Law of the peace-offering. LEVITICUS, VIII. The priest's portion of the offerings. 14 And of it he shall offer one out of g Jno.10 18. the whole oblation for an h heave-offering unto the LORD, and it shall be the priest's that sprinkleth the blood of the i c.8.27. peace-offerings. 9.21. Ex.29.24,27. 15 And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace-offerings for thanksgiving shall be eaten the same day that it is offered; hej c.22.30. shall not leave any of it until the morning. 16 But if the sacrifice of his offering bek Nu.6.29. a vow, or a voluntary offering, it shall be eaten the same day that he offereth his sacrifice: and on the morrow also the remainder of it shall be eaten: 17 But the remainder of the flesh of c.19.7. the sacrifice on the third day shall be burnt with fire. 18 And if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace-offerings be eaten at all on the third day, it shall not be accepted, neither shall it be imputed unto him that offereth it: it shall be an abomination, and the m c.11.10,41. soul that eateth of it shall bear his iniquity. 19 And the flesh that toucheth any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire: and as for the flesh, all that be clean shall eat thereof 20 But the soul that eateth of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace-offerings, that pertain unto the LORD, " having his uncleanness upon him, even that soul shall be cut off from his people. 21 Moreover, the soul that shall touch any unclean thing, as the uncleanness of man, or any unclean beast, or any abominable unclean thing, and eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace-offerings which pertain unto the LORD, even that soul shall be cut off from his people. 22 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 23 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Ye shall eat no manner of fat, of ox, or of sheep, or of goat. 19.7. n c.15.3. 1 Cor.11.28. c.8.12,30. Ex.40.13,15. ? c.6.9,14,25. c.1.24,28. r c.12 & 13 & 15. t& ver.1. t Eze.4.14. c.6.20. Ex.29.1. v ver.20. 92 24 And the fat of the beast that dieth of itself, and the fat of that which is torn with beasts, may be used in any other use; but ye shall in no wise a eat of it. 25 For whosoever eateth the fat of the beast, of which men offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD, even the soul that eateth it shall be cut off from his people. 26 Moreover, ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of fowl, or of beast, in any of your dwellings. 27 Whatsoever soul it be that eateth any manner of blood, even that soul shall be cut off from his people. 28 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 29 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, He that offereth the sacrifice of his peace-offerings unto the LORD shall bring his oblation unto the LORD of the sacrifice of his peace-offerings. 30 His own hands & shall bring the of ferings of the LORD made by fire; the fat with the breast, it shall he bring, that the breast may be waved, for a wave-offering before the Lord. 31 And the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar; but the breast shall be Aaron's and his sons'. 32 And the right shoulder shall ye give unto the priest for an heave-offering of the sacrifices of your peace-offerings. 33 He among the sons of Aaron, that offereth the blood of the peace-offerings, and the fat, shall have the right shoulder for his part. 34 For the wave-breast and the heaveshoulder have I taken of the children of Israel from off the sacrifices of their peaceofferings, and have given them unto Aaron the priest and unto his sons, by a statute for ever from among the children of Israel. 35 This is the portion of the anointing of Aaron, and of the anointing of his sons, out of the offerings of the LORD made by fire, in the day when he presented them to minister unto the LORD in the priest's office; 36 Which the LORD commanded to be given them of the children of Israel, in the day that he anointed them, by a statute for ever throughout their generations. 37 This is the law P of the burnt-offering, of the meat-offering, and of the sinoffering, and of the trespass-offering, and of the consecrations, and " of the sacrifice of the peace-offerings; 38 Which the LORD commanded Moses in mount Sinai, in the day that he commanded the children of Israel to offer their oblations unto the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai. Aaron and his sons consecrated. LEVITICUS, VIII. 4 And Moses did as the LORD commanded him; and the assembly was gathered together unto the door of the tabernacle e Ex.29.19-31. of the congregation. 5 And Moses said unto the congregation, This is the thing which the LORD commanded to be done. 6 And Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and washed them with water. 7 And he put upon him the coat, and girded him with the girdle, and clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod upon him, and he girded him with the curious girdle of the ephod, and bound it unto him therewith. 8 And he put the breastplate upon him; also he put in the breastplate the Urim and the Thummim. เ fc.14.14,17, 28. g Ex.29.4. He.9.22. Ex-26.15.30. 39.8-21. Ezr.2.63. &c. Zec.3.5. 9 And he put the * mitre upon his head: Ex.29.22, also upon the mitre, even upon his fore-Ex.29.6. front, did he put the golden plate, the holy crown; as the LORD commanded Moses. Ex.28.37, 10 And Moses took the m anointing oil, mEx.30.26-29. and anointed the tabernacle, and all that was therein, and sanctified them. 11 And he sprinkled " thereof upon the altar seven times, and anointed the altar, and all his vessels, both the laver and his foot, to sanctify them. 12 And he poured of the anointing oil upon Aaron's head, and anointed him, to sanctify him. 13 And Moses brought Aaron's sons, and put coats Pupon them, and girded them with girdles, and put bonnets upon them; as the LORD commanded Moses. 14 And he brought the bullock for the sin-offering: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the bullock for the sin-offering. &c. n c.4.6. P Is.52.15. Eze.36.25. Tit.3.6. c.21.10,12. Ex.29.7. 30.30. Ps. 133.2. Ex.29.8,9. q Ex.29.26. bound. Eze.43.20,26. He.9.18-23. 15 And he slew it; and Moses took r c.4.7. the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured the blood at the bottom of the altar, and sanctified it, to make reconciliation upon it. 16 And he took all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and Moses burned it upon the altar. 17 But the bullock, and his hide, his flesh, and his dung, he burnt with fireu without the camp; as the LORD commanded Moses. 18 And he brought the ram for the burntoffering: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram. 19 And he killed it; and Moses sprink c.10.3. Nu.3.3. t c.16.20. Eze.45.20. Da.9.24. 21. 2 Cor.5.18, Ep.2.16. le.2.17. The ram of consecration led the blood upon the altar round about. 20 And he cut the ram into pieces; and Moses burnt the head, and the pieces, and the fat. 21 And he washed the inwards and the legs in water; and Moses burnt the whole ram upon the altar: it was a burnt-sacrifice for a sweet savour, and an offering made by fire unto the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses. 22 And he brought the other ram, the ram of consecration: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram. 23 And he slew it; and Moses took of the blood of it, and put it upon the tip of Aaron's right ear, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot. 24 And he brought Aaron's sons, and Moses put of the blood upon the tip of their right ear, and upon the thumbs of their right hands, and upon the great toes of their right feet; and Moses sprinkled the blood upon the altar round' about. 25 And he took the fat, and the rump, and all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and the right shoulder: 26 And out of the basket of unleavened bread, that was before the LORD, he took one unleavened cake, and a cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, and put them on the fat, and upon the right shoulder: 27 And he put all upon Aaron's hands, and upon his sons' hands, and waved them for a wave-offering before the LORD. 28 And Moses took them from off their hands, and burnt them on the altar upon the burnt-offering: they were consecrations for a sweet savour: it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD. 29 And Moses took the breast, and waved it for a wave-offering before the LORD: for of the ram of consecration it was Moses' part; as the LORD commanded Moses. 30 And Moses took of the anointing oil, and of the blood which was upon the altar, and sprinkled it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon his sons' garments with him; and sanctified Aaron, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him. 31 And Moses said unto Aaron and to 2 Ch.29.24. his sons, " Boil the flesh at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation; and there eat it with the bread that is in the basket of consecrations, as I commanded, saying, Col.1.21,22. Aaron and his sons shall eat it. Ex.29.31,32. 32 And that which remaineth of the flesh Isa.2.13-17. and of the bread shall ye burn with fire. Ex.29.14. 33 And ye shall not go out of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation in seven days, until the days of your consecration be at an end: for seven days" shall he consecrate you. The high-priest's offerings. LEVITICUS, X. Aaron enters on the priest's office. 34 As he hath done this day, so the LORD B. C. 1490. legs, and burnt them upon the burnt-offerhath commanded to do, to make an atone ment for you. 35 Therefore shall ye abide at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation day and night, seven days, and a keep the charge of the LORD, that ye die not: for so I am commanded. 36 So Aaron and his sons did all things which the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses. CHAP. IX. ND it came to pass on the d eighth his sons, and the elders of Israel; Nu.3.7. 9.19. 1 Ki.2.3. 6.20. 5.3. 1 or, ordi nance. 2 filled his of 159.94. d Eze.43.27. ing on the altar. 18 He slew also the bullock and the ram for a sacrifice of peace-offerings, which e c.3.1,3, &c. was for the people: and Aaron's sons presented unto him the blood, which he sprinkled upon the altar round about. f c.4.3. 8.14. Ex.29.1. 2 And he said unto Aaron, Take thee a young calf for a sin-offering, and a ram for a burnt-offering, without blemish, and c.8.18. offer them before the LORD. 3 And unto the children of Israel thou shalt speak, saying, Take ye a kid of the c.4.23. goats for a sin-offering; and a calf and ai Is.53.10. lamb, both of the first year, without blem-| ish, for a burnt-offering; He.9.26. Nu.15.9. De.21.5. Ps.72.17. 19 And the fat of the bullock, and of the ram, the rump, and that which covereth the inwards, and the kidneys, and the caul above the liver: 20 And they put the fat upon the breasts, and he burnt the fat upon the altar: 21 And the breasts and the right shoulder Aaron waved for a wave-offering before the LORD; as Moses commanded. 22 And Aaron lifted up his hand towards the people, and blessed them, and came down from offering of the sin-offering, and the burnt-offering, and peace-offerings. 4 Also a bullock and a ram for peace-of-j c.7.30-34. ferings, to sacrifice before the LORD; and k a meat-offering iningled with oil: for today the LORD will appear unto you. 5 And they brought that which Moses commanded before the tabernacle of the congregation: and all the congregation drew near and stood before the LORD. 23 And Moses and Aaron went into the 6 And Moses said, This is the thing tabernacle of the congregation, and came which the LORD commanded that ye.24.16. out, and blessed the people: and the glory should do; and the glory of the LORD 2 Ch.5.13,14. of the LORD " appeared unto all the peoshall appear unto you. m 7 And Moses said unto Aaron, Go unto the altar, and offer thy P sin-offering, and thy burnt-offering, and make an atonement for thyself and for the people: and offer the offering of the people, and make an atonement for them; as the LORD commanded. 8 Aaron therefore went unto the altar, and slew the calf of the sin-offering, which was for himself. 9 And the sons of Aaron brought the blood unto him; and he dipped his finger in the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar, and poured out the blood at the bottom of the altar. 10 But the fat, and the kidneys, and the caul above the liver of the sin-offering, ne burnt upon the altar; as the LORD commanded Moses. 11 And the flesh and the hide he burnt with fire without the camp. 12 And he slew the burnt-offering; and Aaron's sons presented unto him the blood, which he sprinkled round about upon the altar. CHAP. X. ND Nadab and Abihu, the sons of t his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense there- 3 Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the LORD spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron" held his peace. 4 And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and said unto them, Come near, carry your brethren from before the sanctuary out of the camp. 5 So they went near, and carried them in their coats out of the camp; as Moses had said. 6 And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar his sons, Uncover not your heads, neither rend your d from the clothes; lest ye die, and lest a wrath come upon all the people: but let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the LORD hath kindled. 7 And ye shall not go out door of the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: for the anointing oil of the LORD is d upon you. And they did according to the word of Moses. 8 And the LORD spake unto Aaron, saying, 9 Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations; Clean and unclean animals. B. C. 1490. should it have been accepted in the sight of the LORD? a Nu.16.46 Jos.7.1. 20 And when Moses heard that, he was 22.18,20. 2Sa.24.1,15. Content. Is.1.11-15. Je.6.20. cc.21.12. d Ex.28.41. 10.15. De.14.3, &c. Eze.4.14. Mat.15.11. 13.9. Eze.44.21. Lu.1.15. 1 Ti.3.3. Tit. 1.7. g Ps.1.1,2. 10 And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between un-c.11.47. clean and clean; i 11 And that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the LORD hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses. 12 And Moses spake unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons that were left, Take the meat-offering that remaineth of the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and eat it without leaven beside the altar; for it is most holy: 13 And ye shall eat it in the holy place, because it is thy due, and thy sons' due, of the sacrifices of the LORD made by fire: for so I am commanded. 14 And the wave-breast and heaveshoulder shall ye eat in a clean place; thou, and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee: for they be thy due, and thy sons' due, which are given out of the sacrifices of peace-offerings of the children of Israel. 15 The heave-shoulder and the wavebreast shall they bring, with the offerings made by fire of the fat, to wave it for a wave-offering before the LORD; and it shall be thine, and thy sons' with thee, by a statute for ever; as the LORD hath commanded. 20.25,26. Je.15.19. Eze.44.23. i Ne.8.2,8. Mal.2.7. CHAP. XI. 3 Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is cloven-footed, and cheweth the cud among the beasts that shall ye eat. 4 Nevertheless, these shall ye not eat, of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the hoof: as the camel, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you. 5 And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you. 6 And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you. 7 And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be cloven-footed; yet he cheweth not the cud: he is unclean to you. 8 Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and Nu.18.10. their carcass shall ye not touch: * they Ac.10.10-15. are unclean to you. k I8.52.11. 2 Cor.6.17. Col.2.21. I De.14.9. m c.7.18. 16 And Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin-offering, and, behold, it was n De.14.12. burnt: and he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron which were left alive, saying, 17 Wherefore have ye not eaten the sinoffering in the holy place, seeing it is most holy, and God hath given it you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the LORD? 18 Behold, the blood of it was not brought in within the holy place: ye should indeed have eaten it in the holy place, as I c.6 26,30. commanded. 19 And Aaron said unto Moses, Behold, this day have they offered their sin-offering and their burnt-offering before the LORD; and such things have befallen me: and if I had eaten the sin-offering to-day 95 11 They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcasses in abomination. 12 Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall be an abomination unto you. 13 And these are they which ye shall have in abomination among the "fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination; the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray, 14 And the vulture, and the kite, after his kind; 15 Every raven after his kind; 16 And the owl, and the night-hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind, 17 And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl, 18 And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier-eagle, 19 And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat. 20 All fowls that creep, going upon all four, shall be an abomination unto you. 21 Yet these may ye eat, of every flying B. C. 1490. creeping thing that goeth upon all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal upon the earth; 22 Even these of them ye may eat; "the locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind. 23 But all other flying creeping things, which have four feet shall be an abomination unto you. a Mat.3.4. b c.17.15. Ceremonial purification. upon any sowing seed which is to be sown, it shall be clean. 38 But if any water be put upon the seed, and any part of their carcass fall thereon, it shall be unclean unto you. 39 And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the carcass thereof shall be unclean until the even. b 40 And he that eateth of the carcass of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: he also that beareth the carcass of it shall wash his clothes, and 24 And for these ye shall be unclean: 25 And whosoever beareth aught of the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, d c.14.8. and be unclean until the even. 15.5. Nu.19.10,22. 31.24. Ps.51.2,7. 26 The carcasses of every beast which divideth the hoof, and is not cloven-footed, Zec.13.1. nor cheweth the cud, are unclean unto you: every one that toucheth them shall be unclean. 27 And whatsoever goeth upon his paws, among all manner of beasts that go on all four, those are unclean unto you: whoso toucheth their carcass shall be unclean until the even. 28 And he that beareth the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: they are unclean, unto you. Jno.13.8. 10.22. 1 doth multi- 2 souls. f c.19.2. Mat.5.48. 41 And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth shall be an abomination; it shall not be eaten.. 42 Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon all four, or whatsoever hath more feet among all creeping things that creep upon the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they are an abomination. 43 Ye shall not make 2 yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby. 44 For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy, neither shall 1 Th.4.7. ye defile yourselves with any manner of 1Pe.1.15,16. creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. Re.22.11,14. 45 For I am the LORD that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy. Hos.11.1. 2.9. g ver.24. Ps.105.43-45. 29 These also shall be unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep up-6.7. on the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, 20.2. and the tortoise after his kind, 30 And the ferret, and the chameleon, i Is.66.17. and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole. 31 These are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth touch them, when they be dead, shall be unclean until the even. ver.8. Eze.44.23. 32 And upon whatsoever any of them, when they are dead, doth fall, it shall be unclean; whether it be any vessel of wood, or raiment, or skin, or sack, whatsoever vessel it be, wherein any work is done, it must be put into water, and it c.15.12. shall be unclean until the even; so it shall be cleansed. 0 33 And every earthen vessel, whereinto any of them falleth, whatsoever is in it shall be unclean; and ye shall break it. 34 Of all meat which may be eaten, that on which such water cometh shall be unclean: and all drink that may be drunk in every such vessel shall be unclean. 35 And every thing whereupon any part of their carcass falleth shall be unclean; whether it be oven, or ranges for pots, they shall be broken down: for they are unclean, and shall be unclean unto you. 36 Nevertheless, a fountain or pit, wherein 3 there is plenty of water, shall be clean: but that which toucheth their carcass shall be unclean. 37 And if any part of the carcass fall m Job 14.4. n c.15.19. P Ps.2.9. 2 Ti.2.21. Ge.17.12. eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised. 4 And she shall then continue in the blood of her purifying three and thirty days: she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying be fulfilled. 5 But if she bear a maid child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her separation: and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying threescore and six days. 6 And when the days of her 1 purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a daughter, |