Study Desk

If an animal is found dead or torn by wild animals, you may use its fat for other things, but you must not eat it.

Then the priest must burn the fat on the altar, but the breast of the animal will belong to Aaron and the priests.

But he took the bull's skin, its meat, and its intestines and burned them in a fire outside the camp, as the Lord had commanded him.

Aaron's sons Nadab and Abihu took their pans for burning incense, put fire in them, and added incense; but they did not use the special fire Moses had commanded them to use in the presence of the Lord .

but you must not even leave the Meeting Tent. If you go out of the entrance, you will die, because the Lord has appointed you to his service." So Aaron, Eleazar, and Ithamar obeyed Moses.

Moses said to Aaron and his remaining sons, Eleazar and Ithamar, "Eat the part of the grain offering that is left from the sacrifices offered by fire to the Lord , but do not add yeast to it. Eat it near the altar because it is most holy.

Moses looked for the goat of the sin offering, but it had already been burned up. So he became very angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's remaining sons. He said,

But Aaron said to Moses, "Today they brought their sin offering and burnt offering before the Lord , but these terrible things have still happened to me! Do you think the Lord would be any happier if I ate the sin offering today?"

"‘Some animals only chew the cud or only have split hoofs, and you must not eat them. The camel chews the cud but does not have a split hoof; it is unclean for you.

The rock badger chews the cud but does not have a split hoof; it is unclean for you.

The rabbit chews the cud but does not have a split hoof; it is unclean for you.

Now the pig has a split hoof that is completely divided, but it does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you.

But whatever lives in the sea or in a river and does not have fins and scales—including the things that fill the water and all other things that live in it—you should hate.

"‘But you may eat certain insects that have wings and walk on four feet. You may eat those that have legs with joints above their feet so they can jump.

But all other insects that have wings and walk on four feet you are to hate.

"‘Some animals have split hoofs, but the hoofs are not completely divided; others do not chew the cud. They are unclean for you, and anyone who touches the dead body of one of these animals will become unclean.

"‘A spring or well that collects water will stay clean, but anyone who touches the dead body of any unclean animal will become unclean.

But if you put water on some seeds and a dead, unclean animal falls on them, they are unclean for you.

But if she gives birth to a daughter, the mother will be unclean for two weeks, as she is unclean during her monthly period. It will be sixty-six days before she becomes clean from her loss of blood.

"If there is a white spot on a person's skin, but the spot does not seem deeper than the skin, and if the hair from the spot has not turned white, the priest must separate that person from other people for seven days.