The Book of Leviticus
Leviticus 11
1 The LORD spoke again to Moses and to
Aaron, saying to them, 2 "Speak to the sons of Israel,
saying, "These are the creatures which you may eat from all the animals that are on
the earth. 3 "Whatever divides a hoof, thus making split
hoofs, and chews the cud, among the animals, that you may eat. 4 "Nevertheless,
you are not to eat of these, among those which chew the cud, or among those which divide
the hoof: the camel, for though it chews cud, it does not divide the hoof, it is unclean
to you.5 "Likewise, the shaphan, for though it chews
cud, it does not divide the hoof, it is unclean to you; 6 the
rabbit also, for though it chews cud, it does not divide the hoof, it is unclean to you; 7 and the pig, for though it divides the hoof, thus making a split
hoof, it does not chew cud, it is unclean to you. 8 "You
shall not eat of their flesh nor touch their carcasses; they are unclean to you.
9 "These you may eat, whatever is in
the water: all that have fins and scales, those in the water, in the seas or in the
rivers, you may eat. 10 "But whatever is in the seas and
in the rivers that does not have fins and scales among all the teeming life of the water,
and among all the living creatures that are in the water, they are detestable things to
you, 11 and they shall be abhorrent to you; you may not eat
of their flesh, and their carcasses you shall detest. 12 "Whatever
in the water does not have fins and scales is abhorrent to you.
13 "These, moreover, you shall detest
among the birds; they are abhorrent, not to be eaten: the eagle and the vulture and the
buzzard, 14 and the kite and the falcon in its kind, 15 every raven in its kind, 16 and the
ostrich and the owl and the sea gull and the hawk in its kind, 17 and
the little owl and the cormorant and the great owl, 18 and
the white owl and the pelican and the carrion vulture, 19 and
the stork, the heron in its kinds, and the hoopoe, and the bat.
20 "All the winged insects that walk
on all fours are detestable to you. 21 "Yet these you
may eat among all the winged insects which walk on all fours: those which have above their
feet jointed legs with which to jump on the earth. 22 "These
of them you may eat: the locust in its kinds, and the devastating locust in its kinds, and
the cricket in its kinds, and the grasshopper in its kinds. 23 "But
all other winged insects which are four-footed are detestable to you.
24 "By these, moreover, you will be
made unclean: whoever touches their carcasses becomes unclean until evening, 25 and whoever picks up any of their carcasses shall wash his
clothes and be unclean until evening. 26 "Concerning all
the animals which divide the hoof but do not make a split hoof, or which do not chew cud,
they are unclean to you: whoever touches them becomes unclean. 27 "Also
whatever walks on its paws, among all the creatures that walk on all fours, are unclean to
you; whoever touches their carcasses becomes unclean until evening, 28
and the one who picks up their carcasses shall wash his clothes and be unclean
until evening; they are unclean to you.
29 "Now these are to you the unclean
among the swarming things which swarm on the earth: the mole, and the mouse, and the great
lizard in its kinds, 30 and the gecko, and the crocodile, and
the lizard, and the sand reptile, and the chameleon. 31 "These
are to you the unclean among all the swarming things; whoever touches them when they are
dead becomes unclean until evening. 32 "Also anything on
which one of them may fall when they are dead becomes unclean, including any wooden
article, or clothing, or a skin, or a sackany article of which use is madeit shall be put
in the water and be unclean until evening, then it becomes clean. 33
"As for any earthenware vessel into which one of them may fall, whatever is in
it becomes unclean and you shall break the vessel. 34 "Any
of the food which may be eaten, on which water comes, shall become unclean, and any liquid
which may be drunk in every vessel shall become unclean. 35 "Everything,
moreover, on which part of their carcass may fall becomes unclean; an oven or a stove
shall be smashed; they are unclean and shall continue as unclean to you. 36 "Nevertheless a spring or a cistern collecting water shall
be clean, though the one who touches their carcass shall be unclean. 37
"If a part of their carcass falls on any seed for sowing which is to be sown,
it is clean. 38 "Though if water is put on the seed and
a part of their carcass falls on it, it is unclean to you.
39 "Also if one of the animals dies
which you have for food, the one who touches its carcass becomes unclean until evening. 40 "He too, who eats some of its carcass shall wash his
clothes and be unclean until evening, and the one who picks up its carcass shall wash his
clothes and be unclean until evening.
41 "Now every swarming thing that
swarms on the earth is detestable, not to be eaten. 42 "Whatever
crawls on its belly, and whatever walks on all fours, whatever has many feet, in respect
to every swarming thing that swarms on the earth, you shall not eat them, for they are
detestable. 43 "Do not render yourselves detestable
through any of the swarming things that swarm; and you shall not make yourselves unclean
with them so that you become unclean. 44 "For I am the
LORD your God. Consecrate yourselves therefore, and be holy, for I am holy. And you shall
not make yourselves unclean with any of the swarming things that swarm on the earth. 45 'For I am the LORD who brought you up from the land of Egypt to
be your God; thus you shall be holy, for I am holy.'"
46 This is the law regarding the animal
and the bird, and every living thing that moves in the waters and everything that swarms
on the earth,47 to make a distinction between the unclean and
the clean, and between the edible creature and the creature which is not to be eaten.
Leviticus 23 (NASB)
1The LORD spoke again to Moses, saying,
2 "Speak
to the sons of Israel and say to them, 'The LORD'S appointed times which you shall proclaim
as holy convocations--My appointed times are these: 3 'For six days work may be done, but on the seventh day there is a sabbath of
complete rest, a holy convocation. You shall not do any work; it is a sabbath to
the LORD in all your dwellings.
4 'These are the appointed
times of the LORD, holy convocations which you shall proclaim at the times
appointed for them. 5 'In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at
twilight is the LORD'S Passover. 6 'Then on the fifteenth day
of the same month there is the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the LORD; for seven days you shall eat unleavened bread.
7 'On
the first day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall not do any laborious work.
8 'But for seven days you shall
present an offering by fire to the LORD. On the seventh day is a holy
convocation; you shall not do any laborious work.' "
9 Then
the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
10 "Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them,
"When you enter the land which I am going to give to you and reap its harvest, then
you shall bring in the sheaf of the first fruits of your harvest to the priest. 11 "He shall wave the sheaf
before the LORD for you to be accepted; on the day after the sabbath the priest shall wave
it. 12 "Now on the day when you wave the sheaf, you
shall offer a male lamb one year old without defect for a burnt offering to the LORD. 13 "Its grain offering shall then be two-tenths of an ephah of
fine flour mixed with oil, an offering by fire to the LORD for a soothing aroma, with its
drink offering, a fourth of a hin of wine. 14 "Until
this same day, until you have brought in the offering of your God, you shall eat neither
bread nor roasted grain nor new growth. It is to be a perpetual statute throughout your
generations in all your dwelling places.
15 "You shall also count for
yourselves from the day after the sabbath, from the day when you brought in the sheaf of
the wave offering; there shall be seven complete sabbaths. 16
"You shall count fifty days to the day after the seventh sabbath; then you shall
present a new grain offering to the LORD. 17 'You shall bring in from your dwelling places two
{loaves} of bread for a wave offering, made of two-tenths {of an} {ephah;} they shall be of a fine flour, baked with
leaven as first fruits to the LORD. 18 'Along with the bread
you shall present seven one year old male lambs without defect, and a bull of
the herd and two rams; they are to be a burnt offering to the LORD, with their
grain offering and their drink offerings, an offering by fire of a soothing
aroma to the LORD. 19 'You shall also offer one
male goat for a sin offering and two male lambs one year old for a sacrifice of
peace offerings. 20 'The priest shall then wave them with the
bread of the first fruits for a wave offering with two lambs before the LORD;
they are to be holy to the LORD for the priest. 21 'On this
same day you shall make a proclamation as well; you are to have a holy convocation. You shall do no
laborious work. It is
to be a perpetual statute in all your dwelling places throughout your
generations.
22 'When you reap the harvest of your land, moreover, you shall not reap to the very
corners of your field nor gather the gleaning of your harvest; you are to leave
them for the needy and the alien. I am the LORD your God.' "
23 Again the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 24 "Speak
to the sons of Israel, saying, 'In the seventh month on the first of the month you shall have a rest,
a reminder by blowing
{of trumpets,} a holy convocation. 25 'You shall not
do any laborious work, but you shall present an offering by fire to the LORD.'
"
26 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 27 "On
exactly the tenth day
of this seventh month is the day of atonement; it shall be a holy convocation for you, and you shall humble
your souls and present an offering by fire to the LORD. 28 "You
shall not do any work on this same day, for it is a day of atonement, to make
atonement on your behalf before the LORD your God. 29 "If
there is any person who will not humble himself on this same day, he shall be cut off from his people.
30 "As for any person
who does any work on this same day, that person I will destroy from among his
people. 31 "You shall do no work at all. It is to be a
perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your dwelling places. 32 "It
is to be a sabbath of complete rest to you, and you shall humble your souls; on
the ninth of the month at evening, from evening until evening you shall keep
your sabbath."
33 Again the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
34 "Speak
to the sons of Israel, saying, 'On the fifteenth of this seventh month is the Feast
of Booths for seven days to the LORD. 35 'On the first day is
a holy convocation; you shall do no laborious work of any kind. 36 'For seven days you shall present an offering by fire to the LORD. On the
eighth day you shall have a holy convocation and present an offering by fire to
the LORD; it is an assembly. You shall do no laborious work.
37 'These
are the appointed
times of the LORD which you shall proclaim as holy convocations, to present
offerings by fire to the LORD--burnt offerings and grain offerings, sacrifices
and drink offerings, {each} day's matter on its own day-- 38 besides {those of} the
sabbaths of the LORD, and besides your gifts and besides all your votive and freewill offerings, which you give to the LORD.
39 'On
exactly the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have gathered in the crops of the land, you shall celebrate the feast of the
LORD for seven days, with a rest on the first day and a rest on the eighth day. 40 'Now on the first day you shall take
for yourselves the foliage of beautiful trees, palm branches and boughs of leafy trees and willows of the
brook, and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days. 41 'You
shall thus celebrate it {as} a feast to the LORD for seven days in the year. It
{shall be} a perpetual statute throughout your generations; you shall celebrate
it in the seventh month. 42 'You shall live in
booths for seven
days; all the native-born in Israel shall live in booths, 43 so that your
generations may know that I had the sons of Israel live in booths when I brought
them out from the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.' " 44 So
Moses declared to the sons of Israel the appointed times of the LORD.
Leviticus 26 (NASB)
46 'Thus
all
Leviticus 27 (NASB)
30 'Thus
all the tithe of the land, of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the tree, is the
LORD'S; it is holy to the LORD. 31 "If, therefore, a man
wishes to redeem part of his tithe, he shall add to it one-fifth of it. 32 "For every tenth part of herd or flock, whatever passes
under the rod, the tenth one shall be holy to the LORD. 33
'He is not to be concerned whether it is good or bad, nor shall he exchange it; or if he
does exchange it, then both it and its substitute shall become holy. It shall not be
redeemed.'"
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