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Jump to: Leviticus 21,22 • Mark 10:1-31

Leviticus 21,22

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Regulations concerning Priests

¹ Then the LORD said to Moses, "Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them: '^(C1)No one shall defile himself for a dead person among his people,² ^(C1)except for his relatives who are nearest to him, his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, and his brother,³ also for his virgin sister who is near to him ^(F1)because she has not had a husband; for her, he may defile himself.⁴ 'He shall not defile himself as a ^(F1)relative by marriage among his people, so as to profane himself.⁵ '^(C1)They shall not shave any area on their heads bald, ^(C2)nor shave off the edges of their beards, ^(C3)nor make any cuts in their flesh.⁶ 'They shall be holy to their God and ^(C1)not profane the name of their God, because they present the offerings by fire ^(F1)to the LORD, ^(C2)the food of their God; so they shall be holy.⁷ '^(C1)They shall not take a woman who is a prostitute and ^(F1)profaned, nor shall they take a woman divorced from her husband; for he is holy to his God.⁸ 'You shall consecrate him, therefore, because he offers ^(C1)the food of your God. He shall be holy to you; for I the LORD, who sanctifies you, am holy.⁹ '^(C1)Also the daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by prostitution, she profanes her father; she shall be burned with fire.

¹⁰ 'The priest who is ^(F1)highest among his brothers, on whose head the anointing oil has been poured and ^(F2)who has been consecrated to wear the garments, ^(C1)shall not ^(F3)uncover his head nor tear his clothes;¹¹ ^(C1)nor shall he approach any dead person, nor defile himself even for his father or his mother;¹² ^(C1)nor shall he leave the sanctuary nor profane the sanctuary of his God, for ^(C2)the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is on him; I am the LORD.¹³ 'He shall take a wife in her virginity.¹⁴ '^(C1)A widow, or a divorced woman, or one who is profaned by prostitution, these he shall not take; but rather he is to ^(F1)marry a virgin of his own people,¹⁵ so that he will not profane his ^(F1)children among his people; for I am the LORD who sanctifies him.'"

¹⁶ Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,¹⁷ "Speak to Aaron, saying, 'None of your ^(F1)descendants throughout their generations who has an impairment shall approach to offer the ^(C1)food of his God.¹⁸ '^(C1)For no one who has an impairment shall approach: a man who is blind, or one who limps, or one who has a ^(C1)slit nose, or one with any conspicuous feature,¹⁹ or someone who has a broken foot or broken hand,²⁰ or a contorted back, or one who is a dwarf, or has a spot in his eye, or a festering rash or scabs, or ^(C1)crushed testicles.²¹ 'No man among the ^(F1)descendants of Aaron the priest who has an impairment is to come forward to offer the LORD'S offerings by fire; since he has an impairment, he shall not come forward to offer ^(C1)the food of his God.²² 'He may eat ^(C1)the food of his God, both of the most holy and of the holy,²³ only he shall not come up to the veil or approach the altar, since he has an impairment, so that he does not profane My sanctuaries. For I am the LORD who sanctifies them.'"²⁴ So Moses spoke to Aaron and to his sons and to all the sons of Israel.

Various Rules for Priests

¹ Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,² "Tell Aaron and his sons to be careful with the holy gifts of the sons of Israel, which they dedicate to Me, so as not to profane My holy name; I am the LORD.³ "Say to them, '^(C1)Any man among all your ^(F1)descendants throughout your generations who approaches the holy gifts which the sons of Israel consecrate to the LORD, while he has an uncleanness, that person shall be cut off from My presence; I am the LORD.⁴ '^(C1)No man of the ^(F1)descendants of Aaron, who has ^(F2)leprosy or has a discharge, may eat of the holy gifts until he is clean. ^(C2)And one who touches anything made unclean by a corpse, or ^(C3)a man who has a seminal emission,⁵ or ^(C1)a man who touches any swarming things by which he is made unclean, or touches any person by whom he is made unclean, whatever his uncleanness;⁶ a ^(F1)person who touches any such thing shall be unclean until evening, and shall not eat of the holy gifts unless he has bathed his ^(F2)body in water.⁷ 'But when the sun sets, he will be clean, and afterward he may eat of the holy gifts, for ^(C1)it is his ^(F1)food.⁸ 'He shall not eat ^(C1)an animal which dies or is torn by animals, becoming unclean by it; I am the LORD.⁹ 'They shall therefore perform their ^(C1)duty to Me, so that ^(C2)they do not bear sin because of it and die by it because they profane it; I am the LORD who sanctifies them.

¹⁰ '^(C1)No ^(F1)layman, however, is to eat the holy gift; a foreign resident with the priest or a hired worker shall not eat the holy gift.¹¹ '^(C1)But if a priest buys a ^(F1)slave as his property with his money, ^(F2)that person may eat of it, and those who are born in his house may eat of his ^(F3)food.¹² 'If a priest's daughter is married to a ^(F1)layman, she shall not eat of the ^(F2)offering of the holy gifts.¹³ 'But if a priest's daughter becomes a widow or divorced, and has no child and returns to her father's house as in her youth, she may eat of her father's ^(F1)food; ^(C1)but no ^(F2)layman shall eat of it.¹⁴ '^(C1)If, however, someone eats a holy food unintentionally, then he shall add to it a fifth of it and shall give the holy food to the priest.¹⁵ 'And ^(C1)they shall not profane the holy gifts of the sons of Israel, which they offer to the LORD,¹⁶ and thereby ^(C1)bring upon them ^(F1)punishment for guilt by eating their holy gifts; for I am the LORD who sanctifies them.'"

Flawless Animals for Sacrifice

¹⁷ Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,¹⁸ "Speak to Aaron and to his sons, and to all the sons of Israel, and say to them, '^(C1)Anyone of the house of Israel or of the strangers in Israel who presents his offering, whether it is any of their ^(F1)vows or any of their ^(F2)voluntary offerings, which they present to the LORD as a burnt offering—¹⁹ ^(C1)for you to be accepted—it must be a male without defect ^(F1)from the cattle, the sheep, or the goats.²⁰ '^(C1)Whatever has a defect, you shall not offer, for it will not be accepted for you.²¹ 'When someone offers a sacrifice of peace offerings to the LORD ^(C1)to fulfill a special vow or for a ^(F1)voluntary offering, ^(F2)of the herd or ^(F2)of the flock, it must be without defect to be accepted; there shall be no defect in it.²² 'Those that are blind, fractured, maimed, or have a wart, a festering rash, or scabs, you shall not offer to the LORD, nor make of them an offering by fire on the altar to the LORD.²³ 'Now as for an ox or a lamb which has an ^(F1)overgrown or stunted member, you may present it as a ^(F2)voluntary offering, but for a vow it will not be accepted.²⁴ 'Also ^(C1)anything with its testicles squashed, crushed, torn off, or cut off, you shall not offer to the LORD, nor ^(F1)sacrifice in your land,²⁵ nor shall you offer any of these animals taken from the hand of a ^(F1)foreigner ^(C1)as the ^(F2)food of your God; for their deformity is in them, they have an impairment. They will not be accepted for you.'"

²⁶ Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,²⁷ "When an ox or a sheep or a goat is born, it shall ^(F1)remain ^(C1)seven days ^(F2)with its mother, and from the eighth day on it will be considered acceptable as a sacrifice of an offering by fire to the LORD.²⁸ "^(C1)But, whether it is an ox or a sheep, you shall not slaughter both it and its young in one day.²⁹ "When you sacrifice ^(C1)a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the LORD, you shall sacrifice it so that you may be accepted.³⁰ "It shall be eaten on the same day; you shall leave none of it until morning. I am the LORD.³¹ "^(C1)So you shall keep My commandments, and do them; I am the LORD.

³² "And you shall not profane My holy name, but I will be sanctified among the sons of Israel; I am the LORD who sanctifies you,³³ ^(C1)who brought you out from the land of Egypt, to be your God; I am the LORD."

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Mark 10:1-31

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Chapter 10 Jesus' Teaching about Divorce

¹ ^(C1)Setting out from there, Jesus ^(*)went to the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan; crowds ^(*)gathered to Him again, and, ^(C2)as He was accustomed, He once more began to teach them.

² And some Pharisees came up to Jesus, testing Him, and began questioning Him whether it was lawful for a man to ^(F1)divorce his wife.³ And He answered and said to them, "What did Moses command you?"⁴ They said, "^(C1)Moses permitted a man to write a ^(F1)certificate of divorce and ^(F2)send his wife away."⁵ But Jesus said to them, "^(F1)^(C1)Because of your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment.⁶ "But ^(C1)from the beginning of creation, God ^(C2)CREATED THEM MALE AND FEMALE.⁷ "^(C1)FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER^(F1),⁸ ^(C1)AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH; so they are no longer two, but one flesh.⁹ "Therefore, what God has joined together, no person is to separate."

¹⁰ And in the house the disciples again began questioning Him about this.¹¹ And He ^(*)said to them, "^(C1)Whoever ^(F1)divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her;¹² and ^(C1)if she herself ^(F1)divorces her husband and marries another man, she is committing adultery."

Jesus Blesses Little Children

¹³ ^(C1)And they were bringing children to Him so that He would touch them; but the disciples rebuked them.¹⁴ But when Jesus saw this, He was indignant and said to them, "Allow the children to come to Me; do not ^(F1)forbid them, ^(C1)for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.¹⁵ "Truly I say to you, ^(C1)whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it at all."¹⁶ And He ^(C1)took them in His arms and began blessing them, laying His hands on them.

The Rich Young Ruler

¹⁷ ^(C1)As He was setting out on a journey, a man ran up to Him and ^(C2)knelt before Him, and asked Him, "Good Teacher, what shall I do so that I may ^(C3)inherit eternal life?"¹⁸ But Jesus said to him, "Why do you call Me good? No one is good except God alone.¹⁹ "You know the commandments: '^(C1)DO NOT MURDER, DO NOT COMMIT ADULTERY, DO NOT STEAL, DO NOT GIVE FALSE TESTIMONY, Do not defraud, HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER.'"²⁰ And he said to Him, "Teacher, I have kept ^(C1)all these things from my youth."²¹ Looking at him, Jesus showed love to him and said to him, "One thing you lack: go and sell all you possess and give to the poor, and you will have ^(C1)treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me."²² But he ^(F1)was deeply dismayed by ^(F2)these words, and he went away grieving; for he was one who owned much property.

²³ And Jesus, looking around, ^(*)said to His disciples, "^(C1)How hard it will be for those who are wealthy to enter the kingdom of God!"²⁴ And the disciples ^(C1)were amazed at His words. But Jesus responded again and ^(*)said to them, "Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!²⁵ "^(C1)It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God."²⁶ And they were even more astonished, and said to Him, "^(F1)Then who can be saved?"²⁷ Looking at them, Jesus ^(*)said, "^(C1)With people it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God."

²⁸ ^(C1)Peter began to say to Him, "Behold, we have left everything and have followed You."²⁹ Jesus said, "Truly I say to you, ^(C1)there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or farms, for My sake and for the gospel's sake,³⁰ ^(F1)but that he will receive a hundred times as much now in ^(F2)the present age, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and farms, along with persecutions; and in ^(C1)the age to come, eternal life.³¹ "But ^(C1)many who are first will be last, and the last, first."<