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"But he shall let the live bird go free outside the city into the open field. So he shall make atonement for the house, and it will be clean."

and the priest shall offer them, one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering. So the priest shall make atonement for the man before the LORD because of his discharge.

'If a man lies with a woman so that there is a seminal emission, they shall both bathe in water and be unclean until evening.

'If a man actually lies with her so that her menstrual impurity is on him, he shall be unclean for seven days; and every bed on which he lies shall be unclean.

"Thus you shall separate the Israelites from their uncleanness, so that they do not die in their uncleanness by their defiling My tabernacle that is among them."

This is the law for the one who has a discharge and for the one who has a seminal emission, so that he is unclean by it;

and put the incense on the fire [in the censer] before the LORD, so that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is on [the ark of] the Testimony, otherwise he will die.

"So he shall make atonement for the Holy Place (Holy of Holies) because of the uncleanness and transgressions of the Israelites, for all their sins. He shall also do this for the Tent of Meeting which is among them in the midst of their uncleanness (impurities).

"There shall be no person in the Tent of Meeting when the high priest goes in to make atonement in the Holy Place [within the veil] until he comes out, so that he may make atonement for himself (his own sins) and for his household and for all the congregation of Israel.

"So the priest who is anointed and ordained to serve and minister as priest in his father's place shall make atonement: he shall wear the holy linen garments,

"This shall be a permanent statute for you, so that atonement may be made for the children of Israel for all their sins once a year." So he did just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

"This is so that the sons of Israel may bring their sacrifices which they were sacrificing [to idols] in the open field [where they killed them], that they may bring them in to the LORD, at the doorway of the Tent of Meeting to the priest, and sacrifice them as sacrifices of peace offerings to the LORD.

"So they shall no longer offer their sacrifices to goat-idols or demons or field spirits with which they have played the prostitute. This shall be a permanent statute for them throughout their generations."'

"So when any Israelite or any stranger living temporarily among them, catches any ceremonially clean animal or bird when hunting, he shall pour out its blood and cover it with earth.

'So you shall keep My statutes and My judgments, by which, if a person keeps them, he shall live; I am the LORD.

[do none of these things] so that the land will not vomit you out, should you defile it, as it has vomited out the nation which has been before you.

'For whoever commits any of these repulsive acts, those persons who do so shall be cut off from among their people [excluding them from the atonement made for them].

'So keep My command: do not practice any of the repulsive customs which have been practiced before you, so as not to defile yourselves by them; I am the LORD your God.'"

'Now when you offer a sacrifice of peace offerings to the LORD, you shall offer it so that you may be accepted.

'You shall not swear [an oath] falsely by My name, so as to profane the name of your God; I am the LORD.