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Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

"Tell Aaron and his sons to be careful with the holy gifts of the sons of Israel, which they dedicate to Me, so as not to profane My holy name; I am the LORD.

Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, and that they profane not my holy name in those things which they hallow unto me: I am the Lord .

"Say to them, 'Any man among all your descendants throughout your generations who approaches the holy gifts which the sons of Israel consecrate to the LORD, while he has an uncleanness, that person shall be cut off from My presence; I am the LORD.

Say unto them, Whosoever he be of all your seed among your generations, that goeth unto the holy things, which the children of Israel hallow unto the Lord , having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from my presence: I am the Lord .

'No man of the descendants of Aaron, who has leprosy or has a discharge, may eat of the holy gifts until he is clean. And one who touches anything made unclean by a corpse, or a man who has a seminal emission,

What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or hath a running issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he be clean. And whoso toucheth any thing that is unclean by the dead, or a man whose seed goeth from him;

or a man who touches any swarming things by which he is made unclean, or touches any person by whom he is made unclean, whatever his uncleanness;

Or whosoever toucheth any creeping thing, whereby he may be made unclean, or a man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatsoever uncleanness he hath;

a person who touches any such thing shall be unclean until evening, and shall not eat of the holy gifts unless he has bathed his body in water.

The soul which hath touched any such shall be unclean until even, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he wash his flesh with water.

'But when the sun sets, he will be clean, and afterward he may eat of the holy gifts, for it is his food.

And when the sun is down, he shall be clean, and shall afterward eat of the holy things; because it is his food.

'He shall not eat an animal which dies or is torn by animals, becoming unclean by it; I am the LORD.

That which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts, he shall not eat to defile himself therewith; I am the Lord .

'They shall therefore perform their duty to Me, so that they do not bear sin because of it and die by it because they profane it; I am the LORD who sanctifies them.

They shall therefore keep mine ordinance, lest they bear sin for it, and die therefore, if they profane it: I the Lord do sanctify them.

'No layman, however, is to eat the holy gift; a foreign resident with the priest or a hired worker shall not eat the holy gift.

There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing: a sojourner of the priest, or an hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.

'But if a priest buys a slave as his property with his money, that person may eat of it, and those who are born in his house may eat of his food.

But if the priest buy any soul with his money, he shall eat of it, and he that is born in his house: they shall eat of his meat.

'If a priest's daughter is married to a layman, she shall not eat of the offering of the holy gifts.

If the priest's daughter also be married unto a stranger, she may not eat of an offering of the holy things.

'But if a priest's daughter becomes a widow or divorced, and has no child and returns to her father's house as in her youth, she may eat of her father's food; but no layman shall eat of it.

But if the priest's daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no child, and is returned unto her father's house, as in her youth, she shall eat of her father's meat: but there shall be no stranger eat thereof.

'If, however, someone eats a holy food unintentionally, then he shall add to it a fifth of it and shall give the holy food to the priest.

And if a man eat of the holy thing unwittingly, then he shall put the fifth part thereof unto it, and shall give it unto the priest with the holy thing.

'And they shall not profane the holy gifts of the sons of Israel, which they offer to the LORD,

And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto the Lord ;

and thereby bring upon them punishment for guilt by eating their holy gifts; for I am the LORD who sanctifies them.'"

Or suffer them to bear the iniquity of trespass, when they eat their holy things: for I the Lord do sanctify them.