
BURNT OFFERING{/}

{1}1{/}

{I}1_{/}Yahweh called 
Moses, and from the Tent 
of Meeting addressed him, 
saying,
{I}2_{/}"Speak to the 
people of Israel; say to 
them: When anyone brings 
an offering of an animal 
to Yahweh it can be from 
either his cattle or 
sheep and goats.
{I}3_{/}If the offering 
is a burnt offering of 
one of his cattle, he is 
to offer a bull without 
any defect. He shall 
offer it at the entrance 
to the Tent of Meeting, 
so that his offering may 
be accepted before 
Yahweh. {I}4_{/}He is to 
lay his hand on the 
bull's head, and it shall 
be accepted as a 
sacrifice to take away 
his sins. {I}5_{/}Then he 
shall kill the bull 
before Yahweh, and the 
sons of Aaron, the 
priests, shall offer the 
blood. They will pour it 
out on the sides of the 
altar which stands at the 
entrance to the Tent of 
Meeting. {I}6_{/}Then he 
shall skin the victim and 
quarter it. {I}7_{/}The 
sons of Aaron, the 
priests, must put fire on 
the altar and arrange 
wood on this fire. 
{I}8_{/}Then the sons of 
Aaron, the priests, are 
to put the pieces, the 
head and the fat on the 
wood on the altar fire. 
{I}9_{/}The man shall 
wash the internal organs 
and legs in water, and 
the priest is to burn all 
of it on the altar. This 
will be a burnt offering 
and its sweet-smelling 
odor will please Yahweh.
{I}10_{/}If his offering 
is an animal out of the 
flock, a lamb or a goat 
offered as a burnt 
offering, he is to offer 
a male without any 
defect. {I}11_{/}He shall 
kill it on the north side 
of the altar before 
Yahweh, and the sons of 
Aaron, the priests, shall 
pour out the blood on the 
sides of the altar. 
{I}12_{/}Then he is to 
quarter it, and the 
priest is to arrange the 
quarters, as well as the 
head and the fat on the 
wood on the altar fire. 
{I}13_{/}The man shall 
wash the internal organs 
and legs in water, and 
the priest shall burn all 
of it on the altar. This 
will be a burnt offering 
and its sweet-smelling 
odor will please Yahweh.
{I}14_{/}If the man is 
offering a bird as a 
burnt offering, he is to 
offer a turtledove or a 
young pigeon. 
{I}15_{/}The priest shall 
offer it at the altar and 
wring off its head, which 
he is to burn on the 
altar; then its blood is 
to be drained out on the 
side of the altar. 
{I}16_{/}Then he shall 
remove the crop and the 
feathers: these he is to 
throw on the eastern side 
of the altar, where the 
ashes from the fat are 
placed. {I}17_{/}He is to 
divide it in two halves 
with a wing on each side, 
but without separating 
the two parts. Then the 
priest shall burn it on 
the altar, on the wood 
that is on the fire. This 
will be a burnt offering 
and its sweet-smelling 
odor will please Yahweh.
THE GRAIN OFFERING{/}

{1}2{/}

{I}1_{/}If anyone offers 
Yahweh a grain offering, 
his offering is to be 
fine flour on which he is 
to pour wine and put 
incense. {I}2_{/}He shall 
bring it to the sons of 
Aaron, the priests; he is 
to take a handful of the 
fine flour and oil and 
all the incense, and the 
priest shall burn it on 
the altar as a memorial, 
a burnt offering whose 
sweet-smelling odor will 
please Yahweh. 
{I}3_{/}The remainder of 
the grain offering 
belongs to Aaron and his 
sons; this is a most holy 
share for it comes from 
the burnt offerings of 
Yahweh.
{I}4_{/}When you are 
going to offer a grain 
offering of bread baked 
in the oven, the fine 
flour is to be prepared 
either in the form of 
unleavened cakes mixed 
with oil, or in the form 
of unleavened wafers 
spread with oil.
{I}5_{/}If your offering 
is a grain offering fried 
on the griddle, the fine 
flour mixed with oil is 
to have no leavening. 
{I}6_{/}You must break it 
in pieces and pour oil 
over it. It is a grain 
offering. {I}7_{/}If your 
offering is a grain 
offering cooked in the 
pan, the fine flour is to 
be prepared in oil. 
{I}8_{/}You must bring to 
Yahweh the grain offering 
that has been thus 
prepared, presenting it 
to the priest, who is to 
bring it to the altar. 
{I}9_{/}The priest shall 
take part of this 
offering and burn it on 
the altar to recall 
before Yahweh the person 
who is offering it. And 
it will be an offering 
whose sweet-smelling odor 
will please Yahweh. 
{I}10_{/}The remainder of 
the grain offering 
belongs to Aaron and his 
sons; this is a most holy 
share of Yahweh's burnt 
offering. 
{I}11_{/}None of the 
grain offering that you 
offer to Yahweh is to be 
prepared with yeast for 
you must never burn yeast 
or honey as a burnt 
offering for Yahweh. 
{I}12_{/}You may offer 
them up to Yahweh, as an 
offering of firstfruits, 
but they must not go up 
as a sweet-smelling odor 
to please Yahweh. 
{I}13_{/}You must salt 
every grain offering that 
you offer, and you must 
never fail to put on your 
grain offering the salt 
of the Covenant with your 
God: to every offering 
you are to join an 
offering of salt to 
Yahweh your God. 
{I}14_{/}If you offer 
Yahweh a grain offering 
of firstfruits, it may be 
from either roasted corn 
or bread made from ground 
corn. {I}15_{/}You are to 
add oil to it and put 
incense on it; it is a 
grain offering 
{I}16_{/}and the priest 
is to burn part of the 
bread and oil (together 
with all the incense) as 
a burnt offering for 
Yahweh. 
THE PEACE OFFERING{/}

{1}3{/}

{I}1_{/}If anyone offers 
a peace sacrifice, 
offering from his cattle, 
male or female, whatever 
he offers before Yahweh 
must be without any 
defect. {I}2_{/}He is to 
lay his hand on the 
victim's head and kill it 
at the entrance to the 
Tent of Meeting. Then the 
sons of Aaron, the 
priests, shall pour out 
the blood on the sides of 
the altar. {I}3_{/}Then 
he is to offer the 
following as a burnt 
offering for Yahweh: the 
fat that covers the 
internal organs, all the 
fat that is on the 
internal organs, 
{I}4_{/}the two kidneys, 
the fat on them and on 
the loins, the best part 
which he is to remove 
from the liver and 
kidneys. {I}5_{/}The sons 
of Aaron shall burn all 
this on the altar along 
with the burnt offering, 
on the wood on the fire. 
It will be a burnt 
offering and its sweet-
smelling odor will please 
Yahweh.
{I}6_{/}If he offers a 
sheep or goat as a peace 
offering for Yahweh, he 
is to offer a male or 
female without any 
defect. {I}7_{/}If he 
offers a sheep, he is to 
offer it before Yahweh; 
{I}8_{/}he is to lay his 
hand on the sheep's head 
and kill it in front of 
the Tent of Meeting; then 
the sons of Aaron shall 
pour out its blood on the 
sides of the altar. 
{I}9_{/}Of the peace 
offering he is to offer 
the following as a burnt 
offering for Yahweh: the 
fat, all the tail taken 
off near the backbone, 
the fat that covers the 
internal organs, all the 
fat that is on the 
internal organs, 
{I}10_{/}the two kidneys, 
the fat that is on them 
and on the loins, the 
best part which he will 
remove from the liver and 
kidneys. {I}11_{/}The 
priest shall burn this 
part on the altar as 
food, as a burnt offering 
for Yahweh.
{I}12_{/}If his offering 
is a goat, he is to offer 
it before Yahweh: 
{I}13_{/}he is to lay his 
hand on the goat's head 
and kill it in front of 
the Tent of Meeting, and 
the sons of Aaron shall 
pour out its blood on the 
sides of the altar. 
{I}14_{/}Then he is to 
offer the following as a 
burnt offering for 
Yahweh: the fat that 
covers the internal 
organs, all the fat that 
is on the internal 
organs, {I}15_{/}the two 
kidneys, the fat that is 
on them and on the loins, 
the best part which he 
will remove from the 
liver and kidneys. 
{I}16_{/}The priest shall 
burn these pieces on the 
altar as food, as a burnt 
offering for Yahweh.
{I}17_{/}All the fat 
belongs to Yahweh. This 
is a law forever for all 
your descendants, 
wherever they may live: 
never eat either fat or 
blood."
OFFERING FOR AN 
UNINTENTIONAL SIN{/}

{1}4{/}

{I}1_{/}Yahweh spoke to 
Moses; he said: 
{I}2_{/}"Speak to the 
people of Israel and say: 
Anyone may sin without 
intending to do so 
against any of the 
commandments of Yahweh 
and do one of the 
forbidden things; in such 
a case:
{I}3_{/}If the one who 
sins is the anointed 
priest, his sin defiles 
the people. Then, for the 
sin which he has 
committed, he is to offer 
to Yahweh a young bull, 
an animal from the herd 
without any defect, as a 
sacrifice for sin. 
{I}4_{/}He is to bring 
the bull before Yahweh at 
the entrance to the Tent 
of Meeting, and lay his 
hand on its head and kill 
it before Yahweh. 
{I}5_{/}Then the anointed 
priest shall take a 
little of the blood of 
the bull and take it into 
the Tent of Meeting. 
{I}6_{/}He shall dip his 
finger in the blood and 
sprinkle it over the veil 
of the sanctuary seven 
times, before Yahweh. 
{I}7_{/}Then the priest 
shall put a little of the 
blood of the bull on the 
corners of the altar of 
incense that sends up 
smoke before Yahweh in 
the Tent of Meeting and 
he is to pour all the 
rest of the bull's blood 
at the foot of the altar 
for burnt offerings that 
is at the entrance to the 
Tent of Meeting.
{I}8_{/}From this bull 
offered as a sacrifice 
for sin, the priest will 
remove all the fat: the 
fat that covers the 
internal organs, all the 
fat that is on the 
internal organs, 
{I}9_{/}the two kidneys, 
the fat that is on them 
and on the loins, the 
best part which he will 
remove from the liver and 
kidneys, {I}10_{/}exactly 
as was done with what was 
set apart in the peace 
offering, and the priest 
shall burn these on the 
altar for burnt 
offerings.
{I}11_{/}The bull's skin, 
all its flesh, its head, 
legs, internal organs and 
intestines, {I}12_{/}the 
whole of the bull, must 
be carried outside the 
camp to a place that is 
clean, the place where 
the ashes from the fat 
are thrown away, and the 
bull must be burnt there.
{I}13_{/}If the whole 
community of Israel has 
sinned without intending 
to do so, and, without 
being aware of it, has 
done something that is 
forbidden by the 
commandments of Yahweh, 
{I}14_{/}the community is 
to offer a young bull as 
sacrifice for sin, an 
animal of the herd 
without any defect, as 
soon as the sin of which 
they have been guilty is 
discovered. The animal 
must be brought before 
the Tent of Meeting; 
{I}15_{/}the elders of 
the community shall lay 
their hands on the bull's 
head before Yahweh, and 
it must be killed before 
Yahweh.
{I}16_{/}Then the 
anointed priest is to 
carry a little of the 
blood of the bull into 
the Tent of Meeting. 
{I}17_{/}He is to dip his 
finger in the blood and 
sprinkle it on the veil 
before Yahweh seven 
times. {I}18_{/}Then he 
shall put a little of the 
blood on the corners of 
the altar that stands 
before Yahweh inside the 
Tent of Meeting, and pour 
out all the rest of the 
blood at the foot of the 
altar for burnt offerings 
at the entrance to the 
Tent of Meeting.
{I}19_{/}Then the priest 
shall remove all the fat 
from the animal and burn 
it on the altar. 
{I}20_{/}He shall do the 
same thing with this bull 
as he did with the bull 
for the sacrifice of sin. 
When the priest has 
performed the sacrifice 
for the people's sin, 
they will be forgiven. 
{I}21_{/}The priest must 
have the bull taken out 
of the camp and burn it 
as he burned the first 
one. This is the 
sacrifice for the sin of 
the community.
{I}22_{/}When a leader 
sins and without 
intending to do so does 
one of the things 
forbidden by the 
commandments of Yahweh 
his God, thus becoming 
guilty, {I}23_{/}and 
after that he recalls it, 
or anyone calls his 
attention to the sin thus 
committed, he is to bring 
a goat as an offering, a 
male without any defect. 
{I}24_{/}He is to lay his 
hand on the goat's head 
and kill it in the place 
where the animals for the 
burnt offerings are 
killed. This is a 
sacrifice for sin: 
{I}25_{/}the priest shall 
take a little of the 
goat's blood on his 
finger and put it on the 
corners of the altar for 
burnt offerings. Then he 
shall pour out its blood 
at the foot of the altar 
for burnt offering 
{I}26_{/}and burn all the 
fat on the altar, as with 
the fat in the peace 
offering. This is how the 
priest is to offer the 
sacrifice for the sin of 
this leader to free him 
from his sin, and he will 
be forgiven.
{I}27_{/}If one of the 
people sins without 
intending to do so and 
makes himself guilty by 
doing something forbidden 
by the commandments of 
Yahweh, {I}28_{/}and 
after that he recalls it 
or anyone calls his 
attention to the sin he 
has committed, he is to 
bring a goat as an 
offering, a female 
without any defect. 
{I}29_{/}He is to lay his 
hand on the goat's head 
and kill it in the place 
where the animals for the 
burnt offerings are 
killed. {I}30_{/}The 
priest shall take a 
little of the goat's 
blood on his finger and 
put it on the corners of 
the altar for burnt 
offerings. Then he shall 
pour out all the rest of 
the blood at the foot of 
the altar. {I}31_{/}He 
shall remove all the fat, 
as the fat was removed 
for the peace offering, 
and the priest shall burn 
it on the altar as a 
sweet-smelling sacrifice 
pleasing to Yahweh. This 
is how the priest is to 
offer the sacrifice for 
the man's sin, and he 
will be forgiven.
{I}32_{/}If anyone wishes 
to bring a lamb as an 
offering for this kind of 
sacrifice, he is to bring 
a female without any 
defect. {I}33_{/}He is to 
lay his hand on the 
lamb's head and kill it 
as a sacrifice for sin in 
the place where the 
animals for the burnt 
offerings are killed. 
{I}34_{/}The priest shall 
take a little of the 
blood of this sacrifice 
on his finger and put it 
on the corners of the 
altar for burnt 
offerings. Then he shall 
pour out all the rest of 
the blood at the foot of 
the altar. {I}35_{/}He 
shall remove its fat as 
was done for the sheep in 
the peace offering, and 
the priest shall burn it 
all on the altar, in 
addition to the burnt 
offering for Yahweh. This 
is how the priest is to 
offer the sacrifice for 
the man's sin, and he 
will be forgiven. 
SOME CASES REQUIRING 
SACRIFICE FOR SIN{/}

{1}5{/}

{I}1_{/}Sacrifice for sin 
is required in the 
following cases:
A man should have come 
forward to give evidence 
in court when officially 
summoned; but he did not 
speak and give 
information about 
something he had seen or 
heard; and so he is 
guilty.
{I}2_{/}Or else he 
accidentally touches 
something unclean, 
whatever it may be - the 
dead body of an unclean 
animal, wild or tame; or 
the dead body of one of 
the unclean beings that 
swarm - and so without 
realizing it, he becomes 
unclean, and guilty.
{I}3_{/}Or else he 
accidentally touches some 
human uncleanness, 
whatever it may be, and 
contact with it makes him 
unclean; so he becomes 
guilty as soon as he 
realizes what he has 
done.
{I}4_{/}Or else a man 
makes a careless vow to 
do either evil or good in 
any of those matters on 
which a man may swear 
unthinkingly; he does not 
notice it, then, but when 
he realizes it later, he 
becomes guilty.
{I}5_{/}He who is guilty 
in any of these cases, 
shall confess the sin 
committed, {I}6_{/}and 
bring to Yahweh as a 
sacrifice for the sin 
committed a female of the 
flock (sheep or goat); 
and the priest shall 
offer the sacrifice for 
the man's sin to free him 
from his sin.
{I}7_{/}If a man cannot 
afford a sheep or a goat, 
he shall offer to Yahweh, 
as payment for the sin he 
has committed, two 
turtledoves or two young 
pigeons, one for a 
sacrifice for sin and the 
other for a burnt 
offering. {I}8_{/}He will 
bring them to the priest 
who is to offer first the 
one intended for the 
sacrifice for sin. The 
priest shall wring its 
neck, without removing 
the head. {I}9_{/}He 
shall sprinkle the side 
of the altar with the 
victim's blood, and then 
drain out the rest of the 
blood at the foot of the 
altar. This is a 
sacrifice for sin. 
{I}10_{/}Of the other 
bird he is to make a 
burnt offering according 
to the regulations. When 
the priest offers the 
sacrifice for the man's 
sin, he will be forgiven.
{I}11_{/}If this man 
cannot afford two 
turtledoves or two young 
pigeons, he is to bring 
two pounds of flour as an 
offering for the sin 
committed; but he shall 
not mix oil with it or 
put incense on it, for it 
is a sacrifice for sin. 
{I}12_{/}He is to bring 
it to the priest, who is 
to take a handful of it 
to be put on the burnt 
offering for Yahweh in 
order to recall this man 
to Yahweh. This is a 
sacrifice for sin. 
{I}13_{/}This is how the 
priest is to offer the 
sacrifice for the sin the 
man committed in any of 
these cases, and he will 
be forgiven. In this 
case, as in the case of a 
grain offering, the rest 
of the flour belongs to 
the priest."
{I}14_{/}Yahweh spoke to 
Moses; he said:
{I}15_{/}"If anyone is 
guilty of unintentionally 
cheating by failing to 
hand over the payments 
that are sacred to 
Yahweh, he is to bring to 
Yahweh as a sacrifice of 
payment a ram with no 
defects. This ram is to 
be valued according to 
the official standard. 
This is a sacrifice of 
repayment. {I}16_{/}He 
must make the payments he 
has failed to hand over, 
pay an extra fifth as 
well, and give it to the 
priest. The priest shall 
offer the ram as a 
sacrifice for the man's 
sin and he will be 
forgiven.
{I}17_{/}If anyone sins 
and does one of the 
things forbidden by the 
commandments of Yahweh 
without realizing it, he 
is guilty and must pay 
the penalty for his 
fault. {I}18_{/}As a 
sacrifice of repayment he 
is to bring to the priest 
a ram without any defect. 
Its value will be 
according to the official 
standard. The priest 
shall offer the sacrifice 
for the sin he has 
committed without 
realizing it and he will 
be forgiven. 
{I}19_{/}This is a 
sacrifice of repayment 
for the man was guilty in 
the eyes of Yahweh."
SACRIFICES FOR 
EVILDOING{/}

{I}20_{/}Yahweh spoke to 
Moses; he said:
{I}21_{/}"This refers to 
the man who sins against 
Yahweh by not returning 
to his neighbor a deposit 
or a security, or 
withholding something due 
to him or cheating him; 
{I}22_{/}and also to the 
one who finds lost 
property and swears he 
has not found it; and 
also to the man who 
swears falsely in one of 
the cases in which people 
usually swear. 
{I}23_{/}In all these 
cases the man who sins 
and becomes guilty is to 
give back what he has 
taken or demanded that 
does not belong to him: 
the deposit entrusted to 
him, the lost property 
that he found, 
{I}24_{/}or any object 
about which he has sworn 
untruthfully. He must 
repay the owner in full 
and give an extra fifth 
as well on the day when 
he is found guilty. 
{I}25_{/}Then he is to 
bring a ram without any 
defect to Yahweh as a 
sacrifice of repayment. 
{I}26_{/}The priest shall 
offer the sacrifice for 
the man's sin and he will 
be forgiven, whatever the 
act of which he became 
guilty."
PRIESTHOOD AND 
SACRIFICE{/}

{1}6{/}

{I}1_{/}Yahweh spoke to 
Moses; he said: 
{I}2_{/}"Give these 
regulations to Aaron and 
his sons. This is the 
regulation for burnt 
offerings: the burnt 
offering shall stay on 
the altar all night until 
morning and the fire is 
to be kept burning.
{I}3_{/}The priest is to 
put on his linen shirt 
and his linen drawers. 
Then he must remove the 
greasy ashes of the 
sacrifice consumed by the 
altar fire and place them 
at the side of the altar. 
{I}4_{/}Then he is to 
change his clothes and 
carry the ashes to some 
place that is clean, 
outside the camp.
{I}5_{/}The fire that 
consumes the burnt 
offering on the altar 
must not be allowed to go 
out. Every morning the 
priest must put firewood 
on it, arrange the burnt 
offering on it and burn 
the fat from the peace 
offerings. {I}6_{/}An 
undying fire is always to 
burn on the altar; it 
must not go out.
{I}7_{/}This is the 
regulation for the grain 
offering: One of the 
priests, a son of Aaron, 
is to bring it into the 
presence of Yahweh in 
front of the altar; 
{I}8_{/}he is to take a 
handful of the fine flour 
(with the oil and incense 
which have been added to 
it) and burn it on the 
altar as a memorial, to 
recall to Yahweh the 
person making the 
offering so that it 
becomes a sweet-smelling 
odor pleasing to Yahweh. 
{I}9_{/}After that, the 
remainder is to be given 
to Aaron and his sons; 
they shall eat it in the 
form of unleavened 
loaves. They are to eat 
it in a sacred place 
within the courtyard of 
the Tent of Meeting. 
{I}10_{/}The share I give 
them of my burnt offering 
must not be baked with 
yeast. It is most holy, 
like the sacrifice for 
sin and the sacrifice of 
repayment. {I}11_{/}All 
the males of Aaron's 
family may eat this part 
of Yahweh's burnt 
offering - this is a law 
forever for all your 
descendants. Everything 
that touches the offering 
becomes consecrated as 
well." 
{I}12_{/}Yahweh spoke to 
Moses; he said:
{I}13_{/}"This is the 
offering that Aaron and 
his sons are to make to 
Yahweh on the day of 
their anointing as 
priests: two pounds of 
flour as a daily 
offering, half in the 
morning and half in the 
evening. {I}14_{/}It must 
be fried on the griddle 
and mixed with oil; you 
must bring the paste as a 
grain offering in several 
pieces, offering them as 
a sweet-smelling odor 
pleasing to Yahweh. 
{I}15_{/}Every descendant 
of Aaron who succeeds him 
as high priest shall do 
the same. This is a law 
forever. This grain 
offering shall be 
completely burned as a 
sacrifice for Yahweh. 
{I}16_{/}Every grain 
offering made by a priest 
must be a total 
sacrifice; none of it is 
to be eaten."
{I}17_{/}Yahweh spoke to 
Moses; he said, 
{I}18_{/}"Say to Aaron 
and his sons: This is the 
regulation for the 
sacrifice for sin:
The victim for the 
sacrifice is to be killed 
before Yahweh in the 
place where the animals 
for the burnt offerings 
are killed. It is a most 
holy offering. 
{I}19_{/}The priest who 
offers this sacrifice is 
to eat it. It must be 
eaten in a holy place 
within the courtyard of 
the Tent of Meeting. 
{I}20_{/}Everything that 
touches the flesh of this 
animal will become 
consecrated; if any of 
the blood splashes on 
clothing, the stain must 
be cleaned in some holy 
place. {I}21_{/}The clay 
pot in which the meat is 
cooked must be broken; if 
a bronze pot has been 
used for the cooking, it 
must be scrubbed and 
thoroughly rinsed with 
water. {I}22_{/}Any male 
who is a priest may eat 
the meat. It is a most 
holy thing. {I}23_{/}But 
no one may eat any part 
of the animals offered 
for sin, whenever any of 
the blood is brought into 
the Tent and used in the 
sacrifice to take away 
sin. The meat must be 
thrown on the fire.
THE SACRIFICE OF 
REPAYMENT{/}

{1}7{/}

{I}1_{/}This is the 
regulation for the 
sacrifice of repayment:
{I}2_{/}It is a most holy 
offering. The animal for 
this offering is to be 
killed in the place where 
the animals for the burnt 
offerings are killed, and 
the priest must pour out 
the blood on the sides of 
the altar. {I}3_{/}Then 
he is to offer all the 
fat: the tail, the fat 
that covers the internal 
organs, {I}4_{/}the two 
kidneys, the fat that is 
on them and on the loins, 
and the best part which 
he will remove from the 
liver and kidneys. 
{I}5_{/}The priest must 
burn these pieces on the 
altar as a burnt offering 
for Yahweh. This is a 
sacrifice of repayment. 
{I}6_{/}Any male who is a 
priest may eat it, but it 
must be eaten in a holy 
place because it is a 
most holy thing.
{I}7_{/}As with the 
sacrifice for sin, so 
with the sacrifice of 
repayment; the regulation 
is the same for both. The 
offering which he has 
used in the sacrifice for 
sin belongs to the 
priest. {I}8_{/}The skin 
of the animal presented 
by a man to the priest to 
be offered as a burnt 
offering belongs to the 
priest. {I}9_{/}Every 
grain offering baked in 
the oven, every grain 
offering fried in the pan 
or on the griddle shall 
belong to the priest who 
offered it. 
{I}10_{/}Every grain 
offering, mixed with oil 
or dry, is to belong to 
all the sons of Aaron 
equally.
THE PEACE OFFERING{/}

{I}11_{/}This is the 
regulation for the peace 
offering presented to 
Yahweh:
{I}12_{/}If it is offered 
as a thanksgiving 
offering, there must be 
added to it an offering 
of unleavened cakes mixed 
with oil, unleavened 
wafers spread with oil, 
and fine flour in the 
form of cakes mixed with 
oil. {I}13_{/}This 
offering, then, must be 
added to the loaves of 
leavened bread and to the 
thanksgiving offering. 
{I}14_{/}One of the cakes 
of this offering is to be 
presented as an offering 
to Yahweh; it shall 
belong to the priest who 
pours out the blood of 
the peace offering. 
{I}15_{/}The flesh of the 
animal must be eaten on 
the day when the offering 
is made; nothing must 
remain until the next 
morning.
{I}16_{/}If the animal is 
presented before Yahweh 
as a sacrifice freely 
offered, it is to be 
eaten on the day it is 
offered and also on the 
following day; 
{I}17_{/}but on the third 
day whatever remains of 
the animal's flesh must 
be thrown on the fire. 
{I}18_{/}If the meat 
offered as a peace 
offering is eaten on the 
third day, the man who 
has offered it shall not 
be accepted nor receive 
credit for it, for it is 
defiled meat, and the man 
who eats it should suffer 
the penalty of his fault.
{I}19_{/}If this meat has 
touched anything unclean, 
it cannot be eaten; and 
must be thrown on the 
fire.
{I}20_{/}Anyone who is 
clean may eat meat of the 
peace offering, but 
whoever eats the meat of 
a peace offering 
presented to Yahweh even 
though he is unclean 
shall be cut off from his 
people. {I}21_{/}If 
anyone touches anything 
unclean, whether human or 
animal, or any crawling 
creature, and then eats 
the meat of a peace 
offering presented to 
Yahweh, this man shall be 
cut off from his people.
{I}22_{/}Yahweh spoke to 
Moses; he said, 
{I}23_{/}"Speak to the 
people of Israel and say 
to them:
You must not eat the fat 
of ox, sheep or goat. 
{I}24_{/}The fat of an 
animal that has died a 
natural death or been 
killed by a wild animal 
may be used for any other 
purpose, but you must not 
eat it. {I}25_{/}Anyone 
who eats the fat of an 
animal offered as a burnt 
offering to Yahweh shall 
be cut off from his 
people.
{I}26_{/}Wherever you 
live, you must not eat 
blood, whether it be of 
bird or animal. 
{I}27_{/}Anyone who eats 
blood, whoever he may be, 
shall be cut off from his 
people."
THE PRIESTS' SHARE{/}

{I}28_{/}Yahweh spoke to 
Moses; he said, 
{I}29_{/}"Speak to the 
people of Israel and say 
to them:
Anyone who offers a peace 
offering to Yahweh is to 
bring himself the part of 
his sacrifice that is 
offered to Yahweh. 
{I}30_{/}He is to bring 
Yahweh's burnt offering, 
that is, the fat that is 
near the breast and also 
the breast, with his own 
hands. Then he will make 
the gesture of offering 
before Yahweh. 
{I}31_{/}The priest shall 
burn the fat on the 
altar, and the breast 
shall belong to Aaron and 
his sons. {I}32_{/}You 
must set aside and give 
to the priest the right 
hind leg from your peace 
offering. {I}33_{/}The 
right hind leg shall be 
the share of the son of 
Aaron who offers the 
blood and fat of the 
peace offering. 
{I}34_{/}Thus, I keep 
back this breast and hind 
leg out of every peace 
offering presented by the 
sons of Israel, and give 
these to Aaron the priest 
and to his sons: this is 
a law for the sons of 
Israel forever."
{I}35_{/}This is the 
share of Aaron and his 
sons in Yahweh's burnt 
offerings since the day 
he called them to be his 
priests. {I}36_{/}This is 
what Yahweh commands the 
sons of Israel to give 
them from the day they 
are ordained as priests: 
this is a law for all 
their descendants for all 
time to come.
{I}37_{/}Such is the 
regulation for burnt 
offerings, grain 
offerings, sacrifices for 
sin, sacrifices of 
repayment, ordination and 
peace offerings. 
{I}38_{/}This is what 
Yahweh commanded Moses on 
Mount Sinai when he told 
the people of Israel to 
make their offerings to 
Yahweh in the wilderness 
of Sinai.
ORDINATION CEREMONIES{/}

{1}8{/}

{I}1_{/}Yahweh spoke to 
Moses; he said: 
{I}2_{/}"Take Aaron, his 
sons with him, and the 
vestments, the anointing 
oil, the bull for the 
sacrifice for sin, the 
two rams and the basket 
of unleavened bread. 
{I}3_{/}Then call the 
whole community together 
at the entrance to the 
Tent of Meeting."
{I}4_{/}Moses did as 
Yahweh commanded; the 
community gathered at the 
entrance to the Tent of 
Meeting, {I}5_{/}and 
Moses said to them, "This 
is what Yahweh has 
commanded."
{I}6_{/}He made Aaron and 
his sons come forward, 
and washed them with 
water. {I}7_{/}He put the 
shirt on Aaron, passed 
the sash around his 
waist, dressed him in the 
robe and put the Ephod on 
him. Then he tied around 
his waist the woven band 
of the Ephod with which 
he clothed him. 
{I}8_{/}He put the 
embroidered linen 
Breastpiece on him, and 
placed the Urim and 
Thummim in it. {I}9_{/}He 
put the turban on his 
head, with the golden 
ornament on the front; 
this is the sacred sign 
of dedication as Yahweh 
commanded Moses to do.
{I}10_{/}Then Moses took 
the anointing oil and 
anointed the Holy Tent 
and everything in it, to 
consecrate them. 
{I}11_{/}He sprinkled the 
altar seven times, and 
anointed the altar and 
its furnishings, the 
basin and its stand, to 
dedicate them all to 
Yahweh. {I}12_{/}Then he 
ordained Aaron by pouring 
the anointing oil on his 
head.
{I}13_{/}Then Moses made 
Aaron's sons come 
forward; he put the 
shirts on them, tied the 
sashes around their 
waists and put on their 
headdresses, as Yahweh 
had commanded him to do.
{I}14_{/}Then he had the 
bull for the sacrifice 
for sin brought forward. 
Aaron and his sons laid 
their hands on the bull's 
head {I}15_{/}and Moses 
slaughtered it. Then he 
took the blood and with 
his finger put some of it 
on the corners around the 
altar, to take away its 
sin. Then he poured out 
the rest of the blood at 
the foot of the altar, 
which he dedicated to 
Yahweh by performing the 
atonement over it. 
{I}16_{/}Then he took all 
the fat that covers the 
internal organs, the best 
part of the liver, the 
two kidneys and their 
fat; and he burned them 
all on the altar. 
{I}17_{/}After that he 
burned outside the camp 
the bull's skin, its 
flesh and its intestines 
as Yahweh had commanded 
him to do.
{I}18_{/}Then he had the 
ram for the burnt 
offering brought forward. 
Aaron and his sons laid 
their hands on its head 
{I}19_{/}and Moses 
slaughtered it. He poured 
its blood out on the 
sides of the altar. 
{I}20_{/}Then he 
quartered the ram and 
burned the head, the 
pieces and the fat. 
{I}21_{/}He washed the 
internal organs and legs, 
and burned the whole ram 
on the altar. This was a 
burnt offering, a sweet-
smelling offering to 
Yahweh, a burnt offering 
by fire for Yahweh, as 
Yahweh had commanded 
Moses.
{I}22_{/}Then he had the 
other ram brought 
forward, for the 
sacrifice of ordination 
of priests. Aaron and his 
sons laid their hands on 
the ram's head 
{I}23_{/}and Moses 
slaughtered it. He took 
some of its blood and put 
it on the lobe of Aaron's 
right ear, the thumb of 
his right hand, and the 
big toe of his right 
foot. {I}24_{/}Then he 
made the sons of Aaron 
come forward and he put 
some of the blood on the 
lobes of their right 
ears, the thumbs of their 
right hands and the big 
toes of their right feet. 
Next Moses poured the 
rest of the blood on the 
sides of the altar. 
{I}25_{/}Then he took the 
fat: the tail, all the 
fat that is on the 
internal organs, the best 
part of the liver, the 
two kidneys and their 
fat, and the right hind 
leg. {I}26_{/}From the 
basket of unleavened 
bread placed before 
Yahweh, he took an 
unleavened cake, a loaf 
of bread made with oil, 
and a wafer; he placed 
these on the fat and the 
right hind leg, 
{I}27_{/}put it all into 
Aaron's hands and those 
of his sons, who waved 
them before Yahweh. 
{I}28_{/}Then Moses took 
them back and burned them 
on the altar in addition 
to the burnt offering. 
This was the sacrifice 
for ordination of 
priests, a sweet-smelling 
offering to Yahweh, an 
offering by fire to 
Yahweh. {I}29_{/}Then 
Moses took the breast and 
made the gesture of 
offering before Yahweh. 
This was the share of the 
ram of ordination for 
Moses, as Yahweh had 
commanded.
{I}30_{/}Then Moses took 
the anointing oil and the 
blood that was on the 
altar and sprinkled Aaron 
and his vestments with 
it, and his sons and 
their vestments. In this 
way he consecrated Aaron 
and his vestments, and 
his sons and their 
vestments to Yahweh.
{I}31_{/}Then Moses said 
to Aaron and his sons, 
"Cook the meat at the 
entrance to the Tent of 
Meeting, and eat it 
there, and also the bread 
for the sacrifice of 
priestly ordination that 
is in the basket, as I 
commanded, when I said: 
Aaron and his sons are to 
eat it. {I}32_{/}What 
remains of the meat and 
bread you will burn. 
{I}33_{/}For seven days 
you must not leave the 
entrance to the Tent of 
Meeting, until the time 
of your ordination is 
over, for your hands will 
be consecrated for seven 
days. {I}34_{/}All that 
we have done today is the 
rite of atonement for you 
as Yahweh has commanded 
us to do {I}35_{/}and for 
seven days, day and 
night, you must remain at 
the entrance to the Tent 
of Meeting, doing what 
Yahweh has commanded, 
lest you die. For this is 
the commandment I 
received." {I}36_{/}And 
Aaron and his sons did 
everything that Yahweh 
had commanded through 
Moses.
THE PRIESTS OFFER 
SACRIFICES{/}

{1}9{/}

{I}1_{/}On the eighth day 
Moses called Aaron and 
his sons and the elders 
of Israel. {I}2_{/}He 
said to Aaron, "Take a 
calf to offer a sacrifice 
for sin, and a ram for a 
burnt offering, both 
without any defect, and 
bring them before Yahweh. 
{I}3_{/}Then say to the 
people of Israel, 'Take a 
goat to be offered as a 
sacrifice for sin, and as 
burnt offering a calf and 
a lamb both one year old 
and without any defect, 
{I}4_{/}and for peace 
offering an ox and a ram 
to be slaughtered before 
Yahweh; and finally a 
grain offering mixed with 
oil. For Yahweh will 
appear to you today."
{I}5_{/}They brought what 
Moses had commanded in 
front of the Tent of 
Meeting; then the whole 
community gathered and 
stood before Yahweh. 
{I}6_{/}Moses said, "This 
is what Yahweh has 
commanded to be done, so 
that his glory may appear 
to you." {I}7_{/}Moses 
then said to Aaron, "Go 
to the altar and offer 
your sacrifice for sin 
and your burnt offering 
to take away your sins. 
Then present the people's 
offering to take away 
their sins as Yahweh has 
commanded."
{I}8_{/}Aaron went to the 
altar and slaughtered the 
calf as a sacrifice for 
his own sin. {I}9_{/}Then 
the sons of Aaron 
presented the blood to 
him; he dipped his finger 
in it and put some on the 
corners of the altar, and 
then poured out the rest 
of the blood at the foot 
of the altar. 
{I}10_{/}The fat of the 
sacrifice for sin and the 
kidneys and the best part 
of the liver, he burned 
on the altar, as Yahweh 
had commanded Moses; 
{I}11_{/}the flesh and 
the skin he burned 
outside the camp.
{I}12_{/}Next Aaron 
slaughtered the animal 
which was for his own 
burnt offering; his sons 
handed him the blood and 
he poured it on the sides 
of the altar. 
{I}13_{/}Then they handed 
him the quartered animal 
and its head too, and he 
burned these on the 
altar. {I}14_{/}He washed 
the internal organs and 
legs and burned them on 
the altar in addition to 
the burnt offering.
{I}15_{/}He then 
presented the people's 
offering. He took the 
goat for the people's 
sacrifice for sin, killed 
it and offered it as a 
sacrifice for sin in the 
same way as the first. 
{I}16_{/}Then he had the 
animal for the burnt 
offering brought forward 
and offered it according 
to the regulations. 
{I}17_{/}Next he had the 
grain offering brought 
forward, took a handful 
of it and burned it on 
the altar in addition to 
the morning burnt 
offering.
{I}18_{/}Finally, he 
slaughtered the ox and 
the ram as a peace 
offering for the people. 
Aaron's sons handed him 
the blood and he poured 
it out on the sides of 
the altar. {I}19_{/}The 
fat of the ox and of the 
ram - the tail, the fatty 
covering, the kidneys, 
the best part of the 
liver - {I}20_{/}all of 
this he laid on the 
breasts and burned it all 
on the altar. 
{I}21_{/}With the breasts 
and the right hind leg 
Aaron made the gesture of 
offering by waving them 
as Yahweh had commanded.
{I}22_{/}Then Aaron 
raised his hands toward 
the people and blessed 
them. Having thus 
performed the sacrifice 
for sin, the burnt 
offering and the peace 
offering, {I}23_{/}he 
came down and entered the 
Tent of Meeting with 
Moses. Then they came out 
together to bless the 
people and the Glory of 
Yahweh appeared to the 
whole people - {I}24_{/}a 
flame leaped forth from 
before Yahweh and 
consumed the burnt 
offering and the fat that 
was on the altar. At this 
sight the people shouted 
for joy and fell on their 
faces.
THE STORY OF NADAB AND 
ABIHU{/}

{1}10{/}

{I}1_{/}Nadab and Abihu, 
sons of Aaron, each took 
his censer, put fire in 
it and incense on the 
fire, and presented 
unlawful fire before 
Yahweh, fire which he had 
not commanded them to 
present. {I}2_{/}Then 
from Yahweh's presence a 
flame leaped out and 
burned them to death in 
the presence of Yahweh. 
{I}3_{/}And Moses said to 
Aaron, "That is what 
Yahweh meant when he 
said:
'I will show my holiness 
through those who 
approach me, and before 
all the people I will 
show my glory."
And Aaron had to remain 
silent.
{I}4_{/}Moses called 
Mishael and Elzaphan, 
sons of Aaron's uncle 
Uzziel, and said to them, 
"Come and take the 
corpses of your brothers 
far away from the 
sanctuary, out of the 
camp." {I}5_{/}They came 
and carried them away, 
still in their shirts, 
out of the camp as Moses 
had commanded.
{I}6_{/}Moses said to 
Aaron and his sons 
Eleazar and Ithamar, "Do 
not leave your hair 
uncombed nor tear your 
clothes to show that you 
are mourning; lest you 
die and the punishment 
extend to the whole 
community. All the people 
of Israel shall mourn the 
death of your brothers, 
who died because of 
Yahweh's fire. 
{I}7_{/}But you shall not 
leave the entrance to the 
Tent of Meeting, lest you 
die; for the anointing 
oil of Yahweh is on you." 
And they obeyed Moses.
{I}8_{/}Yahweh spoke to 
Aaron; he said:
{I}9_{/}"Before coming to 
the Tent of Meeting, you 
and your sons with you, 
do not drink wine or 
strong drink; lest you 
die. This is a law for 
all your descendants for 
all time to come, 
{I}10_{/}so that you may 
be able to recognize the 
difference between what 
belongs to God and what 
is for general use, 
between what is clean and 
what is unclean. 
{I}11_{/}For you must 
teach the people of 
Israel all the laws that 
Yahweh has given for them 
through Moses."
{I}12_{/}Moses said to 
Aaron and his two 
remaining sons, Eleazar 
and Ithamar, "Take the 
grain offering that is 
left over from Yahweh's 
burnt offering, and eat 
it without leaven beside 
the altar, because it is 
a most holy thing. 
{I}13_{/}Eat it in a holy 
place for it is the share 
of Yahweh's burnt 
offering which belongs to 
you and your sons. This 
is what Yahweh commanded 
me.
{I}14_{/}The breast that 
was offered up and the 
hind leg that was set 
aside you will eat in 
some place that is clean, 
you and your sons and 
your daughters with you; 
this is the share of the 
peace offerings of the 
people of Israel that 
belongs to you and your 
sons. {I}15_{/}The hind 
leg that was set aside 
and the breast that was 
offered up, when the fat 
was burned, belong to 
you, to you and your sons 
with you, after they have 
been presented before 
Yahweh by the gesture of 
offering, because Yahweh 
has commanded this 
forever."
{I}16_{/}Then Moses 
inquired about the goat 
offered as a sacrifice 
for sin, and found that 
they had burned it. He 
was angry with Eleazar 
and Ithamar, Aaron's two 
remaining sons. 
{I}17_{/}"Why," he asked, 
"did you not eat this 
goat in the holy place? 
For it is a most holy 
thing given to you to 
bear and take away the 
fault of the community. 
{I}18_{/}Since its blood 
was not taken inside the 
sanctuary, you should 
have eaten its flesh 
there, as I commanded 
you." {I}19_{/}Aaron said 
to Moses, "They have 
offered their sacrifice 
for sin and their burnt 
offering before Yahweh on 
this day of mourning. If 
I had eaten the goat 
offered in sacrifice for 
sin today, would that 
have seemed good to 
Yahweh?" {I}20_{/}And 
when Moses heard this, he 
was satisfied.
CLEAN AND UNCLEAN 
ANIMALS{/}

{1}11{/}

{I}1_{/}Yahweh spoke to 
Moses and Aaron and said 
to them, {I}2_{/}"Speak 
to the people of Israel 
and say:
'Of all the animals on 
the earth these are the 
animals you may eat. 
{I}3_{/}You may eat any 
animal that has divided 
hoofs, divided into two 
parts, and that also 
chews the cud. 
{I}4_{/}You may not eat: 
the camel, because though 
it chews the cud, it does 
not have divided hoofs; 
{I}5_{/}the rabbit, 
because though it chews 
the cud, it does not have 
divided hoofs; 
{I}6__{/}the hare, as 
well; {I}7_{/}the pig, 
because though it has 
divided hoofs, it does 
not chew the cud. 
{I}8_{/}You must not eat 
the meat of such animals 
nor their dead bodies; 
they are unclean for you.
{I}9_{/}Of all that lives 
in water you may eat 
anything that has fins 
and scales, and lives in 
sea or river. 
{I}10_{/}But anything 
living in sea or river 
that does not have both 
fins and scales must not 
be eaten. {I}11_{/}They 
are unclean for you; you 
shall not eat their flesh 
nor even touch their dead 
bodies. {I}12_{/}Anything 
that lives in water, but 
does not have fins and 
scales, is unclean for 
you.
{I}13_{/}Among the birds, 
here are those you must 
consider unclean and not 
eat:
{I}14_{/}the vulture, the 
eagle, the osprey, the 
hawk, the several kinds 
of buzzards, {I}15_{/}all 
kinds of ravens, 
{I}16_{/}the ostrich, the 
screech owl, the seagull, 
{I}17_{/}the horned owl, 
the night owl, the 
seabird, the barn owl, 
{I}18_{/}the ibis, the 
pelican, the white 
vulture, {I}19_{/}the 
stork, the several kinds 
of heron, and the bat.
{I}20_{/}All winged 
insects that move on four 
feet shall be unclean for 
you. {I}21_{/}Of all the 
winged insects you may 
eat only the following: 
those that have legs 
above their feet so that 
they can leap over the 
ground. {I}22_{/}These 
are the ones you may eat: 
the several kinds of 
locusts, crickets and 
grasshoppers. 
{I}23_{/}But all other 
winged insects that have 
four legs you are to 
consider unclean. 
{I}24_{/}Anyone who 
touches {I}25_{/}or picks 
up the dead bodies of one 
of these animals will be 
unclean until evening. 
{I}26_{/}The same with 
animals that have hoofs, 
unless their hoofs are 
divided and they chew the 
cud; {I}27_{/}and also 
four-footed animals which 
walk on the flat of their 
feet. {I}28_{/}Anyone who 
picks up their dead 
bodies must wash his 
clothing and will be 
unclean until evening.
{I}29_{/}These are the 
small animals crawling on 
the ground that shall be 
unclean for you: rats, 
mice and several kinds of 
lizards: {I}30_{/}the 
gecko, the chameleon, the 
agama, the skink and the 
mole. {I}31_{/}Anyone who 
touches them when they 
are dead will be unclean 
until evening.
{I}32_{/}Anything on 
which the dead body of 
any of these creatures 
falls becomes unclean: 
wooden utensil, clothing, 
skin, sackcloth - any 
utensil at all. It must 
be dipped in water and 
will remain unclean until 
evening: then it will be 
clean. {I}33_{/}If the 
creature falls into a 
clay pot, the pot must be 
broken; whatever the pot 
contains is unclean. 
{I}34_{/}Any food on 
which water from such a 
pot has poured will be 
unclean. 
{I}35_{/}Anything on 
which the dead body of 
such a creature may fall 
will be unclean: if it is 
a clay stove or oven, 
this must be broken; for 
they are unclean and you 
must treat them as 
unclean. {I}36_{/}A 
spring or cistern for 
collecting water remains 
clean; but whoever 
touches the dead body 
becomes unclean. 
{I}37_{/}If one of their 
dead bodies falls on any 
seed whatever, the seed 
will remain clean; 
{I}38_{/}but if the seed 
has been wet, and such a 
dead body falls on it, 
then you must consider it 
unclean.
{I}39_{/}If one of the 
animals that you use as 
food dies, then anyone 
who touches the dead body 
will be unclean until 
evening; {I}40_{/}anyone 
who eats the meat of the 
dead animal must wash his 
clothing and will be 
unclean until the 
evening. And anyone who 
picks up the dead body 
will also be unclean 
until the evening and has 
to wash his clothing.
{I}41_{/}All the 
creatures that swarm on 
the ground are unclean 
and may not be eaten. 
{I}42_{/}Everything that 
crawls on its belly or 
goes on four legs, or has 
many legs, may not be 
eaten. {I}43_{/}Do not 
defile yourselves with 
any swarming creature 
that might defile you, 
{I}44_{/}for I am Yahweh 
your God. Take the way of 
holiness and be holy, for 
I am holy.
Do not make yourselves 
unclean with any of the 
creatures that swarm on 
the ground, {I}45_{/}for 
I am Yahweh who brought 
you from the land of 
Egypt, that I might be 
your God. Be holy because 
I am holy.
{I}46_{/}This is the law 
for animals and birds and 
for every living creature 
that moves in the water 
or that crawls on the 
ground. {I}47_{/}Let 
everyone distinguish 
between the clean and the 
unclean, between 
creatures that may be 
eaten and creatures that 
may not."
PURIFICATION OF A WOMAN 
AFTER CHILDBIRTH{/}

{1}12{/}

{I}1_{/}Yahweh spoke to 
Moses: {I}2_{/}"Say to 
the Israelites: when a 
woman gives birth to a 
male child, she shall be 
unclean for seven days as 
in the days of her 
monthly period. 
{I}3_{/}On the eighth day 
the child is to be 
circumcised; {I}4_{/}then 
she shall wait for 
thirty-three days to be 
purified of her bleeding. 
She shall not touch 
anything that is 
consecrated nor enter the 
sanctuary until the days 
of her purification are 
completed.
{I}5_{/}If she gives 
birth to a daughter she 
shall be unclean for two 
weeks as in her 
menstruation; then she 
shall wait sixty-six days 
to be purified from her 
bleeding.
{I}6_{/}And when the days 
of her purification are 
completed whether for a 
son or daughter, she 
shall bring to the priest 
at the door of the Tent 
of Meeting, a lamb born 
that year for a burnt 
offering, and a young 
pigeon or a turtledove 
for a sin offering. 
{I}7_{/}The priest shall 
then offer it to Yahweh 
to make atonement for her 
and she shall be cleansed 
from the flow of her 
blood.
This is the law for the 
woman who gives birth to 
a child, male or female. 
{I}8_{/}But if she cannot 
offer a lamb, she shall 
take two turtledoves or 
two young pigeons, the 
one for a burnt offering, 
the other for a sin 
offering. The priest 
shall make atonement for 
her and she will be 
purified."
A REGULATION FOR 
LEPERS{/}

{1}13{/}

{I}1_{/}Yahweh said to 
Moses and Aaron, 
{I}2_{/}"If someone has a 
boil, an inflammation or 
a sore on his skin which 
could develop into 
leprosy, he must be 
brought to Aaron the 
priest, or to one of the 
priests, his descendants. 
{I}3_{/}The priest shall 
examine him and if the 
hair on the sore has 
turned white and the sore 
appears to be deeper than 
the surrounding skin, 
then it is indeed the 
sore of leprosy. When the 
priest sees this, he 
shall declare that person 
unclean.
{I}4_{/}But if the sore 
is white and does not 
appear to be deeper than 
the skin around it and 
the hairs have not turned 
white, the priest is to 
isolate the sick person 
for seven days. 
{I}5_{/}On the seventh 
day the priest shall 
again examine him. If he 
sees that the sore looks 
the same and has not 
spread on the skin, he 
shall isolate the sick 
person for another seven 
days and once more 
examine him on the 
seventh day. {I}6_{/}If 
the sore has faded and 
has not spread on the 
skin, the priest shall 
declare that person 
clean: it was only 
eczema. Let him wash his 
clothes and he will be 
clean.
{I}7_{/}But if the sore 
spreads over the skin 
after the sick person has 
been examined by the 
priest and declared 
clean, then he must 
present himself again to 
the priest. {I}8_{/}After 
examining him and finding 
that the sore has spread 
over the skin, the priest 
must declare him unclean: 
it is leprosy.
{I}9_{/}When a leprous 
disease strikes a man, he 
must be taken to the 
priest, {I}10_{/}who must 
examine him, and if he 
finds on the skin a 
whitish swelling which 
turns the hairs white and 
an ulcer is forming, 
{I}11_{/}then it is 
leprosy in the skin and 
the priest must declare 
him unclean. It is 
useless to isolate him 
for a time; he is 
unclean.
{I}12_{/}But if the 
leprosy spreads all 
through the skin, if it 
covers him entirely from 
head to foot so far as 
the priest can see, 
{I}13_{/}then the priest 
must examine the sick 
person and, if he finds 
that the leprosy covers 
his whole body, declare 
the sick person clean. 
Since it has all turned 
white, he is clean. 
{I}14_{/}But as soon as 
an open sore appears on 
him, he will be unclean. 
{I}15_{/}After examining 
the sore, the priest is 
to declare him unclean: 
the open sore is leprous. 
{I}16_{/}But if the sore 
becomes white again, the 
man must go to the 
priest. {I}17_{/}The 
priest shall examine him 
and if he finds that the 
disease has turned white, 
he shall declare the sick 
person clean: he is 
clean.
{I}18_{/}When an ulcer 
appears on a person's 
skin, which, after 
healing, {I}19_{/}leaves 
a whitish swelling or a 
shiny spot of reddish 
white, that person must 
show himself to the 
priest. {I}20_{/}The 
priest shall examine him, 
and if he finds a spot 
deeper than the 
surrounding skin and the 
hairs in it have turned 
white he shall declare 
him unclean: it is a case 
of leprosy that has 
broken out in a boil. 
{I}21_{/}But if on 
examination the priest 
finds neither white hair 
in it nor a deep spot on 
the skin, but it is 
lighter in color, he 
shall isolate the sick 
person for seven days. 
{I}22_{/}If the disease 
has indeed spread over 
the skin, he shall 
declare him unclean: it 
is a case of leprosy. 
{I}23_{/}But if the shiny 
spot remains unchanged 
and has not spread, then 
it is only the scar of a 
boil and the priest is to 
declare the man clean.
{I}24_{/}If someone has 
had a burn, and on the 
burn an ulcer forms, a 
shiny spot reddish white 
or whitish in color, 
{I}25_{/}then the priest 
must examine it. If he 
finds that the hairs in 
that spot have turned 
white and it seems to be 
deeper than the 
surrounding skin, this 
means that leprosy has 
broken out in the burn. 
The priest shall declare 
the man unclean: it is a 
case of leprosy. 
{I}26_{/}If on the other 
hand the priest on 
examination does not find 
white hair on the mark 
and it is not deeper than 
the surrounding skin, but 
is light in color, then 
the priest shall isolate 
him for seven days. 
{I}27_{/}On the seventh 
day he shall examine him, 
and if the disease has 
spread on the skin, he 
shall declare him 
unclean: it is a case of 
leprosy. {I}28_{/}If the 
mark is still unchanged 
and has not spread over 
the skin, but instead is 
light in color, this 
means that it is only a 
swelling due to the burn. 
The priest shall declare 
the man clean: it is 
merely a burn scar.
{I}29_{/}If a man or 
woman has a sore on the 
head or chin, 
{I}30_{/}the priest must 
examine this sore; and if 
it seems to be deeper 
than the surrounding 
skin, with the hair on it 
yellow and thin, he must 
declare the sick person 
unclean. It is a dreaded 
skin disease, that is to 
say, leprosy of the head 
or chin. {I}31_{/}If on 
examining this case the 
priest finds no spot 
which seems deeper than 
the surrounding skin, and 
no yellow hair, he shall 
isolate the person for 
seven days. {I}32_{/}He 
shall examine the 
infected part on the 
seventh day, and if he 
finds that the disease 
has not spread, that the 
hair on it is not yellow, 
and that there is no spot 
which seems deeper than 
the surrounding skin, 
{I}33_{/}the sick person 
will shave his hair, all 
except the part affected 
with the disease, and the 
priest is to isolate him 
again for seven days. 
{I}34_{/}He must examine 
the infected part on the 
seventh day, and if he 
finds that it has not 
spread over the skin, and 
that there is no spot 
which seems deeper than 
the surrounding skin, the 
priest shall declare the 
sick person clean. After 
washing his clothes he 
will be clean. 
{I}35_{/}But if after 
this purification the 
disease does spread over 
the skin, {I}36_{/}the 
priest must examine him; 
if he finds that it has 
indeed spread over the 
skin, this means that the 
sick person is unclean, 
and there is no need to 
look and see whether the 
hair is yellow. 
{I}37_{/}Whereas if, so 
far as he can see, the 
disease has not spread 
and dark hair is 
beginning to grow on it, 
this means that the sick 
person is cured. He is 
clean, and the priest is 
to declare him clean.
{I}38_{/}If shiny spots 
break out on the skin of 
a man or woman, and if 
these spots are white, 
{I}39_{/}the priest must 
examine them. If he finds 
them to be a dull white, 
it is a rash that has 
broken out on the skin: 
the sick person is clean.
{I}40_{/}If a man loses 
the hair on top of his 
head, this is baldness of 
the scalp but the man is 
clean. {I}41_{/}If he 
loses his hair from the 
front of the head, this 
is baldness of the 
forehead but the man is 
clean. {I}42_{/}If, 
however, a reddish white 
sore appears on the top 
of his head or forehead, 
this means that leprosy 
has broken out. 
{I}43_{/}The priest must 
examine it, and if he 
finds a reddish white 
swelling on the head or 
forehead, which looks 
like leprosy of the skin, 
{I}44_{/}this means that 
the man is leprous: he is 
unclean. The priest shall 
declare him unclean; he 
is suffering from leprosy 
of the head.
{I}45_{/}A person 
infected with leprosy 
must wear torn clothing 
and leave his hair 
uncombed; he must cover 
his upper lip and cry, 
"Unclean, unclean." 
{I}46_{/}As long as the 
disease lasts he must be 
unclean; and therefore he 
must live away from 
others: he must live 
outside the camp.
MILDEW{/}

{I}47_{/}When a mark of 
mildew appears on a piece 
of clothing - woolen or 
linen clothing, 
{I}48_{/}linen or woolen 
textile material or 
covering, leather or 
leatherwork - 
{I}49_{/}and if this 
clothing, textile 
material, covering, 
leather or leather-work 
appears greenish or 
reddish, it is a 
spreading mildew to be 
shown to the priest. 
{I}50_{/}The priest must 
examine it and put the 
object away for seven 
days. {I}51_{/}If on the 
seventh day he observes 
that the mildew has 
spread on the garment, 
textile material, 
covering, leather or 
leatherwork, whatever it 
may be, it is a case of 
spreading mildew and the 
object is unclean. 
{I}52_{/}The priest will 
burn this clothing, 
textile material, linen 
or woolen covering, 
leather article of any 
kind, on which the mildew 
has spread and which must 
be destroyed by fire.
{I}53_{/}But if on 
examination the priest 
finds that the mildew has 
not spread on the 
clothing, textile 
material, covering or 
leather object whatever 
it may be, {I}54_{/}he is 
to order the object to be 
washed and is to isolate 
it again for a period of 
seven days. 
{I}55_{/}After the 
cleansing he must examine 
it again and if he finds 
that the mildew has not 
changed color, even 
though it has not spread, 
the article is unclean. 
It must be destroyed by 
fire.
{I}56_{/}But if on 
examination the priest 
finds that the mildew has 
faded after washing, he 
is to cut it out of the 
clothing, leather, 
textile material or 
covering. {I}57_{/}But if 
the mildew reappears on 
the same clothing, 
textile material, 
covering or leather 
article whatever it may 
be, this means that the 
mildew is spreading again 
and the owner must 
destroy the article by 
fire. {I}58_{/}The 
clothing, textile 
material, covering or 
leather article whatever 
it may be, from which the 
mildew disappears after 
washing, is to be clean 
after it has been washed 
a second time.
{I}59_{/}Such is the law 
for a case of leprosy in 
a linen or woolen 
garment, in textile 
material, in clothing or 
in anything of skin - for 
judging whether it is 
clean or unclean."
PURIFICATION FROM 
LEPROSY{/}

{1}14{/}

{I}1_{/}Yahweh spoke to 
Moses: {I}2_{/}"This 
shall be the law for the 
leper on the day of his 
purification.
He shall be brought to 
the priest {I}3_{/}and 
the priest shall take him 
outside the camp and 
examine him. And if the 
person has been healed 
from leprosy, {I}4_{/}the 
priest shall order two 
live, clean birds, cedar 
wood, scarlet yarn and 
hyssop for the one who is 
to be cleansed. 
{I}5_{/}The priest shall 
also give orders that one 
of the birds be slain on 
an earthenware pot over 
fresh water. {I}6_{/}He 
shall take the live bird 
and also the cedar wood, 
the crimson yarn and the 
hyssop, and he will 
plunge them together, 
including the live bird, 
in the blood of the bird 
that was slain over fresh 
water. {I}7_{/}Then he 
will sprinkle the one to 
be purified seven times. 
After that he shall 
declare him clean and he 
shall let the live bird 
go free over the open 
fields.
{I}8_{/}The person to be 
purified must wash his 
clothes and shave off all 
his hair and bathe 
himself in water; then he 
will be clean. After this 
he may enter the camp but 
he must stay outside his 
tent for seven days. 
{I}9_{/}On the seventh 
day he shall shave off 
all the hair on his head, 
chin and eyebrows. He 
shall wash his clothes, 
bathe himself in water 
and then he will be 
clean.
{I}10_{/}On the eighth 
day he is to take two 
lambs and a yearling ewe 
lamb, all without defect, 
and three-tenths of a 
measure of fine flour 
mixed with oil for a 
grain offering and a log 
of oil. {I}11_{/}The 
priest who declares him 
clean shall present the 
man to be purified and 
his offerings before 
Yahweh at the entrance to 
the Tent of Meeting. 
{I}12_{/}The priest will 
then take the first lamb 
and present it as a guilt 
offering together with 
the log of oil. He shall 
wave them before Yahweh. 
{I}13_{/}He shall 
slaughter the male lamb 
in the place where they 
slaughter the sin 
offering and the burnt 
offering - the holy 
place. For the guilt 
offering, like the sin 
offering, belongs to the 
priest; it is most holy.
{I}14_{/}The priest shall 
then take some of the 
blood of the guilt 
offering and put it on 
the lobe of the right ear 
of the one to be 
purified, on the thumb of 
his right hand and on the 
big toe of his right 
foot. {I}15_{/}The priest 
shall take the log of oil 
and pour it on the palm 
of his own left hand.
{I}16_{/}Then, dipping 
his right forefinger in 
it, he shall sprinkle it 
seven times before 
Yahweh.
{I}17_{/}Then he is to 
take a little of the oil 
that remains in the palm 
of his hand and put it on 
the lobe of the right ear 
of the man who is being 
purified, and on the 
thumb of his right hand 
and on the big toe of his 
right foot, over the 
blood of the sacrifice of 
reparation. {I}18_{/}The 
rest of the oil which is 
in his palm, he shall put 
on the head of the man 
who is being purified. In 
this way he shall perform 
over him the rite of 
atonement before Yahweh.
{I}19_{/}Then the priest 
shall offer the sacrifice 
for sin, and perform the 
rite of atonement for the 
man who is being 
purified. After this he 
must slaughter the animal 
for the burnt offering 
{I}20_{/}and offer it 
with the grain offering 
on the altar. When the 
priest has performed the 
rite of atonement over 
him in this way, the man 
will be clean.
{I}21_{/}If the leper is 
poor and cannot afford 
all this, he shall take 
only one lamb for the 
guilt offering to be 
offered with the gesture 
of offering in the rite 
of atonement. And for the 
grain offering he will 
bring only one tenth of 
wheaten flour mixed with 
oil, and the log of oil, 
{I}22_{/}and finally two 
turtledoves or two young 
pigeons - if he can 
afford them - one to be 
used as a sacrifice for 
sin and the other for the 
burnt offering. 
{I}23_{/}On the eighth 
day he must bring them to 
the priest at the 
entrance to the Tent of 
Meeting before Yahweh, 
for his purification. 
{I}24_{/}The priest is to 
take the lamb for the 
guilt offering and the 
log of oil, and present 
them before Yahweh with 
the gesture of offering. 
{I}25_{/}Then he must 
slaughter the lamb for 
the guilt offering, take 
some of its blood and put 
it on the lobe of the 
right ear of the man who 
is being purified, on the 
thumb of his right hand 
and on the big toe of his 
right foot. {I}26_{/}He 
is to pour the oil into 
the palm of his left 
hand, {I}27_{/}and with 
this oil he must make 
seven sprinklings with 
his finger before Yahweh. 
{I}28_{/}He is to put 
some of it on the lobe of 
the right ear of the man 
who is being purified, on 
the thumb of his right 
hand and on the big toe 
of his right foot as he 
did with the blood of the 
guilt offering. 
{I}29_{/}The remainder of 
the oil in the palm of 
his hand he must put on 
the head of the man who 
is being purified, 
performing the rite of 
atonement over him before 
Yahweh. {I}30_{/}Of the 
two turtledoves or two 
young pigeons - if he can 
afford them - he is to 
offer {I}31_{/}a 
sacrifice for sin with 
one, and with the other a 
burnt offering together 
with a grain offering - 
if he can afford them. In 
this way the priest will 
have performed before 
Yahweh the rite of 
atonement over the person 
who is being purified.
{I}32_{/}Such is the law 
concerning a person 
afflicted by leprosy who 
cannot afford the means 
for his purification."
"LEPROSY" IN HOUSES{/}

{I}33_{/}Yahweh spoke to 
Moses and Aaron; he said:
{I}34_{/}"When you reach 
the land of Canaan, which 
I am giving you as your 
inheritance, if I strike 
a house with mildew in 
the land you are to 
possess, {I}35_{/}the 
owner must come and warn 
the priest; he must say, 
'I have seen something 
like mildew in the 
house.' {I}36_{/}The 
priest is to give orders 
for the house to be 
emptied before he goes to 
examine the infection; 
thus nothing in the house 
will be declared unclean. 
Then the priest must go 
and look at the house; 
{I}37_{/}and if on 
examination he finds 
reddish or greenish spots 
that appear to be eating 
into the wall, 
{I}38_{/}the priest is to 
go out of the house, to 
the door, and shut it up 
for seven days. 
{I}39_{/}On the seventh 
day he shall go back 
again and if on 
examination he finds that 
the infection has spread 
over the walls of the 
house, {I}40_{/}he shall 
give orders for the 
affected stones to be 
removed and thrown into 
some unclean place 
outside the town. 
{I}41_{/}Then he shall 
have all the inside of 
the house scraped, and 
the plaster that comes 
off must be emptied out 
into an unclean place 
outside the town. 
{I}42_{/}The stones must 
be replaced by new ones 
and the house given a new 
coat of plaster.
{I}43_{/}If the infection 
spreads again after the 
stones have been removed 
and the house scraped and 
replastered, {I}44_{/}the 
priest is to come and 
examine it. If he finds 
that the infection has 
spread, this means that 
mildew is affecting the 
house: it is unclean. 
{I}45_{/}It must be 
pulled down and the 
stones, woodwork and all 
the plaster be taken to 
an unclean place outside 
the town.
{I}46_{/}Anyone who 
enters the house while it 
is closed will be unclean 
until evening. 
{I}47_{/}Anyone who 
sleeps there must wash 
his clothing. 
{I}48_{/}But if the 
priest finds, when he 
comes to examine the 
infection, that it has 
not spread in the house 
since it was plastered, 
he is to declare the 
house clean, for the 
infection is cured.
{I}49_{/}As a sacrifice 
for the sin of the house, 
he is to take two birds, 
cedar wood, red cord and 
a sprig of hyssop. 
{I}50_{/}He shall 
slaughter one of the 
birds in an earthenware 
pot over running water. 
{I}51_{/}Then he shall 
take the cedar wood, the 
hyssop, the red cord and 
the live bird, and dip 
them into the blood of 
the bird that was 
slaughtered and into the 
running water. 
{I}52_{/}He shall 
sprinkle the house seven 
times; and after having 
offered a sacrifice for 
the sin of the house with 
the blood of the bird, 
the running water, the 
live bird, the cedar 
wood, the hyssop and the 
red cord {I}53_{/}he 
shall set the live bird 
free to fly out of the 
town into the open 
country. When the rite of 
atonement has been 
performed over the house 
in this way it will be 
clean.
{I}54_{/}Such is the law 
for all cases {I}55_{/}of 
dreaded skin diseases, 
mildew of clothing and 
houses, 
{I}56_{/}swellings, scabs 
and shiny spots. It 
defines the cases when 
things are unclean and 
when they are clean. 
{I}57_{/}Such is the law 
on leprosy."
SEXUAL IMPURITIES{/}

{1}15{/}

{I}1_{/}Yahweh spoke to 
Moses and Aaron; he said,
{I}2_{/}"Speak to the 
sons of Israel and say to 
them:
{I}3_{/}When a man has a 
discharge from his body, 
that discharge makes him 
unclean. The rules about 
his uncleanness are: 
Whether his body allows 
the discharge to flow or 
whether it retains it, he 
is unclean. {I}4_{/}Any 
bed the man lies on and 
any seat he sits on shall 
be unclean. 
{I}5_{/}Anyone who 
touches his bed must wash 
his clothing and take a 
bath and will be unclean 
until evening.
{I}6_{/}Anyone who sits 
on a seat where the man 
has sat must wash his 
clothing and take a bath 
and will be unclean until 
evening. {I}7_{/}Anyone 
who touches the body of a 
man so affected must wash 
his clothing and take a 
bath and will be unclean 
until evening. {I}8_{/}If 
the sick man spits on 
someone who is clean, 
that person must wash his 
clothing and take a bath 
and will be unclean until 
evening.
{I}9_{/}Any saddle the 
sick man travels on will 
be unclean. {I}10_{/}All 
those who touch any 
object that may be under 
him will be unclean until 
evening. Anyone who picks 
up such an object must 
wash his clothing and 
take a bath and will be 
unclean until evening.
{I}11_{/}All those whom 
the sick man touches 
without washing his hands 
must wash their clothing 
and take a bath and will 
be unclean until evening. 
{I}12_{/}Any clay pot the 
sick man touches must be 
broken and any wooden 
utensil must be rinsed.
{I}13_{/}When the man 
suffering from a 
discharge is cured, he 
must allow seven days for 
his purification. He must 
wash his clothing and 
take a bath in running 
water and he will be 
clean. {I}14_{/}On the 
eighth day he must take 
two turtledoves or two 
young pigeons and come 
before Yahweh at the 
entrance to the Tent of 
Meeting, and give them to 
the priest. {I}15_{/}The 
priest is to offer a 
sacrifice for sin with 
one of them, and with the 
other a burnt offering. 
So the priest will 
perform the rite of 
atonement before Yahweh 
for the man's discharge.
{I}16_{/}When a man has a 
seminal discharge, he 
must bathe his whole body 
with water and he shall 
be unclean until evening. 
{I}17_{/}Any clothing or 
leather touched by a 
seminal discharge must be 
washed and it will be 
unclean until evening. 
{I}18_{/}When a woman has 
slept with a man, both of 
them must take a bath and 
they will be unclean 
until evening.
{I}19_{/}When a woman has 
a discharge of blood, and 
blood flows from her 
body, this uncleanness of 
her monthly periods shall 
last for seven days. 
Anyone who touches her 
will be unclean until 
evening. {I}20_{/}Any bed 
she lies on will be 
unclean; any seat she 
sits on will be unclean.
{I}21_{/}Anyone who 
touches her bed must wash 
his clothing and take a 
bath and will be unclean 
until evening. 
{I}22_{/}Anyone who 
touches any seat she has 
sat on must wash his 
clothing and take a bath 
and will be unclean until 
evening. {I}23_{/}If 
there is anything on the 
bed or the chair on which 
she sat, anyone who 
touches it will be 
unclean until evening.
{I}24_{/}If a man sleeps 
with a woman who is 
unclean because of her 
monthly period, he shall 
be unclean for seven 
days. Any bed he lies on 
will be unclean.
{I}25_{/}If a woman has a 
flow of blood for several 
days outside her period, 
or if her period is 
prolonged, during the 
time this flow lasts she 
shall be unclean as 
during her monthly 
periods. {I}26_{/}Any bed 
she lies on during the 
time this flow lasts will 
be unclean as during her 
monthly period. Any seat 
she sits on will be 
unclean; as it would be 
during her monthly 
periods. {I}27_{/}Anyone 
who touches them will be 
unclean; he must wash his 
clothing and take a bath 
and will be unclean until 
evening.
{I}28_{/}When she is 
cured of her flow, she 
will let seven days pass; 
then she will be clean. 
{I}29_{/}On the eighth 
day she is to take two 
turtledoves or two young 
pigeons and bring them to 
the priest at the 
entrance to the Tent of 
Meeting. {I}30_{/}With 
one of them the priest is 
to offer a sacrifice for 
sin and with the other a 
burnt offering. This is 
the way in which the 
priest will perform the 
rite of atonement over 
her before Yahweh for the 
flow that made her 
unclean.
{I}31_{/}Make the sons of 
Israel aware of 
everything unclean, lest 
they die because of 
defiling the Tent of my 
presence among them.
{I}32_{/}Such is the law 
concerning a man with a 
discharge, anyone made 
unclean by a seminal 
discharge, {I}33_{/}a 
woman unclean because of 
her monthly periods, a 
man or a woman with 
discharge, a man who 
sleeps with an unclean 
woman."
THE GREAT DAY OF 
ATONEMENT{/}

{1}16{/}

{I}1_{/}Yahweh spoke to 
Moses after the death of 
the two sons of Aaron who 
died when they approached 
the presence of Yahweh.
{I}2_{/}Yahweh said to 
Moses, "Tell your 
brother, Aaron, not to 
enter at any time he 
pleases the Most Holy 
Place inside the veil, 
before the mercy Seat 
which is on the ark, lest 
he die, for I appear in 
the cloud over the mercy 
Seat.
{I}3_{/}This is how Aaron 
will enter the Holy Place 
with a bullock for a sin 
offering and a ram for a 
burnt offering. 
{I}4_{/}He is to put on 
the sacred linen tunic 
and linen undergarments 
next to his body; he is 
to have the linen sash 
around him and wear the 
linen turban. These are 
sacred garments, so he 
must bathe in water 
before he puts them on.
{I}5_{/}The assembly of 
the sons of Israel has to 
give him two male goats 
for a sin offering and 
one ram for a burnt 
offering. {I}6_{/}Then 
Aaron shall offer the 
bullock for a sin 
offering for himself to 
make atonement for 
himself and for his 
household. {I}7_{/}He 
shall take the two male 
goats and present them to 
Yahweh at the entrance to 
the Tent of Meeting. 
{I}8_{/}He is to cast 
lots for the two goats, 
one lot for Yahweh and 
one lot for Azazel. 
{I}9_{/}Aaron shall offer 
the goat on which the lot 
fell for Yahweh as a sin 
offering. {I}10_{/}But 
the goat on which the lot 
fell for Azazel will be 
placed alive before 
Yahweh to make atonement 
by being sent into the 
wilderness as a 
scapegoat.
{I}11_{/}Aaron will then 
bring the bullock as a 
sin offering for himself 
to make atonement for 
himself and his household 
and he shall slaughter 
the bullock for the sin 
offering which is for 
himself. {I}12_{/}Then he 
shall take a censer full 
of coals from the fire 
above the altar before 
Yahweh and two handfuls 
of powdered, fragrant 
incense and take them 
inside the veil. 
{I}13_{/}He shall put the 
incense on the fire 
before Yahweh and the 
cloud of incense will 
cover the mercy Seat that 
is on the ark of the 
Statement, so that he 
will not die. {I}14_{/}He 
will take the blood of 
the bullock and sprinkle 
it with his finger on the 
mercy Seat to the east 
and also in front of the 
mercy Seat he shall 
sprinkle blood seven 
times. {I}15_{/}Then he 
shall slay the goat for 
the sin offering of the 
people and take its blood 
inside the veil and do 
with its blood what he 
did with the blood of the 
bullock. He shall 
sprinkle it on the mercy 
Seat and in front of it. 
{I}16_{/}In this way he 
shall make atonement for 
the Holy Place because of 
the uncleanness of the 
Israelites and because of 
all their sins. And he 
shall do the same for the 
Tent of Meeting which 
stands among them in the 
midst of all their 
uncleanness.
{I}17_{/}No one shall be 
in the Tent of Meeting 
from the time Aaron goes 
to make atonement until 
he comes out. After he 
has made atonement for 
himself, for his 
household and for the 
whole assembly of Israel, 
{I}18_{/}he shall go out 
to the altar before 
Yahweh and make atonement 
for it. Then he shall 
take some of the 
bullock's blood and some 
of the goat's blood and 
put it on the horns of 
the altar on all sides. 
{I}19_{/}He shall 
sprinkle it with blood 
seven times, and cleanse 
it and consecrate it from 
the uncleanness of the 
Israelites.
{I}20_{/}When he has 
finished making atonement 
for the Holy Place, for 
the Tent of Meeting and 
for the altar, he shall 
bring forward the live 
goat. {I}21_{/}He shall 
lay his hands on the head 
of the goat and confess 
over it all the 
wickedness of the sons of 
Israel and all the sins 
they have committed 
against me. So he will 
charge them on the head 
of the goat and the 
wickedness of the sons of 
Israel and all the sins 
they have committed 
against me. So he will 
charge them on the head 
of the goat and send it 
away to the wilderness by 
the hand of an assistant. 
{I}22_{/}So the goat will 
carry away all their 
wickedness to an arid 
land, when the man 
releases it in the 
wilderness.
{I}23_{/}Then Aaron is to 
go into the Tent of 
Meeting and take off the 
linen garments he had put 
on before he entered the 
sacred place. He shall 
leave them there, 
{I}24_{/}bathe himself 
with water in a sacred 
place and put on his 
clothes. After that he 
will come out and 
sacrifice the burnt 
offering for himself and 
the burnt offering for 
the people to make 
atonement for himself and 
the people. {I}25_{/}The 
fat of the sin offering 
he shall burn on the 
altar.
{I}26_{/}The man who 
releases the scapegoat 
shall wash his clothes 
and bathe himself with 
water, after which he may 
re-enter the camp. 
{I}27_{/}The bullock of 
the sin offering and the 
goat of the sin offering 
whose blood was brought 
in to make atonement in 
the Holy Place, shall be 
brought outside the camp 
and they shall burn their 
hides, their flesh and 
their dung in the fire. 
{I}28_{/}The one who 
burns them shall wash his 
clothes and bathe himself 
in water, after which he 
may re-enter the camp.
{I}29_{/}This shall be a 
lasting ordinance for 
you: on the tenth day of 
the seventh month you 
must deny yourselves and 
do no work - neither the 
native nor the stranger 
living among you - 
{I}30_{/}for on this day 
atonement will be made 
for you to cleanse you. 
You shall be cleansed of 
your sins before Yahweh. 
{I}31_{/}It is a sabbath 
of solemn rest when you 
must deny yourselves. It 
is a lasting ordinance. 
{I}32_{/}The priest who 
is anointed and ordained 
to succeed his father 
will make atonement. He 
shall put on the linen 
garments, the holy 
garments, {I}33_{/}and 
will make atonement for 
the Holy Place, for the 
Tent of Meeting and for 
the altar. He shall also 
make atonement for the 
priests and all the 
people of the assembly. 
{I}34_{/}This shall be 
for you a lasting 
ordinance to make 
atonement for the people 
of Israel once a year, 
because of all their 
sins."
And Moses did as Yahweh 
commanded him.
THE LAW OF HOLINESS{/}

{1}17{/}

{I}1_{/}Yahweh said to 
Moses, {I}2_{/}"Speak to 
Aaron, his sons and all 
the Israelites and say to 
them: This is what Yahweh 
has commanded: 
{I}3_{/}Any man from the 
house of Israel who kills 
an ox, or a lamb or a 
goat in the camp or 
outside the camp 
{I}4_{/}and does not 
bring it to the entrance 
of the Tent of Meeting to 
make an offering of it to 
Yahweh before the 
tabernacle of Yahweh - 
that man shall be 
considered guilty of 
bloodshed. He has shed 
blood and he shall be cut 
off from among his 
people.
{I}5_{/}The reason for 
this ordinance is so that 
the sons of Israel may 
bring the sacrifices that 
they used to slay in the 
fields to Yahweh at the 
entrance to the Tent of 
Meeting, to the priests, 
and sacrifice them as 
sacrifices of peace to 
Yahweh.
{I}6_{/}The priest shall 
sprinkle the blood on the 
altar of Yahweh at the 
entrance to the Tent of 
Meeting and burn the fat 
as a sweet-smelling 
offering to Yahweh. 
{I}7_{/}This way they 
shall no longer slay 
their sacrifices for the 
goat idols to whom they 
prostituted themselves.
This is to be a lasting 
ordinance for them in the 
generations to come.
YOU SHALL NOT EAT 
BLOOD{/}

{I}8_{/}Then you shall 
give them this ordinance: 
Any man from the house of 
Israel or any alien 
living among them who 
offers a burnt offering 
or sacrifice {I}9_{/}and 
does not bring it to the 
entrance of the Tent of 
Meeting to sacrifice it 
to Yahweh, that man shall 
be cut off from his 
people.
{I}10_{/}If any man from 
the house of Israel or 
any alien living among 
them eats blood, I will 
set my face against that 
person and I will cut him 
off from among his 
people. {I}11_{/}For the 
life of the flesh is in 
the blood, and I have 
given it to you to rescue 
your life on the altar. 
Offered blood makes 
atonement because of the 
life within it. That is 
why I said to the sons of 
Israel: No one among you 
shall eat blood, nor may 
any alien who lives among 
you eat blood.
{I}12_{/}If any Israelite 
or any alien living among 
you snares in hunting any 
beast or bird that may be 
eaten, {I}13_{/}he shall 
pour out its blood and 
cover it with dust. 
{I}14_{/}For the blood of 
every creature contains 
its life and I have 
therefore said to the 
people of Israel: You are 
not to eat the blood of 
any flesh, for the life 
of all flesh is within 
its blood; whoever eats 
it shall be cut off.
{I}15_{/}And every person 
who eats an animal that 
dies or that is torn by 
wild beasts, whether he 
be a native or an alien, 
shall wash his clothes 
and bathe in water and 
remain unclean until 
evening; then he will be 
purified. {I}16_{/}But if 
he does not wash his 
clothes or bathe his 
body, he shall carry his 
guilt."
THE LAW OF HOLINESS{/}

{1}18{/}

{I}1_{/}Yahweh spoke to 
Moses and said, 
{I}2_{/}"Speak to the 
sons of Israel and say to 
them: I am Yahweh, your 
God.
{I}3_{/}You shall not do 
what is done in the land 
of Egypt where you used 
to live, nor shall you do 
what is done in the land 
of Canaan where I am 
bringing you; you shall 
not follow their 
practices. {I}4_{/}My 
practices instead you 
will follow, and you will 
carry out my ordinances; 
I am Yahweh your God. 
{I}5_{/}Keep my practices 
and ordinances, for 
whoever keeps them finds 
life; I am Yahweh.
{I}6_{/}None of you shall 
have sexual intercourse 
with a blood relative; I 
am Yahweh.
{I}7_{/}Do not have 
intercourse with your 
father or your mother; 
she is your mother, don't 
have intercourse with 
her.
{I}8_{/}Do not have 
intercourse with your 
father's wife: Respect 
your father. 
{I}9_{/}Do not have 
intercourse with your 
sister or your 
stepsister, whether born 
in the same house or 
elsewhere. {I}10_{/}Do 
not have intercourse with 
your granddaughter; that 
would dishonor you. 
{I}11_{/}Do not have 
intercourse with a half 
sister; she, too, is your 
sister. {I}12_{/}Do not 
have intercourse with an 
aunt, whether she is your 
father's sister 
{I}13_{/}or your mother's 
sister.
{I}14_{/}Do not have 
intercourse with your 
uncle's wife; she, too, 
is your aunt.
{I}15_{/}Do not have 
intercourse with your 
daughter-in-law 
{I}16_{/}or with your 
brother's wife.
{I}17_{/}Do not have 
intercourse with both a 
woman and her daughter or 
her granddaughter; they 
are blood relatives; that 
is wickedness.
{I}18_{/}While your wife 
is living, do not take 
her sister as a wife so 
that you make her 
jealous.
{I}19_{/}Do not have 
intercourse with a woman 
during her monthly 
period. 
{I}20_{/}Do not have 
intercourse with your 
neighbor's wife and 
defile yourself with her.
{I}21_{/}Do not give any 
of your children to be 
sacrificed to Molech and 
do not profane the name 
of your God; I am Yahweh.
{I}22_{/}Do not lie with 
a man as one lies with a 
woman; it is an 
abomination.
{I}23_{/}Also do not have 
sexual relations with an 
animal; that is infamous.
{I}24_{/}Do not defile 
yourselves in any of 
these ways for this is 
how the nations I am 
driving out before you, 
became defiled. 
{I}25_{/}As the land was 
defiled I came to punish 
it, and it has vomited 
out its inhabitants.
{I}26_{/}You shall keep 
my practices and 
ordinances, and you shall 
not do any of these 
abominations, neither the 
native nor the alien 
living among you. 
{I}27_{/}Recall the 
people who did all these 
things before you in 
these lands and became 
defiled. {I}28_{/}If you 
defile the land it will 
vomit you out as it did 
the nations before you. 
{I}29_{/}The one who does 
any of these abominations 
shall be cut off from his 
people.
{I}30_{/}Keep my laws and 
do not follow any of 
these abominable customs 
which were practiced 
before you, so as not to 
defile yourselves by 
them; I am Yahweh, your 
God."
{1}19{/}

{I}1_{/}Yahweh spoke to 
Moses and said, 
{I}2_{/}"Speak to the 
entire assembly of the 
people of Israel and say 
to them: Be holy for I, 
Yahweh, your God, am 
holy. {I}3_{/}Each of you 
must revere his mother 
and father; and you shall 
keep my sabbaths; I am 
Yahweh, your God.
{I}4_{/}Do not turn to 
idols or make for 
yourselves molten gods; I 
am Yahweh, your God.

{I}5_{/}When you offer a 
sacrifice of peace 
offering to Yahweh, 
sacrifice it so that you 
may be accepted. 
{I}6_{/}It shall be eaten 
on the day you offer it 
or on the next day. And 
whatever remains shall be 
burned on the third day. 
{I}7_{/}If it is eaten on 
the third day it is 
unclean and will not be 
accepted. {I}8_{/}Whoever 
eats it will pay for his 
sin, for he has profaned 
a holy thing of Yahweh 
and this person shall be 
cut off from his people.
LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS 
YOURSELF{/}

{I}9_{/}When you reap the 
harvest of your land do 
not reap to the extreme 
limits of your field or 
gather the gleanings 
after your harvest. 
{I}10_{/}Do not strip 
your vineyard bare and do 
not gather the grapes 
that have fallen; leave 
them for the needy and 
the stranger. I am 
Yahweh, your God.
{I}11_{/}Do not steal or 
lie or deceive one 
another. {I}12_{/}Do not 
swear falsely by my name 
so as to profane the name 
of your God; I am Yahweh.
{I}13_{/}Do not oppress 
your neighbor or rob him. 
The wages of a hired man 
are not to remain with 
you all night until 
morning. {I}14_{/}You 
shall not curse a deaf 
man nor put a stumbling 
block in the way of the 
blind; but you shall fear 
your God; I am Yahweh.
{I}15_{/}Do not pervert 
justice; do not show 
partiality to the poor 
nor bow to the great; you 
are to judge your 
neighbor fairly so as not 
to share in his guilt. 
{I}16_{/}Do not go about 
as a slanderer of your 
people and do not seek 
the death of your 
neighbor; I am Yahweh.
{I}17_{/}Do not hate your 
brother in your heart; 
rebuke your neighbor 
frankly so as not to 
share in his guilt. 
{I}18_{/}Do not seek 
revenge or nurture a 
grudge against one of 
your people, but love 
your neighbor as 
yourself; I am Yahweh.
{I}19_{/}Keep my 
practices. You shall not 
let your cattle breed 
with another kind. You 
shall not sow your field 
with two kinds of seed 
and you shall not wear 
clothing made of two 
different materials.
{I}20_{/}If a man lies 
with a woman who is a 
slave promised to another 
man, and she has not been 
ransomed or given her 
freedom, there shall be 
punishment. They shall 
not be put to death 
because she was not free, 
{I}21_{/}but he shall 
bring a ram as a guilt 
offering to Yahweh for 
himself, to the door of 
the Tent of Meeting. 
{I}22_{/}The priest is to 
make atonement for him 
before Yahweh with the 
ram of the guilt 
offering, and the sin he 
has committed will be 
forgiven.
{I}23_{/}When you enter 
the land and plant all 
kinds of trees for food, 
you shall count the fruit 
as unclean. For three 
years it shall be unclean 
for you and it must not 
be eaten. {I}24_{/}In the 
fourth year all the fruit 
shall be holy, an 
offering of praise to the 
Lord. {I}25_{/}But in the 
fifth year you may eat of 
the fruit, that its yield 
may increase for you. I 
am Yahweh, your God.
{I}26_{/}Do not eat 
anything over the blood 
nor practice divination 
or astrology. {I}27_{/}Do 
not round off the side-
growth of your heads or 
clip off the edges of 
your beard. {I}28_{/}Do 
not make cuttings in your 
flesh on account of the 
dead or make tattoo marks 
on yourselves. I am 
Yahweh.
{I}29_{/}You shall not 
profane your daughter by 
making her a prostitute, 
lest the land turn to 
prostitution and be 
filled with wickedness.
{I}30_{/}Keep my sabbaths 
and revere my sanctuary. 
I am Yahweh.
{I}31_{/}Do not turn to 
mediums or spiritists for 
you will be defiled by 
them. I am Yahweh, your 
God.
{I}32_{/}Rise in the 
presence of the aged and 
honor the elderly; in 
doing this you honor your 
God. I am Yahweh.
{I}33_{/}When a stranger 
stays with you in your 
land, do him no wrong. 
{I}34_{/}He shall be to 
you as the native among 
you. Love him as yourself 
for you have been 
strangers in the land of 
Egypt. I am Yahweh, your 
God.
{I}35_{/}Do no wrong in 
judgment or in measure or 
weight or quantity. 
{I}36_{/}Use honest 
scales and honest weights 
and exact containers. I 
am Yahweh, your God who 
brought you out of the 
land of Egypt.
{I}37_{/}You shall keep 
all my laws and all my 
practices and follow 
them. I am Yahweh."
SOME PUNISHMENTS{/}

{1}20{/}

{I}1_{/}Yahweh spoke to 
Moses {I}2_{/}saying, "To 
the sons of Israel you 
shall say this:
Any man from the people 
of Israel or from among 
the aliens living in 
Israel who gives any of 
his children for the 
Molech sacrifice, shall 
be put to death. The 
people of the land shall 
stone him. {I}3_{/}I 
shall set my face against 
that man and cut him off 
from among his people, 
for by giving his 
children to Molech he has 
defiled my sanctuary and 
profaned my holy name. 
{I}4_{/}And if the people 
of the land hide their 
eyes from what that man 
does and do not put him 
to death, {I}5_{/}then I 
will set my face against 
them and against their 
family and cut them off 
from their people. I will 
do the same to all who 
follow him in 
prostituting themselves 
to Molech.
{I}6_{/}I will set my 
face against the person 
who turns to mediums and 
spiritists and 
prostitutes himself by 
following them, and I 
will cut him off from his 
people.
{I}7_{/}Take the way of 
holiness so that you be 
holy for I am Yahweh, 
your God. {I}8_{/}You 
shall keep my laws and 
practice them. I, Yahweh, 
your God am the one who 
makes you holy. 
{I}9_{/}The man who 
curses his father or 
mother shall be put to 
death. He has cursed his 
father or mother. He 
himself shall account for 
his blood.
{I}10_{/}If a man commits 
adultery with another 
man's wife, the wife of 
his neighbor, both the 
adulterer and the 
adulteress shall be put 
to death. {I}11_{/}If a 
man lies with his 
father's wife, he has 
dishonored his father, 
both of them shall be put 
to death. They themselves 
shall account for their 
blood. {I}12_{/}If a man 
sleeps with his daughter-
in-law, both of them 
shall be put to death for 
they have committed 
incest. They themselves 
shall account for their 
blood.
{I}13_{/}When a man lies 
with a man as one lies 
with a woman, both have 
committed a detestable 
act and they shall be put 
to death. They themselves 
shall account for their 
blood.
{I}14_{/}It is wicked for 
a man to marry both a 
woman and her mother. He 
and they must be burned 
in the fire so that there 
may be no wickedness 
among you.
{I}15_{/}A man who has 
sexual relations with an 
animal must be put to 
death and the animal 
killed. {I}16_{/}If a 
woman approaches an 
animal to mate with it, 
kill the woman and the 
animal. They shall be put 
to death. They themselves 
shall account for their 
blood.
{I}17_{/}If a man takes 
his sister, the daughter 
of his father or his 
mother and they have 
sexual relations, it is a 
shameful thing and they 
shall be cut off before 
the eyes of their people. 
He has dishonored his 
sister and carries his 
guilt.
{I}18_{/}A man who lies 
with a woman during her 
monthly period and has 
intercourse with her has 
exposed the source of her 
flow and she has 
uncovered it. Both of 
them shall be cut off 
from among their people.
{I}19_{/}You shall not 
have intercourse with the 
sister of your father or 
mother, for that would 
dishonor a close 
relative. Both would be 
guilty. {I}20_{/}The man 
who lies with his aunt 
dishonors his uncle. They 
will be guilty and die 
childless. {I}21_{/}It is 
a wickedness for a man to 
take his brother's wife. 
He has dishonored his 
brother and they will be 
childless.
{I}22_{/}Keep, therefore, 
all my decrees and laws 
and act according to them 
so that the land where I 
am bringing you to live 
may not vomit you out of 
it. {I}23_{/}You shall 
not follow the customs of 
the nations I shall drive 
out before you. I felt 
hatred for them for they 
did all these things. 
{I}24_{/}Because of this 
I said to you: You will 
possess their land and it 
is I who give it to you 
as your possession, a 
land flowing with milk 
and honey.
I, Yahweh, your God have 
set you apart from the 
nations. {I}25_{/}You 
must therefore set the 
clean beast apart from 
the unclean, and the 
clean bird apart from the 
unclean and you shall not 
defile yourselves by 
animal or by bird or by 
anything that creeps 
along the ground, which I 
have separated from you 
as unclean.
{I}26_{/}You are to be 
holy for me as I am holy, 
Yahweh, your God, and I 
have set you apart from 
the nations to be mine.
{I}27_{/}Now a man or a 
woman who is a spiritist 
shall be put to death; he 
or she shall be stoned 
and they shall account 
for their own blood."
{1}21{/}

{I}1_{/}Yahweh said to 
Moses, "Speak to the 
priests, sons of Aaron 
and tell them that not 
one of them shall make 
himself unclean for a 
dead person among his 
people {I}2_{/}except for 
those relatives nearest 
to him, that is for his 
mother, father, son, 
daughter or brother, 
{I}3_{/}or for an 
unmarried sister who is 
dependent on him because 
she has had no husband. 
For her, he may make 
himself unclean. 
{I}4_{/}As a husband he 
must not make himself 
unclean for his family-
in-law and so profane 
himself. {I}5_{/}They 
shall not make tonsures 
on their heads nor shave 
off the edges of their 
beards, nor make any cuts 
in their flesh. 
{I}6_{/}They shall be 
holy to their God and not 
profane the name of their 
God, for it is they who 
present offerings by 
fire, the bread of their 
God, so they shall be 
holy. {I}7_{/}They must 
not marry women unclean 
by prostitution or a 
woman divorced by her 
husband, for the priest 
is holy to his God. 
{I}8_{/}You shall regard 
the priest as holy for he 
offers up the food of 
your God. Holy he shall 
be for you because I, 
Yahweh, am holy who makes 
you holy.
{I}9_{/}If a priest's 
daughter defiles herself 
by becoming a prostitute, 
she profanes her father 
and shall be burned in 
the fire.
{I}10_{/}The high priest, 
the one among his 
brothers on whose head 
the anointing oil has 
been poured, and who has 
been consecrated to wear 
the garments, shall not 
uncover his head or tear 
his clothes. {I}11_{/}He 
shall not go near any 
dead person or defile 
himself either for his 
father or his mother. 
{I}12_{/}He shall not 
leave the sanctuary nor 
profane the sanctuary of 
his God for he has on him 
the consecration of the 
anointing oil of his God. 
I am Yahweh.
{I}13_{/}The woman he 
marries must be a virgin. 
{I}14_{/}He shall not 
take as wife a widow or a 
divorced woman or a woman 
defiled by prostitution, 
but only a virgin of his 
own people, {I}15_{/}that 
he may not defile his 
children among his 
people. I am Yahweh who 
makes him holy."
{I}16_{/}Yahweh said to 
Moses, {I}17_{/}"Say to 
Aaron: No man among your 
descendants in future 
generations who has a 
defect shall approach to 
offer the bread of his 
God. {I}18_{/}No man who 
has a defect may come 
near, no man who is blind 
or lame, disfigured or 
deformed {I}19_{/}or who 
has a broken foot or 
hand, {I}20_{/}or is a 
hunchback or dwarf, or 
who has an eye defect or 
eczema or scabs or 
damaged testicles. 
{I}21_{/}The descendant 
of Aaron the priest who 
has a defect shall not 
approach to offer the 
burnt offering to Yahweh. 
He must not approach to 
offer the bread of his 
God because of the defect 
he has. {I}22_{/}He may 
eat the bread of his God, 
both the most holy and 
the holy, {I}23_{/}but he 
may not go as far as the 
veil or advance towards 
the altar because he has 
a defect. Let him not 
defile my sanctuary, for 
it is I, Yahweh, who make 
them holy."
{I}24_{/}Thus spoke Moses 
to Aaron and to his sons 
and to all Israel.
{1}22{/}

{I}1_{/}Yahweh spoke to 
Moses; he said: 
{I}2_{/}"Tell Aaron and 
his sons when they have 
to abstain from the holy 
offerings of the people 
of Israel, lest they 
profane my holy name; for 
I am the one who makes 
them holy. I am Yahweh. 
{I}3_{/}Tell them this:
Anyone of your 
descendants, in any 
generation, who in a 
state of uncleanness 
approaches the holy 
offerings consecrated to 
Yahweh by the people of 
Israel, shall be outlawed 
from my presence. I am 
Yahweh.
{I}4_{/}Anyone of Aaron's 
line who is afflicted 
with leprosy or a 
discharge must not eat 
holy things until he is 
clean. Anyone who touches 
something made unclean by 
a dead body, or has a 
seminal discharge, 
{I}5_{/}or is made 
unclean by touching 
either some creeping 
thing or some man who has 
communicated to him his 
own uncleanness of 
whatever kind, {I}6_{/}in 
short, anyone who has had 
any such contact shall be 
unclean until evening, 
and must not eat holy 
things until he has taken 
a bath. {I}7_{/}At sunset 
he will be clean and may 
then eat holy things, for 
these are his food.
{I}8_{/}He must not eat 
an animal that has died a 
natural death or been 
killed by wild animals; 
he would become unclean 
by doing this. I am 
Yahweh.
{I}9_{/}Let them keep 
these rules and not 
burden themselves with 
sin lest they die because 
of having defiled this 
food. I am Yahweh who 
makes them holy.
{I}10_{/}No lay person 
may eat any of the sacred 
offerings: neither the 
guest of a priest, nor 
his hired servant. 
{I}11_{/}But if the 
priest has acquired a 
slave by purchase, the 
slave may eat them. 
Likewise anyone born in 
the house may eat a share 
of the food.
{I}12_{/}If a priest's 
daughter marries someone 
who is not a priest, she 
must not eat the holy 
portion set aside; 
{I}13_{/}but if she is 
widowed or divorced and, 
being childless, has had 
to return to her father's 
house as when she was 
young, she may eat her 
father's food. No lay 
person may eat it; 
{I}14_{/}if someone does 
eat a holy thing 
unintentionally, he shall 
restore it to the priest 
with one fifth added.
{I}15_{/}They must not 
profane the holy 
offerings which the 
people of Israel have set 
aside for Yahweh. 
{I}16_{/}If they ate of 
them, they would have to 
pay a guilt offering. I 
am Yahweh, who have 
sanctified these 
offerings."
{I}17_{/}Yahweh spoke to 
Moses; he said:
{I}18_{/}"Tell this to 
Aaron, to his sons, and 
to all the people of 
Israel:
{I}19_{/}This rule refers 
to anyone of the 
Israelites or to any 
stranger living in Israel 
who brings anything for a 
burnt offering either in 
payment of a vow or as a 
voluntary gift. To be 
welcomed, he must offer a 
male ox, sheep or goat 
without any defect, 
{I}20_{/}You must not 
offer one that has 
defects; for it would not 
make you acceptable.
{I}21_{/}If anyone offers 
to Yahweh a peace 
offering either to 
fulfill a vow or as a 
voluntary offering, the 
animal - from the herd or 
from the flock - will not 
please Yahweh unless it 
be without any defect. 
{I}22_{/}You must not 
offer to Yahweh an animal 
that is blind, lame, 
mutilated, ulcerous, or 
suffering from skin 
disease or a sore. No 
part of such an animal 
shall be laid on the 
altar as a burnt offering 
for Yahweh. {I}23_{/}As a 
voluntary offering, you 
may offer a bull or a 
lamb that is 
underdeveloped or 
deformed; but such will 
not be accepted in 
payment of a vow. 
{I}24_{/}Don't offer to 
Yahweh an animal if its 
testicles have been 
bruised, crushed, removed 
or cut. This is not 
permitted in your land, 
{I}25_{/}and you are not 
to accept any such from 
the hands of a stranger, 
to offer as food for your 
God. Their deformity is a 
defect and they would not 
make you acceptable."
{I}26_{/}Yahweh spoke to 
Moses; he said:
{I}27_{/}"A calf, lamb, 
or kid shall stay with 
its mother seven days 
after birth. From the 
eighth day it will be 
acceptable as a burnt 
offering to Yahweh. 
{I}28_{/}No animal, 
whether cow or ewe, shall 
be slaughtered on the 
same day as its young.
{I}29_{/}If you offer 
Yahweh a sacrifice of 
thanksgiving, do it so 
that Yahweh may be 
pleased. {I}30_{/}You 
must eat it the same day, 
and nothing should be 
left till the morning. I 
am Yahweh.
FINAL EXHORTATION{/}

{I}31_{/}You must keep my 
commands and put them 
into practice. I am 
Yahweh. {I}32_{/}You must 
not profane my holy name, 
so that I may be 
proclaimed holy among the 
people of Israel, I, 
Yahweh who sanctify you. 
{I}33_{/}I who brought 
you out of the land of 
Egypt to be your God, I 
am Yahweh."
THE ANNUAL FEASTS{/}

{1}23{/}

{I}1_{/}Yahweh spoke to 
Moses, {I}2_{/}"Speak to 
the sons of Israel and 
say to them: You proclaim 
holy assemblies on the 
appointed feasts of 
Yahweh, which are these:
{I}3_{/}After six days in 
which work shall be done, 
there is a sabbath of 
complete rest on the 
seventh day, a holy 
assembly when no work 
shall be done; it is a 
sabbath to Yahweh in all 
your houses.
{I}4_{/}Then there are 
the appointed feasts of 
Yahweh at the times fixed 
for them, when you are to 
proclaim holy assemblies.
{I}5_{/}At twilight on 
the fourteenth day of the 
first month is Yahweh's 
Passover. {I}6_{/}And on 
the fifteenth day of this 
month it is Yahweh's 
feast of Unleavened 
Bread. For seven days you 
shall eat bread without 
leaven. {I}7_{/}On the 
first day there will be a 
sacred assembly and no 
work of a worker shall be 
done. {I}8_{/}For seven 
days you shall present an 
offering by fire to 
Yahweh and on the seventh 
day you shall hold a 
sacred assembly and do no 
work of a worker."
OFFERING OF THE FIRST 
SHEAF{/}

{I}9_{/}Yahweh spoke to 
Moses and said, 
{I}10_{/}"Speak to the 
sons of Israel and say to 
them: When you enter the 
land that I will give you 
and you reap its harvest, 
you will bring to the 
priest a sheaf, the 
firstfruits of your 
harvest {I}11_{/}and he 
shall wave the sheaf 
before Yahweh for you to 
be accepted; on the day 
after the sabbath the 
priest shall wave it.
{I}12_{/}The day when you 
wave the sheaf, you shall 
sacrifice a lamb without 
defect, born that year, 
as a burnt offering to 
Yahweh. {I}13_{/}And the 
grain offering with it 
shall be two tenths of a 
measure of fine flour 
mixed with oil, an 
offering by fire to 
Yahweh, a sweet-smelling 
offering, with its drink 
offering of a quarter of 
a measure of wine.
{I}14_{/}You shall eat 
neither bread nor grain, 
whether roasted or new, 
until the very day you 
bring the offering to 
your God. This is to be 
an everlasting ordinance 
for all generations 
throughout your 
residences.
{I}15_{/}From the day 
after the sabbath, on 
which you bring the sheaf 
of offering, you are to 
count seven full weeks. 
{I}16_{/}The day after 
the seventh sabbath will 
be the fiftieth day and 
then you are to offer 
Yahweh a new offering. 
{I}17_{/}You must bring 
bread from your houses to 
present with the gesture 
of offering - two loaves, 
made of two tenths of 
wheaten flour baked with 
leaven; these are 
firstfruits for Yahweh. 
{I}18_{/}In addition to 
the bread you must offer 
seven one-year-old lambs 
without any defect, a 
young bull and two rams, 
as a burnt offering to 
Yahweh together with a 
grain offering and drink 
offering, as a sweet-
smelling offering to 
Yahweh.
{I}19_{/}You are also to 
offer a goat as a 
sacrifice for sin, and 
two one-year-old lambs as 
a peace offering. 
{I}20_{/}The priest shall 
present them before 
Yahweh with the gesture 
of offering, in addition 
to the bread of the 
firstfruits. These, and 
the two lambs, are holy 
things for Yahweh, and 
will belong to the 
priest.
{I}21_{/}This same day 
you are to hold an 
assembly; this shall be a 
sacred assembly for you; 
you will do no work of a 
worker. This is a 
perpetual law for your 
descendants wherever you 
live.
{I}22_{/}When you gather 
the harvest in your 
country, you are not to 
harvest to the very end 
of your field, and you 
are not to gather the 
gleanings of the harvest. 
You are to leave them for 
the poor and the 
stranger. I am Yahweh 
your God."
{I}23_{/}Yahweh spoke to 
Moses; he said:
{I}24_{/}"Speak to the 
sons of Israel and say to 
them: The first day of 
the seventh month shall 
be a day of rest for you, 
a sacred assembly 
proclaimed with trumpet 
call. {I}25_{/}You must 
not do any work of a 
worker and you must offer 
a burnt offering to 
Yahweh."
{I}26_{/}Yahweh spoke to 
Moses; he said: 
{I}27_{/}"The tenth day 
of this seventh month 
shall be the Day of 
Atonement. You are to 
hold a sacred assembly. 
You must fast, and you 
must offer a burnt 
offering to Yahweh. 
{I}28_{/}You are not to 
do any work that day, for 
it is the Day of 
Atonement, on which the 
rite of atonement will be 
performed over you before 
Yahweh your God. 
{I}29_{/}Indeed, anyone 
who fails to fast that 
day shall be outlawed 
from his people; 
{I}30_{/}anyone who works 
that day I will remove 
from his people. 
{I}31_{/}No work must be 
done - this is a 
perpetual law for your 
descendants wherever you 
live. {I}32_{/}This is to 
be a day of sabbath rest 
for you. You must fast; 
on the evening of the 
ninth day of the month, 
from this to the 
following evening, you 
must cease to work."
{I}33_{/}Yahweh spoke to 
Moses; he said: 
{I}34_{/}"Speak to the 
sons of Israel and say to 
them:
The fifteenth day of this 
seventh month shall be 
the feast of Tents for 
Yahweh, lasting seven 
days. {I}35_{/}The first 
day you shall hold an 
assembly; you must do no 
work of a worker. 
{I}36_{/}For seven days 
you must offer a burnt 
offering to Yahweh. On 
the eighth day you are to 
hold a sacred assembly 
and you must offer a 
burnt offering to Yahweh. 
It is a day of solemn 
assembly in which you 
shall do no work of a 
worker.
{I}37_{/}These are the 
appointed feasts of 
Yahweh in which you are 
to proclaim holy 
assemblies for the 
purpose of offering 
offerings by fire, burnt 
offerings, grain 
offerings and drink 
offerings to Yahweh, 
according to the ritual 
of each day, 
{I}38_{/}besides the 
sabbaths of Yahweh and 
the presents, and the 
votive and voluntary 
gifts that you make to 
Yahweh.
{I}39_{/}On the fifteenth 
day of the seventh month, 
when you have harvested 
the produce of the land, 
you are to celebrate the 
feast of Yahweh for seven 
days. On the first and 
eighth days there shall 
be a complete rest. 
{I}40_{/}On the first day 
you shall take choice 
fruits, palm branches, 
boughs of leafy trees and 
willows from the 
riverbank, and for seven 
days you shall rejoice in 
the presence of Yahweh 
your God. {I}41_{/}You 
are to celebrate a feast 
for Yahweh in this way 
for seven days every 
year. This is a perpetual 
law for your descendants.
{I}42_{/}You are to keep 
this feast in the seventh 
month. For seven days you 
are to live in tents and 
shelters: all natives of 
Israel must live in tents 
and shelters, {I}43_{/}so 
that your descendants may 
know that I made the sons 
of Israel live in tents 
when I brought them out 
of the land of Egypt. I 
am Yahweh your God."
{I}44_{/}These are the 
regulations that Moses 
gave to the sons of 
Israel regarding the 
feasts of Yahweh.
{1}24{/}

{I}1_{/}Yahweh spoke to 
Moses and said, 
{I}2_{/}"Command the 
Israelites to bring you 
oil from pressed olives 
for the light, that a 
lamp may be kept burning 
continually. 
{I}3_{/}Aaron shall keep 
the flame in order from 
evening until morning in 
the Tent of Meeting, 
outside the veil of the 
Statement. It shall be a 
lasting ordinance for all 
generations. {I}4_{/}He 
shall set the lamps on 
the pure gold lampstand 
to burn continually 
before Yahweh.
{I}5_{/}Then you shall 
take fine flour and make 
twelve cakes, two-tenths 
of a measure in each 
cake. {I}6_{/}Place them 
in two rows, six in each, 
on the pure gold table 
before Yahweh. {I}7_{/}On 
each row put pure 
frankincense, so that the 
bread may be a memorial, 
as an offering by fire to 
Yahweh. {I}8_{/}Every 
sabbath Aaron shall set 
the bread in order before 
Yahweh on behalf of the 
Israelites as a lasting 
covenant. {I}9_{/}The 
bread will be for Aaron 
and his sons; they are to 
consider it as a most 
holy portion of the 
sacrifices by fire to 
Yahweh and they shall eat 
it in a holy place. This 
is a lasting law."
THE BLASPHEMY{/}

{I}10_{/}The son of an 
Israelite woman quarreled 
with a man of Israel in 
the camp and {I}11_{/}the 
son of the Israelite 
woman blasphemed the name 
of Yahweh with a curse, 
so they brought him to 
Moses. (His mother was 
Shelomith, the daughter 
of Dibri of the tribe of 
Dan). {I}12_{/}They put 
him under guard until a 
decision from Yahweh 
would be made known.
{I}13_{/}Yahweh said to 
Moses, "Take the man who 
has cursed out of the 
camp. {I}14_{/}All who 
have heard him curse will 
lay their hands on his 
head and the entire 
assembly shall stone him 
to death. {I}15_{/}Then 
say this to the sons of 
Israel: The man who 
curses God shall pay for 
his sin {I}16_{/}and 
whoever blasphemes the 
name of Yahweh shall be 
put to death. The whole 
assembly shall stone him; 
the alien, like the 
native, shall be put to 
death when he blasphemes 
the Name.
THE LAW OF RETALIATION{/}

{I}17_{/}Whoever kills a 
man shall be put to 
death.
{I}18_{/}Whoever kills an 
animal shall replace the 
loss, life for life. 
{I}19_{/}If a man injures 
his neighbor, as he has 
done, so shall it be done 
to him. {I}20_{/}Fracture 
for fracture, eye for 
eye, tooth for tooth, 
just as he has injured 
another, so shall it be 
done to him. {I}21_{/}He 
who kills a beast shall 
make up for it, and he 
who kills a man shall be 
put to death.
{I}22_{/}There shall be 
one law, the same for the 
alien and the native, for 
I am Yahweh, your God."
{I}23_{/}So Moses spoke 
to the Israelites and 
they brought the man who 
had cursed outside the 
camp and stoned him. In 
this way the Israelites 
did as Yahweh had 
commanded Moses.
THE SABBATICAL YEAR AND 
JUBILEE{/}

{1}25{/}

{I}1_{/}Yahweh spoke to 
Moses on Mount Sinai: 
{I}2_{/}"Speak to the 
Israelites and tell them: 
When you enter the land I 
am giving you, let the 
land rest for Yahweh 
every seventh year. 
{I}3_{/}For six years you 
shall sow your field, 
prune your vineyard and 
harvest the produce, 
{I}4_{/}but in the 
seventh year the land 
shall have a rest, or 
sabbath, a sabbath for 
Yahweh. You shall not sow 
your field nor prune your 
vineyard; {I}5_{/}you 
shall not reap the 
aftergrowth of your 
harvest nor gather the 
grapes of your 
uncultivated vines.
This shall be a year of 
rest for the land, 
{I}6_{/}but whatever it 
produces of itself will 
provide food for you, for 
your male and female 
slaves, for your hired 
servant and for the 
stranger who lives with 
you.
{I}7_{/}Its produce will 
likewise provide food for 
your livestock and for 
the wild animals on your 
land.
{I}8_{/}When seven 
sabbaths of years have 
passed, that is, seven 
times seven years, there 
shall be the time of the 
seven weeks of years, 
that is forty-nine years. 
{I}9_{/}Then on the tenth 
day of the seventh month 
sound the trumpet loudly. 
On this Day of Atonement 
sound the trumpet all 
through the land. 
{I}10_{/}Keep holy the 
fiftieth year and 
proclaim freedom for all 
the inhabitants of the 
land. It shall be a 
jubilation year for you 
when each one shall 
recover his property and 
go back to his family. 
{I}11_{/}In this fiftieth 
year, your year of 
Jubilee, you shall 
neither sow nor reap the 
aftergrowth, nor gather 
the grapes from the 
uncultivated vines. 
{I}12_{/}This Jubilee 
year shall be holy for 
you, and you shall eat 
what the field yields of 
itself without 
cultivation.
{I}13_{/}In this year of 
Jubilee each of you shall 
recover his own property. 
{I}14_{/}When you sell 
something to your 
neighbor or buy something 
from him, do not wrong 
one another. 
{I}15_{/}According to the 
number of years after the 
Jubilee, you shall buy it 
from your neighbor and 
according to the number 
of years left for 
harvesting crops he shall 
sell to you. 
{I}16_{/}When the years 
are many the price shall 
be greater and when the 
years are few the price 
shall be less, for it is 
the number of crops that 
he is selling to you. 
{I}17_{/}So you shall not 
wrong one another but you 
shall fear your God, for 
I am Yahweh, your God.
{I}18_{/}Carry out my 
precepts and obey my 
laws. In that way you 
will live securely in the 
land. {I}19_{/}The land 
will give its fruit so 
that you may have food in 
abundance and live 
securely.
{I}20_{/}But if you ask: 
What will we eat in the 
seventh year if we do not 
sow or gather crops?; see 
that {I}21_{/}I will send 
you my blessing in the 
sixth year that it may 
produce enough for three 
years. {I}22_{/}So in the 
eighth year the remains 
of the old crop will 
provide you with what to 
sow and to eat until the 
harvest of the ninth year 
is ready.
{I}23_{/}The land shall 
not be sold forever for 
the land is mine, where 
you are but strangers and 
guests of mine. 
{I}24_{/}In all the 
territory you occupy, the 
land is to be redeemed.
{I}25_{/}When your 
brother becomes poor and 
sells his property, his 
nearest relative is to 
come and buy back what 
his relative has sold. 
{I}26_{/}If the man has 
no relatives to buy back 
his property, but later 
has sufficient means to 
redeem it, {I}27_{/}he 
will calculate the value 
based on the number of 
years since he sold it 
and refund the balance to 
the man to whom he sold 
it and in that way he 
shall re-cover his 
property. {I}28_{/}But if 
he does not find the 
means to repay him, what 
has been sold shall 
remain with the buyer 
until the Jubilee year 
when it must be given 
back to its original 
owner.
{I}29_{/}In the same way, 
if a man sells a house in 
a walled city, his right 
of redemption shall last 
until the end of a year 
from the time of its 
sale; his right of 
redemption lasts a whole 
year. {I}30_{/}If it is 
not redeemed by the end 
of a complete year, the 
house in the walled city 
shall belong permanently 
to the one who bought it 
and to his descendants, 
and it shall not be 
released in the Jubilee 
year.
{I}31_{/}Houses in 
villages which have no 
surrounding wall are 
considered as fields; 
they have redemption 
rights and may be 
released in a Jubilee 
year.
{I}32_{/}As for the towns 
of the Levites, their 
houses belong to the 
Levites and they have a 
permanent right to redeem 
what is bought from them. 
{I}33_{/}Any house in a 
town of the Levites can 
return to them at the 
time of the Jubilee, for 
the houses in the towns 
of the Levites are their 
possession among the 
Israelites. {I}34_{/}The 
field also belonging to 
their towns must not be 
sold forever; it is their 
permanent possession.
HOW TO SHARE WITH YOUR 
NEIGHBOR{/}

{I}35_{/}If your brother 
becomes poor and is 
unable to support 
himself, help him. Help 
this stranger or this 
guest that he may live 
with you. {I}36_{/}Do not 
take interest from him, 
but fear your God, so 
that your brother may 
live among you. 
{I}37_{/}Do not give him 
your silver at interest 
nor your food for gain.
{I}38_{/}I am Yahweh, 
your God, who brought you 
out of Egypt to give you 
the land of the 
Canaanites and to be your 
God.
{I}39_{/}If your brother 
becomes poor and sells 
himself to you, do not 
make him work as a slave, 
{I}40_{/}but let him 
remain with you as a 
hired servant and an 
alien until the year of 
Jubilee. {I}41_{/}He 
shall then leave you, he 
and his sons with him, 
and return to his own 
family and to the 
property of his fathers. 
{I}42_{/}For they are my 
servants whom I brought 
out of the land of Egypt 
and they are not to be 
sold as slaves. 
{I}43_{/}Do not rule over 
them harshly, but fear 
your God.
{I}44_{/}As for the male 
and female slaves, it is 
from the nations around 
you that you are to buy 
them. {I}45_{/}You may 
also buy from among the 
aliens who live with you 
and from their families, 
born in your land, and 
they may be your 
property. {I}46_{/}So you 
may leave them to your 
children as inherited 
possessions and make them 
slaves for life. But 
regarding your Israelite 
brothers, you must not 
rule over them harshly.
{I}47_{/}If an alien or 
temporary resident 
becomes prosperous and 
one of your brothers 
becomes so poor as to 
sell himself to a 
stranger who is living 
with you or to a member 
of the stranger's family, 
{I}48_{/}he shall have 
the right of redemption. 
One of his brothers may 
redeem him, {I}49_{/}or 
his uncle or the son of 
his uncle or a near 
relative may redeem him. 
{I}50_{/}If he becomes 
rich, let him redeem 
himself. He shall reckon 
with his buyer from the 
time he sold himself 
until the year of Jubilee 
and the price of his sale 
shall correspond to the 
number of years. If many 
years remain, he shall be 
reckoned at the price of 
a hired servant, 
according to the number 
of years. {I}51_{/}If 
redeemed when many years 
remain, he shall refund 
out of the price paid for 
him, according to the 
remaining time. 
{I}52_{/}If only a few 
years remain until the 
Jubilee year, he will 
calculate and refund 
accordingly. {I}53_{/}He 
shall be with him as a 
servant hired year by 
year and he shall not be 
harshly dealt with.
{I}54_{/}If he is 
redeemed in any of these 
ways, he shall be 
released in the Jubilee 
year, he and his sons 
with him.
{I}55_{/}For it is to me 
that the sons of Israel 
are servants; they are my 
servants whom I brought 
out of the land of Egypt. 
I am Yahweh, your God. 
{1}26{/}

{I}1_{/}You shall not 
make for yourselves idols 
or set up an image or 
pillar or carved stone in 
your land to bow before 
it for I am Yahweh, your 
God.
{I}2_{/}You shall keep my 
sabbaths and reverence my 
sanctuary. I am Yahweh.
PROMISES OF GOD{/}

{I}3_{/}If you walk 
according to my precepts 
and obey my commandments, 
if you carry them out, 
{I}4_{/}I will give you 
rain in its season and 
the land will yield its 
produce, the trees in the 
field their fruit; 
{I}5_{/}the threshing 
time will last to vintage 
time and the vintage till 
sowing time. You will 
have food in abundance 
and you will live 
securely in your land.
{I}6_{/}I will give you 
peace in your country and 
you will sleep without 
anyone disturbing you. I 
will banish the wild 
beast and keep the sword 
of war from passing 
through the land. 
{I}7_{/}You will rout 
your enemies and they 
will fall before your 
sword; {I}8_{/}five of 
you will pursue a hundred 
of them and a hundred of 
you ten thousand of them, 
and they will fall before 
you by the sword.
{I}9_{/}I will turn 
towards you to make your 
families fruitful and 
your people numerous, and 
I will confirm my 
covenant with you. 
{I}10_{/}When you are 
still eating from the old 
harvest you will have to 
discard what is stored to 
make place for the new. 
{I}11_{/}I will make my 
Dwelling among you and I 
will not reject you. 
{I}12_{/}I will walk 
among you; I will be your 
God and you will be my 
people. {I}13_{/}I am 
Yahweh your God, who 
brought you out of Egypt 
to be their slaves no 
longer. I have broken the 
bars of your yoke letting 
you walk erect.
CURSES{/}

{I}14_{/}But if you do 
not heed me and keep my 
commandments, {I}15_{/}if 
you reject my precepts 
and ignore my decrees, 
refusing to obey all my 
commandments and so break 
my covenant, {I}16_{/}I, 
in turn, will do this: I 
will bring upon you a 
terror, a tuberculosis 
and fever, weakening your 
eyes and draining your 
life. In vain will you 
sow, for your enemies 
will eat it. {I}17_{/}I 
will turn away from you 
until you are beaten by 
your enemies. Those who 
hate you shall rule over 
you and you shall flee 
when no one pursues you.
{I}18_{/}If after all 
this you do not obey me, 
I will continue to punish 
you sevenfold for your 
sins. {I}19_{/}I will 
break the pride of your 
power; I will make your 
sky like iron and your 
earth like bronze. 
{I}20_{/}Your strength 
shall be spent in vain; 
your land will give no 
produce and the trees no 
fruit. {I}21_{/}If you 
defy me and are unwilling 
to obey me, I will bring 
seven times as many 
plagues on you for your 
sins. {I}22_{/}I will let 
loose the wild animals 
and they will rob you of 
your children and destroy 
your cattle and make you 
so few that your roads 
will be deserted.
{I}23_{/}If, with all 
this, you do not repent 
but remain hostile 
towards me, {I}24_{/}then 
I will be hostile towards 
you and strike you seven 
times for your sins. 
{I}25_{/}The sword I will 
bring against you, and 
with the sword I will 
avenge my covenant with 
you; and when you gather 
together in your cities I 
will send pestilence on 
you and you shall be 
delivered into enemy 
hands. {I}26_{/}When I 
cut off your supply of 
bread and ten women bake 
bread in one oven and 
bring back rationed 
bread, you will eat and 
not be satisfied.
{I}27_{/}But if with all 
that you do not obey me 
and remain defiant 
towards me, {I}28_{/}I 
will go against you in 
fury and punish you 
sevenfold for your sins. 
{I}29_{/}You shall eat 
the flesh of your sons 
and the flesh of your 
daughters. {I}30_{/}I 
will destroy your high 
places and cut down your 
incense altars; I will 
cast your corpses on 
those of your idols and I 
shall hate you. 
{I}31_{/}I will lay waste 
your cities and make 
desolate your sanctuaries 
and no longer shall I 
relish your sweet-
smelling offerings. 
{I}32{/}I will make the 
land desolate so that 
your enemies who settle 
in it will be astonished. 
{I}33_{/}I will scatter 
you among the nations and 
unsheathe the sword 
behind you, as your land 
becomes desolate and your 
cities lie in ruins.
{I}34_{/}Then the land 
shall enjoy its sabbaths 
as long as it lies waste 
while you are in the land 
of your enemies; 
{I}35_{/}then the land 
will rest and observe its 
sabbaths. As long as the 
land lies desolate it 
shall have the sabbath 
rest that it did not have 
when you inhabited it.
{I}36_{/}As for those of 
you who are left, I will 
make them faint-hearted 
in the land of their 
enemies. The sound of a 
wind-blown leaf will 
chase them and even when 
no one pursues them, 
{I}37_{/}they will flee 
as from the sword and 
will fall. They will 
stumble against each 
other as if running from 
the sword even when they 
are not pursued, and you 
will be unable to stand 
up before your enemies. 
{I}38_{/}You shall perish 
among the nations and die 
in the land of your 
enemies.
{I}39_{/}Those among you 
who remain will rot away 
because of their 
wickedness in the land of 
your enemies and because 
of the wickedness of 
their fathers they will 
rot away with them. 
{I}40_{/}Then they will 
confess their sins and 
the sins of their 
fathers. They will admit 
that their treacheries 
and their hostility 
towards me made me 
hostile towards them 
{I}41_{/}and caused me to 
bring them to the land of 
their enemies, and then 
their uncircumcised 
hearts may become humble 
and they will accept the 
punishment for their sin. 
{I}42_{/}Then I will 
remember my covenant with 
Jacob and my covenant 
with Isaac and my 
covenant with Abraham as 
well, and I will remember 
the land.
{I}43_{/}For the land 
will be abandoned by them 
and it shall observe its 
sabbath; it will be 
desolate without them, 
while they pay for their 
sin because they spurned 
my ordinances and ignored 
my statutes.
{I}44_{/}Yet even so, 
when they are in the land 
of their enemies I will 
not reject them or ignore 
them to the point of 
destroying them and 
breaking my covenant with 
them, for I am Yahweh, 
their God. {I}45_{/}For 
their sake I will 
remember my covenant with 
their forefathers whom I 
brought out of the land 
of Egypt in the sight of 
the na-tions, that I 
might be their God. I am 
Yahweh."
{I}46_{/}These are the 
statutes, the ordinances 
and the teachings of the 
covenant Yahweh made with 
the sons of Israel, 
through Moses, on Mount 
Sinai.
VOWS AND PROMISES{/}

{1}27{/}

{I}1_{/}Yahweh spoke to 
Moses and said, 
{I}2_{/}"Tell the sons of 
Israel about the fixed 
price for those who have 
to be ransomed because of 
a vow.
{I}3_{/}A man between 
twenty and sixty years of 
age shall be valued at 
fifty pieces of silver - 
the official standard; 
{I}4_{/}a woman shall be 
valued at thirty silver 
coins; {I}5_{/}between 
five and twenty years, a 
boy shall be valued at 
twenty silver coins, a 
girl at ten silver coins; 
{I}6_{/}between one month 
and five years, a boy 
shall be valued at five 
silver coins, a girl at 
three silver coins; 
{I}7_{/}at sixty years 
and over, a man shall be 
valued at fifteen silver 
coins and a woman at ten 
silver coins. {I}8_{/}If 
the person who made the 
vow is too poor to pay 
the standard price, he 
must present the person 
concerned to the priest, 
and the priest shall set 
a value proportionate to 
the re-sources of the 
person who made the vow.
{I}9_{/}As for an animal 
suitable for offering to 
Yahweh, any such animal 
given to Yahweh is holy. 
{I}10_{/}It cannot be 
exchanged or a substitute 
offered - good for bad, 
bad for good. If one 
animal is substituted for 
another, both of them 
shall belong to Yahweh. 
{I}11_{/}If it is an 
unclean animal, and not 
suitable for offering to 
Yahweh, whatever it may 
be it must be presented 
to the priest 
{I}12_{/}and he shall set 
a price for it, judging 
it good or bad. 
{I}13_{/}You must abide 
by his price. The person 
who wishes to buy it back 
must add one fifth to the 
price set.
{I}14_{/}If a man 
dedicates his house to 
Yahweh, the priest shall 
set a price for it, 
judging whether its value 
is great or little. You 
must abide by the 
priest's price. 
{I}15_{/}If the man who 
has vowed his house 
wishes to buy it back, he 
must add one fifth to the 
price and it shall be 
given back to him.
{I}16_{/}If a man 
dedicates one of the 
fields of his patrimony 
to Yahweh, its value 
shall be calculated 
according to its 
productivity, at the rate 
of fifty silver coins to 
one bushel of barley.
{I}17_{/}If he dedicates 
the field during the 
Jubilee year, he must 
stand by this price. 
{I}18_{/}But if he 
dedicates it after the 
Jubilee, the priest shall 
calculate the price on 
the basis of the number 
of years still to run 
until the next Jubilee 
and the price shall be 
reduced accordingly.
{I}19_{/}If he wishes to 
buy back the field, he 
shall add one fifth to 
the price, and the field 
shall be given back to 
him. {I}20_{/}If he does 
not buy it back but sells 
it to another, the right 
of redemption ceases; 
{I}21_{/}when the buyer 
has to give it up at the 
Jubilee year, it becomes 
a thing dedicated to 
Yahweh, the same as a 
field laid under the ban: 
the man's property passes 
to the priest.
{I}22_{/}If he dedicates 
to Yahweh a field which 
he has bought, but which 
is not part of his 
patrimony, {I}23_{/}the 
priest shall assess the 
price on the basis of the 
number of years still to 
run before the Jubilee 
year; and the man shall 
pay this sum the same 
day, as for a thing 
dedicated to Yahweh. 
{I}24_{/}In the Jubilee 
year, the field shall 
return to the seller, to 
the man to whose 
patrimony the land 
belongs. {I}25_{/}All 
prices must be made 
according to the official 
sanctuary standards at 
the rate of twenty gerahs 
to one silver piece.
{I}26_{/}No one may 
dedicate the firstborn of 
his cattle, for it 
belongs to Yahweh by 
right: whether ox or 
sheep, it belongs to 
Yahweh. {I}27_{/}But if 
it is an unclean animal 
it may be bought back at 
the price with one fifth 
added; if it is not 
bought back, the animal 
shall be sold at the 
price set.
{I}28_{/}Nothing that is 
dedicated to Yahweh by 
anathema may be bought 
back; nothing whether a 
man, an animal, or a 
field of patrimony. What 
is dedicated by anathema 
becomes a most holy thing 
and belongs to Yahweh. 
{I}29_{/}A human being 
dedicated by anathema 
cannot be bought back, he 
must be put to death.
{I}30_{/}One tenth of all 
the produce of the earth 
or the fruits of trees, 
belongs to Yahweh. 
{I}31_{/}If a man wishes 
to buy back part of his 
tithe, he must add one 
fifth to its value.
{I}32_{/}In all tithes of 
flock or herd, the tenth 
animal of all that pass 
under the herdsman's 
staff shall be a thing 
dedicated to Yahweh; 
{I}33_{/}there must be no 
picking out of good and 
bad, no substitution. If 
substitution takes place, 
both the animal and its 
substitute shall be 
things dedicated without 
possibility of buying 
them back."
{I}34_{/}These are the 
commandments that Yahweh 
laid down for Moses on 
Mount Sinai, for the 
people of Israel.

