Category Archives: LEVITICUS

Laws about Animals for Food 1 The Lordspoke again to Moses and Aaron, saying to them, 2 “Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘Among all the animals which are on the earth, these are the animals which you may eat. 3 ~‘You may eat any animal that has a divided hoof [that is, a […]

Laws of Motherhood 1 Then the Lordspoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘If a woman conceives and gives birth to a male child, she shall be [ceremonially] unclean for seven days, unclean as during her monthly period. 3 ~‘On the eighth day the flesh of the male child’s foreskin […]

The Test for Leprosy 1 Then the Lordspoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, 2 “When a man has a swelling on the skin of his body, a scab, or a bright spot, and it becomes the infection ofleprosy on the skin of his body, then he shall be brought to Aaron the priest, or […]

Law of Cleansing a Leper 1 Then the Lordspoke to Moses, saying, 2 “This shall be the law of the leper on the day of his [ceremonial] cleansing. He shall be brought to the priest [at a meeting place outside the camp]; 3 the priest shall go out of the camp [to meet him]; and […]

Cleansing Unhealthiness 1 The Lordspoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, 2 “Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, ‘When any man has a bodily discharge, his discharge is unclean. 3 ~‘This shall be [the law concerning] his uncleanness in his discharge: whether his body allows its discharge to flow or obstructs its […]

Law of Atonement 1 Then the Lordspoke to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron who had died when they [irreverently] approached the presence of the Lord. 2 The Lordsaid to Moses, “Tell Aaron your brother that hemust not enter at any time into the Holy Place inside the veil (the Holy […]

Blood for Atonement 1 Then the Lordspoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to Aaron and his sons and all the children of Israel, and say to them, ‘This is what the Lordhas commanded, saying, 3 “Any man from the house of Israel who kills an ox or lamb or goat in the camp, or kills […]

Laws on Immoral Relations 1 Then the Lordspoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to the children of Israel and say to them, ‘I am the Lordyour God. 3 ~‘You shall not do what is done in the land of Egypt where you lived, and you shall not do what is done in the land of […]

Idolatry Forbidden 1 Then the Lordspoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Say to all the congregation of the children of Israel, ‘You shall be holy, for I the Lordyour God am holy. 3 ~‘Each of you shallrespect his mother and his father, and you shall keep My Sabbaths; I am the Lordyour God. 4 ~‘Do not […]

On Human Sacrifice and Immoralities 1 Then the Lordspoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Moreover, you shall say to the children of Israel, ‘Any Israelite or any stranger residing in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech (the god of the Ammonites) [as a human sacrifice] shall most certainly be put to death; the […]