The nature CHAP. XXII. nottake· but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife. of sacrifices the dead, or a man whose seed goeth from him; 15 Neither shall be profane his seed 5 Or whosoever toucheth any creepamong his people: for I the LORD doing thing, whereby he may be made sanctify him. unclean, or a man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatsoever unclean ness he hath ; 16 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 17 Speak unto Aaron,saying, Whoso ever he be of thy seed in their generations that hath any blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God. 6 The soul which hath touched any such shall be unclean until even, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he wash his flesh with water. 7 And when the sun is down, he shall 18 For whatsoever man he be that be clean, and shall afterward eat of the hath a blemish, he shall not approach :holy things, because it is his food. a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath 8 That which dieth of itself, or is a flat nose, or any thing superfluous, with beasts,be shall not eat to de19 Or a man that is broken footed,or|file himself therewith: I am the LORD. roken-handed, 9 They shall therefore keep mine ordinance, lest they bear sin for it, and die therefore, if they profane it: I the Loan do sanctify thein. 20 Or crook-backed, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken; 21 No man that hath a blemish of the seed of Aaron the priest shall come nigh to offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire; be hath a blemish; he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God. 23 He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy. 23 Only 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 the LORD do sanctify them. 10 There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing; a sojourner of the priest, or a hired servant,shall not cat of the holy thing. 11 But if the priest buy any soul with his money, he shall eat of it, and he that is born in his house: they shal, eat of his meat. 12 If the priest's daughter also be married unto a stranger, she may not eat of an offering of the holy things. 13 But if the priest's daughter be a widow,or divorced, and have no child, and is returned unto her father's house, 24 And Moses told it unto Aaron,and as in her youth, she shall eat of her to his sons, and unto all the children | father's meat: but there shall no stran of Israel. CHAP. XXII. ND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, ger eat thereof. 14 T And if a man eat of the holy thing unwittingly, then he shall put the fifth part thereof unto it, and shall give it unto the priest with the holy thing. 2 Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel,| 15 And they shall not profane the and that they profane not my holy holy things of the children of Israel, name in those things which they hal-which they offer unto the LORD; low unto me: I am the LORD. 3 Say unto them, Whosoever he be of all your sced among your generations, that goeth unto the holy things, which the children of Israel hallow unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from my presence: 1 am the LORD. 16 Or suffer them to bear the iniquity of trespass, when they cat their holy things: for I the LORD do sanctify them. 17 T And the Lond spake unto Moses, saying, 18 Speakunto Aaron,and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel,and 4 What man soever of the seed of say unto them, Whatsoever he be of Aaron is a leper, or sath a running the house of Israel,or of the stranger issue; he shall not eat of the holy in Israel, that will offer his oblatiou things, until he be clean. And whoso for all his vows, and for all bis free. toucheth any thing that is unclean by will-offerings, which they will offer Into the LORD for a burnt-offering;' 21 And whosoever offereth a sacrifice of peace-offerings unto the Lord to accomplish his vow, or a free-will-of fering in beeves or sheep, it shall be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish therein, 22 Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scurvy, or scabled, ye shall not offer these unto the Lond, nor make an oftring by fire of them upon the altar unto the LORD. 23 Either a bullock or a lamb that hath any thing superfluous or lacking in his parts, that mayest thou offer for a free-will-offering; but for a vow it shall not be accepted. 24 Ye shall not offer unto the LonD that which is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut; neither shall ye make any offering thereof in your land. 25 Neither from a stranger's hand shall ye offer the bread of your God of any of these; because their corrup-| tion is in them, and blemishes be in them they shall not be accepted for you. 26 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Yearly feasts. CHAP. XXIII. AND the LORD spake unto Moscɔ, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concering the feasts of the Lono which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts. 3 Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, a holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein; it is the sabbath of the LouD in all your dwellings. 1 TThese are the feasts of the Lonn, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons. 5 In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD's passover. 6 And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD; seven days ye must eat unleavened bread. 7 In the first day ye shall have a holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein. 8 But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD seven days: in the seventh day is a holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein, 9 And the Load spake unto Moses, saying, 10 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shail reap the harvest thereof, then a ye shall bring a sheaf of the first-fruits of your harvest unto the priest: 27 When a bullock, ora sheep, or 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 an offering made by fire unto the Lono. 29 And whether it be cow or ewe, ye shall not kill it and her young both in one day. 29 And when ye will offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto the LORD, offer it at your own will. 30 On the same day it shall be eaten up; ye shall leave none of it until the morrow: I am the LORD. 31 Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I am the LORD. 11 And he shall wave the sheaf be. fore the LORD, to be accepted for you: on the marrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it. 12 Aod ye shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf, a lie-lamb without blemish, of the first year, for a burntoffering unto the LORD. 13 And the meat-offering thereof shall be two tenth deals of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto the Lord for a sweet savour: and the drink-offering thereof shall be of wine, the fourth part of a hin. 14 And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn,nor green ears, until 32 Neither shall ye profane my holy the self-same day that ye have brought name; but I will be billowed among an offering unto your God; it shall be the children of Israel: I am the LORD ja statute forever throughout your genwhich hallow you, 33 That brought you out of the land of Egypt,to be your God: I am the Lonn. erations in all your dwellings. Yearly sacrifices CHAP Gay that ye brought the sheaf of the wave-offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete: XXIII. 28 And ye shall do no work in that 16 Even unto the morrow after the same day: for it is a day of atonement, seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty to make an atonement for you before days; and ye shall offer a new meat-the Lond your God 29 For whatsoever soul it be that shall offering unto the LORD. lie 17 Ye shall bring out of your habita-not be afflicted in that same day, tions two wave-loaves of two tenth-shall be cut off from among his people. deals: they shall be of fine flour; they! 30 And whatsoever soul it be int shall be baken with leaven; they are doeth any work in that same day, the the first-fruits unto the LORD. same soul will I destroy from among 18 And ye shall offer with the bread his people. seven lambs without blemish of the 31 Ye shall do no manner of work: first year, and one young bullock, and it shall be a statute for ever throughout. two rams: they shall be for a burnt-your generations in all your dwellings. offering unto the LonD, with their 32 It shall be unto you a sabbath of meat-offering, and their drink-offer-rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in ings, even an offering made by fire, of the ninth day of the mouth at even, Aweet savour unto the LORD. froin even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath. 19 Then ye shall sacrifice one kid of the goats for a sin-offering, and two lambs of the first year for a sacrifice of peace-offerings. 20 And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the first-fruits for a wave-offering before the LORD, with the two lambs: they shall be holy to the LORD for the priest. 33 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 3-1 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this sev enth month shall be the feast of taber nacles for seven days unto the LORD 35 On the first day shall be a holy convocation: ye aball do no servle 21 And ye shall proclaim on the self-work therein. same day, that it may be a boly convo- 36 Seven days ye shall offer an offer cation unto you: ye shall do no servile ing made by fire unto the LORD: On work therein: it shall be a statute for the eighth day shall be a holy convocaever in all your dwellings throughout|tion unto you; and ye shall offer an your generations. offering made by fire unto the Lono: 22 ¶ And when ye reap the harvest of it is a solemn assembly; and ye shall your land, thou shalt not niake clean [do no servile work therein. riddance of the corners of thy field 37 These are the feasts of the LORD, when thou reapest, neither shalt thou which ye shall proclaim to be holy con gather any gleaning of thy harvest: vocations, to offer an offering made by Thou shalt leave them unto the poor, fire unto the LORD, a burnt-offering, and to the stranger: I am the LORD and a meat-offering, a sacrifice, and your God. drink-offerings, every thing upon his 23 T And the LORD spake unto Mo-day: ses, saying, 21 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation. 25 Ye shall do no servile work therein: but ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD. 26 And the Lono spake unto Moses, saying, 27 Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be a holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict 33 Beside the sabbaths of the Lond, and beside your gifts, and beside al your rows, and beside all your freewill-offerings, which ye give unto the Lond. 39 Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gather. ed in the fruit of the land,ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days: or the first day shall be a sabbath, and or the eighth day shall be a sabbath. 40 And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, brauches of palm-trees, and the doughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook ; · Blasphemy punished LEVITICUS. with death. and ye shall rejoice before the LORD blasphemed the name of the LORD, your God seven days. and cursed: and they brought him unto Moses; (and his mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan ;) 41 And ye shall keep it a feast unto the LORD seven days in the year: it shall be a statute for ever in your generations; ye shall celebrate it in the seventh month. 12 And they put him in ward, that the mind of the Loup might be show 42 Ye shall dwell in booths sevened them. days; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths: 43 That your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God. 4 And Moses declared unto the children of Israel the feast of the LORD. CHAP. XXIV. 13 T And the LORD spake unto Mo ses, saying, 14 Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp; and let all that heard him lay their hands upon his bead, and let all the congregation stone him. 15 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin. AND the LORD spake unto Moses, 16 And be that blasphemeth the name of the Lond, he shall surely be put to 2 Command the children of Israel death, and all the congregation shall that they bring unto thee pure oil olive certainly stone bim: as well the stran benten for the light, to cause the lamps ger, as he that is born in the land, to burn continually. when he blasphemeth the name of the LORD, shall be put to death. 17 T And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death. 18 T And he that killeth a beast shall make it good; beast for beast. 3 Without the veil of the testimony, in the tabernacle of the congregation, shall Aaron order it from the evening unto the morning before the LORD continually it shall be a statute for ever in your generations. 4 He shall order the lamps upon the pure candlestick before the LORD continually. 19 And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he nath done, so shall it be done to him; 20 Breach for breach, eye for eye, 5 T And thou shalt take fine flour, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a and bake twelve cakes thereof; two|blemish in a man, so shall it be done tenth-deals shall be in one cake. 6 And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table before the LORD. 7 And thou shalt put pure frank incense upon each row, that it may be on the bread for a memorial, even an of fering made by fire unto the Lond. to him again. 21 And he that killeth a beast, lie shall restore it; and he that killet a man, he shall be put to death. 22 Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for one of your own country: for I am the LORD your God. 8 Every sabbath he shall set it in 23 T And Moses spake unto the chilorder before the LORD continually, be-[dren of Israel, that they should bring ing taken from the children of Israel forth him that had cursed out of the by an everlasting covenant. camp, and stone bim with stones: and 9 And it shall be Aaron's and his the children of Israel did as the LORD sons'; and they shall eat it in the holy commanded Moses. place: for it is most holy unto him of the offerings of the LORD made by fire by a perpetual statute. 10 T And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel; and this son of the Israelitish woman and a man of Israel strove Together in the camp: A CHAP. XXV. ND the LORD spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye comé into the land which I give you, tnen shall the land keep a sabbath unto the Lond. 3 Six years thou shalt sow thy field, II And the Israelitish woman's son and six years thou shalt prune thy vine CHAP. XXV. The year of Jubiiec. yard, and gather in the fruit thereof; the years of the fruits doth he sell unto 4 But in the seventh year shall be a thee. sabbath of rest unto the land,a sabbatlı 17 Ye shall not therefore oppress one for the LORD: thou shalt neither sow another; but thou shalt fear thy God: thy field, ror prune thy vineyard. for I am the LORD your God. 6 That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, neither gather the grapes of thy vine undressed: for it is a year of rest unto the land. 6 And the sabbath of the land shall be meat for you; for thee,and for thy servant, and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant, and for thy stranger that Bojourneth with thee, 7 And for thy cattle, and for the beasts that are in thy land, shall all the increase thereof be meat 8 ¶ And thou shalt number seven sab baths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years. 18 ¶ Wherefore ye shall do my stat utes, and keep my judgments, and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety. 19 And the land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall eat your ill, and dwell therein in safety. 20 And if ye shal say,What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase: 21 Then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years. 22 And ye shall sow the eighth year. and eat yet of old fruit until the nintli year; until the fruits come in ye shall eat of the old store. 23 ¶ The land shall not be sold for 9 Then shalt thou cause the trumpet ever; for the land is mine; for ye are of the jubilee to sound, on the tenth strangers and sojourners with me. day of the seventh month; in the day 24 And in all the land of your posof atonement shall ye make the trum-session ye shall grant a redemption for pet sound throughout all your land. the land. 10 And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land, unto all the inhabitants thereof; it shall be a jubilee unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family. 11 A jubilee shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye shall not sow,neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it of thy vine undressed. 12 For it is the jubilee; it shall be holy unto you: ye shall eat the increase thereof out of the field. 13 In the year of this jubilee ye shall return every man unto his possession. 14 ¶ And if thou sell aught unto thy neighbour, or buyest aught of thy neighbour's hand, ye shall not oppress one another: 25 ¶ If thy brother be waxen poor, and bath sold away some of his pos session, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he redeem that which his brother sold. 26 And if the man have none to redeem it, and himself be able to redeem it; 27 Then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it ; that he may return unto his possession. 28 But if he be not able to restore it to him, then that which is sold shall remain in the hand of him that bath bought it until the year of jubilee; and in the jubilee it shall go out, and he shall return unto his possession. 29 T And if a man sell a dwelling. house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold: within a full year may he redeem it. 15 According to the number of years after the jubilee thou shalt buy of thy neighbour, and according unto the 30 And if it be not redeemed within number of years of the fruits he shall the space of a full year, then the house sell unto thee: that is in the walled city shall be ea16 According to the multitude of tablished for ever to him that bought years thou shalt increase the price it, throughout his generations: it shall thereof, and according to the fewness not go out in the jubilee. of years thou shalt diminish the price 31 But the houses of the villages, if it; for according to the number of which have no walls round about |