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and you shall treat them as holy, since they offer the food of your God; they shall be holy to you, for I the Lord , I who sanctify you, am holy.

He shall not go where there is a dead body; he shall not defile himself even for his father or mother.

He shall not go outside the sanctuary and thus profane the sanctuary of his God; for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the Lord .

that he may not profane his offspring among his kin; for I am the Lord ; I sanctify him.

For no one who has a blemish shall draw near, one who is blind or lame, or one who has a mutilated face or a limb too long,

But he shall not come near the curtain or approach the altar, because he has a blemish, that he may not profane my sanctuaries; for I am the Lord ; I sanctify them.

When the sun sets he shall be clean; and afterward he may eat of the sacred donations, for they are his food.

They shall keep my charge, so that they may not incur guilt and die in the sanctuary for having profaned it: I am the Lord ; I sanctify them.

causing them to bear guilt requiring a guilt offering, by eating their sacred donations: for I am the Lord ; I sanctify them.

You shall not offer anything that has a blemish, for it will not be acceptable in your behalf.

An ox or a lamb that has a limb too long or too short you may present for a freewill offering; but it will not be accepted for a vow.

These are the appointed festivals of the Lord , the holy convocations, which you shall celebrate at the time appointed for them.

For seven days you shall present the Lord 's offerings by fire; on the seventh day there shall be a holy convocation: you shall not work at your occupations.

You shall also offer one male goat for a sin offering, and two male lambs a year old as a sacrifice of well-being.

The priest shall raise them with the bread of the first fruits as an elevation offering before the Lord , together with the two lambs; they shall be holy to the Lord for the priest.

When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap to the very edges of your field, or gather the gleanings of your harvest; you shall leave them for the poor and for the alien: I am the Lord your God.

Now, the tenth day of this seventh month is the day of atonement; it shall be a holy convocation for you: you shall deny yourselves and present the Lord 's offering by fire;

and you shall do no work during that entire day; for it is a day of atonement, to make atonement on your behalf before the Lord your God.

For anyone who does not practice self-denial during that entire day shall be cut off from the people.

These are the appointed festivals of the Lord , which you shall celebrate as times of holy convocation, for presenting to the Lord offerings by fire—burnt offerings and grain offerings, sacrifices and drink offerings, each on its proper day—