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| | Lev 22:1 | The LORD said to Moses,
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| | Lev 22:2 | "Tell Aaron and his sons to treat the sacred gifts that the Israelites set apart for me with great care, so they do not profane my holy name. I am the LORD.
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| | Lev 22:3 | Remind them that if any of their descendants are ceremonially unclean when they approach the sacred food presented by the Israelites, they must be cut off from my presence. I am the LORD!
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| | Lev 22:4 | "If any of the priests have a contagious skin disease or any kind of discharge that makes them ceremonially unclean, they may not eat the sacred offerings until they have been pronounced clean. If any of the priests become unclean by touching a corpse, or are defiled by an emission of semen,
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| | Lev 22:5 | or by touching a creeping creature that is unclean, or by touching someone who is ceremonially unclean for any reason,
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| | Lev 22:6 | they will remain defiled until evening. They must not eat any of the sacred offerings until they have purified their bodies with water.
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| | Lev 22:7 | When the sun goes down, they will be clean again and may eat the sacred offerings. After all, this food has been set aside for them.
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| | Lev 22:8 | The priests may never eat an animal that has died a natural death or has been torn apart by wild animals, for this would defile them. I am the LORD.
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| | Lev 22:9 | Warn all the priests to follow these instructions carefully; otherwise they will be subject to punishment and die for violating them. I am the LORD who makes them holy.
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| | Lev 22:10 | "No one outside a priest's family may ever eat the sacred offerings, even if the person lives in a priest's home or is one of his hired servants.
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| | Lev 22:11 | However, if the priest buys slaves with his own money, they may eat of his food. And if his slaves have children, they also may share his food.
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| | Lev 22:12 | If a priest's daughter marries someone outside the priestly family, she may no longer eat the sacred offerings.
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| | Lev 22:13 | But if she becomes a widow or is divorced and has no children to support her, and she returns to live in her father's home, she may eat her father's food again. But other than these exceptions, only members of the priests' families are allowed to eat the sacred offerings.
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| | Lev 22:14 | "Anyone who eats the sacred offerings without realizing it must pay the priest for the amount eaten, plus an added penalty of 20 percent.
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| | Lev 22:15 | No one may defile the sacred offerings brought to the LORD by the Israelites
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| | Lev 22:16 | by allowing unauthorized people to eat them. The negligent priest would bring guilt upon the people and require them to pay compensation. I am the LORD, who makes them holy."
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| | Lev 22:17 | And the LORD said to Moses,
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| | Lev 22:18 | "Give Aaron and his sons and all the Israelites these instructions, which apply to those who are Israelites by birth as well as to the foreigners living among you. If you offer a whole burnt offering to the LORD, whether to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering,
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| | Lev 22:19 | it will be accepted only if it is a male animal with no physical defects. It may be either a bull, a ram, or a male goat.
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| | Lev 22:20 | Do not bring an animal with physical defects, because it won't be accepted on your behalf.
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| | Lev 22:21 | "If you bring a peace offering to the LORD from the herd or flock, whether to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering, you must offer an animal that has no physical defects of any kind.
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| | Lev 22:22 | An animal that is blind, injured, mutilated, or that has a growth, an open sore, or a scab must never be offered to the LORD by fire on the altar.
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| | Lev 22:23 | If the bull or lamb is deformed or stunted, it may still be offered as a freewill offering, but it may not be offered to fulfill a vow.
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| | Lev 22:24 | If an animal has damaged testicles or is castrated, it may never be offered to the LORD.
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| | Lev 22:25 | You must never accept mutilated or defective animals from foreigners to be offered as a sacrifice to your God. Such animals will not be accepted on your behalf because they are defective."
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| | Lev 22:26 | And the LORD said to Moses,
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| | Lev 22:27 | "When a bull or a ram or a male goat is born, it must be left with its mother for seven days. From the eighth day on, it will be acceptable as an offering given to the LORD by fire.
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| | Lev 22:28 | But you must never slaughter a mother animal and her offspring on the same day, whether from the herd or the flock.
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| | Lev 22:29 | When you bring a thanksgiving offering to the LORD, it must be sacrificed properly so it will be accepted on your behalf.
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| | Lev 22:30 | Eat the entire sacrificial animal on the day it is presented. Don't leave any of it until the second day. I am the LORD.
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| | Lev 22:31 | "You must faithfully keep all my commands by obeying them, for I am the LORD.
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| | Lev 22:32 | Do not treat my holy name as common and ordinary. I must be treated as holy by the people of Israel. It is I, the LORD, who makes you holy.
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| | Lev 22:33 | It was I who rescued you from Egypt, that I might be your very own God. I am the LORD."
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