\NormalFont\ShortTitle{LEVITICUS}
{\MTB This book contains the account of God giving some more laws for his people
\par }{\MT Leviticus

\par }\ChapOne{1}{\SH The burnt offering
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}While
Moses/I
was
{\ADD{
standing
near
the
entrance}}
to
the
Sacred
Tent,
Yahweh
called
to
him/me
from
inside
the
tent.
He
said
to
Moses/me,
\VS{2}“Tell
this
to
the Israeli
people: ‘When
any
of
you
brings
an
offering
to
Yahweh,
bring
one
of
your
sheep
or
goats
or
cattle.
\par }{\PP \VS{3}‘If
what
you
are
offering
is
a
bull
that
will
be
completely
burned
{\ADD{
on
the
altar}},
it
must
not havet
any defects.
You
must
take
it
to
the
entrance
to
the
Sacred
Tent,
in
order
that
it
will
be
acceptable
to
Yahweh.
\VS{4}You
must
lay
your
hands
on
the
head
of
the
bull.
When
you
do
that,
Yahweh
will
accept
{\ADD{
its
death
in
your
place}}
to
forgive/pardon
you
for
the
sins
that
you
have
committed.
\VS{5}You
must
slaughter
the
bull
in
front
of
Yahweh.
Then
Aaron’s
sons,
who
are
priests,
will
bring
the
blood
and
sprinkle
it
against
all
sides
of
the
altar
near
the
entrance
to
the
Sacred
Tent.
\VS{6}You
must
remove
the
skin
of
the
animal
and
cut
the
animal
into
pieces.
You
must
wash
the
inner
parts
and
the
legs
of
the
bull.
\VS{7}Then
Aaron’s
sons
will
put
wood
on
the
altar
and
light
a
fire.
\VS{8}Then
they
will
arrange
the
pieces,
including
the
head
and
the
fat,
on
the
burning
wood.
\VS{9}Then
one
of
the
priests
will
completely
burn
all
of
it
on
the
altar.
And
the
aroma
will
be
pleasing
to
Yahweh.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}‘If
you
are
offering
a
sheep
or
a
goat,
it
must
be
a
male
without
any
defect.
\VS{11}You
must
slaughter
it
in
front
of
Yahweh,
on
the
north
side
of
the
altar,
{\ADD{
and
drain
all
the
blood
into
a
bowl}}.
Then
Aaron’s
sons
will
sprinkle
the
blood
against
all
sides
of
the
altar.
\VS{12}You
must
cut
the
animal
into
pieces.
You
must
wash
the
inner
parts
and
the
legs
of
the
animal.
Then
the
priests
will
arrange
the
pieces,
including
the
head
and
the
fat,
on
the
burning
wood.
\VS{13}Then
one
of
the
priests
will
take
all
of
it
and
completely
burn
all
of
it
on
the
altar.
And
the
aroma
as
it
burns
will
be
pleasing
to
Yahweh.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}‘If
what
you
are
offering
to
Yahweh
is
a
bird,
you
must
offer
a
dove
or
a
young
pigeon.
\VS{15}The
priest
will
take
it
to
the
altar
and
wring/twist
off
its
head.
Then
he
will
burn
the
head
on
the
altar.
He
will
drain
out
the
bird’s
blood
onto
the
side
of
the
altar.
\VS{16}Then
he
will
remove
the
bird’s ◄craw/food-grinding
pouch►
and
what
is
inside
it,
and
throw
it
on
the
east
side
of
the
altar,
where
the
ashes
are
thrown.
\VS{17}Then
he
will
grasp
the
bird’s
wings
and partially
tear
the
bird
open.
Then
he
will
burn
it
completely
in
the
fire
on
the
altar.
And
the
aroma
will
be
pleasing
to
Yahweh.’

\par }\Chap{2}{\SH The grain offering
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}‘If
you
bring
to
Yahweh
an
offering
of
grain,
it
must consist
of finely-ground
flour.
You
must
pour
olive
oil
on
it,
and
put
some
incense
on
it,
\VS{2}and
take
it
to
one
of
the
priests.
The
priest
will
take
a
handful
of
the
flour
and
the
oil
with
the
incense
and
burn
it
on
the
altar.
That
part
will symbolize
{\ADD{
that
all
of
the
offering
truly
belongs
to
Yahweh}}.
And
the
aroma
will
be
pleasing
to
Yahweh.
\VS{3}The
part
of
that
offering
that
is
not
burned
will
belong
to
Aaron
and
his
sons.
It
is
a
very
holy
part
of
the
offerings
that
are
given
to
Yahweh
by
{\ADD{
burning
them}}
in
a
fire.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}‘If
you
bring
an
offering
that
is
made
from
grain,
something
that
is
baked
in
an
oven,
it
must
be
made
from finely-ground
flour.
You
may
bring
loaves
made
from
flour
mixed
with
olive
oil
but
without
yeast,
or
you
may
bring
wafers
with
olive
oil
smeared
on
them,
but
also
made
without
yeast.
\VS{5}If
your
offering
is
cooked ◄on
a
griddle/in
a shallow
pan►,
it
must
be
made
from finely-ground
flour
mixed
with
olive
oil
and
without
yeast.
\VS{6}You
must
crumble
it
and
pour
olive
oil
on
it.
That
will
be
your
offering
made
from
grain.
\VS{7}If
your
offering
that
is
made
from
grain
is
cooked
in
a
pan,
it
must
be
made
of finely-ground
flour
mixed
with
olive
oil.
\VS{8}Bring
to
Yahweh
your
grain
offering.
Give
it
to
the
priest,
and
he
will
take
it
to
the
altar.
\VS{9}He
will
take
a
part
of
it
that
will symbolize
that
all
the
offering
belongs
to
Yahweh.
He
will
burn
that
part
on
the
altar,
and
the
aroma
as
it
burns
will
be
pleasing
to
Yahweh.
\VS{10}The
part
that
is
not
burned
will
belong
to
Aaron
and
his
sons.
It
is
a
very
holy
part
of
the
offerings
given
to
Yahweh
by
{\ADD{
burning
them}}
in
a
fire.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}‘Every
offering
that
is
made
from
grain
and
that
you
bring
to
Yahweh
must
be
made
without
yeast,
because
you
must
not
put
any
yeast
or
honey
in
any
offering
to
Yahweh
that
is
burned
{\ADD{
on
the
altar}}.
\VS{12}You
may
bring
to
Yahweh
an
offering
of
the
first
part
of
your
harvest,
but
that
is
not
to
be
burned
on
the
altar
to
produce
an
aroma
that
will
be
pleasing
to
Yahweh.
\VS{13}Put
salt
on
all
your
offerings
that
are
made
from
grain.
The
salt represents
the
agreement
that
your
God
{\ADD{
made
with}}
you,
so
be
sure
that
you
do
not
forget
to
put
salt
on
those
offerings.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}‘If
you
bring
to
Yahweh
an
offering
of
the
first
part
of
your
harvest
of
grain,
offer
some
new
grain
that
has
been
crushed
and
roasted
in
a
fire.
\VS{15}Put
olive
oil
and
incense
on
it,
and
that
will
be
your
offering
made
from
grain.
\VS{16}The
priest
will
take
a
part
of
the
flour
and
oil
along
with
the
incense.
{\ADD{
That
will symbolize
that
all
the
offering
truly
belongs
to
Yahweh}}.
He
will
burn
that
part
on
the
altar,
to
be
an
offering
given
to
Yahweh
by
{\ADD{
burning
it}}
in
a
fire.’ ”

\par }\Chap{3}{\SH The fellowship offering
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}{\ADD{“Also
tell
the
people}}, ‘When
the
offering
that
you
bring
to
Yahweh
is
to
maintain
good
fellowship
{\ADD{
with
him}},
you
may
bring
a
bull
or
a
cow
from
your
herd
{\ADD{
of
cattle}},
but
what
you
present
to
Yahweh
must
be
an
animal
that
has
no defects.
\VS{2}You
must
bring
the
animal
to
the
entrance
to
the
Sacred
Tent.
You
must
lay
your
hands
on
its
head.
Then
you
must
slaughter
it
{\ADD{
and
drain
some
of
its
blood
in
a
bowl}}.
Then
one
of
Aaron’s
sons,
one
of
the
priests,
will
sprinkle
the
blood
against
all
sides
of
the
altar.
\VS{3}From
that
offering,
you
must
offer
to
Yahweh,
as
a
sacrifice
that
will
be
burned
in
the
fire,
all
the
fat
that
covers
the
inner
parts
of
the
animal,
or
which
is
attached
to
them—
\VS{4}the
kidneys
and
the
fat
that
is
attached
to
them
near
the
lower
back muscle,
and
the
fat
that
covers
the
liver.
\VS{5}Then
one
of
the
priests
will
burn
those
things
on
the
altar,
along
with
the
other
parts
of
the
animal
that
will
be
completely
burned
to
be
an
offering
{\ADD{
to
Yahweh}}.
And
the
aroma
while
it
burns
will
be
pleasing
to
Yahweh.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}If
that
offering
to
maintain
good
fellowship
with
Yahweh
is
a
sheep
or
a
goat,
it
must
also
be
an
animal
that
has
no defects.
\VS{7}If
you
offer
a
lamb,
you
must
present
it
to
Yahweh
{\ADD{
at
the
entrance
to
the
Sacred
Tent}}.
You
must
lay
your
hands
on
the lamb’s
head
and
then
slaughter
it.
{\ADD{‘You
must
drain
some
of
its
blood
in
a
bowl}}.
\VS{8}Then
one
of
the
priests
will
sprinkle
that
blood
against
all
sides
of
the
altar.
\VS{9}You
must
dedicate
these
things
to
be
a
sacrifice
to
Yahweh
that
is
burned:
Its
fat,
the
fat
tail
that
you
must
cut
off
close
to
the
backbone,
and
all
the
fat
that
covers
the
inner
parts
of
the
lamb
or
which
is
attached
to
them—
\VS{10}the
kidneys
with
the
fat
that
is
on
them
near
the
lower
back muscle,
and
the
fat
that
covers
the
liver.
\VS{11}One
of
the
priests
will
burn
those
things
on
the
altar
to
be
an
offering
to
Yahweh;
{\ADD{
it
will
be
as
though}}
they
will
be
a
special
food
{\ADD{
given
to
Yahweh}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}‘If
your
offering
is
a
goat,
you
must
take/present
it
to
Yahweh.
\VS{13}You
must
lay
your
hands
on
its
head.
Then
you
must
slaughter
it
in
front
of
the
Sacred
Tent.
Then
one
of
Aaron’s
sons
will
sprinkle
the
blood
against
all
sides
of
the
altar.
\VS{14}From
that
offering
you
must
dedicate
these
things
to
be
a
sacrifice
to
Yahweh
that
is
burned:
All
the
fat
that
covers
the
inner
parts
of
the
animal
or
which
is
attached
to
them,
\VS{15}the
kidneys
with
the
fat
that
is
on
them
near
the
lower
back muscle,
and
the
fat
that
covers
the
liver.
\VS{16}The
priest
will
burn
those
things
on
the
altar
to
be
an
offering
to
Yahweh;
{\ADD{
it
will
be
as
though}}
they
will
be
a
special
food
{\ADD{
given
to
Yahweh}}.
And
the
aroma
while
it
burns
will
be
pleasing
to
Yahweh.
All
the
fat
{\ADD{
of
the
animals
that
are
sacrificed}}
belongs
to
Yahweh.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}‘This
is
a
command
that
must
be
obeyed
by
you
and
your
descendants
forever,
wherever
you
live:
You
must
not
eat
the
fat
or
the
blood
{\ADD{
of
any
animal}}.’ ”

\par }\Chap{4}{\SH The sin offering
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
Yahweh
said
to
Moses/me,
\VS{2}“Say
this
to
the Israeli
people:
This
is
what
must
be
done
if
someone
sins
without
intending
to
sin,
doing
something
that
is
forbidden
in
any
of
Yahweh’s
commands.
\par }{\PP \VS{3}'If
the Supreme [MTY]
Priest
sins,
and
that
causes
all
the
people
to
be
guilty,
he
must
bring
to
Yahweh
a
young
bull
that
has
no defects.
That
will
be
an
offering
for
the
sin
that
he
has
committed.
\VS{4}He
must
bring
the
bull
to
the
entrance
to
the
Sacred
Tent.
He
must
lay
his
hands
on
its
head.
Then
he
must
slaughter
it
in
front
of
Yahweh
{\ADD{
and
drain
some
of
the
blood
into
a
bowl}}.
\VS{5}Then
the Supreme
Priest
must
take
some
of
that
blood
into
the
Sacred
Tent.
\VS{6}He
must
dip
{\ADD{
one
of}}
his
fingers
into
the
blood
and
sprinkle
it
seven
times
in
the
presence
of
Yahweh,
in
front
of
the
curtain
{\ADD{
that
separates
the
Holy
Place
from
the
Very
Holy
Place}}.
\VS{7}Then
he
must
put
some
of
the
blood
on
the
projections
at
the
corners
of
the
altar
where
fragrant
incense
is
burned
in
the
Sacred
Tent
in
the
presence
of
Yahweh.
The
remaining
part
of
the bull’s
blood
{\ADD{
that
is
still
in
the
bowl}},
he
must
pour
out
at
the
base
of
the
altar,
where
sacrifices
are
burned,
at
the
entrance
to
the
Sacred
Tent.
\VS{8}From
that
offering
the Supreme
Priest
must
separate
these
things
from
the
bull
that
is
to
be
burned:
The
fat
that
covers
the
inner
parts
of
the
bull
or
which
is
attached
to
them—
\VS{9}the
kidneys
and
the
fat
that
is
attached
to
them
near
the
lower
back muscle,
and
the
fat
that
covers
the
liver.
\VS{10}Then
the Supreme
Priest
must
completely
burn
those
things
on
the
altar.
That
will
be
just
like
when
the
fat
is
removed
from
an
animal
that
is
sacrificed
to
maintain
good
fellowship
{\ADD{
with
Yahweh}}.
\VS{11}But
all
the
other
parts
of
the
animal—its
skin/hide
and
all
its
other
meat,
its
head
and
its
legs,
its
inner
parts
and
the
intestines,
\VS{12}he
must
take
outside
the
camp
and
throw
them
in
a
place
that
is
acceptable
to
Yahweh,
where
the
ashes
are
thrown,
and
he
must
burn
them
in
a
fire
on
the
pile
of
ashes.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}‘If
all
the Israeli
people
sin
without
intending
to
sin,
doing
something
that
is
forbidden
in
any
of
Yahweh’s
commands,
they
will
be
guilty,
even
if
they
do
not
realize
that
they
have
sinned.
\VS{14}When
they
realize
that
they
have
committed
a
sin,
together
they
must
bring
a
young
bull
to
be
an
offering
for
their
sin,
to
the
front
of
the
Sacred
Tent.
\VS{15}The
elders
must
lay
their
hands
on
the bull’s
head
in
the
presence
of
Yahweh
and
slaughter
it
{\ADD{
and
catch
some
of
the
blood
in
a
bowl}}.
\VS{16}Then
the Supreme [MTY]
Priest
must
take
some
of
that
blood
into
the
Sacred
Tent.
\VS{17}‘He
must
dip
{\ADD{
one
of}}
his
fingers
into
the
blood
and
sprinkle
it
seven
times
in
the
presence
of
Yahweh,
in
front
of
the
curtain
{\ADD{
that
separates
the
Holy
Place
from
the
Very
Holy
Place}}.
\VS{18}Then
he
must
put
some
of
the
blood
on
the
projections
at
the
corners
of
the
altar
that
is
in
the
presence
of
Yahweh
in
the
Sacred
Tent.
The
remaining
part
of
the bull’s
blood,
he
must
pour
out
at
the
base
of
the
altar
where
sacrifices
are
burned,
at
the
entrance
of
the
Sacred
Tent.
\VS{19}He
must
remove
all
the
animal’s
fat
and
burn
it
on
the
altar.
\VS{20}He
must
do
with
this
bull
the
same
things
that
he
did
with
the
bull
that
was
an
offering
for
his
own
sins,
and
they
will
be
forgiven $\{$Yahweh
will
forgive
them$\}$.
\VS{21}Then
the
priest
must
take
{\ADD{
the
other
parts
of}}
the
bull
outside
the
camp
and
burn
them,
like
he
does
when
he
himself
has
sinned.
That
will
be
the
offering
for
the
sin
that
all
the
people
have
committed,
and
they
will
be
forgiven.
\par }{\PP \VS{22}‘When
one
of
the
leaders
sins
without
intending
to
sin,
doing
something
that
is
forbidden
in
any
of
the
commands
of
Yahweh
his
God,
he
will
be
guilty.
\VS{23}When
he
realizes
that
he
has
committed
a
sin,
he
must
bring
as
his
offering
a
male
goat
that
has
no defects.
\VS{24}He
must
lay
his
hands
on
the
goat’s
head
in
the
presence
of
Yahweh
and
slaughter
it
at
the
place
where
they
slaughter $\{$are
slaughtered$\}$
the
animals
that
will
be
completely
burned
{\ADD{
on
the
altar}}.
That
will
be
an
offering
for
his
sin.
\VS{25}Then
the
priest
must
put
some
of
the
animal’s
blood
{\ADD{
into
a
bowl}}
and
dip
{\ADD{
one
of}}
his
fingers
in
it
and
put
some
of
the
blood
on
the
corners
of
the
projections
of
the
altar.
Then
he
must
pour
out
the
rest
of
the
blood
at
the
base
of
the
altar.
\VS{26}Then
he
must
burn
all
the
fat
on
the
altar,
as
was
done
with
the
fat
of
the
offering
to
maintain
good
fellowship
{\ADD{
with
Yahweh}}.
As
a
result
of
the
priest’s
doing
that,
the
leader
will
no
longer
be
guilty
for
his
sin
and
he
will
be
forgiven.
\par }{\PP \VS{27}‘If
one
of
the Israeli
people
who
is
not
a
priest
sins
without
intending
to
sin,
and
does
something
that
is
forbidden
in
any
of
the
commands
of
Yahweh
his
God,
he
will
be
guilty.
\VS{28}When
he
realizes
that
he
has
committed
a
sin,
he
must
bring
as
his
offering
a
female
goat
that
has
no defects.
\VS{29}He
must
lay
his
hands
on
the
goat’s
head
and
slaughter
it
at
the
place
where
they
slaughter
the
animals
that
will
be
completely
burned
{\ADD{
on
the
altar,
and
catch
some
of
the
blood
in
a
bowl}}.
\VS{30}Then
the
priest
must
dip
{\ADD{
one
of}}
his
fingers
in
the
blood,
and
put
some
of
it
on
the
projections
at
the
corners
of
the
altar.
Then
he
must
pour
out
the
rest
of
the
blood
at
the
base
of
the
altar.
\VS{31}Then
he
must
remove
all
the
goat’s
fat,
and
burn
all
the
fat
on
the
altar,
like
was
done
with
the
fat
of
the
offering
to
maintain
fellowship
{\ADD{
with
Yahweh}}.
And
the
aroma
while
it
burns
will
be
pleasing
to
Yahweh.
As
a
result
of
the
priest
doing
that,
the
person
will
no
longer
be
guilty
for
his
sin,
and
he
will
be
forgiven.
\par }{\PP \VS{32}‘If
that
person
brings
a
lamb
to
be
his
offering
for
sin,
he
must
bring
a
female
lamb
that
has
no defects.
\VS{33}He
must
lay
his
hands
on
the lamb’s
head
and
slaughter
it
at
the
place
where
they
slaughter
the
animals
that
will
be
completely
burned
{\ADD{
on
the
altar,
and
catch
some
of
the
blood
in
a
bowl}}.
\VS{34}Then
the
priest
must
dip
{\ADD{
one
of}}
his
fingers
in
the
blood
and
put
some
of
it
on
the
projections
at
the
corners
of
the
altar.
Then
he
must
pour
out
the
rest
of
the
blood
at
the
base
of
the
altar.
\VS{35}Then
he
must
remove
all
the lamb’s
fat,
and
burn
all
the
fat
on
the
altar,
like
was
done
with
the
fat
of
the
offering
to
maintain
fellowship
{\ADD{
with
Yahweh}}.
He
must
burn
it
on
top
of
the
other
offerings
to
Yahweh
that
are
being
burned.
As
a
result,
the
priest
will
request
God
to
forgive
that
person
for
his
sin,
and
he
will
be
forgiven.’ ”

\par }\Chap{5}{\PP \VerseOne{1}{\ADD{
Yahweh
also
said
to
tell
the
people}}, “If
{\ADD{
a
judge}}
orders
any
of
you
to
tell
{\ADD{
in
court}}
something
that
you
have
seen
or
something
that
you
heard
someone
say,
if
you
refuse
to
say
what
you
know
is
true,
you
must ◄pay
a
penalty/be
punished► [MTY]
for
refusing
to
tell
what
you
know.
\par }{\PP \VS{2}If
you
accidentally
touch
something
which
God
considers
impure [DOU],
such
as
the
carcass
of
a
wild
animal
or
the
carcass
of
a
bull
or
cow,
or
of
an
animal
that scurries
across
the
ground,
you
must ◄pay
a
penalty/be
punished►.
\par }{\PP \VS{3}If
you
touch
any
human feces,
even
if
you
do
not
intend
to
do
that,
when
you
realize
what
you
have
done,
you
must ◄pay
a
penalty/be
punished►.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}If
you
carelessly
make
a
solemn
promise
{\ADD{
to
do
something}}
that
is
good
or
that
is
bad,
when
you
realize
what
you
have
done,
you
must ◄pay
a
penalty/be
punished►.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}If
you
are
guilty
of
committing
any
of
those
sins,
you
must
confess
what
you
have
done.
\VS{6}And
for
a
penalty
you
must
bring
to
Yahweh
a
female
lamb
or
female
goat,
to
be
an
offering
for
the
sin
that
you
have
committed,
and
the
priest
will
sacrifice
it,
and
then
you
will
no
longer
be
guilty
for
your
sin.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}If
you
{\ADD{
are
poor
and}}
cannot
afford
to
bring
a
lamb,
you
must
bring
to
Yahweh
two
doves
or
two
young
pigeons.
One
will
be
an
offering
for
your
sin
and
one
will
be
an
offering
that
will
be
completely
burned
{\ADD{
on
the
altar}}.
\VS{8}You
must
bring
them
to
the
priest.
First
he
will
offer
one
of
them
to
be
an
offering
for
your
sin.
He
will
wring/twist
its
neck
{\ADD{
to
kill
it}},
but
he
must
not
pull
off
its
head
completely.
\VS{9}Then
he
must
sprinkle
some
of
the
blood
against
the
side
of
the
altar.
The
remaining
blood
must
be
drained
out
at
the
base
of
the
altar.
That
will
be
an
offering
for
your
sin.
\VS{10}The
priest
will
then
do
what
I
have
commanded
and
offer
the
other
bird
to
be
completely
burned
{\ADD{
on
the
altar}}.
Then
you
will
no
longer
be
guilty
for
the
sin
you
have
committed,
and
Yahweh
will
forgive
you.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}However,
if
you
{\ADD{
are
very
poor
and}}
cannot
afford
two
doves
or
two
young
pigeons,
you
must
bring
to
be
an
offering
for
your
sin ◄2
pounds/1 kg.►
of
fine
flour.
You
must
not
put
olive
oil
or
incense
on
it,
because
it
is
an
offering
for
sin.
\VS{12}You
must
take
it
to
the
priest.
He
will
take
a
handful
of
it,
to symbolize
that
the
whole
offering
truly
belongs
to
Yahweh,
and
burn
it
on
the
altar,
on
top
of
the
other
offerings.
\VS{13}And
by
doing
that,
the
priest
will
enable
you
to
no
longer
be
guilty
for
any
of
the
sins
that
you
have
committed,
and
you
will
be
forgiven.
The
part
of
the
offering
that
is
not
burned
will
belong
to
the
priest,
like
was
true
for
the
offerings
made
from
grain.”
\par }{\SH The
guilt
offering
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Yahweh
also
said
to
Moses/me,
\VS{15}“When
you
sin,
without
intending
to,
by
not
giving
to
Yahweh
the
things
that
you
are
required
to
give
to
him,
you
must
pay
a
penalty
by
bringing
to
Yahweh
a
ram
that
has
no defects.
You
must
determine
how
much
silver
it
is
worth,
by
using
the
official
standard
in
the
temple.
It
will
be
an
offering
to
cause
you
to
no
longer
be
guilty.
\VS{16}But
you
must
also
make
restitution
for
what
you
failed
to
give
to
Yahweh,
adding
one-fifth
of
its
value.
You
must
give
that
to
the
priest.
He
will
offer
the
ram
as
a
sacrifice
for
the
sin
that
you
have
committed,
and
cause
you
to
no
longer
be
guilty;
and
you
will
be
forgiven.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}If
you
sin
by
doing
something
that
is
forbidden
by
any
of
Yahweh’s
commands,
even
if
you
do
not
know
that
you
have
disobeyed
one
of
my
commands,
you
are
guilty
and
must
pay
a
penalty
{\ADD{
to
me}}.
\VS{18}{\ADD{
When
you
realize
what
you
have
done}},
you
must
bring
a
ram
to
the Supreme
Priest
to
be
an
offering
in
order
that
you
will
no
longer
be
guilty.
You
must
bring
one
that
has
no defects.
He
will
offer
the
ram
to
be
a
sacrifice
to
me,
and
as
a
result
you
will
no
longer
be
guilty
for
the
sin
that
you
have
committed,
and
you
will
be
forgiven.
\VS{19}It
is
an
offering
to
cause
you
to
no
longer
be
guilty
for
sinning
against
me.”

\par }\Chap{6}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Yahweh
also
said
to
Moses/me,
\VS{2}“If
any
one
of
you
you
sins
against
me
by
deceiving
someone—if
you
refuse
to
return
what
someone
has
lent
you,
or
if
you
steal
something
of
his,
or
if
you
find
something
and
claim
that
you
do
not
have
it,
\VS{3}you
are
guilty.
You
must
return
to
its
owner
what
you
have
stolen
or
what
someone
has
lent
you
and
you
have
not
returned,
or
what
you
found
that
someone
else
had
lost,
\VS{4}or
whatever
you
lied
about.
\VS{5}You
must
not
only
return
anything
like
that
to
its
owner,
but
you
must
also
pay
to
the
owner
one-fifth
of
its
value.
\VS{6}You
must
also
bring
to
the Supreme
Priest
a
ram
to
be
an
offering
to
me
in
order
that
you
will
no
longer
be
guilty.
The
ram
that
you
bring
must
be
one
that
has
no defects,
one
that
has
the
value
that
has
been
officially
determined.
\VS{7}Then
he
will
offer
that
ram
to
be
a
sacrifice
that
will
cause
you
to
no
longer
be
guilty,
and
you
will
be
forgiven
for
the
wrong
things
that
you
did.”
\par }{\SH Other
instructions
concerning
the
burnt
offerings
\par }{\PP \VS{8}Yahweh
also
said
to
Moses/me,
\VS{9}“Tell
this
to
Aaron
and
his
sons:
These
are
the
regulations
concerning
the
offerings
that
will
be
completely
burned
{\ADD{
on
the
altar}}:
The
offering
must
remain
on
the
altar
all
during
the
night,
and
the
fire
on
the
altar
must
always
be
kept
burning.
\VS{10}{\ADD{
The
next
morning}}
the
priest
must
put
on
his
linen under-clothes
and
linen
outer
clothes.
Then
he
must
remove
the
ashes
of
the
offering
from
the
fire
and
put
them
beside
the
altar.
\VS{11}Then
he
must
take
off
those
clothes
and
put
on
other
clothes,
and
take
the
ashes
outside
the
camp,
to
a
place
that
is
acceptable
to
me.
\VS{12}The
fire
on
the
altar
must
always
be
kept
burning;
the
priest
must
not
allow
it
to ◄go
out/quit
burning►.
Each
morning
the
priest
must
put
more
firewood
on
the
fire.
Then
he
must
arrange
more
offerings
on
the
fire,
and
burn
on
the
altar
the
fat
of
the
offerings
to
be
burned
to
maintain
fellowship
{\ADD{
with
me}}.
\VS{13}The
fire
on
the
altar
must
be
kept
burning
continually;
the
priest
must
not
allow
it
to
go
out.”
\par }{\SH Other
instructions
concerning
the
grain
offerings
\par }{\PP \VS{14}“These
are
the
regulations
concerning
the
offerings
made
from
grain:
Aaron’s
sons
must
bring
them
to
me
in
front
of
the
altar.
\VS{15}The
priest
must
take
a
handful
of
fine
flour
mixed
with
olive
oil
and
incense
and
burn
that
on
the
altar.
That
handful
will signify
that
the
whole
offering
truly
belongs
to
me.
And
the
aroma
while
it
burns
will
be
pleasing
to
me.
\VS{16}Aaron
and
his
sons
may
eat
the
remaining
part
of
the
grain
offering.
But
they
must
eat
it
in
a
holy
place,
in
the
courtyard
of
the
Sacred
Tent.
\VS{17}It
must
not
have
yeast
mixed
with
it.
Like
the
offerings
for
sin
and
the
offerings
to
cause
people
to
no
longer
be
guilty
of
sin,
that
offering
is
very
holy.
\VS{18}Any
male
descendants
of
Aaron
are
permitted
to
eat
it,
because
it
is
forever
their
regular
share
of
the
offerings
given
to
me
and
burned
in
the
fire
{\ADD{
on
the
altar}}.
Anyone
else
who
touches
those
offerings
made
from
grain
will
be
punished
by
God.”
\par }{\PP \VS{19}Yahweh
also
said
to
Moses/me,
\VS{20}“Tell
Aaron
and
his
sons
that
this
is
the
offering
that
they
must
bring
to
Yahweh
on
the
day
that
any
of
them ◄is
ordained/becomes
a
priest►:
That
person
must
bring
two quarts/liters
of
fine
flour
as
an
offering
made
from
grain.
He
must
bring
half
of
it
in
the
morning
and
half
of
it
in
the
evening.
\VS{21}He
must
mix
it
well
with
olive
oil
and
bake
it
in
a shallow
pan.
He
must
then
break
it
into
small
pieces
to
be
burned
{\ADD{
on
the
altar}}.
And
the
aroma
while
it
burns
will
be
pleasing
to
Yahweh.
\VS{22}I
have
commanded
that
the
descendants
of
Aaron
who
are
appointed
in
turn
to
become
the Supreme
Priests
after
Aaron
dies
are
the
ones
who
must
prepare
those
things.
These
offerings
must
be
completely
burned
{\ADD{
on
the
altar}}
to
be
sacrifices
to
me,
Yahweh.
\VS{23}Every
offering
that
a
priest
gives
that
is
made
from
grain
must
be
completely
burned;
none
of
it
is
to
be
eaten.”
\par }{\SH Other
instructions
concerning
the
sin
offering
\par }{\PP \VS{24}Yahweh
also
said
to
Moses/me,
\VS{25}“Tell
Aaron
and
his
sons:
These
are
the
regulations
concerning
the
offerings
that
people
must
bring
to
me
so
that
I
will
forgive
the
people
for
the
sins
they
have
committed:
\VS{26}The
animals
must
be
slaughtered
in
my
presence
in
the
same
place
that
the
animals
that
are
to
be
completely
burned
{\ADD{
on
the
altar}}
are
slaughtered,
in
the
courtyard
in
front
of
the
Sacred
Tent.
\VS{27}Any
other
person
who
touches
any
of
its
meat
will
be
punished
by
God.
And
if
its
blood
is splattered
on
your
clothes,
you
must
wash
the
clothes
in
a
holy
place.
\VS{28}If
the
meat
is
cooked
in
a
clay
pot,
the
pot
must
be
broken
{\ADD{
afterwards}}.
But
if
it
is
cooked
in
a
bronze
pot,
the
pot
must
be
scoured
{\ADD{
afterwards}}
and
rinsed
with
water.
\VS{29}Any
male
in
a
priest’s
family
may
eat
some
of
the
cooked
meat;
that
meat
is
very
holy.
\VS{30}But
if
the
blood
of
those
sin
offerings
is
brought
into
the
Sacred
Tent
to
enable
the
people
to
be
forgiven
for
having
sinned,
the
meat
of
those
animals
must
not
be
eaten.
The
meat
must
be
completely
burned.”

\par }\Chap{7}{\SH The guilt offering
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}“These
are
the
regulations
concerning
the
offerings
to
be
made
by
people
who
are
guilty
of
not
giving
to
me
the
things
that
are
required
to
be
given
to
me.
Those
are
very
sacred
offerings.
\VS{2}Each
animal
that
is
to
be
offered
by
such
people
must
be
slaughtered
in
the
same
place
where
the
animals
that
will
be
completely
burned
{\ADD{
on
the
altar}}
are
slaughtered,
and
their
blood
must
be
sprinkled
against
all
sides
of
the
altar.
\VS{3}All
their
fat,
the
fat
tails
that
are
cut
close
to
the
backbone,
and
all
the
fat
that
covers
the
inner
parts
of
the
animals
or
which
is
attached
to
them,
must
be
burned
{\ADD{
on
the
altar}}.
\VS{4}That includes
the
kidneys
with
their
fat
near
the
lower
back muscle,
and
the
protruding
lobe
that
is
attached
to
the
liver.
\VS{5}The
priest
must
burn
them
on
the
altar
to
be
offerings
to
me,
Yahweh.
They
are
an
offering
for
the
people
to
be
forgiven
for
not
doing
what
they
were
required
to
do.
\VS{6}All
the
males
in
the
priest’s
family
are
permitted
to
eat
its
meat,
but
it
must
be
eaten
in
a
sacred
place,
because
it
is
very
sacred.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}“he
regulation
is
the
same
for
the
offerings
{\ADD{
to
enable
people
to
be
forgiven
for
the
sins
they
have
committed
}}
and
the
offerings
for
when
they
are
guilty
of
not
giving
to
me
the
things
that
are
required
to
be
given
to
me.
The
meat
of
those
offerings
belongs
to
the
priest
who
offers
them
in
order
that
the
people
will
be
forgiven.
\VS{8}The
priest
who
slaughters
an
animal
that
will
be
completely
burned
on
the
altar
is
permitted
to
keep
the
animal’s
hide
for
himself.
\VS{9}Offerings
of
things
made
from
grain
that
are
baked
in
an
oven
or
cooked
in
a
pan
or ◄in
a shallow
pan/on
a
griddle►
belong
to
the
priest
who
makes
those
offerings
{\ADD{
for
another
person}}.
\VS{10}And
offerings
of
things
made
from
grain,
whether
they
were
mixed
with
olive
oil
or
not,
also
belong
to
the
sons
of
Aaron.”
\par }{\SH The
offerings
to
maintain
fellowship
with
Yahweh
\par }{\PP \VS{11}These
are
the
regulations
concerning
the
offerings
that
people
make
to
maintain
fellowship
{\ADD{
with
Yahweh}}:
\par }{\PP \VS{12}“If
you
bring
an
offering
to
thank
{\ADD{
Yahweh}},
along
with
{\ADD{
the
animal
that
you
slaughter}}
you
must
offer
loaves
of
bread
made
with
olive
oil
mixed
{\ADD{
with
the
flour}}
but
without
yeast,
and
wafers
that
are
made
without
yeast
but
with
olive
oil
smeared
on
them,
and
loaves
made
from
fine
flour
with
olive
oil
well
mixed
with
the
flour.
\VS{13}Along
with
that
offering
to
thank
Yahweh,
you
must
bring
an
offering
of
loaves
made
with
yeast.
\VS{14}You
must
bring
one
of
each
kind
for
an
offering
to
Yahweh,
but
they
belong
to
the
priest
who
sprinkles
against
the
altar
the
blood
of
the
animal
that
is
{\ADD{
slaughtered
as
an
offering}}
to
maintain
fellowship
with
Yahweh.
\VS{15}The
meat
of
that
offering
must
be
eaten
on
the
day
that
it
is
offered;
none
of
it
should
be
left
to
{\ADD{
be
eaten
on}}
the
next
day.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}“owever,
if
your
offering
is
the
result
of
a
solemn
promise
that
you
made
to
Yahweh,
or
if
it
is
an
offering
that
you
make ◄voluntarily/without
being
required
to►,
you
are
permitted
to
eat
some
of
the
meat
on
the
day
it
is
offered,
but
anything
that
is
left
may
be
eaten
on
the
next
day.
\VS{17}But
any
meat
that
is
left
until
the
third
day
must
be
completely
burned.
\VS{18}If
any
meat
from
the
offering
to
maintain
fellowship
with
Yahweh
is
eaten
on
the
third
day,
Yahweh
will
not
accept
that
offering;
it
will
be
useless
to
offer
it,
because
Yahweh
will
consider
that
it
is
worthless.
Anyone
who
eats
some
of
it
will
have
to
pay
a
penalty
{\ADD{
to
Yahweh}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{19}“eat
that
touches
something
{\ADD{
that
God
considers
to
be}}
impure
must
not
be
eaten;
it
must
be
completely
burned.
Anyone
who
has
performed
the rituals
to
become
acceptable
to
God
is
allowed
to
eat
other
meat
{\ADD{
which
has
been
offered
as
a
sacrifice}}.
\VS{20}But
if
anyone
who
has
not
performed
those rituals
eats
some
of
the
meat
of
the
offering
to
maintain
fellowship
with
Yahweh,
meat
that
belongs
to
Yahweh,
he
must
no
longer
be
allowed
to
associate
with
God’s
people.
\VS{21}If
anyone
touches
something
that
God
considers
to
be
impure
and
very
displeasing
to
him,
whether
it
is
from
a
human
or
from
an
animal,
and
then
he
eats
any
of
the
meat
of
the
offering
to
maintain
fellowship
with
Yahweh,
meat
that
belongs
to
Yahweh,
he
must
no
longer
be
allowed
to
associate
with
God’s
people.”
\par }{\SH Eating
fat
or
blood
is
forbidden
\par }{\PP \VS{22}Yahweh
also
said
to
Moses/me:
\VS{23}“Say
this
to
the Israeli
people: ‘Do
not
eat
any
of
the
fat
of
cattle
or
sheep
or
goats.
\VS{24}The
fat
of
an
animal
that
is
found
dead
or
that
has
been
killed
by
a
wild
animal
may
be
used
for
other
purposes,
but
you
must
not
eat
it.
\VS{25}Anyone
who
eats
the
fat
of
an
animal
from
which
an
offering
has
been
made
to
Yahweh
must
no
longer
be
allowed
to
associate
with
God’s
people.
\VS{26}And
wherever
you
live,
you
must
not
eat
the
blood
of
any
bird
or
animal.
\VS{27}If
anyone
eats
blood,
he
must
no
longer
be
allowed
to
associate
with
God’s
people.’ ”
\par }{\SH The
portions
for
the
priests
\par }{\PP \VS{28}Yahweh
also
said
to
Moses/me,
\VS{29}“Tell
the Israeli
people
this: ‘Anyone
who
brings
an
offering
to
maintain
fellowship
with
Yahweh
must
bring
part
of
it
to
be
a
sacrifice
to
Yahweh.
\VS{30}He
himself
must
bring
the
offering
that
will
be
burned
in
the
fire.
He
must
bring
the
fat
along
with
the
breast
of
the
animal
and
lift
it
up
in
front
of
Yahweh
to indicate
that
it
is
an
offering
to
him.
\VS{31}The Supreme
Priest
must
burn
the
fat
on
the
altar,
but
the
breast
belongs
to
Aaron
and
all
his
sons.
\VS{32}You
must
give
to
the Supreme
Priest
the
right
thigh
of
the
animal
that
is
sacrificed
to
maintain
fellowship
with
Yahweh.
\VS{33}The
son
of
Aaron
who
offers
the
blood
and
the
fat
of
that
sacrifice
must
be
given
the
right
thigh
of
the
animal
as
his
share.
\VS{34}From
the
offerings
that
the Israeli
people
give
to
maintain
fellowship
with
Yahweh,
he
has
declared
that
he
has
given
to
Aaron
and
his
sons
the
breast
that
is
lifted
up
and
the
right
thigh
that
is
offered;
those
portions
must
always
be
their
regular
share
from
the Israeli
people.’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{35}Those
are
the
portions
of
the
offerings
brought/given
to
Yahweh
and
burned
in
fire
that
are
allotted
to
Aaron
and
his
sons
on
the
day
that
they
are
set
apart
to
serve
Yahweh
as
priests.
\VS{36}Yahweh
commands
that
on
the
day
that
the
priests
are
appointed [MTY],
the Israeli
people
must
always
give
those
portions
to
the
priests.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{37}Those
are
the
regulations
for
the
offerings
that
are
to
be
completely
burned
on
the
altar,
the
offerings
made
from
grain,
the
offerings
to
enable
people
to
become
acceptable
to
God
again,
the
offerings
for
when
people
are
guilty
of
not
giving
to
Yahweh
the
things
that
are
required
to
be
given
to
him,
the
offerings
given
when
the
priests
are
appointed,
and
the
offerings
to
maintain
fellowship
with
Yahweh.
\VS{38}They
are
regulations
that
Yahweh
gave
to
Moses/me
on
Sinai
Mountain
in
the
Sinai
Desert,
on
the
day
that
he
commanded
the Israeli
people
to
start
bringing
their
offerings
to
him.

\par }\Chap{8}{\SH Aaron and his sons were appointed to be priests
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Yahweh
also
said
to
Moses/me,
\VS{2}“Bring
Aaron
and
his
sons,
and
bring
their ◄special
clothes/clothes
{\ADD{
that
they
will
wear
while
they
do
the
work
of
priests►}},
the
oil
for
anointing
them,
the
bull
to
be
offered
to
cause
them
to
become
forgiven
for
the
sins
they
have
committed,
the
two
rams
{\ADD{
to
be
slaughtered}},
and
the
basket
containing
bread
made
without
yeast.
\VS{3}Then
gather
all
the
people
at
the
entrance
to
the
Sacred
Tent.”
\VS{4}Moses/I
did
what
Yahweh
told
him/me
to
do,
and
all
the
people
gathered
there.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}Then
Moses/I
said
to
the
people, “This
is
what
Yahweh
has
commanded
us
to
do.”
\VS{6}Then
he/I
brought
Aaron
and
his
sons
forward
and
washed
them.
\VS{7}He/I
put
the
special
tunic/shirt
on
Aaron,
tied
the
sash/waistband
around
him,
put
on
him
the
special
robe,
and
put
on
him
the
sacred vest/apron.
He/I
fastened
the
sacred vest/apron
around
him,
using
the
skillfully
woven
sash.
\VS{8}He/I
put
the
sacred
pouch
on
his
chest
and
put
into
it
the
two
stones
for
him
to
use
to
find
out
what
God
wants.
\VS{9}Then
he/I
wrapped
the
turban
around
Aaron’s
head,
and
fastened
on
the
front
of
it
the
gold
ornament,
the
object
that
showed
that
he
was
dedicated
to
God,
like
Yahweh
had
commanded
Moses/me.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}Then
Moses/I
took
the
olive
oil
and
anointed
the
sacred
tent
and
everything
in
it,
and
dedicated
them
{\ADD{
to
Yahweh}}.
\VS{11}He/I
sprinkled
some
of
the
oil
on
the
altar
seven
times.
He/I
anointed
the
altar
and
all
the
things
used
with
it,
and
its
huge washbasin
and
its
stand,
to
dedicate
them
to
Yahweh.
\VS{12}He/I
poured
some
of
the
oil
on
Aaron’s
head
and
anointed
him
to
dedicate
him
to
Yahweh.
\VS{13}Then
he/I
brought
forward
Aaron’s
sons.
He/I
put
tunics/shirts
on
them,
tied
sashes/waistbands
around
them,
and
wrapped
turbans
around
their
heads,
like
Yahweh
had
commanded
Moses/me.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Then
he/I
brought
the
bull
for
the
offering
to
cause
people
to
be
forgiven
for
the
sins
that
have
committed.
Then
Aaron
and
his
sons
put
their
hands
on
the bull’s
head.
\VS{15}Then
Moses/I
slaughtered
the
bull,
{\ADD{
caught
some
of
its
blood
in
a
bowl}},
and
with
his/my
finger
put
some
of
that
blood
on
the
projections
at
the
corners
of
the
altar,
to
purify
the
altar.
He/I
poured
the
rest
of
the
blood
at
the
base
of
the
altar.
By
doing
that,
he/I
caused
it
to
be
a
suitable
place
for
burning
sacrifices
for
sin.
\VS{16}Moses/I
took
all
the
fat
that
covers
the
inner
parts
of
the
animal,
including
the
liver
and
kidneys,
and
burned
them
on
the
altar.
\VS{17}He/I
took
the
rest
of
the
bull,
including
the
hide
and
intestines,
and
burned
them
outside
the
camp,
like
Yahweh
had
commanded
Moses/me.
\par }{\PP \VS{18}Then
he/I
brought
the
ram
for
the
offering
that
would
be
completely
burned
{\ADD{
on
the
altar}},
and
Aaron
and
his
sons
laid
their
hands
on
its
head.
\VS{19}Then
Moses/I
slaughtered
the
ram
and
sprinkled
its
blood
on
all
sides
of
the
altar.
\VS{20-21}He/I
cut
the
ram
into
pieces
and
washed
the
inner
parts
and
hind
legs.Then
he/I
put
the
head,
the
fat,
and
the
other
parts
of
the
ram
on
the
altar.
As
it
burned,
the
aroma
of
the
smoke
was
pleasing
to
Yahweh.
It
was
an
offering
to
Yahweh
that
was
burned,
as
Yahweh
had
commanded
Moses/me.
\par }{\PP \VS{22}Then
he/I
brought
the
other
ram,
the
one
for
consecrating
the
priests,
and
Aaron
and
his
sons
laid
their
hands
on
its
head.
\VS{23-24}Moses/I
slaughtered
that
ram,
{\ADD{
drained
some
of
its
blood
in
a
bowl}},
and
put
some
of
that
blood
on
the
lobes
of
the
right
ears,
the
thumbs
of
the
right
hands,
and
the
big
toes
of
the
right
feet
of
Aaron
and
his
sons
{\ADD{
to indicate
that
what
they
listened
to
and
what
they
did
and
where
they
went
should
be
directed
by
Yahweh}}.
\VS{25}He/I
picked
up
all
the
fat
of
the
ram,
its
fat
tail,
the
fat
that
covered
the
inner
parts,
including
the
fat
that
covered
the
liver
and
kidneys,
and
the
right
thigh
of
the
ram.
\VS{26-27}Then
from
the
basket
containing
the
bread
that
was
made
without
yeast,
the
bread
which
had
been
dedicated
to
Yahweh,
he/I
picked
up
one
loaf
of
bread
{\ADD{
made
without
olive
oil}},
and
one
loaf
that
was
{\ADD{
made
by
mixing
the
flour}}
with
olive
oil,
and
one
wafer.
He/I
put
those
on
top
of
the
portions
of
fat,
and
put
them
into
the
hands
of
Aaron
and
his
sons.
Then
they
lifted
them
up
in
the
presence
of
Yahweh
{\ADD{
to indicate
that
it
was
an
offering
that
belonged
to
him}}.
\VS{28}Then
Moses/I
took
those
things
from
their
hands
and
burned
them
on
the
altar.
That
was
the
offering
that
was
burned
to
appoint
Aaron
and
his
sons
as
priests.
And
the
aroma
while
it
burned
was
pleasing
to
Yahweh.
\VS{29}Moses/I
also
took
the
breast
of
the
second
ram
and
lifted
it
up,
as
Yahweh
had
commanded.
The
breast
was
Moses’/my
share
of
the
ram
that
was
sacrificed
to
dedicate
the
priests.
\par }{\PP \VS{30}Then
Moses/I
took
some
of
the
olive
oil
for
anointing
{\ADD{
Aaron
and
his
sons}},
and
some
of
the
blood
that
was
on
the
altar
and
sprinkled
it
on
Aaron
and
his
sons
and
on
their
clothes.
By
doing
that,
he/I
consecrated
Aaron
and
his
sons
and
their
clothes.
\par }{\PP \VS{31}Then
Moses/I
said
to
Aaron
and
his
sons, “Boil
the
meat
{\ADD{
of
the
second
ram}}
at
the
entrance
of
the
Sacred
Tent,
and
eat
it
there
with
the
bread
that
is
in
the
basket,
like
I
told
you
to
do.
\VS{32}Burn
up
any
of
the
meat
and
bread
that
remains.
\VS{33}The
time
for
you
to
be
set
apart
as
priests
will
be
seven
days,
so
do
not
leave
the
entrance
of
the
Sacred
Tent
for
seven
days.
\VS{34}What
we
have
done
today
is
what
Yahweh
commanded
to
cause
that
you
will
be
forgiven
for
your
sins.
\VS{35}You
must
stay
at
the
entrance
of
the
Sacred
Tent
for
seven
days
and
seven
nights
and
do
what
Yahweh
requires,
in
order
that
you
will
not
die
{\ADD{
because
of disobeying
him.
I
am
telling
you
that}}
because
that
is
what
Yahweh
has
commanded
me
to
tell
you.”
\par }{\PP \VS{36}So
Aaron
and
his
sons
did
everything
that
Yahweh
told
Moses/me
to
tell
them.

\par }\Chap{9}{\SH Aaron and his sons started to offer sacrifices
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Eight
days
later,
Moses/I
summoned
the
elders
of
Israel.
\VS{2}Then
he/I
said
to
Aaron, “Take
a
young
bull
for
the
offering
to
enable
you
leaders
to
be
forgiven
for
the
sins
you
have
committed,
and
a
ram
to
be
completely
burned
{\ADD{
on
the
altar}},
both
of
them
without
any defects,
and
offer
them
to
Yahweh.
\VS{3}Then
say
to
the Israeli
people, ‘Take
one
male
goat
for
the
offering
to
enable
you
all
to
be
forgiven
for
the
sins
you
have
committed.
Also
take
a
calf
and
a
lamb
that
have
no defects,
to
be
an
offering
completely
burned
{\ADD{
on
the
altar}}.
\VS{4}Also
take
an
ox
and
a
ram
to
be
an
offering
to
maintain
fellowship
{\ADD{
with
Yahweh}},
along
with
an
offering
of
flour
mixed
with
olive
oil.
Do
this
because
today
Yahweh
is
going
to
appear
to
you.’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{5}{\ADD{
After
Moses/I
told
this
to
the Israeli
people,
some
of
them}}
took
the
things
that
Moses/I
had
commanded
them
to
take,
and
went
to
the
courtyard
in
front
of
the
Sacred
Tent.
Then
all
the
people
came
near
and
stood
in
front
of
Yahweh.
\VS{6}Then
Moses/I
said, “This
is
what
Yahweh
has
commanded
you
to
do,
in
order
that
his
glory
will
appear
to
you.”
\par }{\PP \VS{7}Then
Moses/I
said
to
Aaron, “Come
to
the
altar
and
sacrifice
the
animal
that
is
your
offering
to
enable
you
to
be
forgiven
for
the
sins
you
have
committed,
and
the
animal
that
will
be
completely
burned
there.
Because
of
those
offerings,
God
will
forgive
you
and
the
people
for
the
sins
that
you
have
committed [DOU].
Do
those
things
that
Yahweh
has
commanded.”
\par }{\PP \VS{8}So
Aaron
came
close
to
the
altar
and
slaughtered
the
calf
to
be
an
offering
for
his
sins.
\VS{9}His
sons
brought
its
blood
to
him
{\ADD{
in
a
bowl}}.
He
dipped
his
finger
into
the
blood
and
put
some
of
it
on
the
projections
at
the
corners
of
the
altar.
He
poured
out
the
rest
of
the
blood
at
the
base
of
the
altar.
\VS{10}He/I
burned
the
fat,
including
that
which
covered
the
kidneys
and
the
liver,
as
Yahweh
had
commanded
him/me.
\VS{11}Then
Aaron
burned
{\ADD{
the
rest
of}}
the
meat
and
the
hide/skin
outside
the
camp.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Then
Aaron
slaughtered
the
animal
that
would
be
completely
burned
{\ADD{
on
the
altar}}.
His
sons
handed
him
{\ADD{
the
bowl
containing}}
its
blood,
and
he
sprinkled
the
blood
on
all
sides
of
the
altar.
\VS{13}Then
they
handed
him
the
head
and
the
pieces
of
the
animal
that
would
be
burned,
and
he
burned
them
on
the
altar.
\VS{14}He
washed
the
inner
parts
and
the
legs
of
the
animal,
and
burned
them
on
the
altar,
on
top
of
the
other
pieces
of
the
animal.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}Then
Aaron
brought
the
animals
that
would
be
sacrifices
for
the Israeli
people.
He
took
the
goat
and
slaughtered
it
to
be
an
offering
to
enable
them
to
be
forgiven
for
the
sins
they
had
committed,
like
he
had
done
with
the
goat
for
his
own
offering.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}Then
he
brought
the
animal
for
the
offering
to
be
completely
burned.
He
slaughtered
it
and
offered
it
in
the
way
that
Yahweh
had
commanded
him
to
do.
\VS{17}He
also
brought
the
offering
of
grain.
He
took
a
handful
of
it
and
burned
it
on
the
altar,
like
he
had
done
for
the
animal
that
he
had
slaughtered
and
completely
burned
{\ADD{
on
the
altar}}
in
the
morning.
\par }{\PP \VS{18}Then
he
slaughtered
the
ox
and
the
ram,
to
be
an
offering
for
the Israeli
people
to
maintain
fellowship
with
Yahweh.
His
sons
handed
him
{\ADD{
the
bowl
containing}}
the
blood,
and
he
sprinkled
the
blood
against
all
sides
of
the
altar.
\VS{19}But
he
took
the
fat
from
the
ox
and
the
ram,
including
their
fat
tails
that
were
cut
close
to
the
backbone,
and
all
the
fat
that
covered
the livers
and
the
kidneys.
\VS{20}He
put
them
on
top
of
the
breasts
of
those
animals
and
carried
them
to
the
altar
to
be
burned.
\VS{21}Then,
doing
what
Moses/I
had
commanded,
he
lifted
up
in
front
of
Yahweh
the
breast
and
the
right
thigh
of
those
animals,
to signify
that
those
two
animals
completely
belonged
to
Yahweh.
\par }{\PP \VS{22}Then
Aaron
lifted
his
arms
toward
the
people
and
{\ADD{
asked
Yahweh
to}}
bless
them.
Then
having
finished
making
all
those
offerings,
he
stepped
down
{\ADD{
from
the
place
where
the
altar
was}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{23}Then
Aaron
and
Moses/I
entered
the
Sacred
Tent.
When
they/we
later
came
out,
they/we
{\ADD{
asked
Yahweh
to}}
bless
the
people.
And
suddenly
the
glory/brightness
of
Yahweh
appeared
to
all
the
people.
\VS{24}A
fire
from
Yahweh
appeared
and
burned
up
the
offering
that
was
to
be
completely
burned
and
the
fat
that
was
on
the
altar.
And
when
all
the
people
saw
that,
they
shouted
joyfully
and
prostrated
themselves
on
the
ground
{\ADD{
to
worship
Yahweh}}.

\par }\Chap{10}{\SH Nadab and Abihu died
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}{\ADD{
Two
of}}
Aaron’s
sons,
Nadab
and
Abihu,
took
the
pans
in
which
they
burned
incense.
They
put
some
burning
coals
in
them
and
put
incense
on
top
of
the
coals,
but
this
fire
was
not
acceptable
{\ADD{
to
Yahweh}}
because
it
was
not
the
kind
that
he
had
commanded
them
to
burn.
\VS{2}So
suddenly
a
fire
from
Yahweh
appeared
and
burned
them
up [DOU]
in
the
presence
of
Yahweh.
\VS{3}Then
Moses/I
said
to
Aaron, “That
is
what
Yahweh
predicted.
He
said,
\par }{\Q ‘Those
priests
who
come
near
to
me,
\par }{\QB I
will
show
them
that
they
must ◄respect
me/treat
me
as
being
holy►;
\par }{\Q in
the
presence
of
all
the
people
\par }{\QB I
am
the
one
who
must
be
honored.’ ”
\par }{\MM But
Aaron
said
nothing.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}Then
Moses/I
summoned
Mishael
and
Elzaphan,
who
were
the
sons
of
Aaron’s
uncle
Uzziel,
and
said
to
them, “Take
{\ADD{
the
corpses
of}}
your cousins
outside
the
camp,
away
from
the
front
of
the
Sacred
Tent.”
\VS{5}So
they
carried
the
corpses,
which
still
had
their
special gowns
on,
outside
the
camp,
{\ADD{
and
buried
them}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}Then
Moses/I
said
to
Aaron
and
his
{\ADD{
other
two}}
sons
Eleazar
and
Ithamar, “{\ADD{
You
are
sad
because
Nadab
and
Abihu
died,
but
you
must
act
like
you
always
do}}.
Do
not
allow
the
hair
on
your
{\ADD{
heads}}
to
remain uncombed,
and
do
not
tear
your
clothes.
But
your
relatives
and
all
your
fellow Israelis
are
allowed
to
mourn
for
those
whom
Yahweh
destroyed
by
fire.
\VS{7}But
you
must
not
leave
the
entrance
of
the
Sacred
Tent
{\ADD{
to
join
those
who
are
mourning}},
because
if
you
do
that,
you
also
will
die,
and
Yahweh
will
punish [MTY]
all
the
people
of
Israel.
Do
not
forget
that
Yahweh
has
set
you
apart [MTY]
to
work
for
him
here,
{\ADD{
and
he
does
not
want
you
to
become
defiled
by
touching
a
corpse}}.”
So
they
did
what
Moses/I
told
them
to
do.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}Then
Yahweh
said
to
Aaron,
\VS{9}“You
and
your
{\ADD{
two}}
sons
{\ADD{
who
are
still
alive}}
must
not
drink
wine
or
other fermented
drinks
before
you
enter
the
Sacred
Tent;
if
you
do
that,
you
will
die.
That
is
a
command
that
you
and
your
descendants
must
obey
forever.
\VS{10}You
must
do
that
in
order
to
learn
what
things
are
holy
and
what
things
are ◄not
holy/common►,
and
{\ADD{
from
the
things
that
are
not
holy}}
you
must
learn
what
things
are
acceptable
to
me
and
what
things
are
not.
\VS{11}And
you
must
teach
to
the Israeli
people
all
the
laws
that
I
gave
to
the Israeli
people
by
telling
them
to
Moses.”
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Moses/I
said
to
Aaron
and
his
two
sons
who
were
still
alive,
Eleazar
and
Ithamar, “Take
the
offering
made
from
grain
that
is
left
after
a
portion
of
it
has
been
offered
to
Yahweh
to
be
burned,
and
eat
it
alongside
the
altar.
{\ADD{
It
should
not
be
eaten
elsewhere}},
because
it
is
very
holy.
\VS{13}Eat
it
in
a
holy
place;
it
is
the
share
for
you
and
your
sons
from
the
offerings
that
were
burned;
I
have
commanded
that
it
be
your
share.
\VS{14}But
you
and
your
sons
and
daughters
are
permitted
to
eat
the
breast
and
the
thigh
that
were
lifted
up
in
front
of
Yahweh.
Eat
them
in
any
place
that
is ◄holy/acceptable
to
him►.
They
have
been
given
to
you
and
your
descendants
as
your
share
of
the
offerings
to
enable
the Israelis
to
maintain
fellowship
{\ADD{
with
Yahweh}}.
\VS{15}The
thigh
and
the
breast
that
were
lifted
up
in
front
of
Yahweh
must
be
brought
with
the
portions
of
fat
to
be
burned,
to
be
lifted
up
in
his
presence.
They
will
be
the
regular
share
for
you
and
your
descendants,
as
Yahweh
has
commanded.”
\par }{\PP \VS{16}When
Moses/I
inquired
about
the
goat
that
had
been
sacrificed
to
enable
the
people
to
be
forgiven
by
Yahweh
for
the
sins
they
had
committed,
he/I
found
out
that
it
had
been
completely
burned.
So
he/I
was
angry
with
Eleazar
and
Ithamar
and
asked
them,
\VS{17}“Why
did
you
not
eat
near
the
Sacred
Tent
the
meat
of
the
offering
for
sin?
It
was
very
holy,
and
it
was
given
to
you
to
enable
the Israeli
people
to
no
longer
be
guilty
for
their
sins
and
to
be
forgiven
for
their
sins.
\VS{18}Since
its
blood
was
not
taken
into
the
holy
place
inside
the
Sacred
Tent,
you
should
have
eaten
the
{\ADD{
meat
of}}
the
goat
near
the
Sacred
Tent,
as
I
commanded.”
\par }{\PP \VS{19}Aaron
replied
to
Moses/me, “Today
the
people
brought
to
Yahweh
their
offering
to
be
forgiven
for
the
sins
they
had
committed,
and
the
offering
to
be
completely
burned,
{\ADD{
and
surely
that
pleased
Yahweh}},
but
{\ADD{
think
about
the
terrible
thing}}
that
happened
to
my
other
two
sons!
Would [RHQ]
Yahweh
have
been
pleased
if
I
had
eaten
some
of
the
offering
to
cause
the
people
to
become
acceptable
to
God?”
\VS{20}When
Moses/I
heard
that,
he/I
was
satisfied.

\par }\Chap{11}{\SH Food that is acceptable to God and food that is not
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Yahweh
said
to
Aaron
and
Moses/me,
\VS{2}“Tell
the Israeli
people
that
{\ADD{
this
is
what
Yahweh
says}}:
From
all
the
animals
that
live
on
the
land,
these
are
the
ones
that
you
are
permitted
to
eat:
\VS{3}The
ones
that
have
hooves
that
are
completely
split
and
that ◄chew
their cuds/bring
their
food
up
from
their
stomachs
to
chew
it
again►.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}There
are
some
animals
that
chew
their cuds
but
do
not
have
split
hooves,
and
some
animals
that
have
split
hooves
but
do
not
chew
their cuds.
You
must
not
eat
any
of
those
animals.
{\ADD{
For
example}},
camels
chew
their cuds
but
do
not
have
split
hooves,
so
they
are
unacceptable
for
you
to
eat.
\VS{5}Rock badgers
chew
their cuds
but
do
not
have
split
hooves,
so
they
are
unacceptable
for
you
to
eat.
\VS{6}Rabbits
chew
their cuds
but
do
not
have
split
hooves,
so
they
are
unacceptable
for
you
to
eat.
\VS{7}Pigs
have
completely
split
hooves
but
they
do
not
chew
their cuds,
so
they
are
unacceptable
for
you
to
eat.
\VS{8}All
of
those
animals
are
unacceptable
for
you,
so
you
must
not
eat
their
meat
or
even
touch
their
carcasses.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}From
all
the
creatures
that
live
in
the
oceans
and
the
streams,
you
are
permitted
to
eat
any
that
have
fins
and
scales.
\VS{10}But
you
must
detest
{\ADD{
and
not
eat}}
those
that
do
not
have
fins
and
scales.
That includes
ones
that
are
very
small.
\VS{11}You
must
despise
them,
and
you
must
not
eat
their
meat,
and
you
must
detest
their
carcasses.
\VS{12}You
must
detest
everything
that
lives
in
the
water
that
does
not
have
fins
and
scales.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}There
are
some
birds
that
you
must
detest
{\ADD{
and
not
eat}}.
They
include
eagles, bearded
vultures,
black
vultures,
\VS{14}kites,
any
kind
of
falcon/buzzard,
\VS{15}any
kind
of
raven,
\VS{16}horned
owls, screech
owls, seagulls,
any
kind
of
hawk,
\VS{17}small
owls, cormorants,
large
owls,
\VS{18}white
owls,
desert
owls,
vultures
that
eat
dead
animals,
\VS{19}storks,
any
kind
of
heron, hoopoes,
and
bats.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}You
must
detest
{\ADD{
and
not
eat}}
flying
insects
that
{\ADD{
sometimes}}
walk
on
the
ground [MTY].
\VS{21}But
you
are
permitted
to
eat
creatures
with
wings
that
sometimes
walk
on
the
ground
if
they
have
jointed
legs
for hopping
around.
\VS{22}They
include
locusts, crickets,
and
grasshoppers.
\VS{23}But
you
must
detest
{\ADD{
and
not
eat}}
other
insects
with
wings
that
have
four
legs.
\par }{\PP \VS{24}‘There
are
certain
creatures
that
if
you
touch
their
carcasses
you
will
become
defiled.
Anyone
who
touches
their
carcasses
must
not
touch
other
people
until
that
evening.
\VS{25}Anyone
who
picks
up
one
of
their
carcasses
must
wash
his
clothes
and
not
touch
other
people
until
that
evening.
\par }{\PP \VS{26}‘The
animals
whose
carcasses
you
must
not
touch
are
those
that
have
hooves
that
are
not
completely
divided
or
animals
that
do
not
chew
their cuds.
Anyone
who
touches
the
carcasses
of
any
of
those
animals
becomes ◄defiled/unacceptable
to
me►.
\VS{27}From
all
the
animals
that
walk
on
the
ground,
you
must
not
touch
the
carcasses
of
those
that
have
paws
to
walk
on.
Anyone
who
touches
one
of
their
carcasses
must
not
touch
other
people
until
that
evening.
\VS{28}Anyone
who
picks
up
one
of
their
carcasses
must
wash
his
clothes
and
not
touch
other
people
until
that
evening,
because
touching
their
carcasses ◄defiles
you/causes
you
to
become
unacceptable
to
me►.
\par }{\PP \VS{29}‘From
all
the
animals
that
walk
on
the
ground,
these
are
the
ones
that ◄defile
you/cause
you
to
become
unacceptable
to
me►
{\ADD{
if
you
touch
them}}:
Moles, rats,
any
kind
of
lizard,
\VS{30}geckos, skinks,
and chameleons.
\VS{31}Those
creatures
that scurry
across
the
ground ◄defile
you/cause
you
to
become
unacceptable
to
me►;
anyone
who
touches
one
of
their
carcasses
must
not
touch
other
people
until
the
evening.
\VS{32}When
one
of
those
creatures
dies
and
falls
on
something,
the
thing
that
it
falls
on,
whatever
it
is
used
for,
will
become ◄defiled/unacceptable
to
me►,
whether
it
is
made
of
wood
or
cloth
or
the
hide
of
some
animal
or
from
rough
cloth.
You
must
put
it
in
water.
Then
you
must
not
use
it
until
that
evening.
\VS{33}If
one
of
them
falls
into
a
clay
pot,
everything
in
it
becomes
defiled,
and
you
must
break
that
pot
into
pieces.
\VS{34}If
you
pour
water
from
that
pot
on
any
food,
you
must
not
eat
that
food.
And
you
must
not
drink
any
water
from
that
pot.
\VS{35}Anything
that
one
of
the
carcasses
of
those
creatures
falls
on
becomes ◄defiled/unacceptable
to
me►;
even
if
it
falls
on
an
oven
or
a
cooking
pot,
anything
that
it
falls
on
must
be
broken
into
pieces.
It
becomes
unacceptable
to
me
and
you
must
not
use
it
again.
\VS{36}If
one
of
their
carcasses
falls
into
a
spring
or
a
pit
for storing
water,
the
water
may
still
be
drunk,
but
anyone
who
touches
one
of
those
carcasses
becomes
unacceptable
to
me.
\VS{37}If
one
of
those
carcasses
falls
on
seeds
that
are
to
be
planted,
those
seeds
are
still
acceptable
to
be
planted.
\VS{38}But
if
water
has
been
put
on
the
seeds
and
then
a
carcass
falls
on
them,
the
seeds
must
be
thrown
away.
\par }{\PP \VS{39}‘If
an
animal
{\ADD{
whose
meat}}
you
are
permitted
to
eat
dies,
anyone
who
touches
its
carcass
must
not
touch
other
people
until
that
evening.
\VS{40}Anyone
who
eats
some
meat
from
that
carcass
must
wash
his
clothes,
and
then
he
must
not
touch
anyone
until
that
evening.
\par }{\PP \VS{41-42}‘All
creatures
that scurry
across
the
ground,
including
those
that
move
on
their bellies
and
those
that crawl,
are
detestable,
and
they
must
not
be
eaten.
\VS{43}Do
not ◄defile
yourselves/cause
you
to
become
unacceptable
to
me►
by
{\ADD{
eating}}
any
of
those
creatures [DOU].
\VS{44}I
am
Yahweh
your
God,
and
I
am
holy,
so
you
must
consecrate
yourselves
and
be
holy.
You
must
avoid
eating
things
that
cause
you
to
be
unacceptable
to
me.
Do
not
cause
yourselves
to
become
unacceptable
to
me
by
eating
creatures
that scurry
across
the
ground.
\VS{45}I
am
Yahweh,
the
one
who
freed
you
from
{\ADD{
being
slaves
in}}
Egypt,
in
order
to
be
your
God.
Therefore,
because
I
am
holy,
you
must
be
holy.
\par }{\PP \VS{46}'Those
are
the
regulations
concerning
animals
and
birds,
all
the
living
creatures
that
live
in
water
or scurry
across
the
ground.
\VS{47}You
must
learn
what
things
{\ADD{
I
say}}
are
acceptable
to
me
and
what
things
are
not,
and
learn
what
things
you
are
permitted
to
eat
and
what
things
you
are
not
permitted
to
eat.’ ”

\par }\Chap{12}{\SH Purifying women after they give birth
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Yahweh
also
said
to
Moses/me,
\VS{2}“Tell
this
to
the Israeli
people: ‘f
a
woman
gives
birth
to
a
son,
she
must
be
avoided
for
seven
days,
like
she
must
be
avoided
when
she
is menstruating
each
month.
\VS{3}The
baby
son
must
be
circumcised
on
the
eighth
day
after
he
is
born.
\VS{4}Then
the
woman
must
wait 33
days
to
be
purified
from
her bleeding
{\ADD{
during
childbirth}}.
She
must
not
touch
anything
that
is
sacred
or
enter
the
Sacred
Tent
area
until
that
time
is
ended.
\VS{5}If
a
woman
gives
birth
to
a
daughter,
she
must
be
avoided
for
two
weeks,
like
she
must
be
avoided
when
she
is menstruating
each
month.
Then
she
must
wait 66
days
to
be
purified
from
the bleeding
that
occurred
{\ADD{
when
her
baby
was
born}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}‘Then
that
time
for
her
to
be
purified
is
ended,
that
woman
must
bring
to
the
priest
at
the
entrance
of
the
Sacred
Tent
a one-year-old
lamb
to
be
completely
burned
{\ADD{
on
the
altar}},
and
a
dove
or
a
young
pigeon
{\ADD{
to
be
sacrificed}}
to
enable
her
to
become
acceptable
to
Yahweh
again.
\VS{7}The
priest
will
offer
them
to
Yahweh
in
order
that
she
may
be
forgiven
for
any
sins
she
has
committed.
Then
she
will
be
purified
from
her
loss
of
blood
{\ADD{
when
the
baby
was
born}}.
\par }{\PP ‘Those
are
the
regulations
for
women
who
give
birth
to
a
son
or
daughter.
\VS{8}If
a
woman
who
gives
birth
to
a
child
cannot
afford
a
lamb,
she
must
bring
two
doves
or
two
young
pigeons.
One
will
be
burned
completely
{\ADD{
on
the
altar}},
and
one
will
be
an
offering
to
enable
her
to
become
acceptable
to
God
again.
By
doing
that,
the
priest
will
cause
that
she
will
be
forgiven
for
any
sins
she
has
committed,
and
she
no
longer
will
need
to
be
avoided.’ ”

\par }\Chap{13}{\SH Regulations concerning contagious skin diseases
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Yahweh
said
this
to
Aaron
and
Moses/me:
\VS{2}“When
someone
has
on
his
skin
a
swelling
or
a
rash
or
a
shiny/bright
spot
that
may
become ◄contagious/a
dreaded
skin
disease►,
he
must
be
brought
to
Aaron
or
to
one
of
his
sons
who
are
also
priests.
\VS{3}The
priest
must
examine
that
part
of
the
person’s
skin.
If
the
hair
in
that
area
has
become
white
and
it
appears
that
the
sore
is
deeper
than
just
on
the
skin,
it
is
a contagious
skin
disease.
When
the
priest
sees
that,
he
must
declare
that
the
person
must
stay
away
from
other
people [MTY].
\VS{4}If
the
spot
on
the
person’s
skin
is
white
but
it
does
not
appear
that
the
sore
is
deeper
than
just
on
the
skin,
the
priest
must
tell
him
to
stay
away
from
other
people
for
seven
days.
\VS{5}Then
the
priest
must
examine
the
person
again.
If
the
priest
sees
that
the
sore
has
not
changed
and
has
not
spread,
he
must
tell
the
person
to
stay
away
from
people
for
seven
more
days.
\VS{6}Then
the
priest
must
examine
him
again.
If
the
sore
has
faded
and
has
not
spread,
the
priest
will
allow
him
to
be
with
other
people
again;
it
is
only
a
rash.
After
the
person
washes
his
clothes,
he
will
be
allowed
to
be
with
other
people
again.
\VS{7}But
if
the
sore
spreads
after
the
priest
has
examined
him,
he
must
go
to
the
priest
again.
\VS{8}The
priest
will
examine
him;
and
if
the
sore
has
spread
to
more
of
the
skin,
it
is
a contagious
skin
disease,
and
the
priest
will
declare
that
he
must
stay
away
from
other
people.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}When
anyone
has
a contagious
skin
disease,
he
must
be
brought
to
the
priest.
\VS{10}The
priest
must
examine
him.
And
if
there
is
a
white
swelling
in
the
skin
that
has
caused
the
hair
in
that
swelling
to
become
white,
and
if
the
flesh
in
that
area
is
painful/sensitive,
\VS{11}it
is
a
permanent
skin
disease,
and
the
priest
will
declare
that
he
must
stay
away
from
other
people.
The
priest
does
not
need
to
tell
that
person
that
he
must
avoid
other
people,
because
other
people
already
are
wanting
to
stay
away
from
him.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}‘If
the
disease
spreads
all
over
someone’s
body,
and
the
priest
examines
that
person
and
sees
that
it
is
covering
his
skin
from
his
head
to
his
feet,
\VS{13}and
it
has
caused
all
his
skin
to
become
white
{\ADD{
which
will indicate
that
the
disease
has
ended}},
the
priest
will
declare
that
the
person
does
not
have
to
stay
away
from
other
people.
\VS{14}But
if
the
person
has
open
sores
and
they
are
very
painful/sensitive,
he
has
a contagious
skin
disease,
\VS{15}and
when
the
priest
sees
that,
he
will
declare
that
the
person
must
stay
away
from
other
people.
\VS{16}But
if
the
person’s
flesh
changes
and
becomes
white,
he
must
go
to
the
priest
again.
\VS{17}The
priest
must
examine
him
again;
and
if
the
sores
have
become
white,
the
priest
will
declare
that
the
person
who
had
been
infected
is
now
permitted
to
be
with
other
people
again.
\par }{\PP \VS{18}‘Then
someone
has
a
boil
on
his
skin
and
it
has
healed,
\VS{19}but
in
the
place
where
the
boil
was
a
white
swelling
or
a
bright/shiny
spot
appears,
he
must
go
to
the
priest.
\VS{20}The
priest
must
examine
it.
And
if
it
seems
to
be
deeper
than
just
on
the
skin,
and
if
the
hair
in
that
spot
has
become
white,
it
is
a contagious
skin
disease
that
has
appeared
where
the
boil
had
been.
And
the
priest
will
declare
that
the
person
must
stay
away
from
other
people.
\VS{21}But
when
the
priest
examines
it,
if
there
is
no
white
hair
in
that
spot
and
it
is
only
on
the
surface
of
the
skin
and
has
become
less
bright/shiny,
then
the
priest
will
order
him
to
stay
away
from
other
people
for
seven
days.
\VS{22}But
if
it
is
spreading,
it
is contagious
and
the
priest
will
declare
that
the
person
must
stay
away
from
other
people.
\VS{23}But
if
that
spot
is unchanged
and
has
not
spread,
it
is
only
a
scar
from
the
boil,
and
the
priest
will
declare
that
the
person
is
permitted
to
be
with
other
people
again.
\par }{\PP \VS{24}‘Then
someone
has
a
burn
on
his
skin
and
a
bright/shiny
or
white
spot
appears,
and
the
flesh
in
that
area
is sensitive/painful,
\VS{25}the
priest
must
examine
the
spot.
If
the
hair
in
that
spot
has
turned
white
and
it
seems
to
be
deeper
than
just
on
the
surface
of
the
skin,
it
is
a contagious
skin
disease
that
has
appeared
where
the
burn
was,
and
that
person
must
stay
away
from
other
people.
\VS{26}But
when
the
priest
examines
it
and
sees
that
there
is
no
white
hair
in
that
spot
and
it
is
only
on
the
surface
of
the
skin,
and
has
faded,
the
priest
will
declare
that
the
person
must
stay
away
from
people
for
seven
days.
\VS{27}On
the
seventh
day,
the
priest
will
examine
him
again.
If
the
sore
is
spreading,
it
is
a contagious
skin
disease,
and
the
priest
will
declare
that
the
person
must
stay
away
from
other
people.
\VS{28}However,
if
the
spot
is
not
changed
and
has
not
spread
but
has
faded,
it
is
only
a
scar
from
the
burn,
and
the
priest
will
declare
that
the
person
is
permitted
to
be
with
other
people
again.
\par }{\PP \VS{29}‘If
a
man
or
a
woman
has
a
sore
on
his
head
or
on
his chin,
\VS{30}the
priest
must
examine
it.
If
it
appears
to
be
deeper
than
{\ADD{
just
on
the
surface
of}}
the
skin,
and
the
hair
in
that
spot
has thinned
out
and
has
become
yellowish,
it
is
a contagious
skin
disease
that
causes itching.
And
the
priest
will
declare
that
the
person
must
stay
away
from
other
people.
\VS{31}But
when
the
priest
examines
that
kind
of
sore,
if
it
seems
to
be
only
on
the
surface
of
the
skin
and
there
is
no
healthy
hair
in
it,
the
priest
will
tell
the
person
to
stay
away
from
other
people
for
seven
days.
\VS{32}On
the
seventh
day,
the
priest
will
examine
the
sore
again.
If
it
has
not
spread
and
if
there
is
no
yellow
hair
in
that
spot
and
if
it
appears
to
be
only
on
the
surface
of
the
skin,
\VS{33}the
person
must
shave
the
hair
near
the
sore
but
not
the
hair
on
the
sore.
And
the
priest
will
tell
him
to
stay
away
from
other
people
for
seven
more
days.
\VS{34}On
the
seventh
day,
the
priest
will
examine
that
spot
again.
If
it
has
not
spread
and
it
appears
to
be
only
on
the
surface
of
the
skin,
the
priest
will
declare
that
the
person
is
permitted
to
be
with
people
again.
The
person
must
wash
his
clothes,
and
then
he
can
be
with
other
people.
\VS{35}But
if
the
sore
later
spreads,
\VS{36}the
priest
must
examine
him
again.
If
the
itch/sore
has
spread,
the
priest
does
not
need
to
look
for
yellow
hair,
because
it
is
clear
that
the
person
has
a contagious
skin
disease.
\VS{37}However,
if
the
priest
thinks
that
the
spot
has
not
changed,
and
healthy
hair
is
growing
in
that
area,
it
is
clear
that
the
itch
has
healed,
and
the
priest
will
declare
that
the
person
is
permitted
to
be
with
other
people
again.
\par }{\PP \VS{38}‘Then
a
man
or
a
woman
has
white
spots
on
the
skin,
\VS{39}the
priest
should
examine
them.
But
if
the
spots
are
dull
white,
it
is
only
a
rash,
and
{\ADD{
the
priest
will
declare
that}}
the
person
is
permitted
to
be
with
other
people.
\par }{\PP \VS{40-41}‘If
a
man
loses
the
hair
on
any
part
of
his
head,
he
does
not
need
to
stay
away
from
other
people.
\VS{42}But
if
he
gets
a
bright/shiny
sore
on
his
bald
head
or
on
his
forehead,
he
has
a contagious
skin
disease.
\VS{43}The
priest
must
examine
him.
If
the swollen
sore
is
a
bright
spot
like
{\ADD{
the
spot
on
someone
who
has}}
a contagious
skin
disease,
\VS{44}the
priest
will
declare
that
the
man
has
a contagious
skin
disease
and
must
not
be
with
other
people.
\par }{\PP \VS{45}‘Anyone
who
has
a contagious
skin
disease
must
wear
torn
clothes
and
not
comb
his
hair.
{\ADD{
When
he
is
near
other
people}},
he
must
cover
the
lower
part
to
his
face
and
call
out, “o
not
come
near
me!
I
have
a contagious
skin
disease!”
\VS{46}He
is
not
allowed
to
be
with
other
people
as
long
as
he
has
the
disease.
He
must
live
alone,
outside
the
camp.’ ”
\par }{\SH Regulations
concerning
mildew
\par }{\PP \VS{47-48}“Sometimes
a
person’s
clothing
gets
mildew
on
it.
It
may
be
clothing
that
is
woven
from
wool
or
made
from
linen
or
from
leather.
\VS{49}If
the contaminated/mildewed
part
is
greenish
or
reddish,
it
is
a
spreading
mildew,
and
it
must
be
shown
to
the
priest.
\VS{50}The
priest
will
examine
it,
and
then
put
it
in
a
separate
place
by
itself
for
seven
days.
\VS{51}On
the
seventh
day
he
must
examine
it
again.
If
the
mildew
has
spread,
it
is
clear
that
it
is
a type
of
mildew
that
destroys
clothing,
and
that
clothing
must
not
be
worn
again.
\VS{52}The
owner
must
burn
completely
the item
that
has
the
mildew
in
it,
whatever
kind
of item
it
is.
\par }{\PP \VS{53}But
when
the
priest
examines
it,
if
the
mildew
has
not
spread,
\VS{54}he
will
tell
the
person
{\ADD{
who
owns
it}}
to
wash
it.
Then
he
must
put
it
in
a
separate
place
for
another
seven
days.
\VS{55}Then
the
priest
will
examine
it
again.
If
the
color
of
the
mildew
has
not
changed,
even
though
it
has
not
spread,
that item
must
not
be
worn
again.
It
does
not
matter
if
the
mildew
is
on
the
inside
of
the
clothing
or
on
the
outside;
it
must
be
burned.
\VS{56}But
when
the
priest
examines
it
{\ADD{
after
it
has
been
washed}},
if
the
mildew
has
faded,
he
must
tear
out
that
part
that
had
the
mildew
in
it.
\VS{57}But
if
the
mildew reappears
in
that item,
it
is
clear
that
it
is
spreading,
and
the
whole item
must
be
burned.
\VS{58}But
after
the
clothing
is
washed
and
the
mildew
disappears,
it
must
be
washed
again,
and
then
it
can
be
worn
again.
\par }{\PP \VS{59}Those
are
the
regulations
concerning
mildew
on
things
made
of
wool
or
linen
or
leather,
for deciding
whether
those
things
can
continue
to
be
worn
or
not.”

\par }\Chap{14}{\SH Rituals for those healed of contagious skin diseases
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Yahweh
also
said
to
Moses/me,
\VS{2}“These
are
the
regulations
for
anyone
who
has
been
healed
of
a contagious
skin
disease.
\VS{3}The
person
must
be
brought
to
a
priest.
The
priest
will
take
him
outside
the
camp
{\ADD{
to
where
that
person
has
been
staying}},
and
examine
him.
If
the
skin
disease
has
been
healed,
\VS{4}the
priest
will
say
that
someone
must
bring
two
living
birds
that
are
acceptable
to
Yahweh,
along
with
some
cedar
wood,
some
scarlet/red
yarn,
and
some
sprigs
of ◄hyssop/a
very
leafy
plant►.
\VS{5}Then
the
priest
will
command
that
one
of
the
birds
be
killed
while
{\ADD{
it
is
being
held}}
over
a
clay
pot
containing
water
from
a
spring.
\VS{6}Then
the
priest
will
dip
the
other
bird,
along
with
the
cedar
wood,
the
scarlet/red
yarn
and
the
hyssop,
into
the
blood
of
the
bird
that
was
killed.
\VS{7}Then
he
must
sprinkle
some
of
the
blood
on
the
person
who
was
healed;
he
must
sprinkle
it
on
him
seven
times.
Then
he
will
declare
that
the
person
is
permitted
to
be
with
other
people
again.
And
the
priest
will
release
the
other
bird
and
allow
it
to
fly
away.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}“Then
the
person
who
was
healed
must
wash
his
clothes,
shave
off
all
his
hair,
and
bathe.
Then
he
is
allowed
to
return
to
the
camp,
but
he
must
stay
outside
his
tent
for
seven
days.
\VS{9}On
the
seventh
day,
he
must
again
shave
off
all
his
hair,
including
his
beard
and
his
eyebrows.
Then
he
must
again
wash
his
clothes
and
bathe,
and
then
he
will
be
allowed
to
be
with
other
people
again.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}“The
next
day
that
person
must
bring
two
male
lambs
and
one
female
lamb
that
is
one
year
old,
all
of
them
with
no defects.
He
must
also
bring
six quarts/liters
of
fine
flour,
mixed
with
olive
oil,
to
be
an
offering,
and ◄0.6 pint/0.3 liter►
of
olive
oil.
\VS{11}The
priest
who
declares
that
the
person’s
skin
disease
is
ended
must
bring
that
person,
and
his
offerings,
to
me,
Yahweh,
at
the
entrance
of
the
Sacred
Tent.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}“Then
the
priest
must
take
one
of
the
male
lambs
and
lift
it
up,
along
with
the
olive
oil,
in
front
of
me,
to
be
a
guilt
offering—{\ADD{
an
offering
for
his
being
guilty
for
not
giving
to
me
the
things
that
he
was
required
to
give
me}}.
\VS{13}Then
the
priest
must
slaughter
the
lamb
in
the
sacred
place
where
the
other
sacrifices
are
offered.
Like
the
offering
to
enable
people
to
be
forgiven,
this
guilt
offering
is
holy,
and
belongs
to
the
priest.
\VS{14}The
priest
must
take
some
of
the
blood
of
that
animal
and
pour
it
on
the
lobe/tip
of
the
right
ear
and
on
the
thumb
of
the
right
hand
and
on
the
big
toe
of
the
right
foot
of
the
one
who
has
been
healed
of
the
skin
disease.
\VS{15}Then
the
priest
must
take
some
of
the
olive
oil
and
pour
it
in
the
palm
of
his
own
left
hand.
\VS{16}Then
he
must
dip
the
forefinger
of
his
right
hand
into
the
oil
in
his
palm,
and
sprinkle
it
in
front
of
me
seven
times.
\VS{17}Then
he
must
put
some
of
the
oil
that
is
still
in
the
palm
of
his
hand
on
the
lobe/tip
of
the
right
ear
and
the
thumb
of
the
right
hand
and
on
the
big
toe
of
the
right
foot
of
the
person
who
has
been
healed
of
the
skin
disease.
He
must
put
it
on
top
of
the
blood
that
he
has
already
put
on
those
places.
\VS{18}The
remaining
oil
in
his
palm
must
be
put
on
the
person’s
head,
{\ADD{
to indicate
that
I
declare
that}}
the
person
has
been
forgiven
for
having
sinned.
\par }{\PP \VS{19}“Then
the
priest
must
slaughter
one
of
the
other
two
animals,
to
show
that
the
one
who
has
been
healed
of
the
skin
disease
has
been
forgiven
for
having
sinned,
and
that
he
has
become
acceptable
to
Yahweh.
Then
the
priest
will
slaughter
the
animal
that
will
be
completely
burned
{\ADD{
on
the
altar}}.
\VS{20}He
will
also
put
on
the
altar
the
offering
of
grain,
to indicate
that
the
person
has
been
forgiven
for
having
sinned.
Then
that
person
will
be
allowed
to
be
with
other
people
again.
\par }{\PP \VS{21}“But
if
the
person
who
has
been
healed
of
a
skin
disease
is
poor
and
cannot
afford
to
bring
all
those
animals,
he
must
take
to
the
priest
one
male
lamb
to
be
lifted
up
to
be
an
offering
for
his
not
giving
to
me
the
things
that
he
was
required
to
give
me.
He
must
also
take
two quarts/liters
of
fine
flour
mixed
with
olive
oil
to
be
an
offering
made
from
grain, ◄0.6 pint/0.3 liter►
of
olive
oil,
\VS{22}and
two
doves
or
two
young
pigeons,
one
for
him
to
be
forgiven
for
the
sins
he
has
committed,
and
one
to
be
completely
burned
{\ADD{
on
the
altar}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{23}“On
that
same
day,
that
person
must
take
those
things
to
the
priest
at
the
entrance
of
the
Sacred
Tent,
to
offer
them
to
Yahweh.
\VS{24}The
priest
will
take
the
lamb
for
the
offering
for
that
person
not
giving
to
me
the
things
that
he
was
required
to
give
me,
along
with
the
olive
oil,
and
lift
them
up
in
front
of
me.
\VS{25}Then
the
priest
will
slaughter
that
lamb
{\ADD{
and
drain
some
of
the
blood
in
a
bowl}},
and
take
some
of
that
blood
and
put
it
on
the
lobe/tip
of
the
person’s
right
ear
and
on
the
thumb
of
his
right
hand
and
on
the
big
toe
of
his
right
foot.
\VS{26}Then
the
priest
will
pour
some
of
the
oil
into
the
palm
of
his
left
hand,
\VS{27}and
with
his
right
forefinger
he
must
sprinkle
some
of
the
oil
from
his
palm
there
in
my
presence.
\VS{28}He
must
put
some
of
the
oil
in
his
palm
on
the
same
places
where
he
put
the
blood.
\VS{29}He
must
put
the
rest
of
the
oil
that
is
in
his
hand
on
the
head
of
the
person
who
has
been
healed
of
a
skin
disease,
to indicate
that
I
have
forgiven
him
for
having
sinned.
\VS{30}Then
the
priest
must
sacrifice
the
doves
or
the
pigeons,
whichever
that
person
has
brought.
\VS{31}One
will
be
an
offering
for
sin
and
the
other
will
be
completely
burned
on
the
altar,
along
with
the
offering
of
grain.
By
doing
that,
the
priest
will
declare
that
the
person
is
no
longer
guilty
for
having
sinned.
\par }{\PP \VS{32}“Those
are
the
regulations
for
anyone
who
has
a contagious
skin
disease
and
who
is
poor
and
cannot
afford
the
usual
offerings,
in
order
that
he
can
be
with
people
again.”
\par }{\SH Instructions
regarding
mildew
in
a
house
\par }{\PP \VS{33}Yahweh
also
said
to
Aaron
and
Moses/me,
\VS{34}“I
am
about
to
give
you
Canaan
land
to
belong
to
your
people
permanently.
When
you
enter
that
land,
there
will
be
times
when
I
cause/allow
mildew
to
appear
inside
one
of
your
houses.
\VS{35}If
that
happens,
the
owner
of
that
house
must
go
to
the
priest
and
tell
him, ‘There
is
something
in
my
house
that
looks
like
mildew.’
\VS{36}“Then
the
priest
will
say
to
him, ‘Take
everything
out
of
the
house
before
I
enter
the
house
to
examine
the
mildew.
If
you
do
not
do
that,
I
will
declare
that
everything
in
the
house
is contaminated.’
\VS{37}{\ADD{
After
the
owner
takes
everything
outside
of
his
house}},
the
priest
will
go
in
and inspect
the
house.
If
the
mildew
has
caused
greenish
or
reddish
spots/depressions
on
the
walls
that
seem
to
be
deeper
than
only
on
the
surface
of
the
walls,
\VS{38}the
priest
will
go
outside
the
house
and
lock
it
up
for
seven
days.
\VS{39}On
the
seventh
day,
he
must
go
into
the
house
and inspect
it
again.
If
the
mildew
on
the
walls
has
spread,
\VS{40}the
priest
will
tell
someone
to
tear
out
and
throw
in
the
dump
outside
the
town
all
the
stones
in
the
walls
that
have
mildew
on
them.
\VS{41}Then
the
owner
must
scrape
all
the
walls
inside
the
house,
and
everything
that
is
scraped
off
must
be
thrown
into
a
dump
outside
the
town.
\VS{42}Then
the
owner
must
get
new/other
stones
to
replace
the
ones
that
had
mildew
on
them,
and
take
new
clay
and
plaster
{\ADD{
to
cover
the
stones
in
the
walls
of}}
the
house.
\par }{\PP \VS{43}“If
the
mildew
appears
again
in
the
house
after
that
is
done,
\VS{44}the
priest
must
go
and
examine
the
house
again.
If
the
mildew
has
spread
inside
the
house,
it
will
be
clear
that
the
mildew
is
the
kind
that
destroys
{\ADD{
houses}},
and
no
one
will
be
allowed
to
live
in
it.
\VS{45}It
must
be
completely
torn
down—the
stones,
the
timber
and
the
plaster—and
all
those
things
must
be
thrown
into
a
dump
outside
the
town.
\par }{\PP \VS{46}“Anyone
who
goes
into
that
house
while
it
is
locked
up
will
not
be
allowed
to
be
with
other
people
until
sunset
of
that
day.
\VS{47}Anyone
who
sleeps
in
that
house
or
eats
in
that
house
{\ADD{
during
that
time}}
must
wash
his
clothes.
\par }{\PP \VS{48}“But
when
the
priest
comes
to
examine
the
house
after
it
has
been
plastered,
if
the
mildew
has
not
spread,
he
shall
declare
that
people
may
live
in
it,
because
the
mildew
is
gone.
\VS{49}But
before
people
are
allowed
to
live
in
it,
the
priest
must
take
two
small
birds
and
some
cedar
wood
and
some
red/scarlet
yarn
and
some
hyssop.
\VS{50}He
must
kill
one
of
the
birds
while
{\ADD{
holding
it}}
over
a
clay
pot
containing
water
from
a
spring.
\VS{51}Then
he
must
take
the
cedar
wood,
the
hyssop,
the
red/scarlet
yarn,
and
the
other/living
bird,
and
dip
them
into
the
blood
of
the
dead
bird,
and
sprinkle
some
of
that
blood
on
the
house
seven
times.
\VS{52}By
doing
all
those
things
he
will
cause
the
house
to
be
acceptable
to
be
lived
in
again.
\VS{53}Then
he
must
release
the
other
bird
and
allow
it
to
fly
away.
By
doing
that,
he
will
{\ADD{
finish
the
ritual
for}}
causing
the
house
to
be
acceptable
for
people
to
live
in
it
again.
\par }{\PP \VS{54}“hose
are
the
regulations
for contagious
diseases,
for itching
sores,
\VS{55}for
mildew [DOU]
on
clothes
or
in
a
house,
\VS{56}and
for swellings, rashes,
or
bright
spots
{\ADD{
on
sores}},
\VS{57}to
find
out
whether
a
person
has
a contagious
disease
or
not,
and
whether
people
will
still
be
permitted
to
touch
their
clothing
or
their
house,
or
not.”

\par }\Chap{15}{\SH Discharges from bodies
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Yahweh
also
said
to
Moses/me
and
Aaron,
\VS{2}“Tell
this
to
the Israelis:
When
an
infected
discharge
comes
out
of
a
man’s
sexual
organs [EUP],
that fluid
should
not
be
touched.
\VS{3}Whether
that fluid
is
blocked
or
continues
to
drip,
it
causes
him
to
be
someone
who
should
not
be
touched.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}“And
any
bed
that
such
a
man
lies
on
should
not
be
touched,
and
anything
that
he
sits
on
should
not
be
touched.
\VS{5}Anyone
who
touches
that
person’s
bed
must
wash
his
clothes
and
bathe,
and
no
one
should
touch
him
until
that
evening.
\VS{6}Anyone
who
sits
on
something
that
man
has
sat
on
must
wash
his
clothes
and
bathe,
and
no
one
should
touch
him
until
that
evening.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}“Anyone
who
touches
such
a
man
must
wash
his
clothes
and
bathe,
and
no
one
should
touch
him
until
that
evening.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}“If
such
a
man
spits
on
someone
else,
that
person
who
is
spit
upon
should
not
be
touched.
He
must
wash
his
clothes,
and
no
one
should
touch
him
until
that
evening.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}“Everything
that
a
man
who
has
such
a
discharge
of fluid
sits
on
while
he
is
riding
{\ADD{
a
horse
or
a
donkey}}
should
not
be
touched,
\VS{10}and
anyone
who
touches
the
seat
or
saddle
that
he
was
sitting
on
also
should
not
be
touched
until
that
evening.
And
anyone
who
picks
up
the
seat
or
saddle
must
wash
his
clothes
and
bathe,
and
no
one
should
touch
him
until
that
evening.
\VS{11}Anyone
whom
the
man
with
such
a
discharge
of fluid
from
his
body
touches
without
first rinsing
his
hands
in
water
must
wash
his
clothes
and
bathe,
and
no
one
should
touch
him
until
that
evening.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}“If
such
a
man
touches
a
clay
pot,
that
pot
must
be
broken
into
pieces.
Anything
made
from
wood
that
he
touches
must
be
rinsed
in
water.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}“If
such
a
man
is
healed
from
his
flow
of fluid,
he
must
wait
for
seven
days.
Then
he
must
wash
his
clothes
and
bathe
in
water
from
a
spring.
Then
he
will
be
able
to
be
with
others.
\VS{14}On
the
eighth/next
day,
he
must
take
two
doves
or
two
young
pigeons
and
come
in
front
of
Yahweh
at
the
entrance
of
the
Sacred
Tent,
and
give
them
to
the
priest.
\VS{15}The
priest
will
sacrifice
them.
One
will
be
an
offering
for
the
man
to
become
acceptable
to
God,
and
the
other
one
will
be
completely
burned
{\ADD{
on
the
altar}}.
As
a
result
of
the
priest
doing
that,
the
man
will
be
forgiven
for
having
sinned.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}“Then semen
accidentally
flows
from
a
man’s
sexual
organs [EUP],
he
must
bathe
his
whole
body,
and
no
one
should
touch
him
until
that
evening.
\VS{17}Any
clothing
or
leather
that
has semen
on
it
must
be
washed,
and
no
one
should
touch
it
until
that
evening.
\VS{18}When
a
man
has
sex
with
a
woman
and
some semen spills,
both
of
them
must
bathe,
and
no
one
should
touch
them
until
that
evening.
\par }{\PP \VS{19}“Then
a
woman
has
her
monthly
menstrual
period,
no
one
should
touch
her
for
seven
days.
If
anyone
touches
her
{\ADD{
during
that
time}},
no
one
should
touch
the
person
who
touched
her
until
that
evening.
\VS{20}No
one
should
touch
anything
that
she
lies
on
or
sits
on
during
that
time.
\VS{21}Anyone
who
touches
her
bed
must
wash
his
clothes
and
bathe,
and
no
one
should
touch
that
person
until
that
evening.
\VS{22-23}Anyone
who
touches
something
that
she
has
been
sitting
on,
a
bed
or
anything
else,
must
wash
his
clothes,
and
no
one
should
touch
that
person
until
that
evening.
\par }{\PP \VS{24}“If
a
man
has
sex
with
a
woman
{\ADD{
during
that
time}}
and
some
of
the
menstrual
blood
touches
him,
no
one
should
touch
him
for
seven
days,
and
no
one
should
touch
the
bed
that
he
lies
on.
\par }{\PP \VS{25}“Then
a
woman
has
a vaginal
discharge
of
blood
for ◄many
days/a
long
time►,
which
is
not
her
monthly
flow
of
blood,
or
if
her
flow
of
blood
continues
after
her
monthly
flow
ends,
no
one
should
touch
her
until
it
stops.
\VS{26}And
no
one
should
touch
the
bed
that
she
lies
on
or
anything
that
she
sits
on
while
that
flow
of
blood
continues,
just
like
during
her
monthly
menstrual
period.
\VS{27}Anyone
who
touches
those
things
should
not
touch
anyone
else;
he
must
wash
his
clothes
and
bathe,
and
he
should
not
touch
anyone
else
until
that
evening.
\par }{\PP \VS{28}“After
a
woman’s
monthly
menstrual
flow
ends,
she
must
wait
seven
days
before
she
touches
anyone.
\VS{29}On
the
eighth/next
day,
she
must
take
two
doves
or
two
pigeons
to
the
priest
at
the
entrance
of
the
Sacred
Tent.
\VS{30}The
priest
will
sacrifice
one
of
them
to
be
an
offering
to
enable
her
to
become
acceptable
to
Yahweh
again,
and
completely
burn
the
other
one
{\ADD{
on
the
altar}}.
By
doing
that
he
will
cause
me,
Yahweh,
to
forgive
her
for
having
sinned [DOU].
\par }{\PP \VS{31}“You
must
warn
the Israeli
people
not
to
do
things
that ◄defile
them/cause
them
to
be
unacceptable
to
me►.
If
they
become ◄unacceptable
to
me/defiled►,
they
will
cause
my
Sacred
Tent
which
is
among
them
to
become
an
unacceptable
place
to
worship
me,
and
as
a
result
they
will
die.”
\par }{\PP \VS{32}“Those
are
the
regulations
for
a
man
who
has
a fluid
that
flows
from
his
sexual
organs
or
who
should
not
be
touched
because
some
of
his semen spills
out
while
having
sex
{\ADD{
with
a
woman}},
\VS{33}and
for
any
woman
during
her
monthly
menstrual
period,
and
for
any
man
who
has
sex
with
a
woman
during
her
menstrual
period.”

\par }\Chap{16}{\SH The Day of Atonement
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}After
the
two
sons
of
Aaron
died
because
they
burned
incense
to
Yahweh
{\ADD{
in
a
manner
that
was
contrary
to
what
Yahweh
commanded}},
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses/me.
\VS{2}He
said
to
him/me, “Warn
your
{\ADD{
older}}
brother
Aaron
that
he
must
not
enter
the
Very
Holy
Place
inside
the
curtain
that
is
in
the
Sacred
Tent
whenever
he
wants
to,
because
the
cover
of
the
sacred
chest
is
there.
That
is
the
place
where
the
priest ◄makes
atonement
for/requests
me
to
forgive►
sins.
I
am
present
in
the
cloud
that
is
over
the
cover
of
the
sacred
chest.
If
Aaron
goes
in
that
room
when
it
is
not
the
proper
time,
he
will
die!
\par }{\PP \VS{3}“hen
Aaron
enters
the
Sacred
Tent
area,
he
must
bring
a
bull
that
{\ADD{
will
be
killed}}
to
become
an
offering/sacrifice
for
sins,
and
a
ram
{\ADD{
to
be
killed}}
to
be
an
offering
that
will
be
completely
burned
{\ADD{
on
the
altar}}.
\VS{4}Then
he
must
bathe
his
whole
body,
and
put
on
the
linen underwear/undershorts
and
the
linen gown.
He
must
tie
the
linen
sash/waistbands
around
his
waist
and
wrap
the
turban
around
his
head.
Those
are
his
sacred
garments.
\VS{5}The Israeli
people
must
then
bring
to
him
two
male
goats
{\ADD{
to
be
killed}}
as
an
offering/sacrifice
for
sin,
and
a
ram
to
be
{\ADD{
killed
and}}
burned
completely
{\ADD{
on
the
altar}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}“aron
must
offer
the
bull
{\ADD{
to
me}}
to
be
a
sacrifice
in
order
that ◄I
will
forgive
his
sins
and
the
sins
of
his
family/his
sins
and
the
sins
of
his
family
will
be
forgiven►.
\VS{7}Then
he
must
bring
the
two
male
goats
to
me
at
the
entrance
to
the
Sacred
Tent.
\VS{8}He
must ◄cast
lots/throw
down
stones
that
have
been
marked►
to
determine
which
goat
will
be
{\ADD{
sacrificed}}
to
me,
and
which
will
be
the
goat
that
will
be
set
free.
\VS{9}Aaron
must
bring
to
me
the
goat
that
was
chosen
to
be
sacrificed.
It
will
be
an
offering
for
the
people’s
sins.
\VS{10}Aaron
must
also
bring
to
me
the
other
goat,
but
it
is
not
to
be
killed.
It
will
be
freed
while
it
is
still
alive.
As
a
result
of
Aaron
sending
it
into
the
desert,
the
people’s
sins
will
be
forgiven.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}“hen
Aaron
must
bring
the
young
bull
to
me,
to
be
an
offering/sacrifice
for
himself
and
for
his
family.
He
must
slaughter
that
bull
to
be
an
offering
for
their
sins,
{\ADD{
and
he
must
drain
the
blood
into
a
basin}}.
\VS{12}Then
he
must
take
some
burning
coals
from
the
{\ADD{
bronze}}
altar
and
put
them
in
the
incense burner.
Then
he
must
fill
his
hands
with
fragrant finely-ground
incense.
Then
he
must
take
the
incense
and
the
incense burner
inside
the
curtain
into
the
Very
Holy
Place
{\ADD{
of
the
Sacred
Tent}}.
\VS{13}There
he
must
put
the
incense
on
the
burning
coals,
with
the
result
that
a
cloud
of
burning
incense
will
rise
up
over
the
lid
of
the
sacred
chest.
If
he
obeys
these
instructions,
he
will
not
die
{\ADD{
like
Korah’s
two
sons
did
because
of
offering
incense incorrectly}} (OR,
{\ADD{
because
of
being
in
God’s
presence}}).
\VS{14}Then
he
must
dip
his
finger
into
{\ADD{
the
basin}}
and
sprinkle
some
blood
on
the
lid
of
the
sacred
chest,
and
also
sprinkle
some
blood
seven
times
against
the
front
of
the
chest.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}{\ADD{“aron
must
then
go
outside
the
Sacred
Tent}}
and
slaughter
the
goat
to
be
an
offering
for
the
sins
of
the
people.
Then
he
must
bring
its
blood
into
the
Very
Holy
Place
behind
the
curtain.
There
he
must
sprinkle
{\ADD{
some
of}}
that
blood
on
the
lid
of
the
sacred
chest
and
against
the
front
of
the
chest,
like
he
did
with
the bull’s
blood.
\VS{16}By
doing
that,
he
will
purify
the
Very
Holy
Place.
And
he
must
sprinkle
more
of
the
blood
on
the
Sacred
Tent,
because
the
tent
is
in
the
midst
of
the
camp
of
the Israeli
people
who
have
become
unacceptable
to
me
{\ADD{
because
of
their
sins}}.
\VS{17}When
Aaron
goes
into
the
Very
Holy
Place
{\ADD{
in
the
Sacred
Tent}}
to
purify
it,
no
one
else
is
permitted
to
enter
{\ADD{
the
other
part
of}}
the
Sacred
Tent.
Only
after
Aaron
has
performed rituals
to
enable
me
to
forgive
him
and
his
family,
and
all
the Israeli
people,
is
any
priest
permitted
to
enter
the
Sacred
Tent.
\par }{\PP \VS{18}“hen
Aaron
must
go
outside
the
tent
to
purify
my
altar.
He
must
do
this
by smearing
some
of
the
blood
from
the
bull
and
some
of
the
blood
from
the
goat
on
each
of
the
projections
at
the
corners
of
the
altar.
\VS{19}Then
Aaron
must
dip
his
finger
into
the
{\ADD{
basin
of}}
blood
and
sprinkle
some
of
the
blood
over
the
altar
seven
times.
By
doing
that,
he
will
cleanse
it
from
being
unholy
{\ADD{
because
of
the
sins}}
of
the Israeli
people,
and
it
will
become
holy
again.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}“hen
Aaron
has
finished
purifying
the
Very
Holy
Place
{\ADD{
inside
the
Sacred
Tent}}
and
all
of
the
Sacred
Tent
and
the
altar,
he
must
bring
the
goat
that
was
chosen
to
be
set
free.
\VS{21}He
must
put
both
of
his
hands
on
the
head
of
the
goat
and
confess
all
the
sins [DOU]
of
the Israeli
people.
By
doing
that,
he
will
put
{\ADD{
the
guilt
of}}
their
sins
on
the
head
of
the
goat.
Then
he
must
give
the
goat
to
a
man
who
is
chosen,
and
that
man
will
send
the
goat
out
into
the
desert.
\VS{22}{\ADD{
It
is
as
though}}
the
goat
will
carry
away
into
the
desert
{\ADD{
the
guilt
for}}
the
sins
of
all
the
people.
\par }{\PP \VS{23}“hen
Aaron
approaches
the
Sacred
Tent,
he
must
take
off
the
linen
clothes
that
he
wore
when
he
{\ADD{
previously}}
entered
the
Very
Holy
Place,
and
he
must
leave
those
clothes
there.
\VS{24}Then
he
must
bathe
in
a
sacred
place,
put
on
his
regular/ordinary
clothes,
and
sacrifice
the
animals
that
will
be
burned
completely
on
the
altar
for
his
own
sins
and
for
the
sins
of
the Israeli
people.
By
doing
that
he
will
enable
me
to
forgive
him
and
them.
\VS{25}He
must
also
burn
on
the
altar
all
the
fat
of
the
bull
and
the
goat
that
were
sacrificed.
\par }{\PP \VS{26}“he
man
who
was
chosen
to
send
the
other
goat
into
the
desert
and
free
it
there
must
afterwards
wash
his
clothes
and
bathe.
Then
he
may
return
to
the
camp.
\VS{27}The
carcasses
of
the
bull
and
the
goat
that
were
slaughtered
to
be
an
offering/sacrifice
for
the
people’s
sins,
whose
blood
was
taken
inside
the
Very
Holy
Place
to
enable
Yahweh
to
forgive
the Israeli
people,
must
be
carried
outside
the
camp
and
burned.
The
hides/skins
of
the
animals,
the
inner
organs,
and
the
dung
must
also
be
burned.
\VS{28}The
man
who
burns
those
things
must
then
wash
his
clothes
and
bathe
before
he
returns
to
the
camp.
\par }{\PP \VS{29}“n ◄October/the
month
after
the
dry
season
ends►,
on
the
day
that
I
have
appointed,
you
all
must ◄fast/abstain
from
eating
food►
and
not
do
any
work.
This
is
a
rule/law
that
will
never
end.
It
must
be
obeyed
by
you
people
who
have
been Israelis
all
your
lives,
and
also
by
foreigners
who
are
living
among
you.
\VS{30}On
that
day,
Aaron
will
perform rituals
to
enable
me
to
forgive
you
all,
and
then
I
will
cleanse/free
you
all
from
{\ADD{
the
guilt
of}}
all
your
sins
and
you
will
become
acceptable
to
me.
\VS{31}That
will
be
a
day
for
you
to
rest
and
not
do
any
work,
like
the
Sabbath
days,
and
you
must ◄fast/abstain
from
eating
food►
all
that
day.
That
is
a
permanent
command/law
for
you
all
to
obey.
\VS{32}In
future
years,
{\ADD{
after
Aaron
has
died}},
this
ritual/ceremony
to
enable
me
to
forgive
you
all [DOU]
will
be
performed
by
the Supreme
Priest
who
is
anointed
{\ADD{
with
olive
oil}}
and
appointed
to
serve
instead
of
his ancestor
Aaron.
He
must
put
on
the
sacred
clothes
made
of
linen
\VS{33}and
offer
sacrifices
to
purify
the
Very
Holy
Place,
all
of
the
Sacred
Tent,
the
altar,
the
priests,
and
all
the
Israel
people
{\ADD{
like
Aaron
did}}.
\VS{34}This
will
be
a
permanent
command/law
for
you
to
obey
once
every
year,
to
enable
me
to
forgive
you Israeli
people
for
the
sins
that
you
have
committed.”
\par }{\PP Moses/I
obeyed
all
those
instructions/commands
that
Yahweh
had
given
to
him/me.

\par }\Chap{17}{\SH Where sacrifices are to be offered
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Yahweh
also
said
to
Moses/me,
\VS{2}“Speak
to
Aaron
and
his
sons
and
to
all
the
other Israeli
people,
and
say
this
to
them: ‘This
is
what
Yahweh
has
commanded:
\VS{3}If
you
sacrifice
an
ox
or
a
lamb
or
a
goat,
you
must
bring
it
{\ADD{
to
the
priest}}
at
the
entrance
of
the
Sacred
Tent
{\ADD{
area}},
to
present/offer
it
to
me
there.
\VS{4}If
you
slaughter
it
to
be
a
sacrifice
anywhere
else
in
the
camp
or
outside
the
camp,
you
will
be
guilty
of
killing
an
animal
{\ADD{
in
an
unacceptable
place}}.
As
a
result
you
will
no
longer
be
allowed
to
be/associate
with
my
people.
\VS{5}That
rule
is
in
order
that
you Israeli
people,
instead
of
offering
sacrifices
in
the
open
fields,
will
offer
them
to
me
by
taking
them
to
the
priest
at
the
entrance
of
the
Sacred
Tent
{\ADD{
area}},
to
be
offerings
to
maintain
fellowship
{\ADD{
with
me}}.
\VS{6}{\ADD{
After
the
animal
is
slaughtered}},
the
priest
must
sprinkle
some
of
its
blood
against
the
altar
at
the
entrance
of
the
Sacred
Tent,
and
burn
its
fat
to
be
an
aroma
that
is
pleasing
to
me.
\VS{7}You
people
must
no
longer
give
sacrifices
to
the
demons
that
resemble
goats
which
you
are
worshiping.
You
people
must
obey
this
command
forever.’
\par }{\PP \VS{8}“And
tell
this
to
the
people: ‘If
any Israeli
or
any
foreigner
who
is
living
among
them
brings
an
offering
that
is
to
be
completely
burned
{\ADD{
on
the
altar}},
or
any
other
sacrifice,
\VS{9}and
does
not
bring
it
to
the
entrance
of
the
Sacred
Tent
{\ADD{
area}}
to
be
a
sacrifice
to
me,
that
person
will
no
longer
be
allowed
to
associate
with
my
people.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}‘I
will
reject [IDM]
any Israeli
or
any
foreigner
who
is
living
among
you
who
eats
any
blood,
and
I
{\ADD{
will
command
that
he}}
no
longer
be
allowed
to
associate
with
my
people.
\VS{11}That
is
because
the
life
of
every
creature
is
in
its
blood;
I
have
declared
that
it
is
blood
that
is
to
be
offered
on
the
altar
to
enable
people
to
be
forgiven
for
their
sins.
\VS{12}That
is
why
I
say
that
you Israelis
must
not
eat
blood,
and
the
foreigners
who
live
among
you
must
also
not
eat
blood.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}‘Any Israeli
or
any
foreigner
who
is
living
among
you
who
hunts
any
animal
or
bird
that
is
permitted
for
you
to
eat,
must
drain
out
the
blood
{\ADD{
of
the
animal
or
bird
that
he
kills}},
and
cover
the
blood
with
dirt.
\VS{14}This
is
because
the
life
of
every
creature
is
in
its
blood.
And
that
is
why
I
have
said [DOU]
to
you Israelis
that
anyone
who
eats
blood
must
no
longer
{\ADD{
be
allowed
to
associate
with
my
people}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}‘Anyone
in
Israel,
including
foreigners,
who
eats
any
of
the
meat
of
any
creature
that
is
found
dead,
or
that
had
been
killed
by
wild
animals,
must
wash
his
clothes
and
bathe.
Then
he
must
not
touch
anyone
until
that
evening.
\VS{16}If
he
does
not
do
those
things,
he
will
be
punished
for
what
he
did.’ ”

\par }\Chap{18}{\SH Forbidden sexual behavior
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Yahweh
also
said
to
Moses/me,
\VS{2}“Speak
to
the Israeli
people
and
tell
them
{\ADD{
that
I,
Yahweh,
say
this}}
this:
I
am
Yahweh,
your
God.
\VS{3}{\ADD{
So
you
must
do
what
I
want
you
to
do}};
you
must
not
do
the
things
that
the
people
in
Egypt,
where
you
lived
previously,
do;
and
you
must
not
do
what
is
done
by
the
people
in
Canaan,
the
land
to
which
I
am
taking
you.
Do
not
imitate
their
behavior.
\VS{4}You
must
obey
all
of
my
laws [DOU],
because
it
is
I,
Yahweh
your
God,
{\ADD{
who
am
commanding
those
laws}}.
\VS{5}If
you
obey
all
my
laws
and
decrees,
you
will
continue
to
remain
alive
{\ADD{
for
a
long
time}}.
I,
Yahweh,
{\ADD{
am
the
one
who
is
promising
that
to
you}}.
{\ADD{
These
are
some
of
my
laws}}:
\par }{\PP \VS{6}“Do
not
have
sex
with
any
of
your
close
relatives.
It
is
I,
Yahweh,
{\ADD{
who
am
commanding
that}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}“Do
not
disgrace
your
father
by
having
sex
with
your
mother [DOU].
\par }{\PP \VS{8}“Do
not
have
sex
with
any
of
your
father’s
{\ADD{
other}}
wives,
because
that
would
disgrace
your
father.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}“Do
not
have
sex
with
your
sister
or
your stepsister;
it
does
not
matter
whether
she
was
born
in
your
house
or
somewhere
else.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}“Do
not
have
sex
with
your
granddaughter,
because
that
would
disgrace
you.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}“Do
not
have
sex
with
your half-sister,
because
she
is
your
sister.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}“Do
not
have
sex
with
your
father’s
sister,
because
she
is
your
father’s
close
relative.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}“Do
not
have
sex
with
your
mother’s
sister,
because
she
is
your
mother’s
close
relative.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}“Do
not
disgrace
your ◄uncle/father’s
brother►
by
having
sex
with
his
wife,
because
she
is
your
aunt.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}“Do
not
have
sex
with [DOU]
your
daughter-in-law,
because
she
is
your
son’s
wife.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}“Do
not
have
sex
with
your
brother’s
wife,
because
that
would
disgrace
your
brother.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}“Do
not
have
sex
with
the
daughter
or
granddaughter
of
any
woman
whom
you
have
previously
had
sex
with;
they
are
{\ADD{
her}} (OR,
{\ADD{
your}})
close
relatives.
Having
sex
with
any
of
them
would
be
a
wicked
thing
to
do.
\par }{\PP \VS{18}“While
your
wife
is
still
living,
do
not
marry
your
wife’s
sister
and
have
sex
with
her.
\par }{\PP \VS{19}“Do
not
have
sex
with
any
woman
while
she
is
having
her
monthly
menstrual
period.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}“Do
not ◄defile
yourself/make
yourself
unacceptable
to
me►
by
having
sex
with
someone
else’s
wife.
\par }{\PP \VS{21}“Do
not
give
any
of
your
children
to
be
burned
to
be
a
sacrifice
to
the
god
Molech,
because
that
would
show
that
you
do
not
revere
me [MTY],
Yahweh,
your
God.
\par }{\PP \VS{22}“No
man
should
have
sex
with
another
man;
that
is
detestable.
\par }{\PP \VS{23}“No
one,
man
or
woman,
should ◄defile
himself/cause
himself
to
become
unacceptable
to
me►
by
having
sex
with
an
animal;
that
is
a
perverse
act.
\par }{\PP \VS{24}“o
not ◄defile
yourselves/cause
yourselves
to
become
unacceptable
to
me►
in
any
of
those
ways,
because
doing
those
things
is
how
the
people
of
the
nations
that
I
expelled
as
you
advanced
became ◄unacceptable
to
me/defiled►.
\VS{25}They
even
caused
the
land
to
become
defiled,
so
I
punished
them
for
their
sins,
and
{\ADD{
it
was
as
though}}
the
land
vomited
out
the
people
who
lived
there.
\VS{26}You
must
all
obey
my
laws
and
decrees.
That includes
you
people
who
were
born
here
and
the
foreigners
who
live
among
you.
\VS{27}All
those
detestable
things
were
done
by
the
people
who
lived
in
this
land
before
you
came
here,
and
they
caused
the
land
to
become
defiled.
\VS{28}So
if
you
defile
the
land,
I
will
get
rid
of [MET]
you
like
I
got
rid
of
the
people
of
those
nations
that
were
here
before
you
came.
\par }{\PP \VS{29}“ou
must
not
allow
people
who
do
any
of
those
detestable
things
to
associate
with
you
who
are
my
people.
\VS{30}Obey
everything
that
I
command
you
to
do,
and
do
not
defile
yourselves
by
practicing
any
of
the
detestable
customs
that
were
practiced
{\ADD{
by
the
people
who
were
there}}
before
you
came.
I,
Yahweh
your
God,
{\ADD{
am
the
one
who
is
commanding
these
things}}.”

\par }\Chap{19}{\SH Other laws
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Yahweh
also
said
to
Moses/me,
\VS{2}“Speak
to
all
the
people
of
Israel
and
tell
them
this:
You
must
be
holy,
because
I,
Yahweh
your
God,
am
holy,
{\ADD{
and
I
want
you
to
be
like
me}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{3}‘Each
of
you
must
respect
your
father
and
your
mother.
And
you
must ◄honor/treat respectfully►
the
Sabbath
days.
I
am
Yahweh,
your
God,
{\ADD{
and
that
is
what
I
am
commanding
you
to
do}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}‘Do
not
worship
idols
or
make
metal
statues
of
gods
for
yourselves.
I
am
Yahweh,
your
God,
{\ADD{
and
I
am
the
only
one
you
must
worship}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}‘Then
you
bring
an
offering
to
maintain
fellowship
with
me,
offer
it
in
a
way
that
will
cause
me
to
accept
it.
\VS{6}The
meat
should
be
eaten
on
the
day
that
you
sacrifice
it,
but
you
are
permitted
to
eat
some
of
it
on
the
next
day.
Anything
that
remains
until
the
third/next
day
must
be
completely
burned.
\VS{7}For
any
of
it
to
be
eaten
on
the
third
day
is
very
displeasing
to
me,
and
I
will
not
accept
that
offering.
\VS{8}I
will
punish
anyone
who
eats
it
{\ADD{
after
the
second
day}},
because
he
will
not
have
respected
that
what
I
say
is
holy.
And
that
person
must
no
longer
be
allowed
to
associate
with
my
people.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}‘Then
you
harvest
your
grain,
leave
the
grain
at
the
very
edge
of
the
field,
and
do
not
pick
up
the
grain
that
has
fallen
on
the
ground.
\VS{10}And
when
you
harvest
your
grapes,
do
not
go
back
a
second
time
to
try
to
harvest
some
more,
and
do
not
pick
up
the
grapes
that
have
fallen
on
the
ground.
Leave
those
things
for
the
poor
people
and
for
foreigners
who
are
living
among
you.
I,
Yahweh
your
God,
{\ADD{
am
commanding
those
things}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}‘Do
not
steal
anything.
\par }{\PP ‘Do
not
tell
lies.
\par }{\PP ‘Do
not
deceive
each
other.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}‘Do
not
show
that
you
do
not
respect
me
by
using/saying
my
name
to
falsely
promise
that
you
will
do
something.
{\ADD{
Do
not
forget
that}}
I
am
Yahweh,
your
God.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}‘Do
not
cheat
anyone
or
steal
from
anyone.
\par }{\PP {\ADD{‘If
you
have
agreed
to}}
pay
your
workers
at
the
end
of
the
day,
{\ADD{
do
what
you
have
promised}};
do
not
keep
those
wages
until
the
next
day.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}‘Do
not
curse
deaf
people,
and
do
not
put
things
in
the
path
of
blind
people
to
cause
them
to
stumble.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}‘Always [LIT]
judge
people
fairly [DOU].
Do
not
do
special
favors
for
either
poor
people
or
rich
people.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}‘Do
not
spread
false
rumors
about
other
people.
\par }{\PP ‘Do
not
say
anything
{\ADD{
in
court}}
that
would
result
in
some
{\ADD{
innocent}}
person
being
executed.
I,
Yahweh,
{\ADD{
am
commanding
this}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}‘Do
not
hate
anyone.
Instead,
honestly
rebuke
those
who
ought
to
be
rebuked,
in
order
that
you
also
will
not
be
guilty.
\par }{\PP \VS{18}‘Do
not
try
to
get
revenge
against
someone
or
be
angry
with
someone
for
a
long
time.
Instead,
love
other
people
like
you
love
yourself.
I,
Yahweh
your
God,
{\ADD{
am
commanding
this}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{19}‘bey
my
laws.
\par }{\PP ‘o
not
allow
two
different
kinds
of
animals
to
mate
with
each
other.
\par }{\PP ‘o
not
plant
two
different
kinds
of
seed
in
the
{\ADD{
same}}
field.
\par }{\PP ‘o
not
wear
clothing
made
from
two
different
kinds
of
material.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}‘f
a
man
has
sex
with
a
slave
woman
who
has
been
promised
to
marry
some
other
man,
but
she
has
not
been
bought
by
that
man
and
is
still
a
slave,
the
man
who
had
sex
with
her
must
be
punished.
But
because
she
is
still
a
slave,
she
and
the
man
who
had
sex
with
her
must
not
be
killed.
\VS{21}However,
that
man
must
bring
a
ram
to
{\ADD{
be
slaughtered
at}}
the
entrance
of
the
Sacred
Tent
area,
to
be
an
offering
in
order
that
he
no
longer
be
guilty
for
his
sin.
\VS{22}The
priest
will
offer
that
ram
to
me
in
order
that
the
man
will
be
forgiven
for
the
sin
that
he
committed,
and
I
will
forgive
him.
\par }{\PP \VS{23}‘hen
you
enter
the
land
{\ADD{
that
I
have
promised
to
give
to
you}},
and
when
you
plant
various
kinds
of
fruit
trees,
you
must
not
eat
any
of
their
fruit
for
three
years [DOU].
\VS{24}In
the
fourth
year
all
of
their
fruit
must
be
set
aside
to
belong
to
me;
it
must
be
brought
to
me
to
be
an
offering
to
praise
me.
\VS{25}But
in
the
fifth/next
year,
you
will
be
permitted
to
eat
their
fruit.
If
you
do
that,
your
trees
will
produce
much
fruit.
I,
Yahweh
your
God,
{\ADD{
am
promising
that}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{26}‘o
not
eat
any
meat
that
still
has
{\ADD{
the
animal’s}}
blood
in
it.
\par }{\PP ‘o
not
consult
spirits
to
find
out
what
will
happen
in
the
future,
and
do
not
practice
sorcery.
\par }{\PP \VS{27}‘o
not
shave
the
hair
at
the
sides
of
your
heads
{\ADD{
like
pagan
people
do}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{28}‘o
not
cut
your
bodies
{\ADD{
when
you
are
mourning}}
for
people
who
have
died,
and
do
not
put tattoos
on
your
bodies.
I,
Yahweh
your
God,
{\ADD{
am
commanding
this}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{29}‘o
not
disgrace
your
daughters
by
forcing
them
to
become
prostitutes.
If
you
cause
them
to
become
prostitutes,
soon
the
land
will
be
filled
with
prostitutes
and
all
other
kinds
of
people’s
wicked
behavior.
\par }{\PP \VS{30}‘onor
my
Sabbath
days
and
revere
my
Sacred
Tent,
because
I,
Yahweh,
{\ADD{
live
there}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{31}‘o
not
seek
advice
from
those
who ◄consult/talk
with►
the
spirits
of
dead
people [DOU],
because
if
you
do
that,
they
will
defile
you.
I,
Yahweh
your
God,
{\ADD{
am
the
one
you
should
consult}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{32}‘tand
up
when
old
people
{\ADD{
enter
the
room}},
and
show
that
you
respect
them,
and
also
revere
me,
your
God;
{\ADD{
that
is
what}}
I,
Yahweh,
{\ADD{
am
commanding}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{33}‘hen
foreigners
live
among
you
{\ADD{
in
your
land}},
do
not
mistreat
them.
\VS{34}You
must
treat
them
like
you
treat
your fellow-citizens.
Love
them
like
you
love
yourselves,
and
do
not
forget
that
once,
when
you
were
foreigners
in
Egypt,
{\ADD{
you
were
badly
mistreated
by
the
people
of
Egypt}}.
I,
Yahweh
your
God,
{\ADD{
am
commanding
you
to
do
this}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{35}‘hen
you
are
measuring
things,
to
see
how
long
they
are
or
how
much
they
weigh
or
how
many
there
are,
\VS{36}use
correct
{\ADD{
measuring
sticks
and}}
scales
and
weights
{\ADD{
on
the
scales}}
and
measuring
baskets
and
other
measuring
containers.
I
Yahweh,
your
God,
who
brought
you
out
of
Egypt,
{\ADD{
am
giving
you
these
laws}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{37}‘bey
carefully [DOU]
all
my
laws
and
decrees,
because
I,
Yahweh,
{\ADD{
am
the
one
who
am
commanding
them}}.’ ”

\par }\Chap{20}{\SH Punishments for various sins
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Yahweh
also
said
this
to
Moses/me:
\VS{2}“Tell
the Israeli
people, ‘{\ADD{
This
is
what
Yahweh
says}}:
Any Israeli
or
any
foreigner
who
is
living
in
Israel
who
sacrifices
any
of
his
children
to
be
an
offering
to
the
god
Molech
must
be
executed.
The
people
of
the
town
must
kill
him
by
throwing
stones
at
him.
\VS{3}I
will
reject [IDM]
such
people
and
command
that
they
no
longer
be
allowed
to
associate
with
my
people.
\VS{4}If
the
people
of
that
man’s
town
ignore
it
when
he
kills
one
of
his
children
to
offer
him
as
a
sacrifice
to
Molech,
and
if
they
do
not
execute
that
person,
\VS{5}I
myself
will
punish
that
person
and
his
family,
and
I
will
command
that
he
no
longer
be
able
to
associate
with
my
people.
And
I
will
do
the
same
thing
to
any
others
who
do
the
same
thing
that
he
did
to
worship
Molech.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}‘
will
reject [IDM]
those
who
go
to
those
who ◄consult/talk
with►
the
spirits
of
dead
people
and
fortune-tellers
to
seek
advice
from
them.
I
will
command
that
they
no
longer
be
allowed
to
associate
with
my
people.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}‘et
yourselves
apart
and
be
holy,
because
I,
Yahweh
your
God,
am
holy,
{\ADD{
and
I
want
you
to
be
like
me}}.
\VS{8}Obey
carefully [DOU]
all
my
laws.
I
am
Yahweh,
the
one
will
cause
you
to
be
holy.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}‘f
anyone
curses
his
father
or
his
mother,
he
must
be
executed.
He
himself
will
be
responsible
for
his
own
death [MTY].
\par }{\PP \VS{10}‘f
a
man
commits
adultery
with
some
other
man’s
wife,
both
of
them,
the
man
and
the
woman,
must
be
executed.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}‘f
a
man
has
sex
with [EUP]
one
of
his
father’s
wives,
he
has
disgraced
his
father.
So
both
that
man
and
that
woman
must
be
executed,
they
will
be
responsible
for
their
own
deaths [MTY].
\par }{\PP \VS{12}‘f
a
man
has
sex
with [EUP]
his
daughter-in-law,
both
of
them
must
be
executed.
What
they
have
done
is
very
perverse;
and
they
will
be
responsible
for
their
own
deaths [MTY].
\par }{\PP \VS{13}‘f
two
men
have
sex
together,
they
have
done
something
detestable.
They
must
both
be
executed,
they
will
be
responsible
for
their
own
deaths [MTY].
\par }{\PP \VS{14}‘f
a
man
marries
both
a
woman
and
her
mother,
that
is
a
wicked
thing.
All
three
of
them
must
be
burned
to
death,
in
order
that
such
a
wicked
practice
will
not
{\ADD{
continue
to
be
done}}
among
you.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}‘f
a
man
has
sex
with
an
animal,
he
must
be
executed,
and
you
must
also
kill
that
animal.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}‘{\ADD{
Similarly}},
if
a
woman
has
sex
with
an
animal,
both
the
woman
and
that
animal
must
be
killed [DOU];
they
are
responsible
for
their
own
deaths [MTY].
\par }{\PP \VS{17}‘f
a
man
marries
his
sister,
the
daughter
of
either
his
mother
or
his
father,
and
they
have
sex
together,
that
is
disgraceful.
They
must
not
be
allowed
to
continue
to
associate
with
my
people.
And
because
he
has
disgraced
his
sister,
he
must
be
punished.
\par }{\PP \VS{18}‘f
a
man
has
sex
with [EUP, DOU]
a
woman
during
her
monthly
menstrual
period,
they
have
both
revealed
why
she
was bleeding,
so
both
of
them
must
not
be
allowed
to
associate
with
my
people
anymore.
\par }{\PP \VS{19}‘o
not
have
sex
with
the
sister
of
either
your
father
or
your
mother,
because
that
would
be disgracing
someone
who
is
a
close
relative.
And
you
and
the
woman
must
both
be
punished.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}‘f
a
man
has
sex [EUP]
with
his
aunt,
he
has
dishonored
his
uncle.
I
will
punish
both
of
them
by
causing
them
to
die
without
having
any
children.
\par }{\PP \VS{21}‘f
a
man
marries
his
brother’s
wife
{\ADD{
while
his
brother
is
still
living}},
that
is
disgraceful.
He
has
dishonored
his
brother;
and
they
both
will
die
without
having
any
children.
\par }{\PP \VS{22}‘bey
all
my
laws/decrees [DOU]
carefully,
in
order
that
you
will
not
be
forced
to
leave [MET]
the
land
to
which
I
am
bringing
you.
\VS{23}Do
not
imitate/adopt
the
customs
of
the
people
of
the
land
from
which
I
will
expel
them
as
you
advance.
I
hated
them
because
they
did
all
those
things.
\VS{24}But
I
said
to
you, “You
will
take
their
land
from
them;
I
will
give
it
to
you
to
be
yours,
a
land
that
is
very
fertile [IDM].
I
am
Yahweh
your
God,
who
has
set
you
apart
from
the
people
of
other
nations.”
\par }{\PP \VS{25}‘o
you
must
distinguish
between
birds
and
animals
that
are
unacceptable
to
me
and
those
that
are
acceptable
to
me.
Do
not
defile
yourselves
by
{\ADD{
eating}}
birds
or
animals,
or
anything
that scurries
across
the
ground,
that
I
have
said
are
unacceptable
for
you.
\VS{26}You
must
behave
in
ways
that
I
consider
to
be
holy,
because
I,
Yahweh,
am
holy,
and
I
have
set
you
apart
from
the
{\ADD{
ungodly
people
of
other}}
nations
to
belong
to
me.
\par }{\PP \VS{27}‘ou
must
execute
any
man
or
woman
among
you
who ◄consults/talks
with►
the
spirits
of
dead
people
or
who
is
a fortune-teller.
Kill
them
by
{\ADD{
throwing}}
stones
at
them;
but
they
will
be
responsible
for
their
own
deaths.’ ”

\par }\Chap{21}{\SH Rules for priests
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Yahweh
also
said
to
Moses/me, “Speak
to
the
priests,
the
sons
of
Aaron,
and
say
to
them,
\VS{2}‘You
priests
must
not
cause
yourselves
to
become unfit
to
do
my
work
by
{\ADD{
touching}}
corpses.
Priests
are
permitted
to
touch
only
the
corpses
of
close
relatives,
such
as
the
priest’s
mother
or
father
or
his
son
or
daughter
or
his
brother.
\VS{3}Priests
are
also
permitted
to
touch
the
corpse
of
a
sister
if
she
is
not
married,
because
she
has
no
husband
{\ADD{
to
bury
her
body}}.
\VS{4}Priests
must
not
cause
themselves
to
become unfit
to
do
my
work [DOU]
by
{\ADD{
touching
corpses
of}}
people
who
were
married
to
one
of
their
close
relatives.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}You
priests
must
not
shave
your
heads
or
shave
the
edges
of
your
beards
or
cut
your
bodies
{\ADD{
to
show
that
you
are
mourning
for
someone
who
has
died}}.
\VS{6}You
must
act
in
ways
that
I,
your
God,
consider
to
be
holy,
and
not
disgrace
my
name/reputation.
You
are
the
ones
who
present
to
me
the
offerings
that
are
burned.
{\ADD{
It
is
as
though}}
those
offerings
are
food
for
me,
your
God;
so
you
must
act
in
ways
that
are
holy.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}You
priests
must
not
marry
women
who
have
been
prostitutes
or
who
have
been
divorced
from
their
husbands,
because
you
priests
are ◄set
apart
for
me/holy►.
\VS{8}You
must
consider
that
you
are
holy,
because
you
offer
food
to
me,
your
God.
Consider
yourselves
to
be
holy
because
I,
Yahweh,
{\ADD{
the
one
who
caused
you
to
be
priests
and
}}
the
one
who enables
you
to
be
holy,
am
holy.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}If
a
priest’s
daughter disgraces
herself
by
becoming
a
prostitute,
she disgraces
her
father;
and
she
must
be
killed
by
being
burned
in
a
fire.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}The Supreme
Priest
is
the
one
among
his
relatives
who
has
been
{\ADD{
appointed
for
that
work}}
by
having
his
head
anointed
with
olive
oil.
He
is
also
the
one
who
has
been
appointed
to
wear
the
special
garments
that
priests
wear.
He
must
not
allow
the
hair
on
his
{\ADD{
head}}
to
remain uncombed,
and
he
must
not
tear
his
clothes
{\ADD{
when
he
is
mourning
for
someone}}.
\VS{11}He
must
not
enter
some
place
where
there
is
a
corpse.
He
must
not
do
that
and
cause
himself
to
become unfit
for
his
work,
even
if
it
is
his
father
or
his
mother
who
has
died.
\VS{12}He
must
not
leave
the
Sacred
Tent
{\ADD{
to
join
those
who
are
mourning}},
because
he
would
cause
himself
to
become unfit
for
his
work
and
would
also
defile/desecrate
the
Sacred
Tent.
He
must
not
leave
the
Sacred
Tent
{\ADD{
at
that
time}},
because
by
being
anointed
with
olive
oil
he
has
been ◄appointed/set
apart►
to
serve
his
God
{\ADD{
in
the
Sacred
Tent}}.
I,
Yahweh,
{\ADD{
am
the
one
who
am
commanding
this}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}Women
whom
you
priests
marry
must
be
virgins.
\VS{14-15}You
priests
must
not
marry
widows
or
prostitutes
or
divorced
women,
because
if
you
did
that,
{\ADD{
if
you
later
have}}
sons,
they
would
not
be
acceptable
to
be
priests
among
your
people.
You
must
marry
only
virgins
from
among
your
own
people.
I
am
Yahweh,
who
sets
priests
apart
to
be
holy.’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{16}Yahweh
also
said
to
Moses/me,
\VS{17}“Say
this
to
Aaron: 'For
all
future
time,
none
of
your
descendants
who
has
any defects
{\ADD{
on
his
body}}
will
be
allowed
to
come
near
{\ADD{
the
altar}}
to
offer
{\ADD{
sacrifices
to
me
which
will
be
like}} [MET]
my
food:
\VS{18}No
one
who
is
blind
or
lame
or
deformed,
or
whose
{\ADD{
face
is}}
disfigured,
\VS{19}no
man
with
a
crippled
foot
or
a
crippled
hand,
\VS{20}no
man
who
is
a
hunchback
or
a
dwarf,
no
man
whose
eyes
are defective,
no
man
who
has
a
skin
disease [DOU]
or
whose
testicles
have
been
damaged
is
allowed
to
brings
sacrifices.
\VS{21}No
descendant
of
Aaron,
the
{\ADD{
first Supreme}}
Priest,
who
has
any
defect
is
allowed
to
come
to
the
altar
to
offer
to
me,
his
God,
sacrifices
that
will
be
burned.
\VS{22}Priests
who
have defects
are
permitted
to
eat
the
various
kinds
of
holy
food
offered
to
me.
\VS{23}But
because
of
their defects,
they
must
not
go
near
the
curtain
{\ADD{
in
the
Sacred
Tent}}
or
near
the
altar,
because
if
they
did
that,
they
would
desecrate
my
Sacred
Tent.
I
am
Yahweh,
the
one
who
sets
those
places
apart
as
being
holy.' ”
\par }{\PP \VS{24}So
Moses/I
told
this
to
Aaron
and
to
his
sons
and
to
all
the Israeli
people.

\par }\Chap{22}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Yahweh
also
said
to
Moses/me,
\VS{2}“Tell
Aaron
and
his
sons
to
greatly
respect
the
sacred
offerings
that
the Israeli
people
bring
to
me;
by
doing
that
you
will
respect
me [MTY],
Yahweh.
\par }{\PP \VS{3}“Tell
them
that
for
all
future
time,
if
any
of
their
descendants
comes
near
to
the
sacred
offerings
that
the Israeli
people
dedicate
to
me
while
he
is unfit
to
work
for
me,
that
person
will
no
longer
be
allowed
to
work
for
me.
I,
Yahweh,
{\ADD{
am
commanding
this}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}“If
any
descendant
of
Aaron
has
a contagious
skin
disease
or
a
discharge
from
his
sexual
organs,
he
is
not
allowed
to
eat
any
of
the
sacred
offerings
until
he
is
cured.
He
will
also
be unfit
for
his
work
if
he
touches
anything
which
has
become
unacceptable
to
me
because
it
has
touched
a
corpse,
or
if
he
touches
anyone
who
as
an
emission
of semen,
\VS{5}or
if
he
touches
anything
that
crawls
on
the
ground,
or
if
he
touches
any
person
who
causes
him
to
be unfit
for
his
work.
\VS{6}Any
priest
who
touches
such
things
must
bathe,
and
he
must
not
touch
anyone
else
until
that
evening.
\VS{7}After
the
sun
sets,
he
will
be
permitted
to
eat
some
of
the
sacred
offerings
that
are
for
him
to
eat.
\VS{8}He
must
not
eat
anything
that
is
found
dead
or
that
has
been
killed
by
wild
animals,
because
if
he
did
that,
he
would
be unfit
to
work
for
me.
I,
Yahweh
{\ADD{
am
commanding
those
things}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}“The
priests
must
obey
my
commandments
in
order
that
they
will
not
become
guilty
and
die
as
a
result
of ◄despising/not
obeying►
them.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}“Anyone
who
is
not
a
member
of
a
priest’s
family
is
not
permitted
to
eat
any
of
a
sacred
offering,
and
no
one
who
is
visiting
the
priest
or
whom
the
priest
has
hired
is
permitted
to
eat
it.
\VS{11}But
if
a
priest
buys
a
slave,
or
if
a
slave
is
born
in
his
house,
that
slave
is
permitted
to
eat
such
food.
\VS{12}If
a
priest’s
daughter
marries
a
man
who
is
not
a
priest,
she
no
longer
is
permitted
to
eat
the
sacred
food.
\VS{13}But
if
a
priest’s
daughter
who
has
no
children
becomes
a
widow
or
becomes
divorced,
if
she
returns
to
her
father’s
house
to
live
there
like
she
did
when
she
was
young,
she
may
eat
the
same
food
that
her
father
eats.
But
no
other
person
is
permitted
to
eat
any
of
it.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}“If
anyone
who
is
not
permitted
to
eat
a
sacred
offering
eats
it
without realizing
that
it
is
sacred,
he
must
pay
the
priest
for
the
offering,
and
pay
him
an extra
one-fifth
of
its
value.
\VS{15}When
the
priests
bring
offerings
to
me,
the
sacred
offerings
that
the Israeli
people
bring
to
them,
they
must
not
treat
those
offerings
as
though
they
are
not
sacred
\VS{16}by allowing
those
who
are
not
priests
to
eat
any
of
those
offerings.
If
they
did
that,
they
would
become
guilty
and
must
make
a
payment.
I
am
Yahweh,
the
one
who
causes
those
offerings
to
be
sacred.”
\par }{\SH Offerings
that
are
not
acceptable
\par }{\PP \VS{17}Yahweh
also
said
to
Moses/me,
\VS{18}“Speak
to
Aaron
and
his
sons
and
to
all
the Israeli
people
and
tell
them
that
I
command
this: ‘If
any
of
you Israelis
or
foreigners
who
live
in
Israel
brings
to
me
an
animal
that
will
be
completely
burned
{\ADD{
on
the
altar}},
either
as
a
result
of
a
solemn
promise
that
you
made
to
me
or
to
be
an
offering
that
is
given
voluntarily,
\VS{19}it
must
be
an
animal
that
has
no defects,
in
order
that
it
will
be
accepted
by
me.
\VS{20}Do
not
bring
any
animals
that
have defects,
because
I
will
not
accept
them
as
an
offering
from
you.
\VS{21}{\ADD{
Similarly}},
when
someone
brings
from
his
cattle
or
sheep
or
goats
an
offering
to
maintain
fellowship
with
me,
either
to
fulfill
a
promise
that
he
made
to
me
or
to
be
a
voluntary
offering,
in
order
that
I
will
accept
it,
it
must
have
no defects [DOU]
or
blemishes.
\VS{22}Do
not
offer
to
me
animals
that
are
blind
or
injured
or
maimed/crippled,
or
any
animal
that
has warts
or
a
festering
sore [DOU].
\VS{23}You
may
present
to
me
to
be
a
voluntary
offering
an
ox
or
a
sheep
that
is
injured
or
stunted,
but
it
will
not
be
accepted
to
fulfill
a
promise
made
to
me.
\VS{24}You
must
not
offer
to
me
animals
whose
testicles
are
bruised
or
crushed
or
torn
or
cut.
You
must
not
injure
the
testicles
of
any
animal
in
your
land,
\VS{25}and
you
must
not
accept
such
animals
that
are
sold/given
to
you
by
a
foreigner.
You
must
not
offer
them
to
me
as
a
sacrifice
for
me.
Such
animals
will
not
be
accepted
by
me,
because
they
are
deformed
or
have defects.’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{26}Yahweh
also
said
to
Moses/me,
\VS{27}“When
a
calf
or
lamb
or
goat
is
born,
it
must
remain
with
its
mother
for
seven
days.
After
that,
it
will
be
acceptable
as
an
offering
to
me
that
will
be
burned.
\VS{28}Do
not
slaughter
a
cow
or
a
sheep
and
its
baby
on
the
same
day.
\par }{\PP \VS{29}“Then
you
sacrifice
an
animal
to
thank
{\ADD{
me
for
what
I
have
done}},
sacrifice
it
in
a
way
that
is
acceptable
to
me.
\VS{30}The
meat
must
be
eaten
on
that
day;
do
not
leave
any
of
it
until
the
next
morning.
I,
Yahweh,
{\ADD{
am
the
one
who
am
commanding
this}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{31}“Obey
all
my
commands [DOU].
I,
Yahweh,
{\ADD{
am
commanding
them}};
\VS{32}do
not
dishonor
me [MTY]
{\ADD{
by disobeying
them}}.
You Israeli
people
must
acknowledge
that
I,
Yahweh,
am
holy,
and
I
am
the
one
who
causes
you
to
be
holy.
\VS{33}And
I
am
the
one
who
brought
you
out
of
Egypt
in
order
to
show
that
that
I,
Yahweh,
am
{\ADD{
and
will
always
be}}
your
God.”

\par }\Chap{23}{\SH Religious celebrations
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Yahweh
said
to
Moses/me,
\VS{2}“Tell
the Israeli
people
about
the
festivals
that
I
have
chosen,
the
days
when
you
all
must
gather
together
{\ADD{
to
worship
me}}.”
\par }{\SH The
Sabbath
\par }{\PP \VS{3}“ou
may
work
for
six
days
{\ADD{
each
week}},
but
on
the
seventh
day
you
must
not
do
any
work.
You
must
rest.
It
is
a
sacred/holy
day
when
you
must
gather
together
{\ADD{
to
worship
me}}.
Wherever
you
live,
you
must
rest
on
that
day.”
\par }{\SH The
Festivals
of
Passover
and
Unleavened
Bread
\par }{\PP \VS{4}“here
are
festivals
that
I
have
established
for
you.
Those
will
also
be
sacred/holy
days
when
you
must
gather
together
{\ADD{
to
worship
me}}.
\VS{5}{\ADD{
The
first
festival
is}} ◄the
Passover/when
you
remember
that
I
spared
your
ancestors
when
I
killed
all
the
firstborn
Egyptian
sons►.
That
festival
will
begin
at
twilight/dusk/sunset
on
the
chosen
day ◄each
spring/in
March
or April
each
year►,
{\ADD{
and
end
on
the
following
day}}.
\VS{6}The
next
day,
the
Festival
of
Eating
Bread
That
Has
No
Yeast
will
begin.
That
festival
will
continue
for
seven
days.
During
that
time,
the
bread
that
you
eat
must
be
made
without
yeast.
\VS{7}On
the
first
day
of
that
festival,
you
all
must
stop
your
regular
work
and
you
must
gather
together
{\ADD{
to
worship
me}}.
\VS{8}On
each
of
the
seven
days,
you
must
present
to
me
{\ADD{
several
animals
to
be}}
an
offering/sacrifice
to
be
completely
burned
{\ADD{
on
the
altar}}.
On
the
seventh
day,
you
all
must
again
stop
your
regular
work
and
gather
to
worship
me.”
\par }{\SH The
Festival
of
the
Beginning
of
the
Harvest
\par }{\PP \VS{9}Yahweh
also
told
Moses/me
\VS{10}to
tell
the Israeli
people
{\ADD{
about
other
festivals}}.
He
said, “When
you
arrive
in
the
land
which
I
am
giving
to
you,
and
you
harvest
your
crops
{\ADD{
for
the
first
time}}
there,
bring
to
the
priest
some
of
the
first
grain
that
you
harvest.
\VS{11}On
the
day
after
the
{\ADD{
next}}
Sabbath/rest
day,
the
priest
will
lift
it
up
{\ADD{
high
to
dedicate
it}}
to
me,
in
order
that
I
will
accept
it
as
your
{\ADD{
gift}}.
\VS{12}That
same
day,
you
must
sacrifice
to
me
a one-year-old
male
lamb
that
has
no defects.
You
must
burn
it
{\ADD{
on
the
altar}}.
\VS{13}You
must
also
burn
an
offering
of
grain.
That
offering
must consist
of ◄three quarts/3.5 liters►
of
good
flour
mixed
with
{\ADD{
olive}}
oil.
The
smell
{\ADD{
of
those
things
burning}}
will
be
very
pleasing
to
me.
Along
with
that,
you
must
also
offer
one quart/liter
of
wine,
which
will
be
a
liquid
offering.
\VS{14}Do
not
eat
any
bread
or
any
roasted
grain
or unroasted
grain
on
that
day
until
after
you
have
brought
those
offerings
to
me,
your
God.
You
must
always
obey [LIT]
those
commands,
wherever
you
live.”
\par }{\SH The
Festival
of
the
End
of
the
Harvest
\par }{\PP \VS{15}“even
weeks
after
the
priest
offers
that
grain
to
me,
\VS{16}on
the
next/50th
day
after
he
offers
it,
{\ADD{
each
family}}
must
bring
to
me
an
offering
from
the
new
crop
of
grain.
\VS{17}From
your
homes,
bring
two
loaves
of
bread
{\ADD{
to
the
priest}}.
He
will
lift
them
up
{\ADD{
high
to
dedicate
them}}
as
an
offering
to
me.
Those
loaves
must
be
baked
from
three quarts/liters
of
good
flour
that
has
yeast
mixed
with
it.
That
bread
will
be
an
offering
to
me
from
the
first
wheat
that
you
harvest
{\ADD{
each
year}}.
\VS{18}Along
with
this
bread,
you
must
present
to
me
seven one-year-old
lambs
with
no defects,
one
young
bull,
and
two
rams.
They
must
all
be
completely
burned
{\ADD{
on
the
altar}}.
All
those
offerings,
with
the
grain
offering
and
the
wine
offering,
will
be
burned,
and
the
smell
{\ADD{
of
all
those
things
burning}}
will
be
very
pleasing
to
me.
\VS{19}Then
you
must
also
kill
one
male
goat
to
be
an
offering/sacrifice
for
your
sins,
and
two one-year-old
male
lambs
to
be
an
offering
to
enable
you
to
maintain
fellowship
with
me.
\VS{20}The
priest
will
lift
up
these
offerings
{\ADD{
high
to
dedicate
them}}
to
me.
He
will
also
offer
the
loaves
of
bread
that
were
baked
from
the
first
wheat
that
you
harvest.
Those
offerings
are
sacred
to
me,
but
they
are
for
the
priests
{\ADD{
to
eat}}.
\VS{21}On
that
day,
you
must
stop
your
regular
work
and
gather
to
worship
me.
You
must
always
obey
those
instructions/commands,
and
you
must
obey
them
wherever
you
live.
\par }{\PP \VS{22}“When
you
harvest
the
grain
in
your
fields,
do
not
harvest
the
grain
along
the
edges
of
the
fields,
and
do
not
pick
up
the
grain
that
the
harvesters
drop.
Leave
that
grain
for
the
poor
people
and
for
the
foreigners
who
are
living
among
you.
{\ADD{
Do
not
forget
that
it
is}}
I,
Yahweh
your
God,
{\ADD{
who
am
commanding
those
things}}!”
\par }{\SH The
Festival
of
Trumpets
\par }{\PP \VS{23}Yahweh
also
told
Moses/me
\VS{24}to
give
these
instructions/commands
to
the Israeli
people: “{\ADD{
Each
year}}
in September,
on
the
day
that
I
have
chosen,
you
all
must
celebrate
it
by
completely
resting.
You
must
not
do
any
work
on
that
day.
When
{\ADD{
the
priests}}
blow
their
trumpets
loudly,
you
all
must
gather
together
to
worship
me.
\VS{25}All
of
you
must
not
do
your
regular
work
on
that
day.
Instead,
you
must
present
offerings
to
me
that
will
be
burned
{\ADD{
on
the
altar}}.”
\par }{\SH The
Festival
of
Atonement
\par }{\PP \VS{26}Yahweh
also
said
to
Moses/me,
\VS{27}“You
must
celebrate
a
day
{\ADD{
on
which
you
request
that
I}}
forgive
you
for
the
sins
that
you
have
committed.
That
day
will
be
nine
days
after
the
festival
{\ADD{
when
the
priests
blow}}
the
trumpets.
On
that
day
you
must ◄fast/abstain
from
eating
food►.
You
must
gather
together
to
worship
me
and
present
offerings
to
me
that
will
be
burned
{\ADD{
on
the
altar}}.
\VS{28}You
must
not
do
any
work
on
that
day,
because
it
is
the
day
when
the
priests
will
offer
sacrifices
to
me
to ◄atone
for/ask
me
to
forgive►
your
sins.
\VS{29}You
must
expel
from
your
group
anyone
who
does
not ◄fast/abstain
from
eating
food►
on
that
day.
\VS{30}I
will
get
rid
of
anyone
who
does
any
kind
of
work
on
that
day.
\VS{31}You
must
not
work
at
all!
You
must
always
obey
those
instructions/commands,
and
you
must
obey
them
wherever
you
live.
\VS{32}That
day
will
be
a
day
of
complete
rest
for
all
of
you,
and
on
that
day
you
must ◄fast/abstain
from
eating
food►
{\ADD{
to
show
that
you
are
sorry
for
having
sinned}}.
That
day
of
rest
and ◄fasting/abstaining
from
eating
food►
will
begin
on
the
evening
before
the
day
in
which
you
ask
me
to
forgive
you
for
your
sins,
and
it
will
end
on
the
evening
of
the
following
day.”
\par }{\SH The
Festival
of
Shelters
\par }{\PP \VS{33}Yahweh
also
said
to
Moses/me,
\VS{34}“Tell
the Israeli
people
that
{\ADD{
each
year}}
they
must
also
celebrate
a
festival
of
living
in
temporary
shelters.
That
festival
will
begin
five
days
after
the
day
in
which
they
request
me
to
forgive
them
for
their
sins.
It
will
last
for
seven
days.
\VS{35}On
the
first
day
of
that
festival,
the
people
must
gather
together
to
worship
me,
and
they
must
not
do
any
regular
work
on
that
day.
\VS{36}On
each
of
the
seven
days
of
the
festival,
they
must
present
to
me
an
offering
{\ADD{
of
animals}}
that
will
be
burned
{\ADD{
on
the
altar}}.
On
the
next
day,
they
must
gather
again
to
worship
me
and
present
to
me
another
animal
that
will
be
burned
{\ADD{
on
the
altar}}.
That
also
will
be
a
sacred
gathering,
and
they
must
not
work
on
that
day,
either.
\par }{\PP \VS{37}“{\ADD{
To summarize}},
those
are
the
festivals
that
I
have
appointed.
Celebrate
those
sacred
festivals
by
gathering
together
to
present
to
me
all
the
various
offerings
that
will
be
burned
{\ADD{
on
the
altar}}—animals
that
will
be
burned
completely,
and
offerings
of
grain,
and
offerings
to
enable
the Israeli
people
to
maintain
fellowship
with
me,
and
offerings
of
wine.
Each
offering
must
be
brought
on
the
day
that
I
have indicated.
\VS{38}◄Those
festivals
must
be
celebrated/You
must
celebrate
those
festivals►
in
addition
to
{\ADD{
worshiping
on}}
the ◄Sabbath
days/days
of
rest►.
And
all
those
offerings
must
be
given
in
addition
to
the
offerings
that
people
personally
decide
to
give,
and
in
addition
to
the
offerings
that
people
make
to
accompany
the
solemn
promises
that
they
have
made,
or
offerings
that
people
make ◄voluntarily/because
they
themselves
want
to►.
\par }{\PP \VS{39}“{\ADD{
Returning
to
my
instructions
about}}
the
Festival
of
Living
in
Temporary
Shelters,
you
must
celebrate
this
festival
after
you
have
harvested
all
the
crops.
On
the
first
day
and
on
the
last
day
of
that
festival,
you
must
rest
completely.
\VS{40}But
on
the
first
day,
you
are
permitted
to
pick
fruit
from
trees.
Cut
palm fronds/branches
and
other
leafy
branches
from
trees
or
from
bushes
that
grow
by
the
streams,
{\ADD{
and
make
shelters/huts
to
live
in
for
that
week}}.
Then
rejoice
in
my
presence
for
those
seven
days.
\VS{41}You
must
celebrate
this
festival
for
seven
days
every
year.
You
must
never
stop
obeying
my
commands/instructions
for
that
festival.
You
must
celebrate
it
in September.
\VS{42}During
the
seven
days
of
that
festival,
all
of
you
people
who
have
been Israelis
your
entire
lives
must
live
in
shelters/huts.
\VS{43}That
will
remind
your
descendants
that
their
ancestors
lived
in
shelters
{\ADD{
for
many
years}}
after
I
rescued
them
from
Egypt.
{\ADD{
Do
not
forget
that}}
I,
Yahweh
your
God,
{\ADD{
am
the
one
who
is
commanding
this}}.”
\par }{\PP \VS{44}So
Moses/I
gave
to
the Israeli
people
all
those
instructions
concerning
the
festivals
that
Yahweh
{\ADD{
wanted
them
to
celebrate}}
each
year.

\par }\Chap{24}{\SH Taking care of the lamps
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Yahweh
also
said
to
Moses/me,
\VS{2}“Command
the Israeli
people
to
continually
bring
to
you
clear
oil
made
from
pressed
olives
to
burn
in
the
lamps
{\ADD{
in
the
Sacred
Tent}},
in
order
that
those
lamps
will
burn
all
the
time.
\VS{3}Outside
the
curtain
of
the
Very
Holy
Place,
Aaron
must
take
care
of
the
lamps
in
my
presence
continually,
in
order
that
they
will
burn
all
during
the
night.
That
regulation
must
be
obeyed
forever.
\VS{4}Those
lampstands
that
burn
in
my
presence
must
be
taken
care
of
continually.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}“Also,
{\ADD{
each
week}}
you
must
take
some
fine
flour
and
bake
twelve
{\ADD{
very
big}}
loaves
of
bread,
using
about
four quarts/liters
of
flour
for
each
loaf.
\VS{6}Put
the
loaves
in
two
rows,
with
six
loaves
in
each
row,
on
the
table
covered
with
pure
gold,
in
my
presence.
\VS{7}Along
each
row,
place
{\ADD{
in
some
gold
cups}}
some
pure
incense
to
be
burned
to
be
an
offering
to
me
instead
of
the
bread.
\VS{8}New/Fresh
loaves
of
bread
must
be
put
{\ADD{
on
the
table}}
each
Sabbath
day,
to signify
the
agreement
that
will
never
end,
that
I
have
made
with
you Israeli
people.
\VS{9}The
bread
{\ADD{
that
is
taken
off
the
table}}
belongs
to
Aaron
and
his
sons.
They
must
eat
it
in
a
holy
place,
because
it
is
a
very
holy
part
of
the
offerings
that
are
given
to
me
by
being
burned.”
\par }{\SH An
example
of
fair
punishment
\par }{\PP \VS{10-11}There
was
a
man
whose
mother’s
name
was
Shelomith;
she
was
an Israeli
whose
father
was
Dibri
from
the
tribe
of
Dan.
And
that
man’s
father
was
from
Egypt.
One
day
that
man
and
another Israeli
man
started
to
fight
inside
the
camp.
And
while
they
were
fighting,
that
man
cursed
Yahweh [MTY].
\VS{12}So
the Israeli
people
seized
him
and
guarded
him
until
they
could
find
out
what
Yahweh
would
reveal
to
them
{\ADD{
that
they
should
do
to
that
man}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}Then
Yahweh
said
to
Moses/me,
\VS{14}“{\ADD{
Tie
up
and}}
take
outside
the
camp
the
man
who
has
cursed
me.
There
all
those
who
heard
what
he
said
must
put
their
hands
on
his
head
{\ADD{
to indicate
that
he
is
guilty}},
and
then
all
the
people
must
{\ADD{
kill
him
by}}
throwing
stones
at
him.
\VS{15}Tell
the Israelis, ‘If
anyone
curses
me,
he
must ◄endure
the consequences/be
punished►.
\VS{16}So
anyone
who
curses
me [MTY]
must
be
executed.
All
the
people
must
throw
stones
at
him.
It
does
not
matter
if
he
is
a
foreigner
or
an Israeli
citizen;
anyone
who
curses
me
must
be
executed.’
\par }{\PP \VS{17}“Also,
If
anyone
murders
another
person,
he
must
be
executed.
\VS{18}And
anyone
who
kills
{\ADD{
another
person’s}}
animal
must
give
that
person
a
live
animal
to
replace
the
one
that
he
killed.
\VS{19}And
if
one
person
injures
another
person,
the
injured
person
is
allowed
to
injure
the
person
who
injured
him
in
the
same
way:
\VS{20}If
someone
breaks
one
of
another
person’s
bones,
that
person
is
allowed
to
break
one
of
the
bones
of
the
person
who
injured
him.
If
someone gouges
out
an
eye
of
another
person,
that
person
is
allowed
to
gouge
out
the
eye
of
the
person
who
injured
him.
If
someone
knocks
out
the
tooth
of
another
person,
that
person
is
allowed
to
knock
out
one
of
his
teeth.
What
is
done
to
the
offender
must
be
the
same
as
what
he
did
to
the
other
person.
\VS{21}Whoever
kills
{\ADD{
another
person’s}}
animal
must
give
that
person
a
live
animal
to
replace
the
one
that
he
killed,
but
anyone
who
murders
another
person
must
be
executed.
\VS{22}That
law
applies
to
you Israelis
and
and
also
to
the
foreigners
who
live
among
you;
I,
Yahweh
your
God
{\ADD{
am
the
one
who
has
commanded
it}}.”
\par }{\PP \VS{23}Then
Moses/I
told
the Israelis
{\ADD{
what
they
must
do
to
the
man
who
cursed
Yahweh}},
so
they
took
the
man
outside
the
camp
and
{\ADD{
killed
him
by}}
throwing
stones
at
him.
They
did
what
Yahweh
commanded
Moses/me
{\ADD{
to
tell
them
to
do}}.

\par }\Chap{25}{\SH The seventh year
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Yahweh
said
to
Moses/me
on
Sinai
Mountain,
\VS{2}“Tell
the Israelis
{\ADD{
that
I,
Yahweh,
say
this}}:
When
you
enter
the
land
that
I
am
about
to
give
you,
every
seventh
year
you
must
honor
me
by
{\ADD{
not
planting
any
seeds.
You
will
be}} allowing
the
ground
to
rest.
\VS{3}For
six
years
you
are
to
plant
seeds
in
your
fields
and
prune
your grapevines
and
harvest
the
crops.
\VS{4}But
the
seventh/next
year
you
must
{\ADD{
dedicate}}
to
me,
and
allow
your
fields
to
rest.
Do
not
plant
seeds
in
your
fields
or
prune
your grapevines
{\ADD{
during
that
year}}.
\VS{5}Do
not
reap
{\ADD{
the
grain}}
that
grows
in
your
fields
without
having
been
planted,
or
harvest
the
grapes
that
grow
{\ADD{
without
the
vines
being
pruned}};
you
must
allow
the
land
to
rest
for
that
one
year.
\VS{6}But
you
are
permitted
to
eat
whatever
crops
grow
by
themselves
during
that
year
without
having
been
planted.
You
and
your
male
and
female
servants,
and
workers
whom
you
have
hired,
and
people
who
are
living
among
you temporarily
are
permitted
to
eat
it.
\VS{7}Also,
{\ADD{
during
that
year}}
your
livestock
and
the
wild
animals
in
your
land
are
permitted
to
eat
it.’
\par }{\SH The
fiftieth
year
\par }{\PP \VS{8-9}‘Also,
after
every 49
years
has
ended,
you
must
do
this: ◄On
the
tenth
day
of
the
seventh
month/At
the
end
of September►
{\ADD{
of
the
next/50th
year}},
blow
trumpets
throughout
the
country,
to
declare
that
it
will
be
a
day
on
which
you
request
that
I
forgive
you
for
the
sins
that
you
have
committed.
\VS{10}Set
apart
that
year,
and
proclaim
that
throughout
the
country,
it
will
be
a
year
of
restoring
the
land
and
freeing
people:
All
the
people
{\ADD{
who
sold
their
property}}
will
receive
back
the
property
that
they
previously
owned,
and
slaves
must
be ◄freed/allowed
to
return
to
{\ADD{
their
property
and}}
their
families►.
\VS{11}That
year
will
be
a
Year
of
Celebration;
{\ADD{
during
that
year}}
do
not
plant
anything,
and
do
not
harvest
{\ADD{
in
the
usual
way}}
the
grain/wheat
that
grows
without
having
been
planted,
or
the
grapes
that
grow
without
the
vines
being
pruned.
\VS{12}It
will
be
a
Year
of
Celebration,
so
eat
{\ADD{
only}}
what
grows
in
the
fields ◄by
itself/without
any
work
being
done
to
produce
anything►.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}‘In
that
Year
of
Celebration,
everyone
must
return
to
their
own
property.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}‘If
you
sell
some
of
your
land
to
a
fellow Israeli
or
if
you
buy
some
land
from
one
of
them,
you
must
treat
that
person
fairly:
\VS{15}If
you
buy
land,
the
price
that
you
will
pay
will
depend
on
the
number
of
years
there
will
be
until
the
next
Year
of
Celebration.
If
someone
sells
land
to
you,
he
will
charge
a
price
that
is
determined
by
the
number
of
years
until
the
next
Year
of
Celebration.
\VS{16}If
there
will
be
many
years
before
the
next
Year
of
Celebration,
the
price
will
be
higher;
if
there
will
be
only
a
few
years
until
the
next
Year
of
Celebration,
the
price
will
be
lower.
{\ADD{
You
could
say
that}}
what
he
is
really
selling
you
is
the
number
of
crops
{\ADD{
which
you
can
harvest
before
the
next
Year
of
Celebration}}.
\VS{17}Do
not
cheat
each
other;
instead,
revere
me.
I,
Yahweh
your
God,
{\ADD{
am
the
one
who
am
commanding
this}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{18}‘Obey
all
my
laws [DOU]
carefully.
If
you
do
that,
you
will
continue
to
live
safely
in
your
country [DOU].
\VS{19}And
crops
will
grow
well
on
the
land,
and
you
will
have
plenty
to
eat.
\VS{20}But
you
may
ask, “f
we
do
not
plant
or
harvest
our
crops
during
the
seventh
year,
what
will
we
have
to
eat?”
\VS{21}{\ADD{
My
answer
is
that}}
I
will
bless
you
very
much
during
the
sixth/previous
year,
with
the
result
that
during
that
year
there
will
be
enough
crops
to
provide
food
for
you
for
three
years!
\VS{22}Then,
after
you
plant
seed
during
the
eighth/next
year
{\ADD{
and
wait
for
the
crops
to
grow}},
you
will
eat
the
food
grown
in
the
sixth
year,
and
continue
to
eat
it
until
more
food
is
harvested
in
the
ninth
year!
\par }{\PP \VS{23}‘You
must
not
sell
any
of
your
land
to
belong
to
someone
else
permanently,
because
the
land
{\ADD{
is
not
yours,
it}};
is
really
mine,
and
you
are
only
living
on
it temporarily
and ◄farming/taking
care
of►
it
for
me.
\VS{24}Throughout
the
country
that
you
will
possess,
you
must
remember
that
if
someone
sells
some
of
his
land
to
you,
he
is
permitted
to
buy
it
back
from
you
{\ADD{
if
he
wants
to}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{25}‘o,
if
one
of
your
fellow Israelis
becomes
poor
and
sells
some
of
his
property
{\ADD{
to
obtain
some
money}},
the
person
who
is
most
closely
related
to
him
is
permitted
to
come
and
buy
that
land
for
him.
\VS{26}However,
if
a
man
has
no
one
to
buy
the
land
for
him,
and
he
himself
prospers
again
and
saves
enough
money
to
buy
that
land
back,
\VS{27}he
must
calculate
how
many
years
there
will
be
until
the
next
Year
of
Celebration.
Then
he
must
pay
to
the
man
who
bought
the
land
the
money
that
he
would
have earned
by
continuing
to
grow
crops
on
that
land
for
those
years.
\VS{28}But
if
the original
owner
does
not
have
any
money
to
buy
the
land
that
he
sold,
it
will
continue
to
belong
to
the
man
who
bought
it,
until
the
next
Year
of
Celebration.
In
that
year
it
must
be
returned
to
its original
owner,
and
he
will
be
able
to
live
on
it
again.
\par }{\PP \VS{29}‘f
someone
who
lives
in
a
city
that
has
a
wall
around
it
sells
a
house
there,
during
the
next
year
he
will
be
permitted
to
buy
it
from
the
man
who
bought
it.
\VS{30}If
he
does
not
buy
it
during
that
year,
it
will
belong
permanently
to
the
man
who
bought
it
and
to
his
descendants.
It
must
not
be
returned
to
the original
owner
in
the
Year
of
Celebration.
\VS{31}But
houses
that
are
in
villages
that
do
not
have
walls
around
them
are
considered
to
be
as
though
they
are
in
a
field.
So
if
someone
sells
one
of
those
houses,
he
is
permitted
to
buy
it
back
at
any
time.
And
{\ADD{
if
he
does
not
buy
it}},
it
must
be
returned
to
him
in
the
Year
of
Celebration.
\par }{\PP \VS{32}‘f
any
descendants
of
Levi
sell
their
houses
in
the
towns
in
which
they
live,
they
are
permitted
to
buy
them
back
at
any
time.
\VS{33}And
because
the
houses
in
their
towns
are
on
land
that
{\ADD{
was
given
to
them
by}}
other Israelis,
that
land
will
become
theirs
again
in
the
Year
of
Celebration
{\ADD{
if
they
do
not
buy
it
back
before
then}}.
\VS{34}But
the pastureland
near
their
towns
must
not
be
sold.
It
must
belong
to
the original
owners
permanently/forever.
\par }{\PP \VS{35}‘f
one
of
your
fellow Israelis
becomes
poor
and
is
unable
to
buy
what
he
needs [IDM],
others
of
you
must
help
him
like
you
would
help
a
foreigner
who
is
living
among
you [DOU] temporarily.
\VS{36}{\ADD{
If
you
lend
money
to
him}},
do
not
charge
any
kind
of
interest [DOU].
Instead,
{\ADD{
show
by
what
you
do
that
you}}
revere
me,
your
God,
and
help
that
man,
in
order
that
he
will
be
able
to
continue
to
live
among
you.
\VS{37}If
you
lend
him
money,
do
not
charge
interest;
and
if
you
sell
food
to
him,
{\ADD{
charge
him
only
what
you
paid
for
it}};
do
not
get
a
profit
from
it.
\VS{38}{\ADD{
Do
not
forget
that}}
I
am
Yahweh
your
God,
who
brought
you
out
of
Egypt
to
be
your
God
and
to
give
you
the
land
of
Canaan,
{\ADD{
and
I
did
not
charge
you
for
doing
that}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{39}‘f
one
of
your
fellow Israelis
becomes
poor
and
sells
himself
to
you,
do
not
force
him
to
work
like
a
slave.
\VS{40}Treat
him
like
you
treat
workers
that
you
hire
or
like
someone
who
is
living
on
your
land temporarily.
But
he
must
work
for
you
{\ADD{
only}}
until
the
Year
of
Celebration.
\VS{41}During
that
year,
you
must
free
him,
and
he
will
go
back
to
his
family
and
to
the
property
that
his
ancestors
owned.
\VS{42}{\ADD{
It
is
as
though}}
you Israelis
are
my
slaves/servants,
whom
I
{\ADD{
freed
from
being
slaves}}
in
Egypt.
So
none
of
you
should
be
sold
to
become
slaves.
\VS{43}And
do
not
treat
the Israelis
whom
you
buy
cruelly;
instead,
revere
me,
your
God.
\par }{\PP \VS{44}‘f
you
want
to
have
slaves,
you
are
permitted
to
buy
them
from
nearby
countries.
\VS{45}You
are
also
permitted
to
buy
some
of
the
foreigners
who
are
living
among
you,
and
members
of
their
clans
that
were
born
in
your
country.
Then
you
will
own
them.
\VS{46}They
will
be
your
slaves
for
the
remaining
years
of
your
life,
and
after
you
die,
it
is
permitted
for
your
children
to
own
them.
But
you
must
not
act
in
brutal
ways
toward
your
fellow Israelis.
\par }{\PP \VS{47}‘f
a
foreigner
who
is
living
among
you [DOU]
becomes
rich,
and
if
one
of
your
fellow Israelis
becomes
poor
and
sells
himself
to
that
foreigner
or
to
a
member
of
his
clan/family,
\VS{48}it
is
permitted
for
someone
to
pay
for
him
to
be
freed.
It
is
permitted
for
one
of
his
relatives
to
pay
for
him
to
be
released:
\VS{49}An
uncle
or
a cousin
or
another
relative
in
his
clan
may
pay
for
him
to
be
released.
Or,
if
he
prospers
{\ADD{
and
gets
enough
money}},
he
is
permitted
to
pay
for
his
own
release.
\VS{50}The
man
who
wants
to
pay
for
his
own
release
must
count
the
number
of
years
until
the
next
Year
of
Celebration.
The
price
he
pays
to
the
man
who
bought
him
will
depend
on
the
pay
that
would
be
given
to
a
hired
worker
for
that
number
of
years.
\VS{51}If
there
are
a
lot
of
years
that
remain
until
the
Year
of
Celebration,
he
must
pay
for
his
release
a
larger
amount
of
the
money.
\VS{52}If
there
are
only
a
few
years
that
remain
until
the
Year
of
Celebration,
he
must
pay
a
smaller
amount
to
be
released.
\VS{53}During
the
years
that
he
is
working
for
the
man
who
bought
him,
the
man
who
bought
him
must
treat
him
like
he
would
treat
a
hired
worker,
and
all
of
you
must
make
sure
that
his
owner
does
not
treat
him
cruelly.
\par }{\PP \VS{54}‘nd
even
if
a
fellow Israeli
who
has
sold
himself
to
a
rich
man
is
not
able
to
pay
for
himself
to
be
freed
by
any
of
these
ways,
he
and
his
children
must
be
freed
in
the
Year
of
Celebration,
\VS{55}because
{\ADD{
it
is
as
though}}
you Israelis
are
my
slaves/servants,
whom
I,
Yahweh
your
God,
freed
from
{\ADD{
being
slaves
in}}
Egypt.’ ”

\par }\Chap{26}{\SH Promised blessings for obeying Yahweh
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}{\ADD{
Yahweh
also
said
this
to
Moses/me
on
Sinai
Mountain}}: “Do
not
make
idols
or
set
up
statues
of
false
gods
or
sacred
stones
{\ADD{
to
worship
other
gods}}.
And
do
not
put
on
your
property
a
stone
that
has
been
shaped
{\ADD{
to
resemble
a
false
god}}
and
bow
down
to
{\ADD{
worship}}
it.
{\ADD{
You
must
worship
only}}
me,
Yahweh,
your
God.
\par }{\PP \VS{2}“onor
the
Sabbath
days
and
revere
my
Sacred
Tent,
because
I,
Yahweh,
{\ADD{
live
there}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{3}“f
you
carefully
obey
all
my
commands [DOU],
\VS{4}I
will
send
rain
for
you
at
the
proper/right
times,
in
order
that
crops
will
grow
on
your
land
and
there
will
be
plenty
of
fruit
on
your
trees.
\VS{5}You
will
continue
{\ADD{
harvesting
and}}
threshing
{\ADD{
grain}}
until
it
is
time
to
harvest
grapes,
and
you
will
continue
to
harvest
grapes
until
it
is
time
to
start
planting
{\ADD{
things
in
the
following
year}}.
And
you
will
have
all
the
food
that
you
want
to
eat,
and
you
will
live
safely
in
your
land.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}“{\ADD{
If
you
obey
all
my
laws}},
there
will
be
peace
in
your
country,
and
when
you
lie
down
{\ADD{
to
sleep}},
nothing
will
cause
you
to
be
afraid.
I
will
get
rid
of
the
dangerous
animals
in
your
country,
and
there
will
no
wars [MTY]
in
your
country.
\VS{7}You
will
pursue
your
enemies
and
kill
them
with
your
swords:
\VS{8}Five
of
you
will
pursue 100
of
them,
and 100
of
you
will
pursue 1,000
of
them
and
kill
them
with
your
swords.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}“{\ADD{
If
you
obey
all
my
laws}},
I
will
bless
you
and
cause
you
to
have
many
children [DOU].
And
I
will
do
what
I
said
that
I
would
do
in
the
agreement
that
I
made
with
you.
\VS{10}When
you
are
still
eating
food
from
the
harvest
from
the
previous
year,
it
will
be
necessary
for
you
to
throw
away
some
of
it
to
make
space
for
the
new
harvest.
\VS{11}I
will
live
among
you
in
my
Sacred
Tent,
and
I
will
never
reject
you.
\VS{12}I
will
walk
among
you
and
continue
to
be
your
God,
and
you
will
continue
to
be
my
people.
\VS{13}I
am
Yahweh
your
God,
the
one
who
brought
you
out
of
Egypt
in
order
that
you
would
no
longer
be
slaves
of
the
people
of
Egypt.
{\ADD{
When
you
were
there,
you
were
treated
as
though
you
were
animals
that
worked
for
the
people
of
Egypt,
but}} [MET]
I
broke
the
bars
of
the ◄yokes/frames
that
were
put
around
your
necks►
and
enabled
you
to
walk
with
your
heads
up.”
\par }{\SH Threatened
punishments
for disobeying
Yahweh
\par }{\PP \VS{14}“But
if
you
will
not
heed
me
and
obey
all
these
commands,
\VS{15}and
if
you
reject [DOU]
my
decrees
and
laws,
and
do
not
do [DOU]
what
I
commanded
you
to
do
in
the
agreement
that
I
made
with
you,
\VS{16}these
are
the
things
that
I
will
do
to
you:
I
will
suddenly
cause
there
to
be
disasters
that
will
ruin
you.
You
will
have
diseases
that
cannot
be
cured,
and fevers
that
will
cause
you
to
become
blind
and
will slowly
kill
you.
It
will
be
useless
for
you
to
plant
seeds,
because
your
enemies
will
eat
the
crops
that
grow.
\VS{17}I
will
reject/abandon
you [IDM],
with
the
result
that
you
will
be
defeated
by
your
enemies.
Then
those
who
hate
you
will
rule
you,
and
{\ADD{
you
will
be
so
terrified
that}}
you
will
run
away
even
when
no
one
is
pursuing
you.
\par }{\PP \VS{18}“f
you
still
will
not
heed
me
after
all
those
things
happen
to
you,
I
will
continue
to
punish
you
again
and
again
for
the
sins
that
you
have
committed.
\VS{19}I
will
cause
you
to
no
longer
be
stubborn
and
proud;
I
will
cause
{\ADD{
no
rain
to
fall;
it
will
be
as
though}} [MET]
the
sky
is
made
of
iron;
and
the
ground
will
be
{\ADD{
as
hard
as}}
brass [MET].
\VS{20}You
will
uselessly
work
very
hard
{\ADD{
to
plant
seeds}},
because
crops
will
not
grow
in
the
hard
soil
in
your
fields,
and
fruit
will
not
grow
on
your
trees.
\par }{\PP \VS{21}“f
you
continue
to
oppose
me
and
refuse
to
heed
me,
I
will
cause
you
to
experience
disasters
again
and
again,
like
you
deserve
to
experience
because
of
your
sins.
\VS{22}I
will
send
wild
animals
to
attack
you,
and
they
will
kill
your
little
children
and
destroy
your
cattle.
There
will
be
very
few
of
you
who
will
remain
alive,
with
the
result
that
there
will
be
very
few [HYP]
people
walking
on
the
roads
in
your
country.
\par }{\PP \VS{23}“hen
you
experience
those
things
that
I
do
to
punish
you,
if
you
still
do
not
pay
attention
to
me,
and
if
you
continue
to
oppose
me,
\VS{24}I
myself
will
oppose
you,
and
I
will
punish
you
for
your
sins
again
and
again.
\VS{25}I
will
send
{\ADD{
foreign
}}armies [MTY]
to
punish
you
for
not
doing
the
things
that
I
commanded
you
to
do
in
the
agreement
that
I
made
with
you.
If
you
{\ADD{
try
to
escape
from
your
enemies
by}}
shutting
yourselves
in
your
cities
{\ADD{
that
have
walls
around
them}},
I
will
cause
you
to
experience
plagues,
and
I
will
allow
your
enemies
to
capture [IDM]
you.
\VS{26}When
I
cut
off
your
food
supply,
there
will
be
very
little
flour
with
which
to
make
bread.
As
a
result,
ten
women
will
be
able
to
bake
all
their
bread
in
{\ADD{
only}}
one
oven.
{\ADD{
When
the
bread
is
baked}},
each
woman
will
divide
it
{\ADD{
among
the
members
of
her
family,
but
there
will
be
very
little
for
each
one}},
and
when
they
have
eaten
all
of
it,
they
will
still
be
hungry.
\par }{\PP \VS{27}“fter
all
those
things
happen,
if
you
still
do
not
heed
me,
if
you
still
oppose
me,
\VS{28}I
will
be
very
angry
with
you,
and
I
will
oppose
you,
and
I
myself
will
punish
you
for
your
sins
again
and
again.
\VS{29}{\ADD{
You
will
be
extremely
hungry,
with
the
result
that}}
you
will
{\ADD{
kill}}
your
sons
and
daughters
and
eat
their
flesh.
\VS{30}I
will
cause
the
shrines
{\ADD{
where
you
worship
idols}}
on hilltops
to
be
destroyed.
I
will
smash
the
altars
where
you
burn
incense
{\ADD{
to
worship
your
gods}},
and
I
will
cause
your
corpses
to
be
piled
on
the lifeless
statues
of
your
gods.
And
I
will
detest
you.
\VS{31}I
will
cause
your
cities
to
become
heaps
of
ruins,
and
I
will
cause
the
buildings
that
are
dedicated
to
the
worship
of
your
gods
to
be
smashed.
And
I
will
not
be
pleased
at
all
with
the
aroma
of
your
offerings
{\ADD{
that
are
burned
on
the
altar}}.
\VS{32}I
will
completely
ruin
your
country,
with
the
result
that
even
your
enemies
who
capture
it
will
be
shocked/appalled
{\ADD{
when
they
see
it}}.
\VS{33}I
will
enable
{\ADD{
your
enemies
to
kill
you
with}}
their
swords,
and
I
will
cause
the
rest
of
you
to
be
scattered
among
other
nations.
Your
country
will
be
ruined
and
your
cities
will
become
ruins.
\VS{34}After
that
happens,
as
long
as
you
are
living
in
your
enemies’
countries,
your
land
will
be
allowed
to
rest,
like
you
should
have
allowed
it
to
rest
every
seven
years.
\VS{35}All
the
time
that
your
land
is
desolate,
it
will
be
able
to
rest,
like
you
did
not
enable
it
to
rest
during
all
the
years
that
you
lived
there.
\par }{\PP \VS{36}“s
for
you
people
who
will
remain
alive
in
the
countries
to
which
your
enemies
{\ADD{
will
have
taken
you}},
I
will
cause
you
to
become
so
afraid
that
when
you
hear
the
sound
of
leaves
being
blown
by
the
wind,
you
will
run
away.
You
will
run
like [SIM]
you
are
running
from
{\ADD{
a
man
carrying}}
a
sword,
and
you
will
fall
down,
even
though
no
one
is
pursuing
you.
\VS{37}You
will
stumble
over
each
other.
So
you
will
not
be
able
to
stand
and
fight
your
enemies.
\VS{38}Many
of
you
will
die
in
the
countries
that
belong
to
your
enemies [DOU].
\VS{39}And
those
of
you
who
remain
alive
will slowly
die
and
rot
in
the
countries
of
your
enemies
because
of
your
sins
and
because
of
the
sins
of
your
ancestors.
\par }{\PP \VS{40-41}“ut
your
descendants
must
confess
their
sins
and
the
sins
that
their
ancestors
committed.
Their
ancestors
acted
unfaithfully
toward
me
and
were
hostile
to
me,
with
the
result
that
I
forced
them
to
go
to
the
countries
that
belonged
to
their
enemies.
But
when
your
descendants
humble
themselves [SYN]
and
stop
being
very
stubborn [IDM]
and
accept
being
punished
for
their
sins,
\VS{42}I
will
remember
the
agreement
that
I
made
with
{\ADD{
your
ancestors}}
Abraham
and
Isaac
and
Jacob,
and
{\ADD{
what
I
promised
them
about
}}
this
land.
\VS{43}But
{\ADD{
before
that
happens}},
you
will
be
forced
to
leave
your
land,
with
the
result
that
the
land
will
be
able
to
rest
while
it
is
desolate
and
while
the
people
are
being
punished
for rejecting
my
laws
and
hating
my
decrees [DOU].
\VS{44}But
when
that
happens,
I
will
still
not
reject
them
or
hate
them
and
destroy
them
completely.
I
will
not cancel
the
agreement
that
I
made
with
them;
for
I
am
still
Yahweh
their
God.
\VS{45}I
will ◄remember/never
forget►
the
agreement
that
I
made
with
your
ancestors
when
I
brought
them
out
of
Egypt,
in
order
that
the
people
of
all
nations
will
know
that
I,
Yahweh,
{\ADD{
will
continue
to}}
be
your
God.”
\par }{\PP \VS{46}Those
are
the
decrees,
the
laws,
and
the
regulations [DOU]
that
Yahweh
established
on
Sinai
Mountain
between
himself
and
the Israeli
people
by
{\ADD{
giving
them
to}}
Moses/me
{\ADD{
to
tell
to
them}}.

\par }\Chap{27}{\SH Making promises about gifts to Yahweh
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Yahweh
also
said
to
Moses/me,
\VS{2}“Tell
the Israeli
people
{\ADD{
that
this
is
what
I
am
saying
to
them}}:
If
anyone
solemnly
promises
to
dedicate
another
person
to
{\ADD{
work solely}}
for
me,
the
person
who
is
dedicated
to
me
is
allowed
to
be
free
from
having
to
do
that
by
someone
paying
{\ADD{
to
the
priest}}
a
fixed
amount
of
money.
The
money
that
is
given
must
be
calculated
by comparing
it
with
the
official
pieces
of
silver
in
the
Sacred
Tent.
\VS{3}{\ADD{
These
are
the
amounts
that
must
be
paid}}:
\par }{\LIB 50
pieces
of
silver
for
men
who
are
between 20
and 60
years
old,
\par }{\LIB \VS{4}30
pieces
of
silver
for adult
women
{\ADD{
who
are
between 20
and 60
years
old}},
\par }{\LIB \VS{5}20
pieces
of
silver
for
young
men
who
are
between
five
and 20
years
old,
\par }{\LIB ten
pieces
of
silver
for
young
women
who
are
between
five
and 20
years
old,
\par }{\LIB \VS{6}five
pieces
of
silver
for
boys
who
are
between
one
month
and
five
years
old,
\par }{\LIB three
pieces
of
silver
for
girls
who
are
between
one
month
and
five
years
old,
\par }{\LIB \VS{7}15
pieces
of
silver
for
men
who
are
more
than 60
years
old,
\par }{\LIB ten
pieces
of
silver
for
women
who
are
more
than 60
years
old.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}‘If
anyone
who
has
made
such
a
solemn
promise
is
very
poor
and
unable
to
pay,
to
free
that
person
from
doing
what
he
had
promised,
he
must
take
that
person
to
the
priest.
The
priest
will
set
the
price
{\ADD{
for
freeing
him}}
to
be
what
the
person
who
made
that
solemn
promise
is
able
to
pay.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}‘If
someone
solemnly
promises
to
give
an
animal
that
is
acceptable
to
be
an
offering
to
me,
that
animal
becomes
sacred
{\ADD{
and
belongs
to
me}}.
\VS{10}The
person
who
promised
to
give
it
must
not
give
another
animal
instead
of
the
one
that
he
promised;
he
must
not
substitute
a
bad
animal
for
a
good
one
or
even
a
better
one
than
the
one
offered.
If
he
would
substitute
one
animal
for
the
other,
both
animals
would
belong
to
me.
\VS{11}If
the
animal
that
he
wishes
to
dedicate
to
me
is
a
kind
that
is
unacceptable
to
be
an
offering
to
me,
he
must
take
that
animal
to
the
priest.
\VS{12}The
priest
will
then
decide
what
its
value
is,
according
to
the
animal’s
good
and
bad
points.
Whatever
value
the
priests
sets
will
be
the
value
of
the
animal,
{\ADD{
and
that
is
the
price
that
the
priest
must
pay
for
the
animal}}.
\VS{13}If
the
man
who
gave
the
animal
later
decides
that
he
wants
to
buy
it
back,
he
must
pay
{\ADD{
to
the
priest}}
that
price
plus
an additional 20 perent.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}‘{\ADD{
Similarly}},
if
someone dedicates
his
house
to
be
a
sacred
gift
to
belong
to
me,
the
priest
will
decide
how
much
it
is
worth,
which
will
depend
on
whether
the
house
is
in
good
condition.
Whatever
the
priest
says
that
it
is
worth,
that
will
be
its
value
{\ADD{
and
that
is
the
price
that
the
priest
must
pay
for
it}}.
\VS{15}If
the
man
who
dedicated
his
house
to
me
later
wants
to
buy
it
back,
he
must
pay
that
price
plus
an additonal 20 percent,
and
then
the
house
will
belong
to
him
again.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}‘If
someone dedicates
to
me
some
of
the
property
that
belongs
to
him
and
his
family,
its
value
will
be
determined
by
the
number
of bushels
of
seed
that
will
be
needed
to
plant
seeds
on
that
land:
Its
value
will
be
ten
pieces
of
silver
for
each
bushel
of
seed.
\VS{17}If
he dedicates
the
land
during
the
Year
of
Celebration,
its
full
value
will
be
that
amount.
\VS{18}But
if
he dedicates
the
field
after
the
Year
of
Celebration,
the
priest
will
count
the
number
of
years
until
the
next
Year
of
Celebration,
and
if
there
are
not
many
years
that
remain,
the
price
will
be
much
lower
{\ADD{
than
the
full
price}}.
\VS{19}If
the
person
who
dedicated
the
field
later
wants
to
buy
it
back,
he
must
pay
{\ADD{
to
the
priest}}
the
price
that
the
priest
says
it
is
worth,
plus
an
added
one-fifth,
and
then
the
field
will
belong
to
that
man
again.
\VS{20}However,
if
he
does
not
buy
it
back,
or
if
it
has
been
sold (OR,
the
priest
has
sold
it)
to
someone
else,
that
person
will
never
be
permitted
to
buy
it
back
again.
\VS{21}In
the
Year
of
Celebration,
it
will
become
sacred
again,
and
it
will
be
given
to
the
priest.
\par }{\PP \VS{22}‘f
someone dedicates
to
me
some
land
that
he
has
bought,
land
which
is
not
part
of
the
land
that
his
family
has
always
owned,
\VS{23}the
priest
will
count
the
number
of
years
until
the
next
Year
of
Celebration
to
determine
how
much
it
is
worth,
and
the
man
must
pay
that
amount
to
the
priest
on
that
day,
{\ADD{
and
then
that
land
will
belong
to
that
man
again}}.
\VS{24}But
in
the
Year
of
Celebration,
the
land
will
again
be
owned
by
the
person
from
whom
he
bought
it,
the
person
whose
family
had
always
owned
that
land.
\VS{25}All
the
silver
that
is
paid
must
be
compared
with
the
official
pieces
of
silver
in
the
Sacred
Tent.
\par }{\PP \VS{26}‘No
one
is
permitted
to
dedicate
to
me
the
firstborn
of
any
cow
or
sheep,
because
the
firstborn
already
belongs
to
me [DOU].
\VS{27}If
someone
gives
to
me
a
kind
of
animal
that
is
not
acceptable
to
me,
that
person
may
later
buy
it
back
by
paying
what
it
is
worth
plus
an additial 20 percent
of
its
value.
If
he
does
not
buy
it
back,
it
must
be
sold (OR,
the
priest
must
sell
it)
for
its
standard
price.
\par }{\PP \VS{28}‘However,
no
slave
or
animal
or
family
land
that
someone
owns
can
be
sold
or
bought
back
after
it
has
been
dedicated
to
me
{\ADD{
and
no
price
has
been
paid
for
it}}.
That
kind
of
gift
belongs
to
me
permanently/forever.
\par }{\PP \VS{29}‘No
person
who
has
{\ADD{
done
something
that
I
consider
to
be
very
wicked}}
is
permitted
to
be
freed
{\ADD{
from
being
punished}};
that
person
must
surely
be
executed.
\par }{\PP \VS{30}‘One
tenth
of
all
the
crops
and
grain
or
fruit
that
is
produced
on
anyone’s
land
is
sacred
and
belongs
to
me.
\VS{31}If
anyone
wants
to
buy
back
any
of
that
tenth,
he
must
pay
{\ADD{
to
the
priest}}
what
it
is
worth
plus
an additional 20 percent.
\VS{32}One
of
every
ten domestic
animals
belongs
to
me.
When
a
shepherd
counts
his
animals [MTY]
{\ADD{
to
decide
which
ones
he
will
give
to
me}},
he
must
mark
every
tenth
one
as belonging
to
me.
\VS{33}When
he
does
that,
he
must
not
pick
out
the
good
ones
for
himself
or
leave
the
bad
ones,
or
substitute
bad
ones
for
good
ones.
If
he substitutes
one
animal
for
another,
both
animals
will
belong
to
me,
and
he
will
not
be
permitted
to
buy
them
back (OR,
the
shepherd
cannot
buy
them
back).’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{34}Those
are
the
commands
that
Yahweh
gave
to
Moses/me
on
Sinai
Mountain
{\ADD{
to
tell
to
the
people}}.
\par }