One Unity Resource Bible Leviticus / Vayikra 22

1 Adonai spoke to Moses [Drawn out], saying, 2 * “Tell Aaron [Light-bringer] and his sons to separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel [God prevails], which they make holy to me, and that they not profane my holy name. I am Adonai .

3 “Tell them, ‘If anyone of all your offspring throughout all your generations approaches the holy things, which the children of Israel [God prevails] make holy to Adonai , having his uncleanness on him, that soul shall be cut off from before me. I am Adonai .

4 † “ ‘Whoever of the offspring of Aaron [Light-bringer] is a leper or has an issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he is clean. Whoever touches anything that is unclean by the dead, or a man whose offspring goes from him; 5 or whoever touches any creeping thing, whereby he may be made unclean, or a man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatever uncleanness he has; 6 the person that touches any such shall be unclean until the evening, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he bathe his body in water. 7 ‡ When the sun is down, he shall be clean; and afterward he shall eat of the holy things, because it is his bread. 8 That which dies of itself, or is torn by animals, he shall not eat, defiling himself by it. I am Adonai .

9 “ ‘They shall therefore follow my requirements, lest they bear sin for it, and die therein, if they profane it. I am Yahweh M'Kaddesham [Yahweh our Santifier / He sustains breathing who makes them holy].

10 § “ ‘No stranger shall eat of the holy thing: * a foreigner living with the priests, or a hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing. 11 But if a priest buys a slave, purchased by his money, he shall eat of it; and such as are born in his house, they shall eat of his bread. 12 † If a priest’s daughter is married to an outsider, she shall not eat of the heave offering of the holy things. 13 But if a priest’s daughter is a widow, or divorced, and has no child, and has teshuvah ·completely returned· to her father’s house, as in her youth, she may eat of her father’s bread: but no stranger shall eat any of it.

14 “ ‘If a man eats something holy unwittingly, then he shall add the fifth part of its value to it, and shall give the holy thing to the priest. 15 ‡ The priests shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel [God prevails], which they offer to Adonai , 16 and so cause them to bear the iniquity that brings guilt, when they eat their holy things; for I am Yahweh M'Kaddesham [Yahweh our Santifier / He sustains breathing who makes them holy].’ ”

(3) 17 Adonai spoke to Moses [Drawn out], saying, 18 “Speak to Aaron [Light-bringer], and to his sons, and to all the children of Israel [God prevails], and say to them, ‘Whoever is of the house of Israel [God prevails], or of the foreigners in Israel [God prevails], who offers his offering, whether it is any of their vows, or any of their free will offerings, which they offer to Adonai for a burnt offering; 19 that you may be accepted, you shall offer a male without defect, of the bulls, of the sheep, or of the goats. 20 § But whatever has a defect, that you shall not offer; for it shall not be acceptable for you. 21 * † Whoever offers a sacrifice of peace offerings to Adonai to accomplish a vow, or for a free will offering, of the herd or of the flock, it shall be perfect to be accepted. It shall have no defect. 22 Blind, injured, maimed, having a wart, festering, or having a running sore: you shall not offer these to Adonai , ‡ § nor make an offering by fire of them on the altar to Adonai . 23 Either a bull or a lamb that has any deformity or lacking in his parts, that you may offer for a free will offering; but for a vow it shall not be accepted. 24 * † You must not offer to Adonai that which has its testicles bruised, crushed, broken, or cut. You must not do this in your land. 25 ‡ You must not receive any of these from the hand of a foreigner to offer as bread for your God, because their deformity is a defect in them. They shall not be accepted for you.’ ”

26 Adonai spoke to Moses [Drawn out], saying, 27 § “When a bull, or a sheep, or a goat, is born, then it shall remain seven days with its mother; and from the eighth day and thenceforth it shall be accepted for the offering of an offering made by fire to Adonai . 28 * Whether it is a cow or ewe, you shall not kill it and its young both in one day.

29 “When you offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving † to Adonai , you shall sacrifice it so that you may be accepted. 30 ‡ It shall be eaten on the same day; you shall leave none of it until the morning. I am Adonai .

31 “Therefore you shall keep my mitzvot ·instructions·, and do them. I am Adonai . 32 § You shall not profane my holy name, * but I will be made holy among the children of Israel [God prevails]. I am Adonai who makes you holy, 33 who brought you out of the land of Egypt [Abode of slavery], to be your God. I am Adonai .”

*22:2 Lev 22:2 (#3.233): T. The Cohenim ·Priests· must separate themselves from the holy things the people of Israel dedicate to Adonai / R. A Cohen ·Priest· who is unclean shall not serve in the offerings / R. Impure, unclean Cohenim ·Priests· must not do service in the Temple

†22:4 Lev 22:4 (Lev 22:4-9) (#3.234): A Cohen ·Priest· who is unclean shall not eat the holy offerings

‡22:7 Lev 22:7 (Lev 22:4-9) (#3.235): T. An impure, unclean Cohen ·Priest·, following mikvah ·ritual washing, baptism·, must wait until after sundown before eating the sacred offerings / R. An impure, unclean Cohen ·Priest·, following mikvah ·ritual washing, baptism·, must wait until after sundown before returning to service

§22:10 Lev 22:10 (Lev 22:10-16) (#2b.147): An unauthorized person, anyone who is not a Cohen ·Priest·, shall not eat any of the trumah ·holy offerings·

*22:10 Lev 22:10 (Lev 22:10-16) (#2b.148): T. The tenant of a Cohen ·Priest· nor his hired worker shall not eat any of the holy offerings / R. A hired worker or a Jewish bondsman of a Cohen ·Priest· must not eat trumah ·holy offerings·

†22:12 Lev 22:12 (Lev 22:12-13, 22:14-15) (#2b.149): The daughter of a Cohen ·Priest· married to a layman ·non-priest· shall not eat consecrated food that her father and his family do eat

‡22:15 Lev 22:15 (Lev 22:14-16) (#1.13): T. When giving a heave offering unto Adonai, you must remove the tithe for the Cohenim ·Priests· and the tithe for Adonai; nothing may be eaten of until this separation happens / T. The non-priest is not to eat the Cohenoh ·Priest’s· portion or tithe / R. Not to eat untithed fruits

§22:20 Lev 22:20 (Lev 22:17-25) (#2b.150): Not to vow or dedicate animals with disqualifying blemishes as a sacrifice unto Adonai

*22:21 Lev 22:21 (Lev 22:17-25) (#2b.151): T. Every animal offered for peace offering or vow to be sacrificed must be perfect, without blemish / R. To offer only unblemished animals T. Example: Disqualifying blemishes include: blind, injured, mutilated, abnormal growth, festering wound, running sore, or is its genitals that are bruised, crushed, torn, or cut / T. Example: Directive: If a lamb or bull have irregular growth in their limbs, too short or too long, that animal may be given as Voluntary Offering but not in fulfillment of a Vow Offering

†22:21 Lev 22:21 (Lev 22:17-25) (#2b.152): T. This command is not found in the straightforward text, it is implied / R. Not to inflict a blemish or wound on a vowed or dedicated animal

‡22:22 Lev 22:22 (Lev 22:17-25) (#2b.153): Not to slaughter animals with disqualifying blemishes as sacrifices

§22:22 Lev 22:22 (Lev 22:17-25) (#2b.154): T. This command is not found in the straightforward text, it is implied by the sacrificial procedure / R. Not to burn the choice portions (the fat) from animals with disqualifying blemishes upon the altar

*22:24 Lev 22:24 (Lev 22:17-25) (#2b.155): T. Not to sacrifice, vow, or dedicate an animal whose testicles are damaged or removed / R. Not to castrate the male of any species, neither a man, nor a domestic or wild animal, nor a fowl

†22:24 Lev 22:24 (Lev 22:17-25) (#2b.156): T. This command is not found in the straightforward text, it is implied by the sacrificial procedure / R. The Cohenim ·Priests· shall not apply the blood of animals with disqualifying defects on the altar

‡22:25 Lev 22:25 (Lev 22:17-25) (#2b.157): T. Not to sacrifice an animal with disqualifying defects received from a foreigner / R. Not to sacrifice blemished animals even if offered by non-Jews (Gentiles)

§22:27 Lev 22:27 (#2b.158): The sacrificial animals will not be any younger than eight days old

*22:28 Lev 22:28 (Lev 22:26-28) (#1.14): Not to slaughter an animal and its young on the same day

†22:29 Quoted in Heb 13:15

‡22:30 Lev 22:30 (Lev 22:29-30) (#2b.159): T. Not to leave any flesh of the thanksgiving offering, it must be eaten the same day as it is offered / R. Not to leave sacrifices past the time allowed for eating them

§22:32 Lev 22:32 (Lev 22:31-33) (#3.236): Not to profane or desecrate the holy name of Adonai

*22:32 Lev 22:32 (Lev 22:31-33) (#3.237): To sanctify, set apart, and make holy the Name of Adonai