Unlawful marriages. eaten : he fhall even pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with duft. The blood offered. Chap. xvii, xviii."' gregation, and for the altar and he shall make an atonement for the priests, and for all the people of the congregation. 34 And this shall be an everlang itature unto you to make an atonement for the children of Ifrael, for all their fins, once a year. And he did as the LORD commanded Moles. CHAP. XVII. 14 For it is the life of all fiefh,the blood of it is for the life thereof: therefore I iaid unto the children of Ifrael. Ye fhall eat the blood of no manner of fiefh: for the life of all fleth is the blood thereof: whofoever eateth it, fhall be cut off. 15 And every foul that eateth that which I The blood of beats offered. 10 All died of it felf, or that which was torn with eating of blood is forbidden. beafts, whether it be one of your own And theLoRufpake unto Mofes, faying, country, or a stranger) he shall both wash 2 Speak unto Aaron, and unto his fons, and unto all the children of Ifrael, and fay unto them, This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded, faying, 3 What man foever there be of the houfe of Ifrael, that killeth an ox, or lamb, or goat in the camp, or that killeth it out of the camp, 4 And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to offer an offering unto the LORD before the tabernacle of LORD; blood shall be imput ed unto that man, he hath shed blood, and that man shall be cut off from among his people: 5 To the end that the children of Ifraet may bring their facrifices, which they offer in the open field, even that they may bring them unto the LORD, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation unto the pricft, and offer them for peace-offerings unto the LORD. 6 And the prieft shall fprinkle the blood upon the altar of the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and burn the fat for a fweet favour unto the LORD. 7 And they fhall no more offer their facrifices unto devils, afrer whom they have gone a whoring: This fhall be a ftatute for ever unto them throughout their gene rations. 8 And thou fhalt fay unto them, Whatfoever man there be of the houfe of Ifrael, or of the ftrangers which fojourn among you, that offereth a burnt-offering, or facrifice, 9 And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to of fer it unto the LORD; even that man fhall be cut of from among his people. 10 ¶ And whatsoever man there be of the house of Ifrael, or of the strangers that fojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood: I will even fet my face against that foul that eateth blood and will cut him off from among his people. 11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you upon the attar, to make an atonement for your fouls; for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the foul. his clothes, and bathe bimself in water, and be unclean until the even then shall he be clean. 15 But if he wafh them not, nor bathe his flesh; then he fhall bear his iniquity. CHAP. XVIII. 1 Unlawful marriages. 19 Unlawful lufts. Nd the Lord ipake unto Mofes,faying, A 2 Speak unto the children of Israel,& fay unto them, I am the LORD your God. 3 After the doings of the land of Egypt wherein ye dwelt, thall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Cannan, whither I bring you, fhall ye not co: neither thall ye walk in their ordinances. 4 Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I am the LORD your God. 5 Ye fhall therefore keep my ftatutes and my judgments: which if a man do, he fhall live in them: I am the LORD. 6 None of you thall approach to any that is near a kin to him to uncov er their nakedneis: I am the LORD. 7 The nakedness of thy father, or the nakednels (of thy mother, fhalt thou not uncover the is thy mother, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. 8 The nakedness of thy fathers wife fhalt thou not uncover it is thy fathers nakedness. 9 The nakedness of thy filter, the daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, whether she be born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness thou thalt not uncover. To The nakedness of thy fons daughter, or of thy daughters daughter, even their nakedness theu fhalt not uncover : for theirs is thine own nakednefs. 11 The nakedness of thy fathers wifes daughter, begotten of thy father, (fhe is thy filter) thou fhalt not uncover her nak edness. nakedness 12 Thou fhalt not uncover of thy fathers fitter: he is thy fathers near kinfwoman. 13 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mothers fifter; for he is thy mothers near kini woman. 14 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy fathers bother, thou shalt not ap12 Therefore I faid unto the children of proach to his wife: fhe is thine aunt. 1 frael, No foul of you fhall eat blood, 15 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness neither fhall any ftranger that fojourneth of thy daughter in law: the is thy fons wife, among you eat blood." thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. 13 And what foever man there be of the 16 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness children of Ifrael, or of the strangers that of thy brothers wife: it is thy brothers 1ojourn among you, which hunteth and nakedness. catcheth any beaft or fowl that may be 47 T Unlawful lufis. •·Divers Law S. day, it is abominable; it fhail not be accepted. Leviticus. 17 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedefs of a woman and her daughter, neither thall thou take her fons daughter, or her daughters daughter. to uncover her nakedness; for they are her near kinfwo man: it is wickedness 18 Neither halt thou take a wife to her filter, to vex ber, to uncover her nakednefs, befides the other in her life time. 19 Alfo thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as fhe is put a part for her uncleannefs. 20 Moreover, thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbours wife, to defile thy felf with her. 2 And thou fhalt not let any of thy feed pafs through the fire to Molech, neither halt thou profane the Name of thy God: I am the LORD. 22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind; it is abomination. 23 Neither halt thou lie with any beaft to defile thy felf therewith: neither hall any woman ftand before a beaft to lie down thereto : it is confusion. 14 Defile not you your felves in any of thefe things: for in all thefe the nations are defiled which I caft out before you. 25. And the land is defi ed: therefore I do viut the iniquity thereof upon it, and iand it felf vomiteth out her inhabitants. 16 Ye hall therefore keep my ftatutes and my judgments; and fhall not commit any of thefe abominations; neither any of your own nation, nor any ftranger that fojourneth among you: 27(For all thefe abominations have the meu of the land done, which were before you and the land is defiled) 18 That the land fpue not you out alfo, when ye defile it, as it fpued out the nations that were before you. 29 For whofoever shall commit any of thefe abominations, even the fouls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people. 30 Therefore fhall ye keep mine ordinance, that ye commit not any one of thefe abominable cuftoms, which were committed before you, and that ye defile not your felves therein: I am the LORD your God. CHAP. XIX. A repetition of Sundry laws, A Ndy LORD fpake unto Moles, faying, 2 Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Ifrael, and fay unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy. 3 Ye fhall fear every man his mother and his father, and keep my fabbaths: I am the LORD your God. 4 Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to your felves molten gods: I am the LORD your God. 5. And if ye offer a facrifice of peaceoffrings unto the LORD, ye thall offer it at your own will. 6 ft fhall be eaten the fame day ye offer it, and ony morow: and if ought remain LOL bird day, it fall be burnt in fire 7 And if it be eaten at all on the third 8 Therefore every one that eateth it, fhall bear his iniquity, becaufe he hath profaned the hallowed thing of the LORD: and that foul fhall be cut off from among his people. 9 And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither fhalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest 10 And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither fhalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard, thou fhalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I am the LORD your God. Ye fhall not fteal, neither deal falny, neither lie one to another. 12 And ye thall not fwear by my Name falfly, neither halt thou profane the Name of thy God: 1 am the LORD. 13 Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired, fhall not abide with thee all night untill the morning. 14 Thou shalt not curfe the deaf, nor put a tumbling block before the blind, but halt fear thy God: I am the LORD. 15 Ye thall do no unrighteoufnefs in judgment thou shalt not refpect the perfon of the poor, nor honour the per fon of the mighty but in righteoufnefs fhalt thou judge thy negihbour 16 Thou thalt not go up and down as a tale bearer among thy people; neither fhalt thou itand againit the blood of thy negihbour: I am the LORD. 17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart; thou shalt in any wife rebuke thy neighbour, and, not fuffer (in upon him. 18 Thou halt not avenge, not bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou thalt love thy neighbour as thy felf: I am the LORD. fhalt not let thy cattle gender with a di19 Ye shall keep my ftatutes: Thou vers kind: Thou shalt not fow thy field with mingled feed: neither fhall a garment mingled of linen and wollen come upon thee. 200 And whofoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bond-maid, betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her,fhe thall be fcourged: they fhall not be put to death, because the was not free. 21 And he fhall bring his trefpafs offering unto the LORD, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, even a ram for a trefpafs offering. 22 And the priest hall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trefpalsoffering, before the LORD, for his in, which he hath done; and the fin which he hath done, fhall be forgiven him. 23 And when ye thall come into the land, and fhall have planted all manner of trees for food, then ye shall count the ftuit thereof as uncircumcifed, three years thall it be as uncircumcifed unto you: st fhall not be eaten of. of giving feed to Molech. Chap. xx. 24 But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof fhall be holy to praife the LORD witbal. 25 And in the fifth year fhall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the Increase thereof: I am the LORD your God. 26 Yefhall not eat any thing with the blood neither fhall ye ufe inchantment, nor obferve times. 27 Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither fhalt thou mar the corners of thy beard. 28 Ye fhall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD. 29 Do not proftitute thy daughter, to caufe her to be a whore; leaft the fand fall to whoredome, and the land become full of wickedness. : 30 Ye hall keep my fabbaths; and reverence my fanctuary I am the LORD. 314 Regard not them that have famliiar fpirits, neither feek after wizards to be defited by them: I am the LORD your God. 32 Thou shalt rife up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD. 33 And if a stranger fojourn with thee in your land, ye fhall not vex him. 34 But the ftranger that dwelleth with you, fhall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thy felf for ye were ftrangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God. 35 Ye fhall do no unrighteoufnefs in judgment, in mete- yard, in weight or in meafure. Of inceft. to go a whoring after them. I will even fet my face against that foul, and will cut him off from among his people. 7 Sanctify your felves therefore, and be ye holy for I am the LORD your God. 8 And ye fhall keep my ftatutes, and do them: I am the LORD which fanctify you. 9 For every one that curfeth his father or his mother, fhall be furely put to death he hath curfed his father or his mother, his blood shall be upon him. 10 And the man that committeth adultery with another mans wife, even be that committeth adultery with his neighbours wife, the adulterer and the adulterefs thall furely be put to death. 11 And the man that lieth with his fathers wife, hath uncovered his fathers nakednefs; both of them fhall furely be put to death; their blood fhall be upon them. 12 And if a man lie with his daughter in law, both of them fhall furely be put to death: they have wrought confufion; their blood shall be upon them. 13 If a man alfo lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have commited an abomination: they thall furely be put to death: their blood shall be upon them. 14 And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they fhall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickednels among you. 15 And if a man lie with a beaft, he shall furely be put to death and ye shall flay the beaft. 16 And if a woman approach unto any beaft, aud lie down thereto, thou shalt kill 36 Juft ballances, juft weights, a juft e- the woman, and & beaft: they thall (urely be phah, and a just hin thall ye have I am put to death: their blood ball beupon them. the LORD your God, which brought you 17 And if a man thall take his fifter, his out of the land of Egypt. 37 Therefore fhall ye obferve all my ftatutes, and all my judgments, and do them: I am the LORD. СНАР, ХX. fathers daughter, or his mothers daughter, and fee her nakedness, and the fee his nakedness, it is a wicked thing and they fhall be cut off in the fight of their people: he hath uncovered his fifters naked 1 Of giving feed to Molecb.6 wizards 9cur- nefs, he fhall bear his iniquity, fing parents, 11 and of inceft. ANd Lord (pake unto Mofes, faving, 18 And if à man fhail lie with a woman having her fickness, and fhall uncover her 2 Again, thoufhalt fay to the children nakedness, he hath difcovered her foun of Ifrael, Whofoever be be of the children, tain, and the hath uncovered the fountain of Ifrael, or of the ftrangers that fojourn in of her blood: and both of them fhall be Ifrael, that giveth any of his feed unto Mo- cut off from among their people. lech, he shall furely be put to death: the people of the land shall ftone him w ftones. 3 And I will fet my face again't that man and will cut him off from among his people, because he hath given of his 'eed unto Molech, to defile my fanctuary, and to profane my holy Name. 4 And if the peuple of the land do any ways hide their eyes from the man, when he giveth of his feed unto Molech, and kill him not; 5 Then I will fet my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him, to commit whoredom with Molech, from among their people. 64 And the foul that turneth after fuch as have familiar fpirits, and after wizards, 19 And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mothers filter, nor of thy fathers fifter for he uncovereth his near kin: they fhall bear their iniquity. 20 And if a man thall lie with his uncles wife, he hath uncovered his uncles nakednefs: they fhall bear their fin, they fhall die childless. 21 And if a man thall take his brothers wife, it is an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brothers nakedness, they fhall be childlef's. 22 q Ye shall therefore keep all m; ftatates and a I my judgments, and do them: that the land whither I bring you to dwell therein, ipue you not out. 23 And ye fhall not walk in the manners of the nation, which I caft out before you: The priests holiness. Leviticus. for they committed all these things, and therefore I abhorred them. 24 But I have faid unto you, Ye fhall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to poffef's it, a land y Aveth with milk & honey; I am the Lord your God, which have feparated you from other people. 25 Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beafts and unclean; and between unclean fowls and clean; and ye shall not make your fouls abominable by beaft or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that creepeth on ground, which I have feparated from you as unclean. 26 And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and have fevered you from other people, that ye should be mine. 27 A man alfo or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall furely be put to death: they shall stone them with ftones, their blood shall be upon them. CHAP. XXI. Of the priefs mourning 60f their holiness 8 Of their eftimation 13 of their marriages. Nd the LORD faid unto Mofes, Speak A unto the priests the fons of Aaron,and fay unto them, there shall none be defiled for the dead among his people. 2 But for his kin,that is near uuto him, that is; for his mother, and for his father, and for his fon and for his daughter, & for his brother. 3 And for his fifter a virgin, that is nigh unto him which hath had no husband: for her may he be defiled. 4 But he thall not defile himself, being Sacrifices without blemish. 13 And he shall take a wife in her virginity. 14 A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or an harlot, thefe fhall he not take: but he hall take a virgin of his own people to wife. 15 Neither fhall he profane his feed among his people: for I the LORD do fanctifie him. 15 And the LORD fpake unto Mofes, faying, 17 Speak unto Aaron, faying, Whofoever be be of thy feed in their generations, that hath any blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God: 18 For whatfoever man be be that hath a blemish, he fhall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nofe, or any thing fuperfluous, 19 Or a man that is broken-footed, or broken-handed, 20 Or crook-backt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be fcurvy, or fcabbed, or hath his ftones broken: 21 No man that hath a blemish, of the feed of Aaron the pricft fhall come nigh to offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire; he hath a blemish, he fhall not come nigh fo offer the bread of his God. 22 He thall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy. 23 Only he shall not go in unto the vail, nor come nigh unto the altar, becaufe he hath a blemish that he profane not my fanétuaries: for I the LORD do fanctifie them. 24 And Mofes told it unto Aaron, and a cheif man among his people; to profane to his fons, and unto all the children of 1fhimself. rael. CHAP. XXII. 5 They fhall not make baldness upon their head, neither fhall they have off the When the priests fhou'd abstain from holy corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh. things. A Nd the LORD (pake unto Mofes, faying, They fhall be holy unto their God, and not profane the Name of their God: for 2 Speak unto Aaron, and to his fons, the offerings of the LORD made by fire, that they feparate themielves from the and the bread of their God they do offer: holy things of the children of Ifrael, and therefore they fhall be holy. that they profane not my holy Name, in thafe things, which they hallow unto me: I am the LORD. They fhall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neither thall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God. 8 Thou thalt fanct fie him therefore, for he offereth the bread of thy God: he fhall be holy unto the: for I the LORD which fanctifie you, am holy. 3 Say unto them, Whosoever be be of all your feed, among your generations, that goeth unto the holy things,which the children of Ifrael hallow unto the LORD, having his uncleannefs upon him, that foul shall be cut off from my prefence: I am the LORD. 9 And the daughter of any prieft if The profane her felf by playing the whore, 4 What man foever of the feed of AaThe profaneth her father: the fhall be burnt ron is a leper, or hath a running Iffue; he with fire. shall not eat of the holy things, until he 10 And be that is the high priest among be clean. And whofo toucheth any thing his brethren, upon whofe head the anoint- that is unclean by the dead, or a man whole ing oyl was poured, and that is confecrated feed goeth from him: to put on the garments, fhall not uncover 5 Or whofoever toucheth any creeping his head, nor rent his clothes. thing, whereby he may be made unclean, or a man of whom he may take uncleannefs. whatfoever uncleannefs he hath: II Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother: 6 Toe foul whi h hath touched any fuch, 12 Neither fhall be go out of the fanctu- fhall be un can until even, and fhall not ary, nor profane the fanctuary of his God, eat of the holy things, unless he wash his for the crown of the anointing oy!, of his flesh with water. God is upon him: I am the LORD. 7 And Chap. xxiii. A blemish in boly things. 7 And when the fun is down, he fhall be clean, and thall afterward eat of the holy things, because it is his food, 8 That which dieth of it felf, or is torn with beafts, he thall not eat to defile him. felftherewith: I am the LORD. 9 They hall therefore keep mine ordinance, left they bear fin for it, and die therefore, if they profane it: I the LORD do fanctifie them. 10 There shall no ftranger eat of the holy thing: a fojourner of the pricft, or an hired fervant fhall not eat of y holy thing. But if the priest buy any foul with his money, he thall eat of it, and he that is born in his houfe: they fhall eat of his. meat. 12 If the priests daughter alfo be married unto a stranger, the may not eat of an offering of the holy things, 13 But ify priefts daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no child, and is returned unto her fathers houfe, as in her youth, the hall eat of her fathers meat, but there shall no ftranger eat thereof. 14 And if a man eat of the holy thing unwittingly, then he fhall put the fifth part thereof unto it, and thall give it unto the priest, with the holy thing. 15 And they fhall not profane the holy things of the children of Ifrael, which they offer unto the LORD: 16 Or fuffer them to bear the iniquity of tre país, when they eat their holy things: for Ire LORD do fanctifie them. 17 And the LORD fpake unto Mofes, faying, 48 Speak unto Aaron, and to his fons, and unto all the children of Ifrael, and fay unto them, What foever be be ofthe houfe of Ifrael, or of the ftrangers in ifrael, that will offer his oblation for all his vows, and for all his free-will-offerings, which they will offer unto the LORD for a burnt-offering; 19 Yeball offer at your own will a male without blemith of the beeves, of the fheep, or of the goats. 20 But whatfover hath a blemish, that fhall ye not offer: for it fhall not be acceptable for you. 21 And whofoever offereth a facrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD, to accomplifh bis vow, or a free-will-offering in beeves, or fheep, it fhall be perfect, to be accepted, there shall be no blemish therein. 22 Blind, or broken or maimed, or having a wen, or fcurvy, or feabbed, ye hall not offer thefe unto the LORD, nor make an offering by fire of them upon the altar unto the LORD. 23 Either a bullock,or a lamb y hath any thing fuperfluous or lacking in his parts, that inayeft thou offer for a free-will-offering: but for a vow it fhall not be accepted. 24 Ye shall not offer unto the LORD y which is brunted, or crushed, or broken,or Cut; neither thail you make any offering thereof in your land. 25 Neither from a ftrangers hand fhall ye offer the bread of your God of any of Of the paffover. thefe; becaufe their corruption is in them, and blemishes be in thein: they fhal! not be accepted for you. 26 And the LORD fpake unto Mofes; faying 27 When a bullock, or a fheep or a goat is brought forth, then it fhall be feven days under the dam; and from the eight day & thenceforth, it fhall be accepted for an offering made by fire unto the LORD. 28 And whether it be cow, or ew, ye fhalt not kill it and her young both in one day. 29 And when ye will offer a facrifice of thanksgiving unto the LORD, offer it at your own will, 30 On the fame day it fhall be eaten up, ye fhall leave none of it until the morrow: am the LORD. 31 Therefore shall ye keep my com mandments, and do them: I am the LORD, 32 Neither hall ye profane my holy Name, but I will be hallowed among the children of Ifrael: I am the LORD which hallow you; 33 That brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God; I am the LORD. CHAP XXIII. 4 Of Sundry feafls.16The day of atonement. A 2 Speak unto the children of Ifrael, and ay unto them, Concerning the feafts of y LORD, which ye fhall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feafts. 3 Six days fhall work be done, but the feventh day is the fabbath of rett, an holy convocation; ye fhall do no work therein; it is the fabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings. 41 Thefe are the feats of the LORD, even boly convocations, which ye thall proclaim in their feafons 5 In the fourteenth day of the first month at even, is the LORDS paffover. 6 And on the fifteenth day of the fame month, is the feat of unleavened bread unto the LORD: feven days ye muit eat unleavened bread. 7 In the first day he fhall have an hoiy convocation: ye fhall do no fervile work therein. 8 But ye fhall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD feven days: in the feventh day is an holy convocation, ye fhall do no fervile work therein. 9 And the LORD spake unto Mofes faying, 10 Speak unto the children of Ifrael, and fay unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and fhall rap the harveft thereof, then ye shall bring a fheaf of the first-fruits of your harveit unto the priest. And he fhail wave the fheaf before LORD, to be accepted for you; on y inorrow after the fabbath y prieit hall wave it. 12 And ye fhall offer that day when ye wave the heat, an he-lamb without blemih, of the first year; for a burnt.offering unto the LORD. 13 And the meat-offering thereof shall be two tenth dales of fine flower mingled with |