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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=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Leviticus 22 ISV</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" /></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="../">ISV</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 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">International Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/isv/esv/leviticus/22.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Holy Offerings</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/22-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Later on, the LORD told Moses, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/22-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“Tell Aaron and his sons that they are to separate themselves for the sacred things of the Israelis and that they are not to defile my holy name. I am the LORD. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/22-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Tell them that whoever among your descendants throughout your generations approaches the sacred things that the Israelis had consecrated to the LORD while still remaining unclean is to be eliminated from my presence. I am the LORD. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/22-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>If one of Aaron’s descendants has an infectious skin disease or a discharge, he is not to eat anything sacred until he has been cleansed. Anyone who touches an unclean thing on account of the dead, or who has a seminal discharge, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/22-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>or who becomes unclean by touching a creeping creature or another human being, whatever the uncleanness may be— <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/22-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>such a person<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="22:6 Lit. soul">a</a></span> who comes in contact with anything like this will become unclean until evening. As a result, he is not to eat the sacred things unless he has bathed himself<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="22:6 Lit. his body">b</a></span> with water. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/22-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>When the sun has gone down and he has been cleansed, he may eat of the sacred things, since that’s his food. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/22-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>He is not to eat the carcass of an animal that was torn by animals,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="22:8 The Heb. lacks by animals">c</a></span> thereby defiling himself with it. I am the LORD. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/22-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>They are to keep my charge. By doing so, they won’t bear the punishment of sin because of it and therefore die if they’ve been defiled by it. I am the LORD, who sets them apart.”</p> <p class="heading">Other Prohibitions</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/22-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>“No resident alien is to eat anything sacred. Neither the visitor<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="22:10 Lit. sojourner">d</a></span> of the priest nor a hired laborer is to eat anything sacred. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/22-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>If a priest acquires a slave as property with his own money, he may eat with him. Those who were born in his house may eat his food. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/22-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>If a priest’s daughter marries a resident alien, she is not to eat the sacred raised offerings. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/22-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>If the priest’s daughter is a widow, or is divorced and childless,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="22:13 Lit. There’s no offspring to her">e</a></span> so that she has to return to her father’s house as in her younger days,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="22:13 Lit. early life">f</a></span> she may eat her father’s food, but no resident alien may eat it. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/22-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>If a person eats anything sacred inadvertently, he is to add a fifth part to it and then give the sacred thing to the priest. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/22-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>They are not to defile the sacred things of the Israelis that they have offered<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="22:15 Lit. to rise">g</a></span> to the LORD, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/22-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>thereby causing them to bear the punishment of their iniquity for wrongdoing when they eat their sacred things, because I am the LORD, who sets them apart.”</p> <p class="heading">Acceptable Offerings</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/22-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>The LORD told Moses, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/22-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>“Tell Aaron, his sons, and all the Israelis that when a person from the house of Israel or from the resident aliens living in Israel brings his offering to the LORD as a whole burnt offering (whether in fulfillment of a promise or a free will offerings), <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/22-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>so that he’ll be sure to be accepted,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="22:19 Lit. for your acceptance">h</a></span> he is to offer<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="22:19 The Heb. lacks he is to offer">i</a></span> a male without defect from the bulls, the lambs, and the goats. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/22-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>However, whatever has a defect is not to be offered, because it won’t be acceptable for you.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/22-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>“If a person brings a peace offering sacrifice to the LORD to fulfill a vow or a free will offering from the herd or the flock, it is to be sound in order to be accepted, without any defect in it. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/22-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>You are not to bring to the LORD an offering that is blind, fractured, mutilated, or infected with ulcers, scurvy, or scales. You are not to present any of them as an offering made by fire on the altar for the LORD.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/22-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>“You may offer a bull or lamb that has one limb longer than the other or that is stunted as a free will offering, but it’s not acceptable in fulfillment of a promise. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/22-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>You are not to bring to the LORD an animal<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="22:24 The Heb. lacks animal">j</a></span> that has been emasculated, crushed, torn, or cut apart. You are not to practice this in your land. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/22-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>A resident alien is not to offer as food to your God any of these items, because they are afflicted with ritual corruption due to their defects. They’re not acceptable for you.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/22-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>The LORD told Moses, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/22-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>“Whenever a bull, a sheep, or a goat is born, it is to remain for seven days under the care of its mother. But on the eighth day onwards, it may be accepted as an offering made by fire to the LORD. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/22-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>However, you are not to slaughter a bull or a ewe along with its offspring on the same day. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/22-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>When you offer<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="22:29 Lit. sacrifice">k</a></span> a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the LORD, bring it so that it’s acceptable for you. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/22-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>It is to be eaten that same day. You are not to leave any of it until morning. I am the LORD.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/22-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>“Keep my commands and observe them. I am the LORD.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/22-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>“You are not to defile my sacred name, because I’ve been set apart in the midst of the Israelis. Furthermore, I am the LORD, who sets you apart— <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/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><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 22:6 Lit. <i>soul</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 22:6 Lit. <i>his body</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 22:8 The Heb. lacks <i>by animals</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 22:10 Lit. <i>sojourner</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 22:13 Lit. <i>There’s no offspring to her</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 22:13 Lit. <i>early life</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 22:15 Lit. <i>to rise</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 22:19 Lit. <i>for your acceptance</i><br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 22:19 The Heb. lacks <i>he is to offer</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 22:24 The Heb. lacks <i>animal</i><br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 22:29 Lit. <i>sacrifice</i><br /></span><br><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><div align="center"><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1<br />Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation<br />ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../leviticus/21.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 21"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 21" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../leviticus/23.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 23"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 23" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/leviticus/22-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>