Dual Panel1The LORD said to Moses,
2"Tell Aaron and his sons to treat the sacred gifts that the Israelites set apart for me with great care, so they do not profane my holy name. I am the LORD.
3Remind them that if any of their descendants are ceremonially unclean when they approach the sacred food presented by the Israelites, they must be cut off from my presence. I am the LORD!
4"If any of the priests have a contagious skin disease or any kind of discharge that makes them ceremonially unclean, they may not eat the sacred offerings until they have been pronounced clean. If any of the priests become unclean by touching a corpse, or are defiled by an emission of semen,
5or by touching a creeping creature that is unclean, or by touching someone who is ceremonially unclean for any reason,
6they will remain defiled until evening. They must not eat any of the sacred offerings until they have purified their bodies with water.
7When the sun goes down, they will be clean again and may eat the sacred offerings. After all, this food has been set aside for them.
8The priests may never eat an animal that has died a natural death or has been torn apart by wild animals, for this would defile them. I am the LORD.
9Warn all the priests to follow these instructions carefully; otherwise they will be subject to punishment and die for violating them. I am the LORD who makes them holy.
10"No one outside a priest’s family may ever eat the sacred offerings, even if the person lives in a priest’s home or is one of his hired servants.
11However, if the priest buys slaves with his own money, they may eat of his food. And if his slaves have children, they also may share his food.
12If a priest’s daughter marries someone outside the priestly family, she may no longer eat the sacred offerings.
13But if she becomes a widow or is divorced and has no children to support her, and she returns to live in her father’s home, she may eat her father’s food again. But other than these exceptions, only members of the priests’ families are allowed to eat the sacred offerings.
14"Anyone who eats the sacred offerings without realizing it must pay the priest for the amount eaten, plus an added penalty of 20 percent.
15No one may defile the sacred offerings brought to the LORD by the Israelites
16by allowing unauthorized people to eat them. The negligent priest would bring guilt upon the people and require them to pay compensation. I am the LORD, who makes them holy."
17And the LORD said to Moses,
18"Give Aaron and his sons and all the Israelites these instructions, which apply to those who are Israelites by birth as well as to the foreigners living among you. If you offer a whole burnt offering to the LORD, whether to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering,
19it will be accepted only if it is a male animal with no physical defects. It may be either a bull, a ram, or a male goat.
20Do not bring an animal with physical defects, because it won’t be accepted on your behalf.
21"If you bring a peace offering to the LORD from the herd or flock, whether to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering, you must offer an animal that has no physical defects of any kind.
22An animal that is blind, injured, mutilated, or that has a growth, an open sore, or a scab must never be offered to the LORD by fire on the altar.
23If the bull or lamb is deformed or stunted, it may still be offered as a freewill offering, but it may not be offered to fulfill a vow.
24If an animal has damaged testicles or is castrated, it may never be offered to the LORD.
25You must never accept mutilated or defective animals from foreigners to be offered as a sacrifice to your God. Such animals will not be accepted on your behalf because they are defective."
26And the LORD said to Moses,
27"When a bull or a ram or a male goat is born, it must be left with its mother for seven days. From the eighth day on, it will be acceptable as an offering given to the LORD by fire.
28But you must never slaughter a mother animal and her offspring on the same day, whether from the herd or the flock.
29When you bring a thanksgiving offering to the LORD, it must be sacrificed properly so it will be accepted on your behalf.
30Eat the entire sacrificial animal on the day it is presented. Don’t leave any of it until the second day. I am the LORD.
31"You must faithfully keep all my commands by obeying them, for I am the LORD.
32Do not treat my holy name as common and ordinary. I must be treated as holy by the people of Israel. It is I, the LORD, who makes you holy.
33It was I who rescued you from Egypt, that I might be your very own God. I am the LORD."