Restrictions against the Unclean
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron and his sons to treat with respect the sacred offerings that the Israelites have consecrated to Me, so that they do not profane My holy name. I am the LORD. Deu 15:19Lev 18:21Exo 13:12Exo 28:38Lev 19:12Lev 22:32Num 18:32Lev 15:31
Tell them that for the generations to come, if any of their descendants in a state of uncleanness approaches the sacred offerings that the Israelites consecrate to the LORD, that person must be cut off from My presence. I am the LORD. Lev 7:20-212Th 1:9Exo 33:14-15Mat 25:41Num 19:13Psa 16:11Psa 51:11
If a descendant of Aaron has a skin disease 1or a discharge, he may not eat the sacred offerings until he is clean. Whoever touches anything defiled by a corpse or by a man who has an emission of semen, Lev 11:39Lev 15:13-16Lev 15:2-3Lev 11:24-28Lev 13:2-3Lev 13:44-46Lev 14:1-32Lev 2:10 or whoever touches a crawling creature or a person that makes him unclean, whatever the uncleanness may be— Lev 11:43-44Lev 15:7Lev 15:19Lev 11:24-28 the man who touches any of these will remain unclean until evening. He must not eat from the sacred offerings unless he has bathed himself with water. Heb 10:22Lev 15:51Co 6:11Hag 2:13Lev 11:24-25Lev 16:24-28Num 19:7-10
When the sun has set, he will become clean, and then he may eat from the sacred offerings, for they are his food. Lev 21:221Co 9:13-141Co 9:4Deu 18:3-4Num 18:11-19 He must not eat anything found dead or torn by wild animals, which would make him unclean. I am the LORD. Lev 17:15Exo 22:31Deu 14:21Ezk 44:31Lev 7:24Lev 11:39-40 The priests must keep My charge, lest they bear the guilt and die because they profane it. I am the LORD who sanctifies them. Exo 28:43Num 18:22Num 18:32Lev 10:1-2Lev 16:2Lev 22:16
No one outside a priest’s family may eat the sacred offering, nor may the guest of a priest or his hired hand eat it. 1Sa 21:6Mat 12:4Exo 29:33 But if a priest buys a slave with his own money, or if a slave is born in his household, that slave may eat his food. Gen 17:13Exo 12:44Num 18:11-13
If the priest’s daughter is married to a man other than a priest, she is not to eat of the sacred contributions. Isa 40:13Lev 21:3 But if a priest’s daughter with no children becomes widowed or divorced and returns to her father’s house, she may share her father’s food as in her youth. But no outsider may share it. Gen 38:11Lev 10:14Num 18:11-19
If anyone eats a sacred offering in error, he must add a fifth to its value and give the sacred offering to the priest. Lev 27:13Lev 27:15Lev 5:15-19 The priests must not profane the sacred offerings that the Israelites present to the LORD Num 18:32Lev 19:8Ezk 22:26Lev 22:9 by allowing the people to eat the sacred offerings and thus to bear the punishment for guilt. For I am the LORD who sanctifies them.” Lev 22:91Pe 2:24Isa 53:11-12Lev 20:8Lev 7:18Psa 38:4
Worthy Offerings
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Speak to Aaron and his sons and all the Israelites and tell them, ‘Any man of the house of Israel or any foreign resident who presents a gift for a burnt offering to the LORD, whether to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering, Lev 1:2Deu 12:6Num 15:3Jon 1:16Jon 2:9Lev 1:10Psa 56:12Deu 12:17 must offer an unblemished male from the cattle, sheep, or goats in order for it to be accepted on your behalf. Lev 1:3Lev 1:101Pe 1:191Pe 2:22-242Co 5:21Eph 5:27Exo 12:51Pe 3:18 You must not present anything with a defect, because it will not be accepted on your behalf. Deu 17:1Deu 15:21Mal 1:81Pe 1:19Heb 9:14Lev 22:25Mal 1:13-14
When a man presents a peace offering to the LORD from the herd or flock to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering, it must be without blemish or defect to be acceptable. Num 15:8Num 15:3Ecc 5:4-5Lev 3:6Lev 3:1Deu 23:21-23Lev 7:11-38Pro 7:14 You are not to present to the LORD any animal that is blind, injured, or maimed, or anything with a running sore, a festering rash, or a scab; you must not put any of these on the altar as an offering made by fire to the LORD. Lev 22:20Mal 1:8Lev 1:13Lev 1:9Lev 3:3Lev 3:5Lev 21:18-21
You may present as a freewill offering an ox 2or sheep that has a deformed or stunted limb, but it is not acceptable in fulfillment of a vow. Lev 21:18 You are not to present to the LORD an animal whose testicles are bruised, crushed, torn, or cut; you are not to sacrifice them in your land. Lev 22:20Deu 23:1Lev 21:20 Neither you nor a foreigner shall present food to your God from any such animal. They will not be accepted on your behalf, because they are deformed and flawed.’” Lev 21:6Mal 1:12-14Num 15:14-16Eph 2:12Ezr 6:8-10Lev 21:8Mal 1:7-81Jn 5:18
Then the LORD said to Moses, “When an ox, 3 a sheep, or a goat is born, it must remain with its mother for seven days. From the eighth day on, it will be acceptable as an offering made by fire to the LORD. Exo 22:30Lev 12:2-3Lev 19:23-24Lev 22:25 But you must not slaughter an ox 4or a sheep on the same day as its young. Deu 22:6-7Deu 14:21Exo 23:19Exo 34:26
When you sacrifice a thank offering to the LORD, offer it so that it may be acceptable on your behalf. Psa 107:22Psa 116:17Amo 4:51Pe 2:5Heb 13:15Hos 14:2Lev 7:12-15 It must be eaten that same day. Do not leave any of it until morning. I am the LORD. Exo 16:19-20Lev 19:7Lev 7:15-18
You are to keep My commandments and practice them. I am the LORD. Deu 4:40Lev 19:37Num 15:401Th 4:1-2Lev 18:4-5 You must not profane My holy name. I must be acknowledged as holy among the Israelites. I am the LORD who sanctifies you, Luk 11:2Lev 18:21Lev 10:3Mat 6:9Jhn 17:17Lev 20:8Lev 22:21Co 1:2 who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God. I am the LORD.” Lev 11:45Exo 6:7Exo 20:2Lev 19:36Lev 25:38Num 15:41