Blond forbidden 24 And he shall wash his flesh with sons, and unto ai the children of Is. water in the holy place, and put on his rael, and say unto them, This is the garments, and come forth, and offer thing which the Lord hath commandhis burnt-offering, and the burnt-offer-ed, saying, ing of the people, and make an atone-3 What inan soever there be of the ment for himself, and for the people. house of Israel that killeth an ox, or 25 And the fat of the sin-offering lamb, or goat, in the camp, or that shall he burn upon the altar. killeth it out of the camp, 26 And he that let go the goat for the 4 And bringeth it not unto the door scape-goat shall wash his clothes, and of the tabernacle of the congregation, bathe his flesh in water, and after-to offer an offering unto the LORD beward come into the camp. fore the tabernacle of the Lord, blood 27 And the bullock for the sin-offer- shall be imputed unto that man he ng, and the goat for the sin-offering, hath shed blood; and that man shall whose blood was brought in to make be cut off from among his people: atonement in the holy place, shallone| 5 To the end that the children of Iscarry forth without the camp; and[rael may bring their sacrifices which they shall burn in the fire their skins, they offer in the open field, even that and their flesh, and their dung. they may bring them unto the Loan, 28 And he that burneth them shall unto the door of the tabernacle of the wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in congregation, unto the priest, and offer water, and afterward he shall come them for peace-offerings unto the into the camp. LORD. 29 ¶ And this shall be a statute for 6 And the priest shall sprinkle the ever unto you: that in the seventh blood upon the altar of the Lord at month, on the tenth day of the month, the door of the tabernacle of the conye shall afflict your souls, and do no|gregation, and burn the fat for a sweet work at all, whether it be one of your savour unto the Lord. own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you: 30 For on that day shall the priest make an atonement for you, to cleanse you, that ye may be clean from all your sins before the LORD. 31 It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever. 7 And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils, after whom they have gone a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations. 8 And thou shalt say unto them, Whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers which sojourn among you, that offereth a burnt-offering or sacritice, 32 And the priest, whom he shali anoint, and whom he shall consecrate 9 And bringeth it not unto the door to minister in the priest's office in his of the tabernacle of the congregation, father's stead, shall make the atone-to offer it unto le Lond; even that ment, and shall put on the linen man shall be cut from among his clothes, even the holy garments : people. 33 And he shall make an atonement 10 And whatsoever man there be of for the holy sanctuary, and he shall the house of Israel, or of the strangers make an atonement for the tabernacle that sojourn among you, that eateth of the congregation, and for the altar; any manner of blood; I will even set and he shall make an atonement for my face against that soul that eateth the priests, and for all the people of blood, and will cut him off from the congregation. among his people. 3t Aud this shall be an everlasting 11 For the life of the flesh is in the statute unto you, to make an atone[blood; and I have given it to you upon ment for the children of Israel, for all the altar, to make an atonement for their sins, once a year. And he did as your souls: for it is the blood that the Lord commanded Moses. maketh an atonement for the soul. 12 Therefore I said unto the children CHAP. XVII. AND the LORD spake unto Moses, of Israel, No soul of you shall eat saying, blood, neither shall any stranger that 2 Speak unto Aaron, and unto his sojourneth among you eat blood Incest defined CHAP. XVIII, and forbidden. 13 And whatsoever man there be of jer: for theirs is thine own nakedness. the children of Israel,or of the stran 11 The nakedness of thy father'a gers that sojourn among you, which wife's daughter,begotten of thy father, hunteth and catcheth any beast or fowl) (she is thy sister,) thou shalt not unthat may be eaten: he shall even pour cover her nakedness. out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust. 14 For it is the life of all flesh; the blood of it is for the life thereof: therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh: for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof: whosoever eateth shall be cut off. 12 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister: she is thy father's near kinswoman. 13 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister: for she is thy mother's near kinswoman. 14 Thou shalt not uncover the nakeditness of thy father's brother,thou shalt not approach to his wife: she is thine aunt. 15 ↑ And every soul that eateth that which died of itself, or that which was torn with beasts, whether it be one of your own country,or a stranger, be shall both wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water,and be unclean until even: then shall he be clean. 16 But if he wash them not,nor bathe his flesh,then he shall bear his iniquity. CHAP. XVIII. ND the Lonu spake unto Moses, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the LORD Jour God. 15 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter in-law: she is thy son's wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. 16 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it is thy brother's nakedness. 17 Thou shalt not uncover the naked'ness of a woman and her daughter, neither shalt thou take her son's daugh ter, or her daughter's daughter, to uncover bernakedness; for they are her near kinswoman: it is wickeducss 18 Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex ner, to uncover her nakedness, besides the other in ker life-time. 3 After the doings of the land of 19 T Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her naked ness as long as she is put apart for her 20 Moreover, thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife, tc deßle thyself with her. 5 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments; which if a man do, 21 And thou shalt not let any of thy he shall live in them: I am the LonD. seed pass through the fire to Molechy o ¶ None of you shall approach to neither shalt thou profane the name of any that is near of kin to him, to un-thy God: Iam the LORD. cover their nakedness:1 am the Lond. 22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind 7 The nakedness of thy father, or the as with womankind: it is abomination. akedness of thy mother, shalt thou 23 Neither shalt thou lie with any not uncover: she is thy mother; thou beast, to defile thyself therewith; ner shalt not uncover her nakedness. ther shall any woman stand before a 8 The nakedness of thy father's wife beast to lie down thereto; it is confu shalt thou not uncover: it is thy fa-sion. ther's nakedness. 9 The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, whether she be born at home, or born abroad, even their na kedness thou shalt not uncover. 24 Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the na tions are defiled which I cast out before you. 25 And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, 10 The nakedness of thy son's daugh-[and the land itself vomiteth out her ter, or of thy daughter's daughter,even inhabitants. their nakedness thou shalt not micor-] 26Vc shall therefore keep my statutes Ceremonial LEVITICUS. and moral laws. and my judgments, and shall not com- falsely, neither lie one to another init any of these abominations; nei- 12 T And ye shall not swear by iny ther any of your own nation, nor any name falsely, neither shalt thou pro stranger that sojourneth among you; fane the name of thy God: 1 am the 27 (For all these abominations have LORD. the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled ;) 28 That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that were before you. 29 For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them shall be cut off the LORD. from among their people. 13 Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour,neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning. 14 ¶ Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling-block_before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: 1 am. 15 TYe shall do no unrighteousness in 30 Therefore shall ye keep mine or-judgment: thou shalt not respect the dinance, that yɛ commit not any one person of the poor,uor honour the perof these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am the LORD your God. A CHAP. XIX. son of the mighty; but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour. 16 T Thou shalt not go up and down as a tale-bearer among thy people; neither shalt thou stand against the blood 1 ND the LORD spake unto Moses, of thy neighbour: I am the Loud. saying, 17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother 2 Speak unto all the congregation of in thy heart: thou shalt in any wise the children of Israel, and say unto rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer them, Ye shall be holy: for I thej sin upon him. LORD your God am holy, 18 Thou shalt not avenge,nor bear 3 T Ye shall fear every man his any grudge against the children of thy mother and his father, and keep my people; but thou shalt love thy neighsabbaths: I am the Lond your God.bour as thyself: I am the Lond. 4 Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: 1 am the Load your God. 19 ¶ Ye shall keep my statutes, Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy 5 And if ye offer a sacrifice of field with mingled seed: neither shall peace-offerings unto the LORD,ye shallja garment mingled of linen and wooloffer it at your own will, len come upon thee. 6 It shall be eaten the same day ye 20 ¶ And whosoever lieth carnally offer it, and on the morrow; and if [with a woman that is a bond-maid, aught remain until the third day, it betrothed to a husband, and not at all shall be burnt in the fire. 7 And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is abominable; it shall not be accepted. 8 Therefore every one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned the hallowed thing of the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people. 9 ¶ And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy har vost. redeemed,nor freedom given her; she ehall be scourged; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free, 21 And he shall bring his trespass-of fering unto the LORD,unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, even a ram for a trespass-offering. 22And the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass-offering before the Lond, for his sin which he hath done; and the sin which be hath done shall be forgiven him. 23 ¶ And when ye shall come into the 10 And thou shalt not glean thy vine- land, and shall have planted all manyard, neither shalt thou gather every ner of trees for food, then ye shall grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt count the fruit thereof as uncircumleave them for the poor and stranger: cised: three years shall it be as uncirI am the LORD your God. cumcised unto you; it shall not be 11 ¶ Ye shall not steal, neither deall eaten of. Laws against CHAP. XX. iniquity. 24 But in the fourth year all the fruit; 3 And I will set my face against that thereof shall be holy, to praise the man, and will cut him off from among LORD withal. 25 And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase thereof: I am the LORD your God. 26 ¶ Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood; neither shall ye use enchantinent, nor observe tiines. 27 ¶ Ye shall not round the corners ol your beads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard. 23 Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor priot any marks upon you: I am the LORD. 29 T Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness. 30 ¶ Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the Load. 31 ¶ Regard not them that have samiliar spirits, neither seek after wiz ards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God. 32 ¶ Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD. his people; because he hath givea of his seed unto Molech,to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name. 4 And if the people of the land do anyways hide their eyes from the man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, and kill him not : 5 Then will I set my face against that man, and against his family, and wil! cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him, to cominit whoredom withi Molech, from among the people. 6 T And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people. 7 Sanctify yourselves therefore,and be ye holy: for I am the LORD your God. 8 And ye shall keep my statutes,and do them: I am the LORD which sauc tify you. 9 T For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him. 33 T And if a stranger sojourn with 10 T And the man that committeth thee in your land, ye shall not vex him. adultery with another man's wife,cven 34 But the stranger that dwelleth he that committeth adultery with bis with you shall be unto you as one boru neighbour's wife, the adulterer and the among you, and thou shalt love hum adulteress shall surely be put to death. as thyself; for ye were strangers in 11 And the man that lieth with his the land of Egypt; 1 am the LouD father's wife hath uncovered his fayour God. ther's nakedness: both of them shali surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. 35 ¶ Ye shall do no unrighteousness m judgment, in mete-yard, in weight, or in measure. 36 Just balances, just weights,a just ephah, and a just bin, shall ye have: I am the LORD your God,which brought you out of the land of Egypt. 37 Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: 1 am the Louo. CHAP. XX. 12 And if a man he with his daugh ter-in-law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood shall be upon them. 13 If a man also lie with mankind, as be lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their upon AND the LORD spake unto Moses, blood shall be them. saying, 14 And if a mau take a wife and her 2 Again, thou shalt say to the chil [mother, it is wickedness: they shall be dren of Israel, Whosoever he be of the burnt with fire, both he and they; that chuldren of Israel, or of the strangers there be no wickedness among you. that sojourn in Israel, that giveth any 15 And if a man lie with a beast, he of his seed unto Molech; he shall sure-shall surely be put to death; and ye ly be put to death; the people of the shall slay the beast. land shall stone him with stones. 16 And if a woman approach unto Of incest, sodomy, &c. LEVITICUS. Priests qualificationsany beast, and lie down thereto, thou hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wiz. shalt kill the woman and the beast; ard, shall surely be put to death they they shall surely be put to death; their shall stone them with stones: their blood shall be upon them. blood shall be upon them. CHAP. XXI, 17. And if a man shall take his sister, his father's daughter, or his mother's daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness; it is a wicked AND the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons of thing; and they shall be cut ofl' in the Aaron, aud say unto them, There shall sight of their people: he hath uncov-none be defiled for the dead among ered his sister's nakedness; he shall his people: bear his iniquity. 2 But for his kin, that is near unto 18. And if a man shall lie with a wo-[him, that is, for his mothe“, and for man having her sickness, and shall un-his father, and for his son, and for his cover her nakedness; be hath discov-| daughter, and for his brother, ered her fountain, and she bath un- 3 And for his sister a virgin, that is covered the fountain of her blood; and nigh unto him, which hath had no both of them shall be cut off from husband: for her may he be detiled. among their people. 19 And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister, nor of thy father's sister: for he uncovereth his near kin: they shall bear their] iniquity. 4 But he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself. 5 They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make 20 And if a man shall lie with his any cuttings in their flesh. uncle's wife, he hath uncovered his 6 They shall be boly unto their God, uncle's nakedness: they shall bear and not profane the name of their God: their sin; they shall die childless. for the offerings of the LORD made by 21. And if a man shall take his broth-fire, and the bread of their God, they er's wife, it is an unclean thing: he do offer: therefore they shall be holy. hath uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless. 7 They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neither shall they 22 T Ye shall therefore keep all my take a woman put away from her busstatutes, and all my judgments, and do band: for he is holy unto his God. them: that the land, whither I bring 8 Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; you to dwell therein, spue you not out, for he offereth the bread of thy God; 23 And ye shall not walk in the man he shall be holy unto thee: for I the ners of the nations which I cast out be-LoRD, which sanctify you, am holy. fore you for they committed all these 9 T And the daughter of any priest, things, and therefore I abhorred them. if she profane herself by playing the 24 But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it,a land that flow eth with milk and honey: 1 am the LORD your God, which have separated you from other people. whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire. 10 And he that is the high-priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil was poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor rend 25 Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean,and his clothes ; between unclean fowls and clean; and 11 Neither shall he go in to any dead ye shall not make your souls abomina-body, nor defile himself for his father, ble by beast, or by fowl, or by any or for his mother; manner of living thing that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean. 12 Neither shall he go out of the sanetuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the LORD. 13 And he shall take a wife in her virginity. If A widow, or a divorced womau, or profane, or a harlot, these shall he |