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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Leviticus 22 BSB</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/leviticus/22.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap//leviticus/22-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">BSB</a> > Leviticus 22</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/berean/menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../leviticus/21.htm" title="Leviticus 21">◄</a> Leviticus 22 <a href="../leviticus/23.htm" title="Leviticus 23">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Berean Standard Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/bsb/heb/leviticus/22.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Restrictions against the Unclean<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/22-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Then the LORD said to Moses, <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/22-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“Tell Aaron and his sons to treat with respect the sacred offerings that the Israelites have consecrated to Me, so that they do not profane My holy name. I am the LORD. <A name="4"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/22-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Tell them that for the generations to come, if any of their descendants in a state of uncleanness approaches the sacred offerings that the Israelites consecrate to the LORD, that person must be cut off from My presence. I am the LORD. <A name="5"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/22-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>If a descendant of Aaron has a skin disease<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> or a discharge, he may not eat the sacred offerings until he is clean. Whoever touches anything defiled by a corpse or by a man who has an emission of semen, <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/22-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>or whoever touches a crawling creature or a person that makes him unclean, whatever the uncleanness may be— <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/22-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>the man who touches any of these will remain unclean until evening. He must not eat from the sacred offerings unless he has bathed himself with water. <A name="8"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/22-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>When the sun has set, he will become clean, and then he may eat from the sacred offerings, for they are his food. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/22-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>He must not eat anything found dead or torn by wild animals, which would make him unclean. I am the LORD. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/22-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>The priests must keep My charge, lest they bear the guilt and die because they profane it. I am the LORD who sanctifies them. <A name="11"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/22-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>No one outside a priest’s family may eat the sacred offering, nor may the guest of a priest or his hired hand eat it. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/22-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>But if a priest buys a slave with his own money, or if a slave is born in his household, that slave may eat his food. <A name="13"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/22-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>If the priest’s daughter is married to a man other than a priest, she is not to eat of the sacred contributions. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/22-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>But if a priest’s daughter with no children becomes widowed or divorced and returns to her father’s house, she may share her father’s food as in her youth. But no outsider may share it. <A name="15"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/22-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>If anyone eats a sacred offering in error, he must add a fifth to its value and give the sacred offering to the priest. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/22-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The priests must not profane the sacred offerings that the Israelites present to the LORD <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/22-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>by allowing the people to eat the sacred offerings and thus to bear the punishment for guilt. For I am the LORD who sanctifies them.” <A name="18"></a><p class="hdg">Worthy Offerings<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/22-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Then the LORD said to Moses, <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/22-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>“Speak to Aaron and his sons and all the Israelites and tell them, ‘Any man of the house of Israel or any foreign resident who presents a gift for a burnt offering to the LORD, whether to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering, <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/22-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>must offer an unblemished male from the cattle, sheep, or goats in order for it to be accepted on your behalf. <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/22-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>You must not present anything with a defect, because it will not be accepted on your behalf. <A name="22"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/22-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>When a man presents a peace offering to the LORD from the herd or flock to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering, it must be without blemish or defect to be acceptable. <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/22-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>You are not to present to the LORD any animal that is blind, injured, or maimed, or anything with a running sore, a festering rash, or a scab; you must not put any of these on the altar as a food offering to the LORD. <A name="24"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/22-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>You may present as a freewill offering an ox<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> or sheep that has a deformed or stunted limb, but it is not acceptable in fulfillment of a vow. <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/22-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>You are not to present to the LORD an animal whose testicles are bruised, crushed, torn, or cut; you are not to sacrifice them in your land. <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/22-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Neither you nor a foreigner shall present food to your God from any such animal. They will not be accepted on your behalf, because they are deformed and flawed.’” <A name="27"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/22-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Then the LORD said to Moses, <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/22-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>“When an ox,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> a sheep, or a goat is born, it must remain with its mother for seven days. From the eighth day on, it will be acceptable as a food offering presented to the LORD. <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/22-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>But you must not slaughter an ox<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span> or a sheep on the same day as its young. <A name="30"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/22-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>When you sacrifice a thank offering to the LORD, offer it so that it may be acceptable on your behalf. <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/22-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>It must be eaten that same day. Do not leave any of it until morning. I am the LORD. <A name="32"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/22-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>You are to keep My commandments and practice them. I am the LORD. <A name="33"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/22-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>You must not profane My holy name. I must be acknowledged as holy among the Israelites. I am the LORD who sanctifies you, <span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/22-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God. I am the LORD.”</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">4</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Forms of the Hebrew <i>tzaraath</i>, traditionally translated as <i>leprosy</i>, were used for various skin diseases; see <a href="../leviticus/13.htm">Leviticus 13</a>.<br><span class="fnverse">23</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Or <i>a bull</i> or <i>a cow</i><br><span class="fnverse">27</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> Or <i>a calf</i><br><span class="fnverse">28</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> Or <i>a cow</i><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Standard Bible (BSB)</a> printed 2016, 2020, 2022, 2025 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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