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Leviticus 9

Aaron Offers Sacrifices

1 Now it came about ^aon the eighth day that Moses called Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel; 2 and he said to Aaron, “ ^bTake for yourself a calf, a bull, as a sin offering and a ram as a burnt offering, both without defect, and offer them before the Lord. 3 Then you shall speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘Take a male goat as a sin offering, and a calf and a lamb, both one year old, without defect, as a burnt offering, 4 and an ox and a ram for peace offerings, to sacrifice before the Lord, and a grain offering mixed with oil; for today ^cthe Lord will appear to you.’” 5 So they took what Moses had commanded to the front of the tent of meeting, and the whole congregation came near and stood before the Lord. 6 And Moses said, “This is the thing which the Lord has commanded you to do, so that ^dthe glory of the Lord may appear to you.” 7 Moses then said to Aaron, “Come near to the altar and ^{▼▼Lit make
,} ^foffer your sin offering and your burnt offering, so that you may make atonement for yourself and for the people; then make the offering ^{▼▼Lit of}for the people, so that you may make atonement for them, just as the Lord has commanded.”

8 ^hSo Aaron came near to the altar and slaughtered the calf of the sin offering which was for himself. 9 ⁱAaron’s sons then presented the blood to him; and he dipped his finger in the blood and ^jput some on the horns of the altar, and poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar. 10 The fat and the kidneys and the ^{▼▼Or appendage on}lobe of the liver of the sin offering he then offered up in smoke on the altar, just as the Lord had commanded Moses. 11 ^lThe flesh and the hide, however, he burned with fire outside the camp.

12 Then he slaughtered the burnt offering; and Aaron’s sons brought the blood to him, and he sprinkled it around on the altar. 13 They brought the burnt offering to him in ^{▼▼Lit its pieces}pieces, with the head, and he offered them up in smoke on the altar. 14 He also washed the entrails and the legs, and offered them up in smoke with the burnt offering on the altar.

15 Then he presented the people’s offering, and took the ⁿgoat of the sin offering which was for the people, and slaughtered it and offered it for sin, like the first. 16 He also presented the burnt offering, and ^{▼▼Lit made}offered it according to ^pthe ordinance. 17 Next he presented ^qthe grain offering, and filled his ^{▼▼Lit palm}hand with some of it and offered it up in smoke on the altar, ^sbesides the burnt offering of the morning.

18 Then ^the slaughtered the ox and the ram, the sacrifice of peace offerings which was for the people; and Aaron’s sons brought the blood to him, and he sprinkled it around on the altar. 19 As for the portions of fat from the ox and from the ram, the fat tail, the fat ^ucovering, the kidneys, and the ^{▼▼Or appendage on}lobe of the liver, 20 they now placed the portions of fat on the breasts; and he offered ^{▼▼Lit the portions of fat}them up in smoke on the altar. 21 But ^xthe breasts and the right thigh Aaron ^{▼▼Lit waved}presented as a wave offering before the Lord, just as Moses had commanded.

22 Then Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people and ^zblessed them, and he stepped down after making the sin offering, the burnt offering, and the peace offerings. 23 And Moses and Aaron went into the tent of meeting. When they came out and blessed the people, ^aathe glory of the Lord appeared to all the people. 24 ^abThen fire went out from the Lord and consumed the burnt offering and the portions of fat on the altar; and when all the people saw it, they shouted and fell ^{▼▼Lit on their faces}face downward.

Leviticus 10

The Sin of Nadab and Abihu

1 Now ^adNadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took their respective ^aefirepans, and after putting fire in them, placed incense on ^{▼▼Lit it}the fire and offered ^{▼▼I.e., unauthorized}strange fire before the Lord, which He had not commanded them. 2 ^ahAnd fire came out from the presence of the Lord and consumed them, and they died before the Lord. 3 Then Moses said to Aaron, “It is what the Lord spoke, saying,
‘By those who ^aicome near Me I ^{▼▼Or will show Myself holy
,} ^akwill be treated as holy,
And before all the people I will ^albe honored.’”

So Aaron, therefore, kept silent.

4 Moses called also to ^amMishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Aaron’s uncle Uzziel, and said to them, “Come forward, carry your relatives away from the front of the sanctuary to an area outside of the camp.” 5 So they came forward and carried them, still in their ^antunics, to an area outside the camp, just as Moses had said. 6 Then Moses said to Aaron and to his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, “ ^aoDo not ^{▼▼Lit unbind}uncover your heads nor tear your clothes, so that you do not die and He does not ^aqbecome wrathful against all the congregation. But your ^{▼▼Lit brothers}kinsmen, the entire house of Israel, shall weep for the burning which the Lord has ^{▼▼Lit burned}brought about. 7 You shall not even go out from the doorway of the tent of meeting, or you will die; for ^atthe Lord’s anointing oil is upon you.” So they did according to the word of Moses.

8 The Lord then spoke to Aaron, saying, 9 “ ^auDo not drink wine or strong drink, neither you nor your sons with you, when you come into the tent of meeting, so that you do not die--it is a permanent statute throughout your generations-- 10 and ^avto make a distinction between the holy and the profane, and between the unclean and the clean, 11 and ^awso as to teach the sons of Israel all the statutes which the Lord has spoken to them through Moses.”

12 Then Moses spoke to Aaron, and to his surviving sons, ^axEleazar and Ithamar, “ ^ayTake the grain offering that is left over from the Lord’s offerings by fire and eat it as unleavened bread beside the altar, for it is most holy. 13 You shall eat it in a holy place, because it is your allotted portion and your sons’ allotted portion from the Lord’s offerings by fire; for so I have been commanded. 14 ^azThe breast of the wave offering, however, and the thigh of the offering you may eat in a clean place, you and your sons and your daughters with you; for they have been given as your allotted portion and your sons’ allotted portion from the sacrifices of the peace offerings of the sons of Israel. 15 They shall bring ^bathe thigh offered by lifting up and the breast offered by waving, along with the offerings by fire of the portions of fat, to present as a wave offering before the Lord; so it shall be a thing perpetually due you and your sons with you, just as the Lord has commanded.”

16 But Moses searched carefully for the ^bbgoat of the sin offering, and behold, it had been burned! So he was angry with Aaron’s surviving sons Eleazar and Ithamar, saying, 17 “Why ^bcdid you not eat the sin offering at the ^{▼▼I.e., the courtyard of the tabernacle, not the sanctuary}holy place? For it is most holy, and ^{▼▼Or was given}He gave it to you to take away ^bfthe guilt of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the Lord. 18 Behold, ^bgsince its blood had not been brought inside, into the sanctuary, you certainly should have ^bheaten it in the sanctuary, just as I commanded!” 19 But Aaron said to Moses, “Behold, this very day they ^bipresented their sin offering and their burnt offering before the Lord. When things like these happened to me, if I had eaten a sin offering today, would it have been good in the sight of the Lord?” 20 When Moses heard that, it was good in his sight.

Leviticus 11

Laws about Animals for Food

1 The Lord spoke again to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them, 2 “Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘ ^bjThese are the creatures which you may eat from all the animals that are on the earth. 3 Whatever has a divided hoof, showing split hoofs, and chews the cud, among the animals, that you may eat. 4 Nevertheless, ^bkyou are not to eat of these, among those which chew the cud, or among those which have a divided hoof: the camel, for though it chews cud, it does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean to you. 5 Likewise, the rock hyrax, for though it chews cud, it does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean to you. 6 The ^{▼▼Or hare}rabbit also, for though it chews cud, it does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean to you. 7 And the pig, for though it has a divided hoof, and so it shows a split hoof, it does not chew cud; it is unclean to you. 8 You shall not eat any of their flesh nor touch their carcasses; they are unclean to you.

9 ‘ ^bmThese you may eat, of whatever is in the water: everything that has fins and scales, in the water, in the seas, or in the rivers, you may eat. 10 ^bnBut 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 detestable to you; you may not eat any of their flesh, and you shall detest their carcasses. 12 Whatever in the water does not have fins and scales is detestable to you.

Avoid the Unclean

13 ‘Moreover, these ^boyou shall detest among the birds; they are detestable, not to be eaten: the ^{▼▼Or vulture}eagle, the vulture, and the ^{▼▼Or black vulture}buzzard, 14 the red kite, the falcon in its kind, 15 every raven in its kind, 16 the ostrich, the owl, the seagull, and the hawk in its kind, 17 the little owl, the cormorant, and the ^{▼▼Specifically, great horned owl}great owl, 18 the white owl, the ^{▼▼Or owl; or jackdaw}pelican, and the carrion vulture, 19 the stork, the heron in its kinds, the hoopoe, and the bat.

20 ‘All the ^{▼▼Lit swarming things with wings}winged insects that walk on all fours are detestable to you. 21 Yet these you may eat among all the ^{▼▼See note v 20}winged insects that walk on all fours: those which have jointed legs above their feet with which to jump on the earth. 22 These of them you may eat: the locust in its kinds, the devastating locust in its kinds, the cricket in its kinds, and the grasshopper in its kinds. 23 But all other ^{▼▼See note v 20}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 ^bwwhoever picks up any of their carcasses shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening. 26 As for all the animals which have a divided hoof but do not show a split hoof, or do not chew the 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, the mouse, and the ^{▼▼Or thorn-tailed lizard}great lizard in its kinds, 30 the gecko, the ^{▼▼Or lizard}crocodile, the lizard, the ^{▼▼Species as yet undefined}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 hide, or a sack --any article ^{▼▼Lit with which work is done}of which use is made-- ^cbit shall be put in the water and be unclean until evening, then it becomes clean. 33 As for any ^ccearthenware vessel into which one of them may fall, whatever is in it becomes unclean and you shall break ^{▼▼Lit it}the vessel. 34 Any of the ^{▼▼I.e., if touched by a carcass; cf. vv 29-32}food which may be eaten, on which water comes, shall become unclean, and any ^{▼▼I.e., if touched by a carcass; cf. vv 29-32}liquid which may be drunk in every vessel shall become unclean. 35 Moreover, everything on which part of their carcass may fall becomes unclean; an oven or a ^{▼▼Lit hearth for supporting (two) pots}stove shall be smashed; they are unclean and shall continue as unclean to you. 36 Nevertheless, a spring or a cistern ^{▼▼Lit a collecting place of}collecting water shall be clean, though the one who touches their carcass shall be unclean. 37 Now if a part of their carcass falls on any seed for sowing which is to be sown, it is clean. 38 But 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 ^ciHe, 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 ‘ ^cjNow 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 regard to every swarming thing that swarms on the earth, you shall not eat them, because they are detestable. 43 ^ckDo not make ^{▼▼Lit your souls}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 ^cmI am the Lord your God. Consecrate yourselves therefore, and ^cnbe holy, because I am holy. And you shall not make yourselves unclean with any of the swarming things that swarm on the earth. 45 ^coFor I am the Lord who brought you up from the land of Egypt, to be your God; so ^cpyou shall be holy, because 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 ^cqto make a distinction between the unclean and the clean, and between the edible creature and the creature which is not to be eaten.