Revised Version 1895

Leviticus 22:17-33

17And theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068spake untoMosesמֹשֶׁ֥הmo.ShehH4872,sayingלֵּאמֹֽר׃le.MorH559,

18Speakדַּבֵּ֨רda.BerH1696untoAaronאַהֲרֹ֜ן'a.ha.RonH175, and to hissonsבָּנָ֗יוba.NavH1121, and untoallכָּל־kol-H3605thechildrenבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478, andsayוְאָמַרְתָּ֖ve.'a.mar.TaH559unto them, Whosoever he be of thehouseמִבֵּ֨יתmi.BeitH1004ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֜לYis.ra.'ElH3478, or of thestrangersהַגֵּ֣רha.GerH1616inIsraelבְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֗לbe.Yis.ra.'ElH3478, that offereth his oblation,whetherוּמִן־u.min-H4480it beanyלְכָל־le.kholH3605of theirvowsנִדְרֵיהֶם֙nid.rei.HemH5088, oranyוּלְכָל־u.le.khol-H3605of theirfreewillנִדְבוֹתָ֔םnid.vo.TamH5071offeringsH5071,whichH834theyofferH7126unto theLORDלַיהוָ֖הla.Yah.wehH3068for aburntלְעֹלָֽה׃le.'o.LahH5930offering;

19that ye may beacceptedלִֽרְצֹנְכֶ֑םlir.tzo.ne.KhemH7522, ye shall offer amaleזָכָ֔רza.KharH2145withoutH8549blemishH8549, of the beeves, of thesheepבַּכְּשָׂבִ֖יםba.ke.sa.VimH3775, or of thegoatsוּבָֽעִזִּֽים׃u.Va.'i.ZimH5795.

20Butwhatsoeverכֹּ֛לkolH3605hath ablemishמ֖וּםmumH3971, that shall yenotלֹ֣אlo'H3808offerתַקְרִ֑יבוּtak.Ri.vuH7126: for it shallnotלֹ֥אlo'H3808beacceptableלְרָצ֖וֹןle.ra.TzonH7522foryouאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834.

21And whosoever offereth asacrificeזֶֽבַח־ze.vach-H2077ofpeaceשְׁלָמִים֙she.la.MimH8002offeringsH8002unto theLORDלַיהוָ֔הla.Yah.wehH3068to accomplish avowנֶ֙דֶר֙ne.derH5088, or for afreewillלִנְדָבָ֔הlin.da.VahH5071offering, of theherdבַּבָּקָ֖רba.ba.KarH1241or of theflockבַצֹּ֑אןva.TzonH6629, it shall beperfectH8549to beacceptedלְרָצ֔וֹןle.ra.TzonH7522; there shall benoלֹ֥אlo'H3808blemishH8549therein.

22Blind, orbrokenH7665, ormaimedH2782, orhavingH3808a wen, or scurvy, or scabbed, ye shallnotH3808offerתַקְרִ֥יבוּtak.Ri.vuH7126theseאֵ֖לֶּה'E.lehH428unto theLORDלַיהוָ֑הla.Yah.wehH3068,norH3808makeתִתְּנ֥וּti.te.NuH5414an offering byfireוְאִשֶּׁ֗הve.'i.ShehH801of themuponעַל־'al-H5921thealtarהַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַha.miz.Be.achH4196unto theLORDלַיהוָֽה׃la.Yah.wehH3068.

23Either a bullock or alambוָשֶׂ֖הva.SehH7716that hathanyH3808thing superfluous or lacking in his parts, that mayest thouofferתַּעֲשֶׂ֣הta.'a.SehH6213for afreewillנְדָבָה֙ne.da.VahH5071offering; but for avowוּלְנֵ֖דֶרu.le.Ne.derH5088it shallnotH3808beacceptedיֵרָצֶֽה׃ye.ra.TzehH7521.

24That which hathitsH3772stonesbruisedוּמָע֤וּךְu.ma.'UkhH4600, orcrushedוְכָתוּת֙ve.kha.TutH3807, orbrokenוְנָת֣וּקve.na.TukH5423, orcutוְכָר֔וּתve.kha.RutH3772, ye shallnotH3808offerתַקְרִ֖יבוּtak.Ri.vuH7126unto theLORDלַֽיהוָ֑הla.Yah.wehH3068;neitherH3808shall yedoתַעֲשֽׂוּ׃ta.'a.SuH6213thusH3808in yourlandוּֽבְאַרְצְכֶ֖םu.ve.'ar.tze.KhemH776.

25Neitherלֹ֥אlo'H3808from thehandוּמִיַּ֣דu.mi.YadH3027of aforeignerנֵכָ֗רne.KharH5236shall yeofferתַקְרִ֛יבוּtak.Ri.vuH7126thebreadלֶ֥חֶםLe.chemH3899of yourGodאֱלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם'e.lo.hei.KhemH430ofanyמִכָּל־mi.kolH3605oftheseאֵ֑לֶּה'E.lehH428;becauseH3588their corruption is in them, there is ablemishמ֣וּםmumH3971in them: they shallnotלֹ֥אlo'H3808beacceptedיֵרָצ֖וּye.ra.TzuH7521foryouH3588.

26And theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068spake untoMosesמֹשֶׁ֥הmo.ShehH4872,sayingלֵּאמֹֽר׃le.MorH559,

27When a bullock, or asheepכֶ֤שֶׂבKhe.sevH3775, or agoatעֵז֙'ezH5795, isbroughtH3205forthH3205, then it shall besevenשִׁבְעַ֥תshiv.'AtH7651daysיָמִ֖יםya.MimH3117underתַּ֣חַתTa.chatH8478the dam; and from theeighthהַשְּׁמִינִי֙ha.she.mi.NiH8066dayוּמִיּ֤וֹםu.mi.YomH3117and thenceforth it shall beacceptedיֵרָצֶ֕הye.ra.TzehH7521for the oblation of an offeringmadeוְהָיָ֛הve.ha.YahH1961byfireאִשֶּׁ֖ה'i.ShehH801unto theLORDלַיהוָֽה׃la.Yah.wehH3068.

28Andwhetherאוֹ־'ov-H176it be cow or ewe, ye shallnotלֹ֥אlo'H3808killתִשְׁחֲט֖וּtish.cha.TuH7819it andherH3117youngבְּנ֔וֹbe.NoH1121both in onedayבְּי֥וֹםbe.YomH3117.

29And when yesacrificeזֶֽבַח־ze.vach-H2077asacrificeH2077ofthanksgivingתּוֹדָ֖הto.DahH8426unto theLORDלַיהוָ֑הla.Yah.wehH3068, ye shallsacrificeH2077it that ye may beacceptedלִֽרְצֹנְכֶ֖םlir.tzo.ne.KhemH7522.

30On thesameהַהוּא֙ha.Hu'H1931dayבַּיּ֤וֹםbai.YomH3117it shall beeatenיֵאָכֵ֔לye.'a.KhelH398; ye shallleaveתוֹתִ֥ירוּto.Ti.ruH3498noneלֹֽא־lo'-H3808of ituntilעַד־'ad-H5704themorningבֹּ֑קֶרBo.kerH1242: I am theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

31Therefore shall yekeepוּשְׁמַרְתֶּם֙u.she.mar.TemH8104mycommandmentsמִצְוֹתַ֔יmitz.vo.TaiH4687, anddoוַעֲשִׂיתֶ֖םva.'a.si.TemH6213them: I am theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

32And ye shallnotH3808profaneתְחַלְּלוּ֙te.cha.le.LuH2490myholyקָדְשִׁ֔יkod.shiH6944nameשֵׁ֣םshemH8034; but I will be hallowed among thechildrenבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478: I am theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068which hallowyouH3808,

33thatbroughtH3318youאֶתְכֶם֙'et.KhemH853outH3318of thelandמֵאֶ֣רֶץme.'E.retzH776ofEgyptמִצְרַ֔יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714, to be yourGodלֵאלֹהִ֑יםle.lo.HimH430: I am theLORDיְהוָֽה׃ פYah.wehH3068.

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