# Leviticus 22

- Translation: Berean Standard Bible
- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/leviticus/22
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).

## Text

[1] Then the LORD said to Moses, [2] “Tell Aaron and his sons to treat with respect the sacred offerings that the Israelites have consecrated to Me, so that they do not profane My holy name. I am the LORD. [3] Tell them that for the generations to come, if any of their descendants in a state of uncleanness approaches the sacred offerings that the Israelites consecrate to the LORD, that person must be cut off from My presence. I am the LORD. [4] If a descendant of Aaron has a skin disease or a discharge, he may not eat the sacred offerings until he is clean. Whoever touches anything defiled by a corpse or by a man who has an emission of semen, [5] or whoever touches a crawling creature or a person that makes him unclean, whatever the uncleanness may be— [6] the man who touches any of these will remain unclean until evening. He must not eat from the sacred offerings unless he has bathed himself with water. [7] When the sun has set, he will become clean, and then he may eat from the sacred offerings, for they are his food. [8] He must not eat anything found dead or torn by wild animals, which would make him unclean. I am the LORD. [9] The priests must keep My charge, lest they bear the guilt and die because they profane it. I am the LORD who sanctifies them. [10] No one outside a priest’s family may eat the sacred offering, nor may the guest of a priest or his hired hand eat it. [11] But if a priest buys a slave with his own money, or if a slave is born in his household, that slave may eat his food. [12] If the priest’s daughter is married to a man other than a priest, she is not to eat of the sacred contributions. [13] But if a priest’s daughter with no children becomes widowed or divorced and returns to her father’s house, she may share her father’s food as in her youth. But no outsider may share it. [14] If anyone eats a sacred offering in error, he must add a fifth to its value and give the sacred offering to the priest. [15] The priests must not profane the sacred offerings that the Israelites present to the LORD [16] by allowing the people to eat the sacred offerings and thus to bear the punishment for guilt. For I am the LORD who sanctifies them.” [17] Then the LORD said to Moses, [18] “Speak to Aaron and his sons and all the Israelites and tell them, ‘Any man of the house of Israel or any foreign resident who presents a gift for a burnt offering to the LORD, whether to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering, [19] must offer an unblemished male from the cattle, sheep, or goats in order for it to be accepted on your behalf. [20] You must not present anything with a defect, because it will not be accepted on your behalf. [21] When a man presents a peace offering to the LORD from the herd or flock to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering, it must be without blemish or defect to be acceptable. [22] You are not to present to the LORD any animal that is blind, injured, or maimed, or anything with a running sore, a festering rash, or a scab; you must not put any of these on the altar as an offering made by fire to the LORD. [23] You may present as a freewill offering an ox or sheep that has a deformed or stunted limb, but it is not acceptable in fulfillment of a vow. [24] You are not to present to the LORD an animal whose testicles are bruised, crushed, torn, or cut; you are not to sacrifice them in your land. [25] Neither you nor a foreigner shall present food to your God from any such animal. They will not be accepted on your behalf, because they are deformed and flawed.’” [26] Then the LORD said to Moses, [27] “When an ox, a sheep, or a goat is born, it must remain with its mother for seven days. From the eighth day on, it will be acceptable as an offering made by fire to the LORD. [28] But you must not slaughter an ox or a sheep on the same day as its young. [29] When you sacrifice a thank offering to the LORD, offer it so that it may be acceptable on your behalf. [30] It must be eaten that same day. Do not leave any of it until morning. I am the LORD. [31] You are to keep My commandments and practice them. I am the LORD. [32] You must not profane My holy name. I must be acknowledged as holy among the Israelites. I am the LORD who sanctifies you, [33] who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God. I am the LORD.”

## Places in this chapter

- **Egypt** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/egypt

## Each verse

- Leviticus 22:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/leviticus/22/1
- Leviticus 22:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/leviticus/22/2
- Leviticus 22:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/leviticus/22/3
- Leviticus 22:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/leviticus/22/4
- Leviticus 22:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/leviticus/22/5
- Leviticus 22:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/leviticus/22/6
- Leviticus 22:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/leviticus/22/7
- Leviticus 22:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/leviticus/22/8
- Leviticus 22:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/leviticus/22/9
- Leviticus 22:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/leviticus/22/10
- Leviticus 22:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/leviticus/22/11
- Leviticus 22:12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/leviticus/22/12
- Leviticus 22:13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/leviticus/22/13
- Leviticus 22:14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/leviticus/22/14
- Leviticus 22:15 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/leviticus/22/15
- Leviticus 22:16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/leviticus/22/16
- Leviticus 22:17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/leviticus/22/17
- Leviticus 22:18 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/leviticus/22/18
- Leviticus 22:19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/leviticus/22/19
- Leviticus 22:20 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/leviticus/22/20
- Leviticus 22:21 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/leviticus/22/21
- Leviticus 22:22 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/leviticus/22/22
- Leviticus 22:23 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/leviticus/22/23
- Leviticus 22:24 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/leviticus/22/24
- Leviticus 22:25 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/leviticus/22/25
- Leviticus 22:26 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/leviticus/22/26
- Leviticus 22:27 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/leviticus/22/27
- Leviticus 22:28 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/leviticus/22/28
- Leviticus 22:29 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/leviticus/22/29
- Leviticus 22:30 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/leviticus/22/30
- Leviticus 22:31 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/leviticus/22/31
- Leviticus 22:32 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/leviticus/22/32
- Leviticus 22:33 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/leviticus/22/33