1 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
2 "Tell Aaron and his sons to keep themselves apart from the holy things of the children of Israel, which they dedicate to me, so that they do not profane my holy name. I am the LORD.
3 Tell them: Any man among all your offspring throughout your generations who, while his uncleanness is upon him, approaches the holy things that the children of Israel dedicate to the LORD, that person shall be cut off from before me. I am the LORD.
4 No man of Aaron's offspring who is leprous or has a discharge may eat of the holy things until he becomes clean. Whoever touches anything made unclean by a dead person, or a man from whom semen goes out,
5 or a man who touches any swarming thing that makes him unclean, or a person who makes him unclean, whatever his uncleanness—
6 the person who touches any of these will be unclean until evening and must not eat of the holy things unless he has bathed his body in water.
7 When the sun has set he will be clean, and afterward he may eat of the holy things, for they are his food.
8 He must not eat an animal that died of itself or was torn by beasts, becoming unclean by it. I am the LORD.
9 They shall keep my charge, so that they do not bear sin on account of it and die for it because they profane it. I am the LORD who makes them holy.
10 "An outsider must not eat any holy thing; neither a priest's resident guest nor his hired servant may eat a holy thing.
11 But if a priest acquires a person with his money as his property, that one may eat of it, and so may those born in his household; they may eat of his food.
12 If a priest's daughter marries an outsider, she must not eat of the contribution of holy things.
13 But if a priest's daughter becomes a widow or is divorced and has no offspring, and she returns to her father's house as in her youth, she may eat of her father's food. No outsider, though, may eat of it.
14 If someone eats a holy thing unintentionally, he shall add a fifth of it to it and give the holy thing to the priest.
15 They must not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they set aside for the LORD,
16 thereby causing them to bear iniquity that brings guilt when they eat their holy things; for I am the LORD who makes them holy."
17 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
18 "Speak to Aaron and his sons and to all the children of Israel and tell them: Any man of the house of Israel, or of the strangers in Israel, who presents his offering for any of their vows or any of their freewill offerings that they present to the LORD as a burnt offering—
19 for your acceptance it must be an unblemished male from the cattle, the sheep, or the goats.
20 Anything that has a blemish you must not present, for it will not be accepted on your behalf.
21 When anyone presents a sacrifice of peace offerings to the LORD to fulfill a special vow or as a freewill offering, from the herd or from the flock, it must be perfect to be accepted; no blemish may be in it.
22 Anything blind, or injured, or maimed, or with a running sore, or festering sores, or scabs—these you must not present to the LORD, nor put any of them on the altar as a food offering to the LORD.
23 An ox or a sheep with a limb overgrown or stunted you may offer as a freewill offering, but it will not be accepted for a vow.
24 An animal with testicles bruised, crushed, torn, or cut you must not present to the LORD; you must not do this in your land.
25 Neither from the hand of a foreigner may you present any of these as the bread of your God, for their mutilation is in them; they have a blemish; they will not be accepted on your behalf."
26 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
27 "When an ox, a sheep, or a goat is born, it shall stay with its mother seven days; from the eighth day onward it will be accepted as an offering, a food offering to the LORD.
28 But whether ox or sheep, you must not slaughter it and its young on one day.
29 When you sacrifice a thanksgiving sacrifice to the LORD, sacrifice it so that you will be accepted.
30 It must be eaten on that same day; do not leave any of it until morning. I am the LORD.
31 "Keep my commandments and do them; I am the LORD.
32 Do not profane my holy name; I will be treated as holy among the children of Israel. I am the LORD who makes you holy,
33 who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God. I am the LORD."