21:23 Only he shall not go in unto the vail, nor come nigh unto the
altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries:
for I the LORD do sanctify them.
21:24 And Moses told it unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the
children of Israel.
22:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
22:2 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.
22:3 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.
22:4 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;
22:5 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;
22:6 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.
22:7 And when the sun is down, he shall be clean, and shall afterward
eat of the holy things; because it is his food.
22:8 That which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts, he shall not
eat to defile himself therewith; I am the LORD.
22:9 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.
22:10 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.
22:11 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.
22:12 If the priest's daughter also be married unto a stranger, she may
not eat of an offering of the holy things.
22:13 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 be no stranger eat
thereof.
22:14 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.
22:15 And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of
Israel, which they offer unto the LORD;
22:16 Or suffer them to bear the iniquity of trespass, when they eat
their holy things: for I the LORD do sanctify them.
22:17 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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