Leviticus, starting at chapter 16
{16:1} Yahweh spoke to Moses, after the death of the two sons of
Aaron, when they drew near before Yahweh, and died; {16:2} and Yahweh
said to Moses, "Tell Aaron your brother, not to come at all times into
the Most Holy Place within the veil, before the mercy seat which is on
the ark; lest he die: for I will appear in the cloud on the mercy seat.
{16:3} "Herewith shall Aaron come into the sanctuary: with a young
bull for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering. {16:4} He
shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches
on his body, and shall put on the linen sash, and he shall be clothed
with the linen turban. They are the holy garments. He shall bathe his
body in water, and put them on. {16:5} He shall take from the
congregation of the children of Israel two male goats for a sin
offering, and one ram for a burnt offering.
{16:6} "Aaron shall offer the bull of the sin offering, which is for
himself, and make atonement for himself and for his house. {16:7} He
shall take the two goats, and set them before Yahweh at the door of
the Tent of Meeting. {16:8} Aaron shall cast lots for the two goats;
one lot for Yahweh, and the other lot for the scapegoat. {16:9} Aaron
shall present the goat on which the lot fell for Yahweh, and offer him
for a sin offering. {16:10} But the goat, on which the lot fell for
the scapegoat, shall be presented alive before Yahweh, to make
atonement for him, to send him away for the scapegoat into the
wilderness.
{16:11} "Aaron shall present the bull of the sin offering, which is
for himself, and shall make atonement for himself and for his house,
and shall kill the bull of the sin offering which is for himself.
{16:12} He shall take a censer full of coals of fire from off the
altar before Yahweh, and two handfuls of sweet incense beaten small,
and bring it within the veil: {16:13} and he shall put the incense on
the fire before Yahweh, that the cloud of the incense may cover the
mercy seat that is on the testimony, so that he will not die. {16:14}
He shall take some of the blood of the bull, and sprinkle it with his
finger on the mercy seat on the east; and before the mercy seat he
shall sprinkle some of the blood with his finger seven times.
{16:15} "Then he shall kill the goat of the sin offering, that is
for the people, and bring his blood within the veil, and do with his
blood as he did with the blood of the bull, and sprinkle it on the
mercy seat, and before the mercy seat: {16:16} and he shall make
atonement for the Holy Place, because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of their transgressions, even all
their sins; and so he shall do for the Tent of Meeting, that dwells
with them in the midst of their uncleanness. {16:17} No one shall be
in the Tent of Meeting when he enters to make atonement in the Holy
Place, until he comes out, and has made atonement for himself and for
his household, and for all the assembly of Israel.
{16:18} "He shall go out to the altar that is before Yahweh and make
atonement for it, and shall take some of the bull's blood, and some of
the goat's blood, and put it around on the horns of the altar. {16:19}
He shall sprinkle some of the blood on it with his finger seven times,
and cleanse it, and make it holy from the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.
{16:20} "When he has made an end of atoning for the Holy Place, the
Tent of Meeting, and the altar, he shall present the live goat.
{16:21} Aaron shall lay both his hands on the head of the live goat,
and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and
all their transgressions, even all their sins; and he shall put them
on the head of the goat, and shall send him away into the wilderness
by the hand of a man who is in readiness. {16:22} The goat shall carry
all their iniquities on himself to a solitary land, and he shall let
the goat go in the wilderness.
{16:23} "Aaron shall come into the Tent of Meeting, and shall take
off the linen garments, which he put on when he went into the Holy
Place, and shall leave them there. {16:24} Then he shall bathe himself
in water in a holy place, and put on his garments, and come out and
offer his burnt offering and the burnt offering of the people, and
make atonement for himself and for the people. {16:25} The fat of the
sin offering he shall burn on the altar.
{16:26} "He who lets the goat go for the scapegoat shall wash his
clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come
into the camp. {16:27} The bull for the sin offering, and the goat for
the sin offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the
Holy Place, shall be carried forth outside the camp; and they shall
burn their skins, their flesh, and their dung with fire. {16:28} He
who burns them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water,
and afterward he shall come into the camp.
{16:29} "It shall be a statute to you forever: in the seventh month,
on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict your souls, and shall
do no kind of work, the native-born, or the stranger who lives as a
foreigner among you: {16:30} for on this day shall atonement be made
for you, to cleanse you; from all your sins you shall be clean before
Yahweh. {16:31} It is a Sabbath of solemn rest to you, and you shall
afflict your souls; it is a statute forever. {16:32} The priest, who
is anointed and who is consecrated to be priest in his father's place,
shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen garments, even
the holy garments. {16:33} Then he shall make atonement for the Holy
Sanctuary; and he shall make atonement for the Tent of Meeting and for
the altar; and he shall make atonement for the priests and for all the
people of the assembly.
{16:34} "This shall be an everlasting statute for you, to make
atonement for the children of Israel once in the year because of all
their sins."
It was done as Yahweh commanded Moses.
{17:1} Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, {17:2} "Speak to Aaron, and to
his sons, and to all the children of Israel, and say to them: 'This is
the thing which Yahweh has commanded, {17:3} Whatever man there is of
the house of Israel, who kills a bull, or lamb, or goat, in the camp,
or who kills it outside the camp, {17:4} and hasn't brought it to the
door of the Tent of Meeting, to offer it as an offering to Yahweh
before the tabernacle of Yahweh: blood shall be imputed to that man.
He has shed blood; and that man shall be cut off from among his
people. {17:5} This is to the end that the children of Israel may
bring their sacrifices, which they sacrifice in the open field, that
they may bring them to Yahweh, to the door of the Tent of Meeting, to
the priest, and sacrifice them for sacrifices of peace offerings to
Yahweh. {17:6} The priest shall sprinkle the blood on the altar of
Yahweh at the door of the Tent of Meeting, and burn the fat for a
pleasant aroma to Yahweh. {17:7} They shall no more sacrifice their
sacrifices to the goat idols, after which they play the prostitute.
This shall be a statute forever to them throughout their generations.'
{17:8} "You shall say to them, 'Any man there is of the house of
Israel, or of the strangers who live as foreigners among them, who
offers a burnt offering or sacrifice, {17:9} and doesn't bring it to
the door of the Tent of Meeting, to sacrifice it to Yahweh; that man
shall be cut off from his people.
{17:10} "'Any man of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who
live as foreigners among them, who eats any kind of blood, I will set
my face against that soul who eats blood, and will cut him off from
among his people. {17:11} For the life of the flesh is in the blood;
and I have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for your
souls: for it is the blood that makes atonement by reason of the life.
{17:12} Therefore I have said to the children of Israel, "No person
among you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger who lives as a
foreigner among you eat blood."
{17:13} "'Whatever man there is of the children of Israel, or of the
strangers who live as foreigners among them, who takes in hunting any
animal or bird that may be eaten; he shall pour out its blood, and
cover it with dust. {17:14} For as to the life of all flesh, its blood
is with its life: therefore I said to the children of Israel, "You
shall not eat the blood of any kind of flesh; for the life of all
flesh is its blood. Whoever eats it shall be cut off."
{17:15} "'Every person that eats what dies of itself, or that which
is torn by animals, whether he is native-born or a foreigner, he shall
wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the
evening: then he shall be clean. {17:16} But if he doesn't wash them,
or bathe his flesh, then he shall bear his iniquity.'"
{18:1} Yahweh said to Moses, {18:2} "Speak to the children of
Israel, and say to them, 'I am Yahweh your God. {18:3} You shall not
do as they do in the land of Egypt, where you lived: and you shall not
do as they do in the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you; neither
shall you walk in their statutes. {18:4} You shall do my ordinances,
and you shall keep my statutes, and walk in them: I am Yahweh your
God. {18:5} You shall therefore keep my statutes and my ordinances;
which if a man does, he shall live in them: I am Yahweh.
{18:6} "'None of you shall approach anyone who are his close
relatives, to uncover their nakedness: I am Yahweh.
{18:7} "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father, nor the
nakedness of your mother: she is your mother. You shall not uncover
her nakedness.
{18:8} "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's wife:
it is your father's nakedness.
{18:9} "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your sister, the
daughter of your father, or the daughter of your mother, whether born
at home, or born abroad.
{18:10} "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your son's
daughter, or of your daughter's daughter, even their nakedness: for
theirs is your own nakedness.
{18:11} "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's
wife's daughter, conceived by your father, since she is your sister.
{18:12} "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's
sister: she is your father's near kinswoman.
{18:13} "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother's
sister: for she is your mother's near kinswoman.
{18:14} "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's
brother, you shall not approach his wife: she is your aunt.
{18:15} "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your
daughter-in-law: she is your son's wife. You shall not uncover her
nakedness.
{18:16} "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother's
wife: it is your brother's nakedness.
{18:17} "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her
daughter. You shall not take her son's daughter, or her daughter's
daughter, to uncover her nakedness; they are near kinswomen: it is
wickedness.
{18:18} "'You shall not take a wife to her sister, to be a rival, to
uncover her nakedness, while her sister is yet alive.
{18:19} "'You shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness,
as long as she is impure by her uncleanness.
{18:20} "'You shall not lie carnally with your neighbor's wife, and
defile yourself with her.
{18:21} "'You shall not give any of your children to sacrifice to
Molech; neither shall you profane the name of your God: I am Yahweh.
{18:22} "'You shall not lie with a man, as with a woman. That is
detestable.
{18:23} "'You shall not lie with any animal to defile yourself with
it; neither shall any woman give herself to an animal, to lie down
with it: it is a perversion.
{18:24} "'Don't defile yourselves in any of these things: for in all
these the nations which I am casting out before you were defiled.
{18:25} The land was defiled: therefore I punished its iniquity, and
the land vomited out her inhabitants. {18:26} You therefore shall keep
my statutes and my ordinances, and shall not do any of these
abominations; neither the native-born, nor the stranger who lives as a
foreigner among you; {18:27} (for all these abominations have the men
of the land done, that were before you, and the land became defiled);
{18:28} that the land not vomit you out also, when you defile it, as
it vomited out the nation that was before you.
{18:29} "'For whoever shall do any of these abominations, even the
souls that do them shall be cut off from among their people. {18:30}
Therefore you shall keep my requirements, that you do not practice any
of these abominable customs, which were practiced before you, and that
you do not defile yourselves with them: I am Yahweh your God.'"
________________________________________________________________________
The World English Bible is dedicated to the Public Domain by the
translators and editors. It is not copyrighted. "World English Bible"
and the World English Bible logo are a trademarks of Rainbow Missions,
Inc. They may only be used to identify this translation of the Holy
Bible as published by Rainbow Missions, Inc., and faithful copies and
quotations. "Faithful copies" include copies converted to other formats
(i. e. HTML, PDF, etc.) or typeset differently, without altering the
text of the Scriptures, except that changing the spellings between
preferred American and British usage is allowed. Use of the markings of
direct quotes of Jesus Christ for different rendition (i. e. red text)
is optional. Comments and typo reports are welcome at
http://eBible.org/cgi-bin/comment.cgi. Please see
http://eBible.org/web/ for updates, revision status, free downloads,
and printed edition purchase information.
_______________________________________________
Bible mailing list subscription management information:
http://eBible.org/subscribe.htm
http://lists.worldenglishbible.org/mailman/listinfo/bible
