nakedness of his father, let them both be put to death:
their blood be upon them.
12 If any man lie with his daughter in law, let both die,
because they have done a heinous crime: their blood be
upon them.
13 If any one lie with a man se with a woman, both have
committed an abomination, let them be put to death: their
blood be upon them.
14 If any man after marrying the daughter, marry her mother,
he hath done a heinous crime: he shall be burnt alive with
them: neither shall so great an abomination remain in the
midst of you.
15 He that shall copulate with any beast or cattle, dying let
him die, the beast also ye shall kill.
16 The woman that shall lie under any beast, shall be killed
together with the same: their blood be upon them.
17 If any man take his sister, the daughter of his father, or
the daughter of his mother, and see her nakedness, and she
behold her brother's shame: they have committed a crime:
they shall be slain, in the sight of their people, because
they have discovered one another's nakedness, and they
shall bear their iniquity.
18 If any man lie with a woman in her flowers, and uncover
her nakedness, and she open the fountain of her blood,
both shall be destroyed out of the midst of their people.
19 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy aunt by thy
mother, and of thy aunt by thy father: he that doth this,
hath uncovered the shame of his own flesh, both shall bear
their iniquity.
20 If any mall lie with the wife of his uncle by the father,
or of his uncle by the mother, and uncover the shame of
his near akin, both shall bear their sin: they shall die
without children.
21 He that marrieth his brother's wife, doth an unlawful
thing, he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness: they
shall be without children.
22 Keep my laws and my judgments, and do them: lest the land
into which you are to enter to dwell therein, vomit you
also out.
23 Walk not after the laws of the nations, which I will cast
out before you. For they have done all these things, and
therefore I abhorred them.
24 But to you I say: Possess their land which I will give you
for an inheritance, a land flowing with milk and honey. I
am the Lord your God, who have separated you from other
people.
25 Therefore do you also separate the clean beast from the
unclean, and the clean fowl from the unclean: defile not
your souls with beasts, or birds, or any things that move
on the earth, and which I have shewn you to be unclean.
26 You shall be holy unto me, because I the Lord am holy, and
I have separated you from other people, that you should be
mine.
27 A man, or woman, in whom there is a pythonical or divining
spirit, dying let them die: they shall stone them: their
blood be upon them.
The Book of Leviticus, Chapter 21
1 The Lord said also to Moses: Speak to the priests the sons
of Aaron, and thou shalt say to them: Let not a priest
incur an uncleanness at the death of his citizens:
2 But only for his kin, such as are near in blood, that is
to say, for his father and for his mother, and for his
son, and for his daughter, for his brother also,
3 And for a maiden sister, who hath had no husband:
4 But not even for the prince of his people shall he do any
thing that may make him unclean.
5 Neither shall they shave their head, nor their beard, nor
make incisions in their flesh.
6 They shall be holy to their God, and shall not profane his
name: for they offer the burnt offering of the Lord, and
the bread of their God, and therefore they shall be holy.
7 They shall not take to wife a harlot or a vile prostitute,
nor one that has been put away from her husband: because
they are consecrated to their God,
8 And offer the leaves of proposition. Let them therefore be
holy, because I also am holy, the Lord, who sanctify them.
9 If the daughter of a priest be taken in whoredom, and
dishonour the name of her father, she shall be burnt with
fire.
10 The high priest, that is to say, the priest, is the
greatest among his brethren. upon whose head the oil of
unction hath been poured, and whose hands have been
consecrated for the priesthood, and who hath been vested
with the holy vestments, shall not uncover his head, he
shall not rend his garments:
11 Nor shall he go in at all to any dead person: not even for
his father, or his mother, shall he be defiled:
12 Neither shall he go out of the holy places, lest he defile
the sanctuary of the Lord, because the oil of the holy
unction of his God is upon him. I am the Lord.
13 He shall take a virgin unto his wife:
14 But a widow or one that is divorced, or defiled, or a
harlot, he shall not take, but a maid of his own people :
15 He shall not mingle the stock of his kindred with the
common people of his nation: for I am the Lord who
sanctify him.
16 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
17 Say to Aaron: Whosoever of thy seed throughout their
families, hath a blemish, he shall not offer bread to his
God.
18 Neither shall he approach to minister to him: If he be
blind, if he be lame, if he have a little, or a great, or
a crooked nose,
19 If his foot, or if his hand be broken,
20 If he be crookbacked, or blear eyed, or have a pearl in
his eye, or a continual scab, or a dry scurf in his body,
or a rupture:
21 Whosoever of the seed of Aaron the priest hath a blemish,
he shall not approach to offer sacrifices to the Lord, nor
bread to his God.
22 He shall eat nevertheless of the loaves, that are offered
in the sanctuary,
23 Yet so that he enter not within the veil, nor approach to
the altar, because he hath a blemish, and he must not
defile my sanctuary. I am the Lord who sanctify them.
24 Moses therefore spoke to Aaron, and to his sons and to all
Israel, all the things that had been commanded him.
The Book of Leviticus, Chapter 22
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2 Speak to Aaron and to his sons, that they beware of those
things that are consecrated of the children of Israel, and
defile not the name of the things sanctified to me, which
they offer. I am the Lord.
3 Say to them and to their posterity: Every man of your
race, that approacheth to those things that are
consecrated, and which the children of Israel have offered
to the Lord, in whom there is uncleanness, shall perish
before the Lord. I am the Lord.
4 The man of the seed of Aaron, that is a leper, or that
suffereth a running of the seed, shall not eat of those
things that are sanctified to me, until he be healed. He
that toucheth any thing unclean by occasion of the dead,
and he whose seed goeth from him as in generation,
5 And he that toucheth a creeping thing, or any unclean
thing, the touching of which is defiling,
6 Shall be unclean until the evening, and shall not eat
those things that are sanctified: but when he hath washed
his flesh with water,
7 And the sun is down, then being purified, he shall eat of
the sanctified things, because it is his meat.
8 That which dieth of itself, and that which was taken by a
beast, they shall not eat, nor be defiled therewith, I am
the Lord.
9 Let them keep my precepts, that they may not fall into
sin, and die in the sanctuary, when they shall have
defiled it. I am the Lord who sanctify them.
10 No stranger shall eat of the sanctified things: a
sojourner of the priests, or a hired servant, shall not
eat of them.
11 But he whom the priest hath bought, and he that is his
servant, born in his house, these shall eat of them.
12 If the daughter of a priest be married to any of the
people, she shall not eat of those things that are
sanctified, nor of the firstfruits.
13 But if she be a widow, or divorced, and having no children
return to her father's house, she shall eat of her
father's meats, as she was wont to do when she was a maid,
no stranger hath leave to eat of them.
14 He that eateth of the sanctified things through ignorance,
shall add the fifth part with that which he ate, and shall
give it to the priest into the sanctuary.
15 And they shall not profane the sanctified things of the
children of Israel, which they offer to the Lord:
16 Lest perhaps they bear the iniquity of their trespass,
when they shall have eaten the sanctified things. I am the
Lord who sanctify them.
17 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
18 Speak to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the children
of Israel, and thou shalt say to them: The man of the
house of Israel, and of the strangers who dwell with you,
that offereth his oblation, either paying his vows, or
offering of his own accord, whatsoever it be which he
presenteth for a holocaust of the Lord,
19 To be offered by you, it shall be a male without blemish
of the beeves, or of the sheep, or of the goats.
20 If it have a blemish you shall not offer it, neither shall
it be acceptable.
21 The man that offereth a victim of peace offerings to the
Lord, either paying his vows, or offering of his own
accord, whether of beeves or of sheep, shall offer it
without blemish, that it may be acceptable: there shall be
no blemish in it.
22 If it be blind, or broken, or have a scar or blisters, or
a scab, or a dry scurf: you shall not offer them to the
Lord, nor burn any thing of them upon the Lord's altar.
23 An ox or a sheep, that hath the ear and the tail cut off,
thou mayst offer voluntarily: but a vow may not be paid
with them.
24 You shall not offer to the Lord any beast that hath the
testicles bruised, or crushed, or cut and taken away:
neither shall you do any such thing in your land.
25 You shall not offer bread to your God, from the hand of a
stranger, nor any other thing that he would give: because
they are all corrupted, and defiled: you shall not receive
them.
26 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
27 When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth,
they shall be seven days under the udder of their dam: but
the eighth day, and thenceforth, they may be offered to
the Lord.
28 Whether it be a cow, or a sheep, they shall not be
sacrificed the same day with their young ones.
29 If you immolate a victim for thanksgiving to the Lord,
that he may be favourable,
30 You shall eat it the same day, there shall not any of it
remain until the morning of the next day. I am the Lord.
31 Keep my commandments, and do them. I am the Lord.
32 Profane not my holy name, that I may be sanctified in the
midst of the children of Israel. I am the Lord who
sanctify you,
33 And who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that I might
be your God: I am the Lord.
The Book of Leviticus, Chapter 23
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2 Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to
them: These are the feasts of the Lord, which you shall
call holy.
3 Six days shall ye do work: the seventh day, because it is
the rest of the sabbath, shall be called holy. You shall
do no work on that day: it is the sabbath of the Lord in
all your habitations.
4 These also are the holy days of the Lord, which you must
celebrate in their seasons.
5 The first month, the fourteenth day of the month at
evening, is the phase of the Lord:
6 And the fifteenth day of the same month is the solemnity
of the unleavened bread of the Lord. Seven days shall you
eat unleavened bread.
7 The first day shall be most solemn unto you, and holy: you
shall do no servile work therein:
8 But you shall offer sacrifice in fire to the Lord seven
days. And the seventh day shall be more solemn, and more
holy: and you shall do no servile work therein.
9 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
10 Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to
them: When you shall have entered into the land which I
will give you, and shall reap your corn, you shall bring
sheaves of ears, the firstfruits of your harvest to the
priest:
11 Who shall lift up the shed before the Lord, the next day
after the sabbath, that it may be acceptable for you, and
shall sanctify it.
12 And on the same day that the sheaf is consecrated, a lamb
without blemish of the first year shall be killed for a
holocaust of the Lord.
13 And the libations shall be offered with it, two tenths of
hour tempered with oil for a burnt offering of the Lord,
and a most sweet odour: libations also of wine, the fourth
part of a hin.
14 You shall not eat either bread, or parched corn, or
frumenty of the harvest, until the day that you shall
offer thereof to your God. It is a precept for ever
throughout your generations, and all your dwellings.
15 You shall count therefore from the morrow after the
sabbath, wherein you offered the sheaf of the firstfruits,
seven full weeks.
16 Even unto the marrow after the seventh week be expired,
that is to say, fifty days, and so you shall offer a new
sacrifice to the Lord.
17 Out of all your dwellings, two leaves of the firstfruits,
of two tenths of flour leavened, which you shall bake for
the firstfruits of the Lord.
18 And you shall offer with the leaves seven lambs without
blemish of the first year, and one calf from the herd, and
two rams, and they shall be for a holocaust with their
libations far a most sweet odour to the Lord.
19 You shall offer also a buck goat for sin, and two lambs of
the first year for sacrifices of peace offerings.
20 And when the priest hath lifted them up with the leaves of
the firstfruits before the Lord, they shall fall to his
use.
21 And you shall call this day most solemn, and most holy.
You shall do no servile work therein. It shall be an
everlasting ordinance in all your dwellings and
generations.
22 And when you reap the corn of your land, you shall not cut
it to the very ground: neither shall you gather the ears
that remain; but you shall leave them for the poor and for
the strangers. I am the Lord your God.
23 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
24 Say to the children of Israel: The seventh month, on the
first day of the month, you shall keep a sabbath, a
memorial, with she sound of trumpets, and it shall be
called holy.
25 You shall do no servile work therein, and you shall offer
a holocaust to the Lord.
26 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
27 Upon the tenth day of this seventh month shall be the day
of atonement, it shall be most solemn, and shall be called
holy: and you shall afflict your souls on that day, and
shall offer a holocaust to the Lord.
28 You shall do no servile work in the time of this day:
because it is a day of propitiation, that the Lord your
God may be merciful unto you.
29 Every soul that is not afflicted on this day, shall perish
from among his people:
30 And every soul that shall do any work, the same will I
destroy from among his people.
31 You shall do no work therefore on that day: it shall be an
everlasting ordinance unto you in all your generations,
and dwellings.
32 It is a sabbath of rest, and you shell afflict your souls
beginning on the ninth day of the month: from evening
until evening you shall celebrate your sabbaths.
33 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
34 Say to the children of Israel: From the fifteenth day of
this same seventh month, shall be kept the feast of
tabernacles seven days to the Lord.
35 The first day shall be called most solemn and most holy:
you shall do no servile work therein. And seven days you
shall offer holocausts to the Lord.
36 The eighth day also shall be most solemn and most holy,
and you shall offer holocausts to the Lord: for it is the
day of assembly and congregation: you shall do no servile
work therein.
37 These are the feasts of the Lord, which you shall call
most solemn and most holy, and shall offer on them
oblations to the Lord, holocausts and libations according
to the rite of every day,
38 Besides the sabbaths of the Lord, and your gifts, and
those things that you offer by vow, or which you shall
give to the Lord voluntarily.
39 So from the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you
shall have gathered in all the fruits of your land, you
shall celebrate the feast of the Lord seven days: on the
first day and the eighth shall be a sabbath, that is a day
of rest.
40 And you shall take to you on the first day the fruits of
the fairest tree, and branches of palm trees, and boughs
of thick trees, and willows of the brook, and you shall
rejoice before the Lord your God.
41 And you shall keep the solemnity thereof seven days in the
year. It shall be an everlasting ordinance in your
generations. In the seventh month shall you celebrate this
feast.
42 And you shall dwell in bowers seven days: every one that
is of the race of Israel, shall dwell in tabernacles:
43 That your posterity may know, that I made the children of
Israel to dwell in tabernacles, when I brought them out of
the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.
44 And Moses spoke concerning the feasts of the Lord to the
children of Israel.
The Book of Leviticus, Chapter 24
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2 Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee
the finest and dearest oil of olives, to furnish the lamps
continually,
3 Without the veil of the testimony in the tabernacle of the
covenant. And Aaron shall set them from evening until
morning before the Lord, by a perpetual service and rite
in your generations.
4 They shall be set upon the most pure candlestick before
the Lord continually.
5 Thou shalt take also fine hour, and shalt bake twelve
leaves thereof, two tenths shall be in every loaf :
6 And thou shalt set them six and six one against another
upon the most clean table before the Lord:
7 And thou shalt put upon them the dearest frankincense,
that the bread may be for a memorial of the oblation of
the Lord.
8 Every sabbath they shall be changed before the Lord, being
received of the children of Israel by an everlasting
covenant:
9 And they shall be Aaron's and his sons', that they may eat
them in the holy place: because it is most holy of the
sacrifices of the Lord by a perpetual right.
10 And behold there went out the son of a woman of Israel,
whom she had of an Egyptian, among the children of Israel,
and fell at words in the camp with a man of Israel.
11 And when he had blasphemed the name, and had cursed it, he
was brought to Moses: (now his mother was called Salumith,
the daughter of Dabri, of the tribe of Dan:)
12 And they put him into prison, till they might know what
the Lord would command.
13 And the Lord spoke to Moses,
14 Saying: Bring forth the blasphemer without the camp, and
let them that heard him, put their hands upon his head,
and let all the people stone him.
15 And thou shalt speak to the children of Israel: the man
that curseth his God, shall bear his sin:
16 And he that blasphemeth the name of the Lord, dying let
him die: all the multitude shall stone him, whether he be
a native or a stranger. He that blasphemeth the name of
the Lord, dying let him die.
17 He that striketh and killeth a man, dying let him die.
18 He that killeth a beast, shall make it good, that is to
say, shall give beast for beast.
19 He that giveth a blemish to any of his neighbours: as he
hath done, so shall it be done to him:
20 Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, shall he
restore. What blemish he gave, the like shall he be
compelled to suffer.
21 He that striketh a beast, shall render another. He that
striketh a man shall be punished.
22 Let there be equal judgment among you, whether he be a
stranger, or a native that offends: because I am the Lord
your God.
23 And Moses spoke to the children of Israel: and they
brought forth him that had blasphemed, without the camp,
and they stoned him. And the children of Israel did as the
Lord had commanded Moses.
The Book of Leviticus, Chapter 25
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses in mount Sinai, saying:
2 Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to
them: When you shall have entered into the land which I
will give you, observe the rest of the sabbath to the
Lord.
3 Six years thou shalt sow thy field and six years thou
shalt prune thy vineyard, and shalt gather the fruits
thereof:
4 But in the seventh year there shall be a sabbath to the
land, of the resting of the Lord: thou shalt not sow thy
field, nor prune thy vineyard.
5 What the ground shall bring forth of itself, thou shalt
not reap: neither shalt thou gather the grapes of the
firstfruits as a vintage: for it is a year of rest to the
land:
6 But they shall be unto you for meat, to thee and to thy
manservant, to thy maidservant and thy hireling, and to
the strangers that sojourn with thee:
7 All things that grow shall be meat to thy beasts and to
thy cattle.
8 Thou shalt also number to thee seven weeks of years, that
is to say, seven times seven, which together make
forty-nine years:
9 And thou shalt sound the trumpet in the seventh month, the
tenth day of the month, in the time of the expiation in
all your land.
10 And thou shalt sanctify the fiftieth year, and shalt
proclaim remission to all the inhabitants of thy land: for
it is the year of jubilee. Every man shall return to his
possession, and every one shall go back to his former
family:
11 Because it is the jubilee and the fiftieth year. You shall
not sow, nor reap the things that grow in the field of
their own accord, neither shall you gather the firstfruits
of the vines,
12 Because of the sanctification of the jubilee: but as they
grow you shall presently eat them.
13 In the year of the jubilee all shall return to their
possessions.
14 When thou shalt sell any thing to thy neighbour, or shalt
buy of him; grieve not thy brother: but thou shalt buy of
him according to the number of years from the jubilee.
15 And he shall sell to thee according to the computation of
the fruits.
16 The more years remain after the jubilee, the more shall
the price increase: and the less time is counted, so much
the less shall the purchase cost. For he shall sell to
thee the time of the fruits.
17 Do not afflict your countrymen, but let every one fear his
God: because I am the Lord your God.
18 Do my precepts, and keep my judgments, and fulfil them:
that you may dwell in the land without any fear,
19 And the ground may yield you its fruits, of which you may
eat your fill, fearing no mall's invasion.
20 But if you say: What shall we eat the seventh year, if we
sow not, nor gather our fruits?
21 I will give you my blessing the sixth year, and it shall
yield the fruits of three years:
22 And the eighth year you shall sow, and shall eat of the
old fruits, until the ninth year: till new grow up, you
shall eat the old store.
23 The land also shall not be sold for ever: because it is
mine, and you are strangers and sojourners with me.
24 For which cause all the country of your possession shall
be under the condition of redemption.
25 If thy brother being impoverished sell his little
possession, and his kinsman will, he may redeem what he
had sold.
26 But if he have no kinsman, and he himself can find the
price to redeem it:
27 The value of the fruits shall be counted from that time
when he sold it: and the overplus he shall restore to the
buyer, and so shall receive his possession again.
28 But if his hands find not the means to repay the price,
the buyer shall have what he bought, until the year of the
jubilee. For in that year all that is sold shall return to
the owner, and to the ancient possessor.
29 He that selleth a house within the walls of a city, shall
have the liberty to redeem it, until one year be expired:
30 If he redeem it not, and the whole year be fully out, the
buyer shall possess it, and his posterity for ever, and it
can- not be redeemed, not even in the jubilee.
31 But if the house be in a village, that hath no walls, it
shall be sold according to the same law as the fields: if
it be not redeemed before, in the jubilee it shall return
to the owner.
32 The houses of Levites, which are in cities, may always be
redeemed:
33 If they be not redeemed, in the jubilee they shall all
return to the owners, because the houses of the cities of
the Levites are for their possessions among the children
of Israel.
34 But let not their suburbs be sold, because it is a
perpetual possession.
35 If thy brother be impoverished, and weak of hand, and thou
receive him as a stranger and sojourner, and he live with
thee,
36 Take not usury of him nor more than thou gavest: fear thy
God, that thy brother may live with thee.
37 Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor exact of
him any increase of fruits.
38 I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of
Egypt, that I might give you the land of Chanaan, and
might be your God.
39 If thy brother constrained by poverty, sell himself to
thee, thou shalt not oppress him with the service of
bondservants:
40 But he shall be as a hireling, and a sojourner: he shall
work with thee until the year of the jubilee,
41 And afterwards he shall go out with his children, and
shall return to his kindred and to the possession of his
fathers,
42 For they are my servants, and I brought them out of the
land of Egypt: let them not be sold as bondmen:
43 Afflict him not by might, but fear thy God.
44 Let your bondmen, and your bondwomen, be of the nations
that are round about you.
45 And of the strangers that sojourn among you, or that were
born of them in your land, these you shall have for
servants:
46 And by right of inheritance shall leave them to your
posterity, and shall possess them for ever. But oppress
not your brethren the children of Israel by might.
47 If the hand of a stranger or a sojourner grow strong among
you, and thy brother being impoverished sell himself to
him, or to any of his race:
48 After the sale he may be redeemed. He that will of his
brethren shall redeem him:
49 Either his uncle, or his uncle's son, or his kinsman, by
blood, or by affinity. But if he himself be able also, he
shall redeem himself,
50 Counting only the years from the time of his selling unto
the year of the jubilee: and counting the money that he
was sold for, according to the number of the years and the
reckoning of a hired servant,
51 If there be many years that remain until the jubilee,
according to them shall he also repay the price.
52 If few, he shall make the reckoning with him according to
the number of the years, and shall repay to the buyer of
what remaineth of the years,
53 His wages being allowed for which he served before: he
shall not afflict him violently in thy sight.
54 And if by these means he cannot be redeemed, in the year
of the jubilee he shall go out with his children.
55 For the children of Israel are my servants, whom I brought
forth out of the land of Egypt.
The Book of Leviticus, Chapter 26
1 I am the Lord your God: you shall not make to yourselves
any idol or graven thing, neither shall you erect pillars,
nor set up a remarkable stone in your land, to adore it:
for I am the Lord your God.
2 Keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the
Lord.
3 If you walk in my precepts, and keep my commandments, and
do them, I will give you rein in due seasons.
4 And the ground shall bring forth its increase, and the
trees shall be filled with fruit.
5 The threshing of your harvest shall reach unto the
vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time:
and you shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in
your land without fear.
6 I will give peace in your coasts: you shall sleep, and
there shall be none to make you afraid. I will take away
evil beasts: and the sword shall not pass through your
quarters.
7 You shall pursue your enemies, and they shall fall before
you.
8 Five of yours shall pursue a hundred others, and a hundred
of you ten thousand: your enemies shall fall before you by
the sword.
9 I will look on you, and make you increase: you shell be
multiplied, and I will establish my covenant with you.
10 You shall eat the oldest of the old store, and, new coming
on, you shall cast away the old.
11 I will set my tabernacle in the midst of you, and my soul
shall not cast you off.
12 I will walk among you, and will be your God, and you shall
be my people.
13 I am the Lord your God: who have brought you out of the
land of the Egyptians, that you should not serve them, and
who have broken the chains of your necks, that you might
go upright.
14 But if you will not hear me, nor do all my commandments,
15 If you despise my laws, and contemn my judgments so as not
to do those things which are appointed by me, and to make
void my covenant:
16 I also will do these things to you: I will quickly visit
you with poverty, and burning heat, which shall waste your
eyes, and consume your lives. You shall sow your seed in
vain, which shall be devoured by your enemies.
17 I will set my face against you, and you shall fall down
before your enemies, and shall be made subject to them
that hate you, you shall flee when no man pursueth you.
18 But if you will not yet for all this obey me: I will
chastise you seven times more for your sins,
19 And I will break the pride of your stubbornness, and I
will make to you the heaven above as iron, and the earth
as brass:
20 Your labour shall be spent in vain, the ground shall not
bring forth her increase, nor the trees yield their fruit.
21 If you walk contrary to me, and will not hearken to me, I
will bring seven times more plagues upon you for your
sins:
22 And I will send in upon you the beasts of the held, to
destroy you and your cattle, and make you few in number,
and that your highways may be desolate.
23 And if even so you will not amend, but will walk contrary
to me:
24 I also will walk contrary to you, and will strike you
seven times for your sins.
25 And I will bring in upon you the sword that shall avenge
my covenant. And when you shall flee into the cities, I
will send the pestilence in the midst of you, and you
shall be delivered into the hands of your enemies,
26 After I shall have broken the staff of your bread: so that
ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and give it
out by weight: and you shall eat, and shall not be filled.
27 But if you will not for all this hearken to me, but will
walk against me:
28 I will also go against you with opposite fury, and I will
chastise you with seven plagues for your sins,
29 So that you shall eat the flesh of your sons and of your
daughters.
30 I will destroy your high places, and break your idols. You
shall fall among the ruins of your idols, and my soul
shall abhor you.
31 Insomuch that I will bring your cities to be a wilderness,
and I will make your sanctuaries desolate, and will
receive no more your sweet odours.
32 And I will destroy your land, and your enemies shall be
astonished at it, when they shall be the inhabitants
thereof.
33 And I will scatter you among the Gentiles, and I will draw
out the sword after you, and your land shall be desert,
and your cities destroyed.
34 Then shell the land enjoy her sabbaths all the days of her
desolation: when you shall be
35 In the enemy's land, she shall keep a sabbath, and rest in
the sabbaths of her desolation, because she did not rest
in your sabbaths when you dwelt therein.
36 And as to them that shall remain of you I will send fear
in their hearts in the countries of their enemies, the
sound of a flying leaf shall terrify them, and they shall
flee as it were from the sword: they shall fall, when no
man pursueth them,
37 And they shall every one fall upon their brethren as
fleeing from wars, none of you shall dare to resist your
enemies.
38 You shall perish among the Gentiles, and an enemy's land
shall consume you.
39 And if of them also some remain, they shall pine away in
their iniquities, in the land of their enemies, and they
shall be afflicted for the sins of their fathers, and
their own:
40 Until they confess their iniquities and the iniquities of
their ancestors, whereby they have transgressed me, and
walked contrary unto me.
41 Therefore I also will walk them, and bring them into their
enemies' land until their uncircumcised mind be ashamed:
then shall they pray for their sins.
42 And I will remember my covenant, that I made with Jacob,
and Isaac, and Abraham. I will remember also the land:
43 Which when she shall be left by them, shall enjoy her
sabbaths, being desolate for them. But they shall pray for
their sins, because they rejected my judgments, and
despised my laws.
44 And yet for all that when they were in the land of their
enemies, I did not cast them off altogether, neither did
I so despise them that they should be quite consumed, and
I should make void my covenant with them. For I am the
Lord their God.
45 And I will remember my former covenant, when I brought
them out of the land of Egypt, in the sight of the
Gentiles, to be their God. I am the Lord. These are the
judgments, and precepts, and laws, which the Lord gave
between him and the children of Israel in mount Sinai by
the hand of Moses.
The Book of Leviticus, Chapter 27
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2 Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to
them: The man that shall have made a vow, and promised his
soul to God, shall give the price according to estimation.
3 If it be a man from twenty years old unto sixty years old,
he shall give fifty sides of silver, after the weight of
the sanctuary:
4 If a woman, thirty.
5 But from the fifth year until the twentieth, a man shall
give twenty sicles: a woman ten.
6 From one month until the fifth year. for a male shall be
given five sides: for a female three.
7 A man that is sixty years old or upward, shall give
fifteen aisles: a woman ten.
8 If he be poor, and not able to pay tile estimation, he
shall stand before tile priest: and as much as he shall
value him at, and see him able to pay, so much shall he
give.
9 But a beast that may be sacrificed to the Lord, if ally
one shall vow, shall be holy,
10 And cannot be changed, that is to say, neither a better
for a worse, nor a worse for a better. And if he shall
change it: both that which was changed, and that for which
it was changed, shall be consecrated to the Lord.
11 An unclean beast, which cannot be sacrificed to the Lord,
if my man shall vow, shall be brought before the priest:
12 Who judging whether it be good or bad, shall set the
price:
13 Which if he that offereth it will give, he shall add above
the estimation the fifth part.
14 If a man shall vow his house, and sanctify it to the Lord,
the priest shall consider it, whether it be good or bad,
and it shall be sold according to the price, which he
shall appoint.
15 But if he that vowed, will redeem it, he shall give the
fifth part of the estimation over and above, and shall
have the house.
16 And if he vow the field of his possession, and consecrate
it to the Lord, the price shall be rated according to the
measure of the seed. If the ground be sowed with thirty
bushels of barley, let it be sold for fifty sides of
silver.
17 If he vow his field immediately from the year of jubilee
that is beginning, as much as it may be worth, at so much
it shall be rated.
18 But if some time after, the priest shall reckon the money
according to the number of years that remain until the
jubilee, and the price shall be abated.
19 And if he that had vowed, will redeem his field, he shall
add the fifth part of the money of the estimation, and
shall possess it.
20 And if he will not redeem it, but it be sold to any other
man, he that vowed it, may not redeem it any more:
21 For when the day of jubilee cometh, it shall be sanctified
to the Lord, and as a possession consecrated, pertaineth
to the right of the priests.
22 If a field that was bought, and not of a man's ancestors'
possession, be sanctified to the Lord,
23 The priest shall reckon the price according to the number
of years: unto the jubilee: and he that had vowed, shall
give that to the Lord.
24 But in the jubilee, it shall return to the former owner,
who had sold it, and had it in the lot of his possession.
25 All estimation shall be made according to the side of the
sanctuary. A sicle hath twenty obols.
26 The firstborn, which belong to the Lord, no man may
sanctify and vow: whether it be bullock, or sheep, they
are the Lord's.
27 And if it be an unclean beast, he that offereth it shall
redeem it, according to thy estimation, and shall add the
fifth part of the price. If he will not redeem it, it
shall be sold to another for how much soever it was
estimated by thee.
28 Any thing that is devoted to the Lord, whether it be man,
or beast, or field, shall not be sold, neither may it be
redeemed. Whatsoever is once consecrated shall be holy of
holies to the Lord.
29 And any consecration that is offered by man, shall not be
redeemed, but dying shall die.
30 All tithes of the land, whether of corn, or of the fruits
of trees, are the Lord's, and are sanctified to him.
31 And if any man will redeem his tithes, he shall add the
fifth part of them.
32 Of all the tithes of oxen, and sheep, and goats, that pass
under the shepherd's rod, every tenth that cometh shall be
sanctified to the Lord.
33 It shall not be chosen neither good nor bad, neither shall
it be changed for another. If any man change it: both that
which was changed, and that for which it was changed,
shall be sanctified to the Lord, and shall not be
redeemed.
34 These are the precepts which the Lord commanded Moses for
the children of Israel in mount Sinai.
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