Jan 28 - Leviticus 16-18
Leviticus
1And the Lord spoke to Moses, after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they were destroyed for offering strange fire2And he instructed him, saying: Speak to your brother Aaron, so that he may not, at any time, enter into the Sanctuary, which is within the veil, before the propitiatory by which the ark is covered, so that he may not die, (for I will appear in a cloud above the oracle3unless he will have done these things beforehand. He shall offer a calf for sin, and a ram as a holocaust4He shall be vested with a linen tunic. He shall conceal his nakedness with linen undergarments. He shall be wrapped with a linen belt, and he shall impose a linen headdress on his head. For these are holy vestments. All of these he shall put on, after he has been washed5And he shall receive, from the entire multitude of the sons of Israel, two he-goats for sin, and one ram as a holocaust6And when he has presented the calf, and has prayed for himself and for his own house7he shall cause the two he-goats to stand in the sight of the Lord at the entrance to the tabernacle of the testimony8And casting lots over them both, one is to be offered to the Lord, and the other is to be the emissary goat9The one whose lot fell out to be offered to the Lord, he shall offer for sin10But the one who is to be the emissary goat shall stand before the Lord, so that he may pour the prayers upon him, and may send him away into the wilderness11After these things have been duly celebrated, he shall offer the calf, and praying for himself and for his own house, he shall immolate it12And taking up the censer, which he has filled from the burning coals of the altar, and drawing up with his hands the aromatic compound for incense, he shall enter within the veil, into the holy place13so that when the aromatics are placed upon the fire, its cloud and vapor may cover the oracle, which is above the testimony, and he may not die14Likewise, he shall take some of the blood of the calf, and sprinkle it with his finger seven times opposite the propitiatory, toward the east15And when he has slain the he-goat for the sin of the people, he shall carry its blood within the veil, just as he was instructed to do with the blood of the calf, so that he may sprinkle it away from the area of the oracle16and so that he may expiate the Sanctuary from the uncleanness of the sons of Israel, and from their prevarications and every one of their sins. According to this rite, he shall act toward the tabernacle of the testimony, which is fixed among them in the midst of the filth of their habitation17Let no man be in the tabernacle when the high priest enters the Sanctuary in order to pray for himself, and for his house, and for the entire assembly of Israel, until he exits18And when he has exited to the altar which is before the Lord, let him pray for himself, and taking the blood of the calf, and of the he-goat, let him pour it upon its horns all around19And sprinkling with his finger seven times, let him expiate and sanctify it from the uncleanness of the sons of Israel20After he has cleansed the Sanctuary, and the tabernacle, and the altar, then let him offer the living goat21And placing both hands upon its head, let him confess all the iniquities of the sons of Israel, and all of their offenses and sins. And calling these down upon its head, he shall send it away, by means of a man prepared to do so, into the desert22And when the goat has carried all their iniquities into a solitary land, and has been released into the desert23Aaron shall return into the tabernacle of the testimony. And placing aside the vestments, which he had worn before when he entered into the Sanctuary, and leaving them there24he shall wash his flesh in the holy place, and he shall be clothed in his own garments. And departing afterwards, he shall present his own holocaust and that of the people: he shall pray as much for himself as for the people25And the fat which is offered for sins, he shall burn upon the altar26Yet truly, he who has sent away the emissary goat shall wash his clothes and his body with water, and so he shall enter into the camp27But the calf and the he-goat, which were immolated for sin, and whose blood was brought into the Sanctuary to complete the expiation, these shall be carried outside the camp and be burned with fire: as with their skins, so also with their flesh and dung28And whoever will have burned them shall wash his clothes and flesh with water, and so he shall enter into the camp29And this shall be to you an everlasting ordinance. In the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict your souls, and you shall do no work, neither someone native born, nor the newcomer who sojourns among you30On this day, there shall be atonement for you, and also a cleansing from all your sins. You shall be cleansed in the sight of the Lord31For it is a Sabbath of rest, and you shall afflict your souls as a perpetual observance32And the priest who has been anointed, and whose hands have been consecrated to exercise the priesthood in the place of his father, shall make atonement. And he shall be clothed with the linen robe and the holy vestments33And he shall expiate the Sanctuary and the tabernacle of the testimony and the altar, likewise the priest and all the people34And this shall be to you a perpetual law, that you pray for the sons of Israel, and for all their sins once a year. Therefore, he did just as the Lord had instructed Moses
1And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying2Speak to Aaron and his sons, and to all the sons of Israel, saying to them: This is the word, which the Lord has commanded, saying3Any man at all of the house of Israel, if he will have killed an ox, or a sheep, or a goat in the camp or beyond the camp4and not have presented it as an oblation to the Lord at the door of the tabernacle, he shall be guilty of blood. It is just as if he had shed blood; so then, he shall perish from the midst of his people5Therefore, the sons of Israel must offer to the priest their victims, which they kill in the field, so that they may be sanctified to the Lord before the door of the tabernacle of the testimony, and so that they may immolate them as peace offerings to the Lord6And the priest shall pour the blood upon the altar of the Lord, at the door of the tabernacle of the testimony, and he shall burn the fat as a sweet odor to the Lord7And they shall no longer immolate their victims to demons, with whom they have committed fornication. It shall be an everlasting ordinance for them and for their posterity8And you shall say to them: The man of the house of Israel, or of the newcomers who sojourn with you, who offers a holocaust or a victim9and who does not bring it to the door of the tabernacle of the testimony, so that it may be offered to the Lord, shall pass away from his people10Any man at all of the house of Israel, or of the newcomers who sojourn among them, if he has eaten blood, I will harden my face against his soul, and I will drive him from his people11For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you, so that you may atone with it upon the altar for your souls, and so that the blood may be for an expiation of the soul12For this reason, I have said to the sons of Israel: No soul among you shall eat blood, nor among the newcomers who sojourn with you13Any man at all from the sons of Israel, or from the newcomers who sojourn with you, whether by hunting or bird-catching, if he seizes a wild beast or a bird, which is lawful to eat, let him pour out its blood and cover the earth with it14For the life of all flesh is in the blood. Therefore, I said to the sons of Israel: You shall not eat the blood of any flesh at all, because the life of the flesh is in the blood, and whoever has eaten it shall perish15The soul who eats what has died on its own, or what has been caught by a beast, whether he is native born or a newcomer, shall wash his clothes and himself with water, and he shall be contaminated until evening. And by this means he shall be made clean16But if he will not wash his clothes and his body, he shall bear his iniquity
1And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying2Speak to the sons of Israel, and you shall say to them: I am the Lord your God3You shall not act according to the custom of the land of Egypt, in which you have lived; nor shall you behave according to the habit of the region of Canaan, into which I will lead you; neither shall you walk in their ordinances4You shall accomplish my judgments, and you shall observe my precepts, and you shall walk in them. I am the Lord your God5Keep my laws and judgments; when a man does these, he shall live by them. I am the Lord6No man shall approach her who is a close blood-relative to him, so as to uncover her nakedness. I am the Lord7You shall not expose the nakedness of your father, or the nakedness of your mother. She is your mother; you shall not uncover her nakedness8You shall not expose the nakedness of your father’s wife; for it is the nakedness of your father9You shall not uncover the nakedness of your sister, whether from father or from mother, whether she was born at home or abroad10You shall not uncover the nakedness of your son’s daughter, or your daughter’s daughter; for it is your own nakedness11You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s wife’s daughter, whom she bore to your father, and who is your sister12You shall not expose the nakedness of your father’s sister; for she is the flesh of your father13You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother’s sister, because she is the flesh of your mother14You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s brother, nor shall you approach his wife, who is joined to you by affinity15You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law, for she is your son’s wife; neither shall you expose her dishonor16You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother’s wife; for it is the nakedness of your brother17You shall not uncover the nakedness of your wife and her daughter. You shall not take her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter, so as to uncover her dishonor; for they are her flesh, and such sexual intercourse is incest18You shall not take your wife’s sister as a rival mistress; nor shall you uncover her nakedness, while your wife is still living19You shall not approach a woman who is undergoing menstruation, nor shall you uncover her foulness20You shall not have sexual intercourse with your neighbor’s wife, nor shall you be defiled by the mingling of seed21You shall not give some of your seed to be consecrated to the idol Moloch, nor to pollute the name of your God. I am the Lord22You shall not commit sexual acts with a male, in place of sexual intercourse with a female, for this is an abomination23You shall not commit sexual acts with any animal, nor shall you be defiled by it. A woman shall not lie down with a beast, nor commit sexual acts with it; for this is wickedness24Do not pollute yourselves with any of these things, by which all of the nations, which I will cast out in your sight, have been contaminate25and by which the land has been polluted. I will visit the wickedness of the land, so that it may vomit out its inhabitants26Keep my ordinances and judgments, and do not do any of these abominations: the native born, as well as the settler, who sojourns among you27For all these detestable things were done by the inhabitants of the land who were here before you, and they have polluted it28Therefore, beware, lest in a similar manner, it may vomit you out as well, if you do these same things, just as it vomited out the people who were before you29Every soul who shall commit any of these abominations shall perish from the midst of his people30Keep my commandments. Do not be willing to do the things which have been done by those who were before you, and do not be polluted by these things. I am the Lord your God