Leviticus 22
The Lord instructs Moses to tell Aaron and his sons to be careful with the consecrated things of the Israelites, and to not contaminate them, lest they perish before the Lord. Those who are unclean, including lepers and those who have touched unclean things, are not to eat of the consecrated things until they are purified. The Lord also sets rules for who can eat of the consecrated things, including that no foreigners or hired servants can eat of them, and that the priests' daughters who marry outside the priesthood can no longer eat of them. The Lord also gives instructions for the kinds of animals that can be offered as sacrifices, stating that they must be immaculate and without blemish.
1The Lord also spoke to Moses saying2Speak to Aaron and to his sons, so that they may be careful of those things which have been consecrated for the sons of Israel, and so that they may not contaminate the name of the things sanctified to me, which they offer. I am the Lord3Say to them and to their posterity: Every man of your stock, who approaches toward those things which have been consecrated, and which the sons of Israel have brought forward to the Lord, in whom there is uncleanness, shall perish before the Lord. I am the Lord4The man of the offspring of Aaron, who is a leper or who is suffering a flow of seed, shall not eat of those things which have been sanctified to me, until he is healed. Whoever will have touched what is unclean because of the dead, and he whose seed goes out from him, as if from sexual intercourse5and whoever has touched a creeping thing, or any kind of unclean thing, the touching of which is filthy6shall be unclean until evening, and shall not eat those things which have been sanctified. But when he has washed his flesh with water7and the sun has set, then, having been purified, he shall eat from what has been sanctified, because it is his food8Whatever dies on its own, and whatever has been seized by a wild beast, they shall not eat, nor shall they be polluted by these. I am the Lord9Let them observe my precepts, so that they may not fall under sin, and die in the Sanctuary, when they will have defiled it. I am the Lord, who sanctifies them10No foreigner shall eat from what has been sanctified; a guest of the priests and a hired servant shall not eat from them11But whomever the priest has bought, and whoever has been born into his house, these shall eat from them12If the daughter of a priest has been married to any of the people, she shall not eat from what has been sanctified, nor from the first-fruits13But if she is a widow or divorced, and, being without children, she returns to her father’s house, she shall be nourished by her father’s foods, just as she was accustomed to do as a girl. No foreigner shall have the authority to eat from them14Whoever, through ignorance, eats from what has been sanctified shall add a fifth part to that which he ate, and he shall give it to the priest at the Sanctuary15And they shall not contaminate what has been sanctified from the sons of Israel, which they offer to the Lord16lest perhaps they may suffer the iniquity of their offense, when they will have eaten what has been sanctified. I am the Lord, who sanctifies them17And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying18Speak to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the sons of Israel, and you shall say to them: The man from the house of Israel, or from the newcomers who live with you, who would bring forward his oblation, either fulfilling his vows or offering spontaneously, whatever he brings forward as a holocaust for the Lord19in order to be offered through you, shall offer an immaculate male from the oxen, or from the sheep, or from the goats20If it has a blemish, you shall not offer it, and it shall not be acceptable21The man who will have offered a victim of peace offerings to the Lord, either fulfilling his vows or offering spontaneously, whether of oxen, or of sheep, shall offer what is immaculate, so that it may be acceptable. There shall be no blemish in it22If it is blind, or if it is broken, or if it has a scar, or if it is has a boil, or a skin disease or infection, you shall not offer these to the Lord, nor shall you burn any of these upon the altar of the Lord23An ox or a sheep, having an amputated ear or tail, you are able to offer voluntarily, but a vow is not able to be fulfilled by these24You shall not offer to the Lord any animal which has the testicles bruised, or crushed, or cut and taken away, and you shall not cause any of these things in your land25From the hand of a foreigner, you shall not offer bread to your God, nor anything else that he would choose to give; for all this has been corrupted and blemished. You shall not accept them26And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying27An ox, a sheep, or a goat, when they have been born, shall be under the udder of their mother for seven days. But on the eighth day and thereafter, they are able to be offered to the Lord28Whether it is an ox, or a sheep, they shall not be immolated on the same day with their newborns29If you immolate a victim as an act of thanksgiving to the Lord, so that he may be pleased30you shall eat it on the same day; none of it shall remain until morning on the next day. I am the Lord31Observe my commandments, and do them. I am the Lord32Do not pollute my holy name, so that I may be sanctified in the midst of the sons of Israel. I am the Lord, who sanctifies you33and who led you away from the land of Egypt, so that I may be to you as God. I am the Lord
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