Skip to content
Rules for Priests and Flawless Sacrifices
Leviticus
1 The priests in their uncleanness must abstain from the holy things, 6 How they shall be cleansed, 10 Who of the priest's house may eat of the holy things, 17 The sacrifices must be without blemish, 26 The age of the sacrifice, 29 The law of eating the sacrifice of thanksgiving
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
Num 6:3;Exo 13:12;Num 18:322 Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, and that they profane not my holy name in those things which they hallow unto me: I am the Lord.
Lev 7:203 Say unto them, Whosoever he be of all your seed among your generations, that goeth unto the holy things, which the children of Israel hallow unto the Lord, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from my presence: I am the Lord.
Num 19:22;Num 19:11;Lev 15:134 What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or hath a running issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he be clean. And whoso toucheth any thing that is unclean by the dead, or a man whose seed goeth from him;
Lev 11:24;Lev 15:7;Lev 15:195 Or whosoever toucheth any creeping thing, whereby he may be made unclean, or a man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatsoever uncleanness he hath;
Heb 10:226 The soul which hath touched any such shall be unclean until even, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he wash his flesh with water.
Num 18:117 And when the sun is down, he shall be clean, and shall afterward eat of the holy things; because it is his food.
Lev 17:15;Exo 22:318 That which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts, he shall not eat to defile himself therewith: I am the Lord.
Exo 28:43;Num 18:229 They shall therefore keep mine ordinance, lest they bear sin for it, and die therefore, if they profane it: I the Lord do sanctify them.
Exo 29:33;Num 3:10;1 Sam 21:610 There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing: a sojourner of the priest, or an hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.
11 But if the priest buy any soul with his money, he shall eat of it, and he that is born in his house: they shall eat of his meat.
12 If the priest's daughter also be married unto a stranger, she may not eat of an offering of the holy things.
Num 18:11;Gen 38:1113 But if the priest's daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no child, and is returned unto her father's house, as in her youth, she shall eat of her father's meat: but there shall no stranger eat thereof.
Lev 5:15-1614 And if a man eat of the holy thing unwittingly, then he shall put the fifth part thereof unto it, and shall give it unto the priest with the holy thing.
Num 18:3215 And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto the Lord;
16 Or suffer them to bear the iniquity of trespass, when they eat their holy things: for I the Lord do sanctify them.
17 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
Num 15:1418 Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them, Whatsoever he be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers in Israel, that will offer his oblation for all his vows, and for all his freewill offerings, which they will offer unto the Lord for a burnt offering;
19 Ye shall offer at your own will a male without blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats.
Heb 9:14;Eph 5:27;Mal 1:1420 But whatsoever hath a blemish, that shall ye not offer: for it shall not be acceptable for you.
Psa 65:1;Psa 61:8;Deu 23:2121 And whosoever offereth a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the Lord to accomplish his vow, or a freewill offering in beeves or sheep, it shall be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish therein.
22 Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scurvy, or scabbed, ye shall not offer these unto the Lord, nor make an offering by fire of them upon the altar unto the Lord.
Lev 21:1823 Either a bullock or a lamb that hath any thing superfluous or lacking in his parts, that mayest thou offer for a freewill offering; but for a vow it shall not be accepted.
24 Ye shall not offer unto the Lord that which is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut; neither shall ye make any offering thereof in your land.
Num 15:15;Mal 1:1425 Neither from a stranger's hand shall ye offer the bread of your God of any of these; because their corruption is in them, and blemishes be in them: they shall not be accepted for you.
26 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
Exo 22:3027 When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it shall be seven days under the dam; and from the eighth day and thenceforth it shall be accepted for an offering made by fire unto the Lord.
Deu 22:628 And whether it be cow or ewe, ye shall not kill it and her young both in one day.
Psa 107:22;Psa 116:17;Amo 4:529 And when ye will offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto the Lord, offer it at your own will.
30 On the same day it shall be eaten up; ye shall leave none of it until the morrow: I am the Lord.
Deu 4:40;Num 15:40;Lev 19:3731 Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I am the Lord.
Isa 6:3;Mat 6:9;Luk 11:232 Neither shall ye profane my holy name; but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel: I am the Lord which hallow you,
Exo 6:733 That brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the Lord.