21 And Yehovah said unto Moshe, Speak unto the priests, the sons of Aharon, and say unto them, There shall none defile himself for the dead among his people; ²except for his kin, that is near unto him, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother, ³and for his sister a virgin, that is near unto him, that hath had no husband; for her may he defile himself. ⁴He shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself. ⁵They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh. ⁶They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their God; for the offerings of Yehovah made by fire, the bread of their God, they do offer: therefore they shall be holy. ⁷They shall not take a woman that is a harlot, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God. ⁸Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I Yehovah, who sanctify you, am holy. ⁹And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the harlot, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire. 

¹⁰And he that is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil is poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not let the hair of his head go loose, nor rend his clothes; ¹¹neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother; ¹²neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am Yehovah. ¹³And he shall take a wife in her virginity. ¹⁴A widow, or one divorced, or a profane woman, a harlot, these shall he not take: but a virgin of his own people shall he take to wife. ¹⁵And he shall not profane his seed among his people: for I am Yehovah who sanctifieth him. 

¹⁶And Yehovah spake unto Moshe, saying, ¹⁷Speak unto Aharon, saying, Whosoever he be of thy seed throughout their generations that hath a blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God. ¹⁸For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or anything superfluous, ¹⁹or a man that is broken-footed, or broken-handed, ²⁰or crook-backed, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or is scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken; ²¹no man of the seed of Aaron the priest, that hath a blemish, shall come nigh to offer the offerings of Yehovah made by fire: he hath a blemish; he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God. ²²He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy: ²³only he shall not go in unto the veil, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I am Yehovah who sanctifieth them. ²⁴So Moshe spake unto Aharon, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Isra’el. 

22 And Yehovah spake unto Moshe, saying, ²Speak unto Aharon and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Isra’el, which they hallow unto me, and that they profane not my holy name: I am Yehovah. ³Say unto them, Whosoever he be of all your seed throughout your generations, that approacheth unto the holy things, which the children of Isra’el hallow unto Yehovah, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from before me: I am Yehovah. ⁴What man soever of the seed of Aharon is a leper, or hath an issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he be clean. And whoso toucheth anything that is unclean by the dead, or a man whose seed goeth from him; ⁵or whosoever toucheth any creeping thing, whereby he may be made unclean, or a man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatsoever uncleanness he hath; ⁶the soul that toucheth any such shall be unclean until the even, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he bathe his flesh in water. ⁷And when the sun is down, he shall be clean; and afterward he shall eat of the holy things, because it is his bread. ⁸That which dieth of itself, or is torn of beasts, he shall not eat, to defile himself therewith:—I am Yehovah. ⁹They shall therefore keep my charge, lest they bear sin for it, and die therein, if they profane it: I am Yehovah who sanctifieth them. 

¹⁰There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing: a sojourner of the priest’s, or a hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing. ¹¹But if a priest buy any soul, the purchase of his money, he shall eat of it; and such as are born in his house, they shall eat of his bread. ¹²And if a priest’s daughter be married unto a stranger, she shall not eat of the heave-offering of the holy things. ¹³But if a priest’s daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no child, and be returned unto her father’s house, as in her youth, she shall eat of her father’s bread: but there shall no stranger eat thereof. ¹⁴And if a man eat of the holy thing unwittingly, then he shall put the fifth part thereof unto it, and shall give unto the priest the holy thing. ¹⁵And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Isra’el, which they offer unto Yehovah, ¹⁶and so cause them to bear the iniquity that bringeth guilt, when they eat their holy things: for I am Yehovah who sanctifieth them. 

¹⁷And Yehovah spake unto Moshe, saying, ¹⁸Speak unto Aharon, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Isra’el, and say unto them, Whosoever he be of the house of Isra’el, or of the sojourners in Isra’el, that offereth his oblation, whether it be any of their vows, or any of their freewill-offerings, which they offer unto Yehovah for a burnt-offering; ¹⁹that ye may be accepted, ye shall offer a male without blemish, of the bullocks, of the sheep, or of the goats. ²⁰But whatsoever hath a blemish, that shall ye not offer: for it shall not be acceptable for you. ²¹And whosoever offereth a sacrifice of peace-offerings unto Yehovah to accomplish a vow, or for a freewill-offering, of the herd or of the flock, it shall be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish therein. ²²Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scurvy, or scabbed, ye shall not offer these unto Yehovah, nor make an offering by fire of them upon the altar unto Yehovah. ²³Either a bullock or a lamb that hath anything superfluous or lacking in his parts, that mayest thou offer for a freewill-offering; but for a vow it shall not be accepted. ²⁴That which hath its stones bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut, ye shall not offer unto Yehovah; neither shall ye do thus in your land. ²⁵Neither from the hand of a foreigner shall ye offer the bread of your God of any of these; because their corruption is in them, there is a blemish in them: they shall not be accepted for you. 

²⁶And Yehovah spake unto Moshe, saying, ²⁷When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it shall be seven days under the dam; and from the eighth day and thenceforth it shall be accepted for the oblation of an offering made by fire unto Yehovah. ²⁸And whether it be cow or ewe, ye shall not kill it and its young both in one day. ²⁹And when ye sacrifice a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto Yehovah, ye shall sacrifice it that ye may be accepted. ³⁰On the same day it shall be eaten; ye shall leave none of it until the morning: I am Yehovah. ³¹Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I am Yehovah. ³²And ye shall not profane my holy name; but I will be hallowed among the children of Isra’el: I am Yehovah who halloweth you, ³³who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am Yehovah. 

23 And Yehovah spake unto Moshe, saying, ²Speak unto the children of Isra’el, and say unto them, The set feasts of Yehovah, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my set feasts. ³Six days shall work be done: but on the seventh day is a sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of work: it is a sabbath unto Yehovah in all your dwellings. 

⁴These are the set feasts of Yehovah, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their appointed season. ⁵In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, is Yehovah’s passover. ⁶And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto Yehovah: seven days ye shall eat unleavened bread. ⁷In the first day ye shall have a holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work. ⁸But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto Yehovah seven days: in the seventh day is a holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work. 

⁹And Yehovah spake unto Moshe, saying, ¹⁰Speak unto the children of Isra’el, and say unto them, When ye are come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring the sheaf of the first-fruits of your harvest unto the priest: ¹¹and he shall wave the sheaf before Yehovah, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it. ¹²And in the day when ye wave the sheaf, ye shall offer a he-lamb without blemish a year old for a burnt-offering unto Yehovah. ¹³And the meal-offering thereof shall be two tenth parts of an ephah of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto Yehovah for a sweet savor; and the drink-offering thereof shall be of wine, the fourth part of a hin. ¹⁴And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched grain, nor fresh ears, until this selfsame day, until ye have brought the oblation of your God: it is a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. 

¹⁵And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the Shabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave-offering; seven Shabbaths shall there be complete: ¹⁶even unto the morrow after the seventh Shabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meal-offering unto Yehovah. ¹⁷Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave-loaves of two tenth parts of an ephah: they shall be of fine flour, they shall be baken with leaven, for first-fruits unto Yehovah. ¹⁸And ye shall present with the bread seven lambs without blemish a year old, and one young bullock, and two rams: they shall be a burnt-offering unto Yehovah, with their meal-offering, and their drink-offerings, even an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto Yehovah. ¹⁹And ye shall offer one he-goat for a sin-offering, and two he-lambs a year old for a sacrifice of peace-offerings. ²⁰And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the first-fruits for a wave-offering before Yehovah, with the two lambs: they shall be holy to Yehovah for the priest. ²¹And ye shall make proclamation on the selfsame day; there shall be a holy convocation unto you; ye shall do no servile work: it is a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations. 

²²And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them for the poor, and for the soujourner: I am Yehovah your God. 

²³And Yehovah spake unto Moshe, saying, ²⁴Speak unto the children of Isra’el, saying, In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, shall be a solemn rest unto you, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation. ²⁵Ye shall do no servile work; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto Yehovah. 

²⁶And Yehovah spake unto Moshe, saying, ²⁷Howbeit on the tenth day of this seventh month is the day of atonement: it shall be a holy convocation unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto Yehovah. ²⁸And ye shall do no manner of work in that same day; for it is a day of atonement, to make atonement for you before Yehovah your God. ²⁹For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day; he shall be cut off from his people. ³⁰And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any manner of work in that same day, that soul will I destroy from among his people. ³¹Ye shall do no manner of work: it is a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. ³²It shall be unto you a Shabbath of solemn rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye keep your Shabbath. 

³³And Yehovah spake unto Moshe, saying, ³⁴Speak unto the children of Isra’el, saying, On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the Feast of Tabernacles for seven days unto Yehovah. ³⁵On the first day shall be a holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work. ³⁶Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto Yehovah: on the eighth day shall be a holy convocation unto you; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto Yehovah: it is a solemn assembly; ye shall do no servile work. 

³⁷These are the set Feasts of Yehovah, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire unto Yehovah, a burnt-offering, and a meal-offering, a sacrifice, and drink-offerings, each on its own day; ³⁸besides the Shabbaths of Yehovah, and besides your gifts, and besides all your vows, and besides all your freewill-offerings, which ye give unto Yehovah. 

³⁹Howbeit on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the fruits of the land, ye shall keep the feast of Yehovah seven days: on the first day shall be a solemn rest, and on the eighth day shall be a solemn rest. ⁴⁰And ye shall take you on the first day the fruit of goodly trees, branches of palm-trees, and boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before Yehovah your God seven days. ⁴¹And ye shall keep it a feast unto Yehovah seven days in the year: it is a statute for ever throughout your generations; ye shall keep it in the seventh month. ⁴²Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are home-born in Isra’el shall dwell in booths; ⁴³that your generations may know that I made the children of Isra’el to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am Yehovah your God. ⁴⁴And Moshe declared unto the children of Isra’el the set feasts of Yehovah. 

24 And Yehovah spake unto Moshe, saying, ²Command the children of Isra’el, that they bring unto thee pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually. ³Without the veil of the testimony, in the tent of meeting, shall Aharon keep it in order from evening to morning before Jehovah continually: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations. ⁴He shall keep in order the lamps upon the pure candlestick before Yehovah continually. 

⁵And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth parts of an ephah shall be in one cake. ⁶And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table before Yehovah. ⁷And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon each row, that it may be to the bread for a memorial, even an offering made by fire unto Yehovah. ⁸Every Shabbath day he shall set it in order before Yehovah continually; it is on the behalf of the children of Isra’el, an everlasting covenant. ⁹And it shall be for Aharon and his sons; and they shall eat it in a holy place: for it is most holy unto him of the offerings of Yehovah made by fire by a perpetual statute. 

¹⁰And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the children of Isra’el; and the son of the Israelitish woman and a man of Isra’el strove together in the camp: ¹¹and the son of the Israelitish woman blasphemed the Name, and cursed; and they brought him unto Moshe. And his mother’s name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan. ¹²And they put him in ward, that it might be declared unto them at the mouth of Yehovah. 

¹³And Yehovah spake unto Moshe, saying, ¹⁴Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp; and let all that heard him lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him. ¹⁵And thou shalt speak unto the children of Isra’el, saying, Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin. ¹⁶And he that blasphemeth the name of Yehovah, he shall surely be put to death; all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the sojourner, as the home-born, when he blasphemeth the name of Yehovah, shall be put to death. ¹⁷And he that smiteth any man mortally shall surely be put to death. ¹⁸And he that smiteth a beast mortally shall make it good, life for life. ¹⁹And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbor; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him: ²⁰breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be rendered unto him. ²¹And he that killeth a beast shall make it good: and he that killeth a man shall be put to death. ²²Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the sojourner, as for the home-born: for I am Yehovah your God. ²³And Moshe spake to the children of Isra’el; and they brought forth him that had cursed out of the camp, and stoned him with stones. And the children of Isra’el did as Yehovah commanded Moshe.