Leviticus 22:15   (Read all of Leviticus 22)

The priests must not desecrate the sacred offerings the Israelites present to the Lord

Leviticus 22:16   (Read all of Leviticus 22)

by allowing them to eat the sacred offerings and so bring upon them guilt requiring payment. I am the Lord, who makes them holy.' "

Leviticus 22:17   (Read all of Leviticus 22)

The Lord said to Moses,

Leviticus 22:18   (Read all of Leviticus 22)

"Speak to Aaron and his sons and to all the Israelites and say to them: 'If any of you-whether an Israelite or a foreigner residing in Israel-presents a gift for a burnt offering to the Lord, either to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering,

Leviticus 22:19   (Read all of Leviticus 22)

you must present a male without defect from the cattle, sheep or goats in order that it may be accepted on your behalf.

Leviticus 22:21   (Read all of Leviticus 22)

When anyone brings from the herd or flock a fellowship offering to the Lord to fulfill a special vow or as a freewill offering, it must be without defect or blemish to be acceptable.

Leviticus 22:22   (Read all of Leviticus 22)

Do not offer to the Lord the blind, the injured or the maimed, or anything with warts or festering or running sores. Do not place any of these on the altar as a food offering presented to the Lord.

Leviticus 22:23   (Read all of Leviticus 22)

You may, however, present as a freewill offering an ox or a sheep that is deformed or stunted, but it will not be accepted in fulfillment of a vow.

Leviticus 22:25   (Read all of Leviticus 22)

and you must not accept such animals from the hand of a foreigner and offer them as the food of your God. They will not be accepted on your behalf, because they are deformed and have defects.' "

Leviticus 22:26   (Read all of Leviticus 22)

The Lord said to Moses,

Leviticus 22:27   (Read all of Leviticus 22)

"When a calf, a lamb or a goat is born, it is to remain with its mother for seven days. From the eighth day on, it will be acceptable as a food offering presented to the Lord.

Leviticus 22:28   (Read all of Leviticus 22)

Do not slaughter a cow or a sheep and its young on the same day.

Leviticus 22:29   (Read all of Leviticus 22)

"When you sacrifice a thank offering to the Lord, sacrifice it in such a way that it will be accepted on your behalf.

Leviticus 22:30   (Read all of Leviticus 22)

It must be eaten that same day; leave none of it till morning. I am the Lord.

Leviticus 23:1   (Read all of Leviticus 23)

The Lord said to Moses,

Leviticus 23:2   (Read all of Leviticus 23)

"Speak to the Israelites and say to them: 'These are my appointed festivals, the appointed festivals of the Lord, which you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies.

Leviticus 23:3   (Read all of Leviticus 23)

" 'There are six days when you may work, but the seventh day is a day of sabbath rest, a day of sacred assembly. You are not to do any work; wherever you live, it is a sabbath to the Lord.

Leviticus 23:4   (Read all of Leviticus 23)

" 'These are the Lord's appointed festivals, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times:

Leviticus 23:6   (Read all of Leviticus 23)

On the fifteenth day of that month the Lord's Festival of Unleavened Bread begins; for seven days you must eat bread made without yeast.

Leviticus 23:7   (Read all of Leviticus 23)

On the first day hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work.

Leviticus 23:8   (Read all of Leviticus 23)

For seven days present a food offering to the Lord. And on the seventh day hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work.' "

Leviticus 23:9   (Read all of Leviticus 23)

The Lord said to Moses,

Leviticus 23:10   (Read all of Leviticus 23)

"Speak to the Israelites and say to them: 'When you enter the land I am going to give you and you reap its harvest, bring to the priest a sheaf of the first grain you harvest.

Leviticus 23:11   (Read all of Leviticus 23)

He is to wave the sheaf before the Lord so it will be accepted on your behalf; the priest is to wave it on the day after the Sabbath.