Page images
PDF

A repetition os divers laics.

5 And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the Lord, ye lhall ort'er it at your own will.

6 It lhall be eaten the fame day ve offer it, and on the morrow: and if" ought remain until the third day, it shall be burnt in the fire.

7 And if it be eaten at al! on the third day, it is abominable; it shall not be accepted.

8 Therefore every one that cateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned the hallowed tiling of the to R D: and that foul shall be cut off from among his people.

9 And when ye reap the harvest of

LEVITICUS

[ocr errors]

your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the fruit thereof as uncircumcvf'ed: trr I

corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest.

Io And thou (halt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I 'am the Lord your God.

Ii Ye (hall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.

i j And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the Lord.

13 Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired lhall not abide with thee all night until the morning.

14. Thou shalt not curie the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear thy God : I am the Lord.

15 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgement: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person os the mighty: but in righteoulnels (halt thou judge thy neighbour.

16 Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour-. I am the Lord.

17 Thou (halt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou (halt in any wife rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer fin upon him.

18 Thou shalt not avenge nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the Lor D.

19 Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with * diverse kind: thou lhalt nut sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall "a

garment, mingled of linen and woollen in measure.

tome upon thee.

To And whosoever Heth carnally with a woman that is a bondmaid betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeem

ed, nor freedom given her; (lie flialL scourged ; they lhall not be put to dei». because Ihe was not free.

Ii And he shall bring his trespass feriug unto the Lord, unto the doos the tabernacle of the congregation, e-^-i a ram for a trespass offering.

12 Aud the priest (hull make an ato i ment for him with the ram of the tmr pass ottering before the Lord, tbilin which he halh done: and the which he hath done shall be forgi-%. him,

23 And when ye shall come into * land, and (lull have planted all mini of trees for food ; then ye shall count 1

years shall it be as uneircumcised u»you: it stiall not be eaten of.

24. But in the fourth year all the Fr\ thereof shall be holy to praise the Lo B •withal.

25 And in the fifth year shall ye e of the fruit thereof, that it may yie unto you the increase thereof: I am t Lord your God.

26 Ye shall not eat any thing with t' blood, neither shall ye use inchan ment, nor observe times.

17 Ye shall not round the corners your heads, neither shalt thou mar tl corners of thy beard.

28 Ye shall not make any cuttings' your flesh for the dead, nor print. aa marks upon you: I am the Lord.

19 Do not prostitute thy daughter- I cause her to be.a whore; lest the Ian fall to whoredom, ami the land becom full of wickedness.

30 Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and re verence ray sanctuary: I am the Lo R n

31 Regard not them that iiave fanii liar spirits, neither seek after wizards to be defiled by them: I am the Lo R ] your God.

3* Thou shall rifciip before the hoar head, and honour the face of the oli man, and fear thy Cod •. 1 am the Lo R r>

53 And isa stranger sojourn with thei in your land, ye lhall not vex him.

34. But the stranger that dwclleth wits you lliall be unto you as one borr among you, and thou lhalt love him a! thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lor n vour God.

35 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in udgement, in meteyaru, in weight, 01

36 Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just, bin, lhall ye have* I am the Lo R D your God, which brought you out of the land of Kgypt.

37 Therekcertl&œt, Chap

- Therefore shall ye observe all my frates,ar,d ail my judgements, and do as: I cm the Lo R D.

CHAP. XX. . OftKixrseed to McUch. 6 Ofwixartij. 9 0/ cursing parents, GV.

AN'D rise Lord spake unto Moses, firing.

: Anin, thou shalt fay to the chil-aoi Israel, Whojccvcr he be of the c&æi cf Israel, or of the ltrangers 4a sojourn in Israel, that giveth any of a< fed unto Moiech; he (hall surely be ja b> death: the people of the land '^ii ione him with stones.

I And J will set my face against that Ks, ind will cut him off from among - < people; because he hath given of his is! nato Moiech, to defile my sanctuary, iad to profane my holy name.

t, And if the people of the land do zsij vayihitle their eyes from the man, *tten he giveth of his feed unto Moiech, isd iiii iim not:

j Tttn I will let my face against that aa, and against his family, and will ca him off, and all that go a whoring car him, to commit whoredom with NJoiech, from among their people.

* ft And the foul that turneth after sdi as have familiar spirits, and after *iiard$, to go a whoring after them, I •31 even set my face against that soul, and *31 cut him off from among bis people.

7 Sanctify yourselves therefore, and rcyehoiy:for IaastheLoR DyourGod. _ t And ye shall keep my statutes, and ao them: I am the Lord which sanctify yon.

5 f For erery one that curseth his fsier or his mother (hall surely be put tj death : he hath cursed his father or his Hotter; his blood /hall be upon him.

10 And the man that committeth s&dtery with another man's wife, even h that committeth adultery with his -rigabour's -wife, the adulterer and the *5akeress (hall surely be put to death.

ii And the man that lieth with his father's wife hath uncovered his father's ukednesi: both of them shall surely be ?at to death j their blood /hall be upon tbem.

ii And if a man lie with his daughter in law, both of them shall surely be ¥& to death: they have wrought contusion; their blood /hall be upon them, i? Is a man also lie with mankind as

te lieth with a woman, both of them

=»* committed an abomination; they

^•1 sorely be put tp death } their blood

Adfeapontsiem,

[ocr errors][ocr errors]

i+ And if a man take a wife and her mother, it it wickedness: they (hall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you.

15 And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and ye lhall Hay the beast.

16 And if a. woman approach unto any beast, and lie down thereto, thou (halt kill the woman and the bealt: they (hall surely be put to death , their blood /hall be upon them.

17 And if a man (hall take his sister, his father's daughter, cr his mother's daughter, and fee her nakedness, and (he lee his nakedness; it it a wicked thing; and they (hall be cut off in the sight of their people: he hath uncovered his sister's nakedness; he (hall bear his iniquity.

18 And isa man (hall lie with a woman having her sickness, and (hall uncover her.nakedness; he hath discovered her fountain, and (lie hath uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of them sliall be cut off from among their people,

19 And thou (halt not uncover the nakedneis of thy mother's sister, nor of thy father's sister: for he uncovereth his near kill: they (hall bear their iniquity.

20 And if a man (hull lie witti his uncle's wife, he hath uncovered his uncle's nakedness: they (hnll bear their sin; they lhall die childless. .

ii And if a man (hall take his brother's wife, it it an unclean thing: he hath uncovered hi* brother's nakedness, they (hall be childless.

22 Ye (hall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my judgements, and do them: that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, spue you not out.

13 And ye lhall not walk in the manners of the nation, whioli I cast out before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.

24. But I have said unto you, Ye (hall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land that floweth with milk and honey: I am the Lord your God, which nave separated you from ether people.

25 Ye lhall therefore put difference between clean heasts and unclc:mr and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye (hall not make your fouls abominable by beast or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean.

26 And ye (hall be holy unto me: for I the Lo R D am holy, aid have severed you from other people, that yc mould be mine.

Ordinances touching priests, LEVITICUS miurning, and marriages*

27 A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or thtft is a wizard, (hall surely be put to death: they mall stone them with stones: their blood Jhall be upon them.

C *H A P. XXI.

1 Of the priests' mourning, 7 marriages,

16 and blemijhes.

AND the Lord said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron, and lay unto them, There lhall none be defiled for the dead among his people:

2 But for his kin that is near unto him, that is, for his moth»r, and for his father, and for his son, and tor his daughter, and for his brother,

3 And for his lister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no husband; tor her may he be defiled.

4. But he (hall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself.

5 They (hall not make baldness upon their head, neither (hall they (have otf the corner of,their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.

6 They mall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their God: for the offerings of the Lor D made by fire, and the bread of their God they do olfer: therefore they (hall be holy.

7 ^f They (hall not take a wife that is a whore or profane; neither (hall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God.

_8 Thou (halt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God: be (hall be holy unto thee: for I the Lord, which (andtify you, am holy.

S) And the daughter of any prie'.t, if (lie profane herself by playing the whore, (lie profaneth her lather: (he (hall be burnt with fire.

10 And he that is the high priest among his brethren, upon whole head the anointing oil was poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, (hall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes;

11 Neither (hall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his,mother;

1a Neither (hall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God: for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the Lord.

13 And he (hall take a wife in her virginity. . .

14 A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or an harlot, these shall he

not take: but he mail take a virgin < his own people to wife.

15 Neither (hall he profane his see among his people: for I the Lord «j sanctify him.

16 f And theLOR D spake unto Mo fe saying,

17 Speak unto Aaron, saying, WhosY ever he be of thy seed in their gener: tions that hath any blemiih, let him 11 approach lo offer the bread of his Go

18 For whatsoever man he be tli hath a blemiih, he (hall not approaci a blind man, or a lame, or he that ha a flat nose, or any thing superfluous,

19 Or a man that is brokenfooted , < brokenhanded,

2oOr crookbacked,or a dwarf,or th hath a blemiih in his eye, or be scurv or scabbed, or hath his (tones broken

21 No man that hath a blemish, of t] seed of Aaron the priest, (hall come n i j to offer the offerings of the Lord ma.1 by fire : he hath a blemish; he (hall n come nigh to offer the bread of his Go

22 He (hall eat the bread of his,Go both of the most holy, and of the holy

23 Only he (hall not go in unto i vail, nor come nigh unto the altar, 1> cause he hath a blemish; that he profai not my sanctuaries : for I the" Lord < sanctify them.

24. And Moses told it unto Aaron, ai to his sons, and unto all the children Israel."

C H A P. XXII. 'The priest's ivhen to abftainfrom holy thin^

AND the Lord spake unto Most saying,

2 Speak unto Aaron, and to his son that thev separate themselves from t holy things of the children of Isra< and that they profane-not my ho name in those things which they hallo unto me: I am the Lord.

3 Say unto them, Whosoever he her all your seed among your generation that goeth unto the holy things, whj, the children of Israel hallow unto t] Lor n,having his uncleanness upon h i j that soul sliall be cut ost" from ray pr fence: I am the Lord.

4 What man soever of the seed of J\ ron is a leper, or hath a running issu he sliall not eat of the holy things, uii he be clean. And whoso toucheth ai thing that is unclean by the dead, 01man whose seed goeth from him j

5 Or whosoever toucheth any creepl) thing whereby he may be made unclea or a man of whom he may take unclea: ness, whatsoever uncleanness be hath md lie idy tAhsgs. Chap

S Tbe ibiil which hath touched any

ii feiU be unclean until even, and

aii cot eat ot the holy things, unless

Jc iii bis ne!h v»ith water.

7 Aad when the fun is down, he (hall 3e«a, and lhail afterward eat of the tv. uings; bscause it is his food.

3 That which dieth of itself, or is Set wak beasts, he shall not eat to defile Se5eu"therewith: I «zb the Lord.

> They drill therefore keep mine orfeance, left they bear fin for it, and «QKrefbre, if they profane it: I the ifiio do sanctify them.

lo There lhail no stranger eat of the inly thing: a lbjourner ofthe priest, or aaired servant, shall not eat oj the holy tkiag.

ii Bat if the priest buy axy soul with h-i money, be ill all eat of it, and he that h born in his house : they lhall eat of his ant

ii If the priest's daughter also be married unto a stranger, lhe may not eat of an offering of the holy things.

tj But if the priest's daughter be a sidw, or divorced, and have no child, lid is returned unto her father's house, ^ in her youth, she (hall eat of her faxcex'f- meat: but there shall no stranger eat thereof.

!♦ And if a man eat ofthe holy thing enwirtingly, then he stiall put the fifth fert thereof unto it, and (hall give it uato the priest with the holy thing.

15 And they (hall not profane the holy tiiingi &f the children of Israel, which they offer unto the Lo Rd;

16 Or faster them to bear the iniquity of trespass, when they eat their holy tilings: for I the Lor D dp sanctify them.

17 And the Lo« D spake unto Moses,

ii Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons, lad unto all the children of Israel, and by unto them, Whatsoever he be of: the boase of Israel, or of the strangers in Ijael, that will offer his oblation for all !;i5 vows, and for all his freewill offerings, which they will offer unto the Lo Id for a burnt offering;

19 Ye Jhall offer at your own will a nuie without blemish of the beeves, of tie (beep, or of the goats.

10 But whatsoever hath a blemish, lief (hall ye not offer: for it (hall not be »cccptal>le for you.

11 And whosoever offereth a sacrifice of pace offerings unto the Lo R D to accoaii'iith his vow, or a freewill offering kbeeves, or sheep, it (hall be perfect, to w accepted j there shall be no blemish

xxiii. Sundry offerings,

22 Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or (curvy, or scabbed, ye shall not offer these unto the Lord, nor make an offering by fire os them upon the altar unto the Lord.

23 Either a bullock, or a lamb that hath any thing superfluous or lacking in his parts, that mayest thou offer ./sr a freewill offering; bur for a vow it (hall not be accepted.

1+ Ve (hall not offer unto the Lord that which is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut; neither shall yc make any offering thereof u\ your land.

25 Neither from a stranger's hand (hall ye oiler the bread of your (jlcd of any of these; because their corruption is in them, and blemishes be in them: they (hall not be accepted for you.

26 And the Lord (pake unto Moses, sayings,

27 When a bullock, or a (lieep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it (hall be (even days under the dam; and from the eighth day and thenceforth it (hall be accepted for an offering made by sire unto the Lord.

28 And ivhelher it he cow or ewe, ye (hall not kill it and her young both in one day.

29 And when ye will offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto the Lor », offer it at your own will.

30 On the same day it shall be enten up; ye (hall leave none of it until the morrow: I am the Lor D.

31 Therefore shall ye keep my commandmentsanddotliem: IomtheLoR D.

32 Neither shall ye profane my holy name; but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel: I am the Lord which hallow you,

33 That brought you out ofthe land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the Lo R D .

CHAP. XXIII.

1 Of sundry feasts. 26 ^'he day ofatone

meat.

AN s) the LoR D spake unto Moses, saying,

2 Speak Unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the Lord, which ye (hall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts.

3 Six days (lull work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation j ye (hall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the Lord in all your dwellings.

4 These are the feasts of the Lor D, even holy convocations, which ye llia.ll proclaim in their seasons.

5 In the fourteenth day of the first H j . month Sundry feasts,

LEVITICUS

month at even it the Lor D's passover.

6 And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the Lord: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread.

7 In the first day ye (hall have an holy convocation: ye mall do no servile work therein.

8 But ye ihall offer an offering made by fire unto the Lo R D seven days: in the seventh day is an holy convocation: ye (hall do no servile work therein.

9 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

io Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and

an J offerings

19 Then ye (hall sacrifice one kid the goats for a (in offering, and t lambs of the first year for a sacrifice peace offerings.

io And the priest (hall wave tl; with the bread of the firstfruits so wave offering before the Lord, V. the two lambs: they (hall be holy to Lord for the priest.

21 And ye (hall proclaim on the si same day, that it may be an holy con cation unto you: ye ihall do no ser' work therein. It /hall he a statute ever in all your dwellings through 1 your generations.

.as Aud when ye reap the harvest your land, thou shalt not make c:!< (hall reap the harvest thereof, then ye riddance of the corners of thy field wl (hall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of j thou reapest, neither (halt thou gal your harvest unto the priest: j any gleaning of thy harvest: thou V.

11 And he shall wave the (hcaf before j leave them unto the poor, and to the Lord, to be accepted for you: on « stranger: law the Lord your God

the morrow after the sabbath the priest (hall wave it.

ii And ye (hall offer that day, when ye wave the sheaf, an lie lamb without blemish of the first year, for a burnt offering unto the Lord.

13 And the meat offering thereof shall be two tenth deals of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto the Lord for a sweet savour: and the drink offering thereof /hall be of wine, the t\wr;hpart of an hin.

14. And ye (hall eat neither bread, nor patched coin, nor green ears, until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering unto your God. It/hall be a statute for ever throughout your generations, in all your dwellings.

15 And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths (hall be complete:

16 Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath (hall ye number fifty days; and ye (hall offor a new meat offering unto the Lord.

17 Ye (hall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves, of two tenth deals: they shall beds sine flour; they (hall be baken with leaven; they are the firstfruits unto the Lor D.

18 And ye shall offer with the bread seven lambs without blemish of the first year, and one young bullock, and two rams: they (hall be for a burnt offering unto the Lor D, with their meat offering, and their drink offerings, even an offering made by fire of sweet savour unto the Lord.

2 3 And the Lo R D spake unto Mo] saying,

24 Speak unto the children of Isn saying, In the (eventh month, in the ( Jay of the month, shall ye have a s bath, a memorial of blowing of tru pets, an holy convocation.

25 Ye (hall do no servile work there but ye Ihall offer an offering made (ire unto the Lor D.

26 <fl And the Lord spake unto h ses, faying,

27 Also on the tenth Jay os this venth month there shall be a day atonement: it (hall be an holy convo1 tion unto you; and ye (hall afflict y< fouls, and offer an offering made by: unto the Lord.

2S And ye (hall do no work in tl fame day: for it is a day of atoneme to make an atonement for you bef the Lor D your God.

29 For whatsoever soul it be that (1 not be afflidted in that (ame day, (hall be cut off from among his peop

30 And whatsoever foul it be that < eth any work in that fame day, the fa foul will I destroy from among his peof

31 Ye (hall do no manner of wor it shall be a statute for ever through* your generations, in all your dwellin

32 If shall be unto you a sabbath rest, and ye (hall afflict your souls; in ninth Jay of the month at even, fr even unto even (hall ye celebrate yt sabbath.

33 And the Lord spake unto Moi saying,

34. Speak unto the children of Ilrr saying, The fifteenth day os this fevei

« PreviousContinue »