22:1 The LORD spoke to Moses saying: 22:2 “Speak to Aaron and his sons that they must deal respectfully with the holy offerings¹ of the children of Israel, which they consecrate to me, so that they do not profane my holy name.² I am the LORD. 22:3 Say to them, ‘Throughout your generations³ any man from all your descendants who approaches the holy offerings which the children of Israel consecrate⁴ to the LORD while he is impure,⁵ that person must be cut off from before me.⁶ I am the LORD. 22:4 No man⁷ from the descendants of Aaron who is diseased or has a discharge⁸ may eat the holy offerings until he becomes clean. The one⁹ who touches anything unclean by means of a dead person,¹⁰ or a man who has a seminal emission,¹¹ 22:5 or a man who touches a swarming thing by which he becomes unclean,¹² or touches a person¹³ by which he becomes unclean, whatever his impurity;¹⁴ 22:6 the person who touches it¹⁵ will be unclean until evening and must not eat from the holy offerings unless he has bathed his body in water. 22:7 When the sun goes down he will be clean, and afterward he may eat from the holy offerings because it is his food. 22:8 A carcass¹⁶ or an animal torn by beasts he must not eat to become unclean by it. I am the LORD. 22:9 They must keep my charge so that they do not incur sin on account of it¹⁷ and die thereby¹⁸ because they profane it. I am the LORD who sanctifies them.

22:10 “‘No lay person¹⁹ may eat anything holy. Neither a priest’s resident nor a hired laborer²⁰ may eat anything holy, 22:11 but if a priest buys a person with his own money,²¹ that person²² may eat the holy offerings,²³ and those born in his own house may eat his food.²⁴ 22:12 If a priest’s daughter marries a lay person,²⁵ she may not eat the holy contribution offerings,²⁶ 22:13 but if a priest’s daughter is a widow or divorced, and she has no children so she returns to her father’s house as in her youth,²⁷ she may eat from her father’s food, but no lay person may eat it.

22:14 “‘If a man eats a holy offering by mistake,²⁸ he shall add one fifth to it and give the holy offering to the priest.²⁹ 22:15 They³⁰ must not profane the holy offerings of the children of Israel which they contribute³¹ to the LORD, 22:16 and so cause them to incur a penalty for guilt³² when they eat their holy offerings,³³ for I am the LORD who sanctifies them.’”

22:17 The LORD spoke to Moses saying: 22:18 “Speak to Aaron, his sons, and all the children of Israel and say to them, ‘Any man³⁴ from the house of Israel and from the foreigners in Israel³⁵ who presents his offering for any of their votive or freewill offerings which they present to the LORD as a burnt offering, 22:19 for it to be acceptable for your benefit³⁶ it must be a flawless male from³⁷ the cattle, sheep, or goats. 22:20 You must not present anything that has a flaw³⁸ because it will not be acceptable for your benefit.³⁹ 22:21 If a man presents a peace offering sacrifice to the LORD for a special votive offering⁴⁰ or for a freewill offering from⁴¹ the herd or the flock, it must be flawless to be acceptable;⁴² it must have no flaw.⁴³

22:22 “‘Something blind, or with a broken bone, or mutilated, or with a running sore,⁴⁴ or a festering eruption, or a feverish rash,⁴⁵ these you must not present to the LORD. You must not give any of these as a gift⁴⁶ on the altar to the LORD. 22:23 As for an ox⁴⁷ or a sheep with a limb too long or stunted,⁴⁸ you may perform a freewill offering with it, but it will not be acceptable for a votive offering.⁴⁹ 22:24 Something with testicles that are bruised, crushed, torn, or cut off you must not present to the LORD;⁵⁰ you must not do this in your land. 22:25 Even from a foreigner⁵¹ you must not present the food of your God from such animals as these, for they are ruined and flawed;⁵² they will not be acceptable for your benefit.’”

22:26 The LORD spoke to Moses saying: 22:27 “When an ox, lamb, or goat is born, it must be under the care of⁵³ its mother seven days, but from the eighth day onward it will be acceptable as an offering gift⁵⁴ to the LORD. 22:28 You must not slaughter an ox or a sheep, both it and its young,⁵⁵ on the same day.⁵⁶ 22:29 When you sacrifice a thanksgiving offering to the LORD, you must sacrifice it so that it is acceptable for your benefit.⁵⁷ 22:30 On that very day⁵⁸ it must be eaten; you must not leave any part of it⁵⁹ over until morning. I am the LORD.

22:31 “You must be sure to do my commandments.⁶⁰ I am the LORD. 22:32 You must not profane my holy name and I will be sanctified in the midst of the children of Israel. I am the LORD who sanctifies you, 22:33 the one who brought you out from the land of Egypt to be your God.⁶¹ I am the LORD.”