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No man among the children of Aaron the religious leader, who has something wrong with his body, should come near to give the Lord's gifts by fire. He should not come near to give the bread of his God, because he has something wrong with him.

He may eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy and of the holy.

So Moses spoke to Aaron and to his sons and to all the people of Israel.

"Tell Aaron and his sons to be careful with the holy gifts that the people of Israel set apart for Me. So they will not sin against My holy name. I am the Lord.

None of the children of Aaron who has a bad skin disease or something flowing from his body may eat of the holy gifts until he is clean. If one touches anything that is unclean because of a dead body, or has had his seed come from his sex part,

the man who touches any such thing will be unclean until evening. He must not eat of the holy gifts unless he has washed his body in water.

When the sun has gone down, he will be clean. After that he may eat of the holy gifts, for they are his food.

But a person whom the religious leader buys to work for him with his own money may eat of it. And those who are born in his house may eat of his food.

"Say to Aaron and to his sons and to all the people of Israel, ‘When any man of the house of Israel or of the strangers in Israel gives his gift for a burnt gift to the Lord, to pay a promise or as a free-will gift

On the fourteenth day of the first month in the evening begins the Lord's religious gathering to remember how His people left Egypt.

If there is any person who will not be free from his pride on this day, he will be kept away from his people.

Whoever does any work on this day, I will destroy from among his people.

The bread is for Aaron and his sons who will eat it in a holy place. It is a most holy part for him out of the gifts by fire to the Lord. It is his share forever."

The son of the Israelite woman swore against the name of the Lord. So they brought him to Moses. (His mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the family of Dan.)

"Take the one who has sworn against Me away from the tents. Let all who heard him lay their hands on his head. Then let all the people kill him by throwing stones.

Say to the people of Israel, ‘If anyone swears against his God, he will suffer for his own sin.

If a man hurts his neighbor, it will be done to him just as he has done,

You will honor the fiftieth year as holy. And let it be known in all the land that all who are living there are free. It will be a happy time for you. Each of you will return to what is his. Each will return to his family.

‘In this Year of Jubilee each one will have what was his.

When your brother becomes poor and sells some of his land, then one in his family who is near to him is to come and buy what his brother has sold.