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Be holy to Me, for I the Lord am holy. I have divided you from the nations, so you belong to Me.

‘A man or woman who speaks with bad spirits or who talks to the dead must be put to death. They will be killed with stones. They will suffer for their own sin.'"

The Lord said to Moses, "Say to the religious leaders, the sons of Aaron, ‘No one should make himself unclean for a dead person among his people,

except for his own family, his mother, father, son, daughter and brother,

or his young sister who is near to him because she has had no husband. For her he may make himself unclean.

They should be holy to their God and not put the name of their God to shame. For they give the gifts by fire to the Lord, the bread of their God. So they must be holy.

They should not take a woman who is unclean because of selling the use of her body. They should not take a woman who is divorced from her husband. For the religious leader is holy to his God.

So you must set him apart, for he gives the bread of your God. He will be holy to you. For I, the Lord Who sets you apart, am holy.

He must not go near any dead person or make himself unclean even for his father or mother.

He must not go out of the holy place or sin against the holy place of his God. For the crown of the holy oil of his God is on him. I am the Lord.

By doing this he will not sin against his children among his people. For I am the Lord Who makes him holy.'"

For no one whose body is not perfect should come near, no blind man, or man who cannot walk, or one with a marked face, or a bad arm or leg,

But he should not come near the curtain or the altar, because he has something wrong with him, and so he may not sin against My holy places. For I am the Lord Who makes them holy.'"

"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.

Say to them, ‘If any one of all your children comes near the holy gifts that the people of Israel set apart for the Lord, while he is unclean, he will be cut off from My holy place. I am the Lord.

or touches anything that is unclean that moves on the ground, or touches any man who makes him unclean, for whatever reason,

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 no one who is not a religious leader may eat the holy gift. One who is visiting the religious leader or working for him must not eat of the holy gift.

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.

This would bring sin upon them when they eat their holy gifts. For I am the Lord Who makes them holy.'"