1 Yahweh spoke to Moses; he said:
2 "Tell Aaron and his sons when they have to abstain from the holy offerings of the people of Israel, lest they profane my holy name; for I am the one who makes them holy. I am Yahweh.
3 Tell them this: Anyone of your descendants, in any generation, who in a state of uncleanness approaches the holy offerings consecrated to Yahweh by the people of Israel, shall be outlawed from my presence. I am Yahweh.
4 Anyone of Aaron's line who is afflicted with leprosy or a discharge must not eat holy things until he is clean. Anyone who touches something made unclean by a dead body, or has a seminal discharge,
5 or is made unclean by touching either some creeping thing or some man who has communicated to him his own uncleanness of whatever kind,
6 in short, anyone who has had any such contact shall be unclean until evening, and must not eat holy things until he has taken a bath.
7 At sunset he will be clean and may then eat holy things, for these are his food.
8 He must not eat an animal that has died a natural death or been killed by wild animals; he would become unclean by doing this. I am Yahweh.
9 Let them keep these rules and not burden themselves with sin lest they die because of having defiled this food. I am Yahweh who makes them holy.
10 No lay person may eat any of the sacred offerings: neither the guest of a priest, nor his hired servant.
11 But if the priest has acquired a slave by purchase, the slave may eat them. Likewise anyone born in the house may eat a share of the food.
12 If a priest's daughter marries someone who is not a priest, she must not eat the holy portion set aside;
13 but if she is widowed or divorced and, being childless, has had to return to her father's house as when she was young, she may eat her father's food. No lay person may eat it;
14 if someone does eat a holy thing unintentionally, he shall restore it to the priest with one fifth added.
15 They must not profane the holy offerings which the people of Israel have set aside for Yahweh.
16 If they ate of them, they would have to pay a guilt offering. I am Yahweh, who have sanctified these offerings."
17 Yahweh spoke to Moses; he said:
18 "Tell this to Aaron, to his sons, and to all the people of Israel:
19 This rule refers to anyone of the Israelites or to any stranger living in Israel who brings anything for a burnt offering either in payment of a vow or as a voluntary gift. To be welcomed, he must offer a male ox, sheep or goat without any defect,
20 You must not offer one that has defects; for it would not make you acceptable.
21 If anyone offers to Yahweh a peace offering either to fulfill a vow or as a voluntary offering, the animal - from the herd or from the flock - will not please Yahweh unless it be without any defect.
22 You must not offer to Yahweh an animal that is blind, lame, mutilated, ulcerous, or suffering from skin disease or a sore. No part of such an animal shall be laid on the altar as a burnt offering for Yahweh.
23 As a voluntary offering, you may offer a bull or a lamb that is underdeveloped or deformed; but such will not be accepted in payment of a vow.
24 Don't offer to Yahweh an animal if its testicles have been bruised, crushed, removed or cut. This is not permitted in your land,
25 and you are not to accept any such from the hands of a stranger, to offer as food for your God. Their deformity is a defect and they would not make you acceptable."
26 Yahweh spoke to Moses; he said:
27 "A calf, lamb, or kid shall stay with its mother seven days after birth. From the eighth day it will be acceptable as a burnt offering to Yahweh.
28 No animal, whether cow or ewe, shall be slaughtered on the same day as its young.
29 If you offer Yahweh a sacrifice of thanksgiving, do it so that Yahweh may be pleased.
30 You must eat it the same day, and nothing should be left till the morning. I am Yahweh.
31 You must keep my commands and put them into practice. I am Yahweh.
32 You must not profane my holy name, so that I may be proclaimed holy among the people of Israel, I, Yahweh who sanctify you.
33 I who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God, I am Yahweh."
Versículos relacionados com Leviticus, 22:
Leviticus 22 deals with laws regarding the holiness of sacrifices and offers made to the Lord. It is emphasized that only healthy and perfect animals should be offered and that those who were unclean, such as those who had an illness or injury, were not acceptable as an offering.
Exodus 12:5: "The lamb will be without defect, a one -year male; you may take a lamb or a goat." This verse emphasizes the importance that animals offered as a sacrifice should be perfect, without defects or injuries.
Leviticus 1:3: "If your offer is a holocaust of cattle, male or female, it will offer an animal without defect; He will offer it at the door of the tent of revelation, so that the Lord may be conducive to Him." Here we see once again the importance that animals offered as a sacrifice must be perfect and without defects.
2 Samuel 24:24: "But the king said to Araúna, No, but for his price I will buy, because I will not offer the Lord my God burnt offering. silver." This verse highlights the importance of offering offers to the Lord who has a personal cost and sacrifice, rather than offering something that has no value or meaning to us.
Hebrews 13:15-16: "Through Jesus, then let us offer God, always, sacrifice of praise, which is the fruit of lips that confess his name. And do not forget of charity and communication, because with such sacrifices God is pleased. " This verse points out that the sacrifices God values most are not animals or material goods, but our worship and love for Him, as well as our willingness to help and serve others.
Malachi 1:13-14: "even more said unto me, Here is here, that fastener is this! And you have thrown me, says the Lord of hosts; Armies; and bring the stolen, and the lame and the sick; so do the offer. I would accept to you, therefore, of your hand? Says the Lord. " This verse shows that God does not accept offers that are not sincere and are made with disdain or disrespect. He expects our offers to be made with sincerity and humility.
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