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And he shall take a wife in her virginity.

      ¹⁴ A widow, or one divorced, or a profane woman, a harlot, these shall he not take: but a virgin of his own people shall he take to wife.

      ¹⁵ And he shall not profane his seed among his people: for I am Jehovah who sanctifieth him.

      ¹⁶ And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

      ¹⁷ Speak unto Aaron, saying, Whosoever he be of thy seed throughout their generations that hath a blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God.

      ¹⁸ For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or anything superfluous,

      ¹⁹ or a man that is broken-footed, or broken-handed,

      ²⁰ or crook-backed, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or is scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken;

      ²¹ no man of the seed of Aaron the priest, that hath a blemish, shall come nigh to offer the offerings of Jehovah made by fire: he hath a blemish; he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God.

      ²² He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy:

      ²³ only he shall not go in unto the veil, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I am Jehovah who sanctifieth them.

      ²⁴ So Moses spake unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel.

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      ¹ And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

      ² Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, which they hallow unto me, and that they profane not my holy name: I am Jehovah.

      ³ Say unto them, Whosoever he be of all your seed throughout your generations, that approacheth unto the holy things, which the children of Israel hallow unto Jehovah, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from before me: I am Jehovah.

      ⁴ What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or hath an issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he be clean. And whoso toucheth anything that is unclean by the dead, or a man whose seed goeth from him;

      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;

      ⁶ the soul that toucheth any such shall be unclean until the even, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he bathe his flesh in water.

      ⁷ And when the sun is down, he shall be clean; and afterward he shall eat of the holy things, because it is his bread.

      ⁸ That which dieth of itself, or is torn of beasts, he shall not eat, to defile himself therewith: I am Jehovah.

      ⁹ They shall therefore keep my charge, lest they bear sin for it, and die therein, if they profane it: I am Jehovah who sanctifieth them.

      ¹⁰ There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing: a sojourner of the priest's, or a hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.

      ¹¹ But if a priest buy any soul, the purchase of his money, he shall eat of it; and such as are born in his house, they shall eat of his bread.

      ¹² And if a priest's daughter be married unto a stranger, she shall not eat of the heave-offering of the holy things.

      ¹³ But if a priest's daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no child, and be returned unto her father's house, as in her youth, she shall eat of her father's bread: but there shall no stranger eat thereof.

      ¹⁴ And if a man eat of the holy thing unwittingly, then he shall put the fifth part thereof unto it, and shall give unto the priest the holy thing.

      ¹⁵ And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto Jehovah,

      ¹⁶ and [so] cause them to bear the iniquity that bringeth guilt, when they eat their holy things: for I am Jehovah who sanctifieth them.

      ¹⁷ And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

      ¹⁸ Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them, Whosoever he be of the house of Israel, or of the sojourners in Israel, that offereth his oblation, whether it be any of their vows, or any of their freewill-offerings, which they offer unto Jehovah for a burnt-offering;

      ¹⁹ that ye may be accepted, [ye shall offer] a male without blemish, of the bullocks, of the sheep, or of the goats.

      ²⁰ But whatsoever hath a blemish, that shall ye not offer: for it shall not be acceptable for you.

      ²¹ And whosoever offereth a sacrifice of peace-offerings unto Jehovah to accomplish a vow, or for a freewill-offering, of the herd or of the flock, it shall be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish therein.

      ²² Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scurvy, or scabbed, ye shall not offer these unto Jehovah, nor make an offering by fire of them upon the altar unto Jehovah.

      ²³ Either a bullock or a lamb that hath anything superfluous or lacking in his parts, that mayest thou offer for a freewill-offering; but for a vow it shall not be accepted.

      ²⁴ That which hath its stones bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut, ye shall not offer unto Jehovah; neither shall ye do [thus] in your land.

      ²⁵ Neither from the hand of a foreigner shall ye offer the bread of your God of any of these; because their corruption is in them, there is a blemish in them: they shall not be accepted for you.

      ²⁶ And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

      ²⁷ When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it shall be seven days under the dam; and from the eighth day and thenceforth it shall be accepted for the oblation of an offering made by fire unto Jehovah.

      ²⁸ And whether it be cow or ewe, ye shall not kill it and its young both in one day.

      ²⁹ And when ye sacrifice a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto Jehovah, ye shall sacrifice it that ye may be accepted.

      ³⁰ On the same day it shall be eaten; ye shall leave none of it until the morning: I am Jehovah.

      ³¹ Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I am Jehovah.

      ³² And ye shall not profane my holy name; but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel: I am Jehovah who halloweth you,

      ³³ who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am Jehovah.

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      ¹ And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

      ² Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, The set feasts of Jehovah, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my set feasts.

      ³ Six days shall work be done: but on the seventh day is a sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of work: it is a sabbath unto Jehovah in all your dwellings.

      ⁴ These are the set feasts of Jehovah, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their appointed season.

      ⁵ In the first month,