May

The one being cleansed must wash his clothes, shave off all his hair, and bathe with water; then he will be ceremonially clean. Afterward, he may enter the camp, but he must remain outside his tent for seven days.

No one may be in the Tent of Meeting from the time Aaron goes in to make atonement in the Most Holy Place until he leaves, after he has made atonement for himself, his household, and the whole assembly of Israel.

The man who released the goat as the scapegoat must wash his clothes and bathe himself with water; afterward he may reenter the camp.

The one who burns them must wash his clothes and bathe himself with water, and afterward he may reenter the camp.

It is a Sabbath of complete rest for you, that you may humble yourselves; it is a permanent statute.

Therefore I say to the Israelites, ‘None of you may eat blood, nor may any foreigner living among you eat blood.’

Therefore I say to the Israelites, ‘None of you may eat blood, nor may any foreigner living among you eat blood.’

And if any Israelite or foreigner living among them hunts down a wild animal or bird that may be eaten, he must drain its blood and cover it with dirt.

But in the fifth year you may eat its fruit; thus your harvest will be increased. I am the LORD your God.

“Say to Aaron, ‘For the generations to come, none of your descendants who has a physical defect may approach to offer the food of his God.

No man who has any defect may approach—no man who is blind, lame, disfigured, or deformed;

He may eat the most holy food of his God as well as the holy food,

If a descendant of Aaron has a skin disease or a discharge, he may not eat the sacred offerings until he is clean. Whoever touches anything defiled by a corpse or by a man who has an emission of semen,

…or whoever touches a crawling creature or a person that makes him unclean, whatever the uncleanness may be—

When the sun has set, he will become clean, and then he may eat from the sacred offerings, for they are his food.

No one outside a priest’s family may eat the sacred offering, nor may the guest of a priest or his hired hand eat it.

No one outside a priest’s family may eat the sacred offering, nor may the guest of a priest or his hired hand eat it.

But if a priest buys a slave with his own money, or if a slave is born in his household, that slave may eat his food.

But if a priest’s daughter with no children becomes widowed or divorced and returns to her father’s house, she may share her father’s food as in her youth. But no outsider may share it.

But if a priest’s daughter with no children becomes widowed or divorced and returns to her father’s house, she may share her father’s food as in her youth. But no outsider may share it.

You may present as a freewill offering an ox or sheep that has a deformed or stunted limb, but it is not acceptable in fulfillment of a vow.

When you sacrifice a thank offering to the LORD, offer it so that it may be acceptable on your behalf.

For six days work may be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, a day of sacred assembly. You must not do any work; wherever you live, it is a Sabbath to the LORD.

And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD so that it may be accepted on your behalf; the priest is to wave it on the day after the Sabbath.

…so that your descendants may know that I made the Israelites dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.’”

And you are to place pure frankincense near each row, so that it may serve as a memorial portion for the bread, a food offering to the LORD.

For six years you may sow your field and prune your vineyard and gather its crops.

…and for your livestock and the wild animals in your land. All its growth may serve as food.

For it is a Jubilee; it shall be holy to you. You may eat only the crops taken directly from the field.

You are to keep My statutes and carefully observe My judgments, so that you may dwell securely in the land.

Now you may wonder, ‘What will we eat in the seventh year if we do not sow or gather our produce?’

If your brother becomes impoverished and sells some of his property, his nearest of kin may come and redeem what his brother has sold.

But if he cannot obtain enough to repay him, what he sold will remain in possession of the buyer until the Year of Jubilee. In the Jubilee, however, it is to be released, so that he may return to his property.

If a man sells a house in a walled city, he retains his right of redemption until a full year after its sale; during that year it may be redeemed.

But houses in villages with no walls around them are to be considered as open fields. They may be redeemed, and they shall be released in the Jubilee.

So whatever belongs to the Levites may be redeemed—a house sold in a city they possess—and must be released in the Jubilee, because the houses in the cities of the Levites are their possession among the Israelites.

But the open pastureland around their cities may not be sold, for this is their permanent possession.

Do not take any interest or profit from him, but fear your God, that your countryman may live among you.

Then he and his children are to be released, and he may return to his clan and to the property of his fathers.

Your menservants and maidservants shall come from the nations around you, from whom you may purchase them.

You may also purchase them from the foreigners residing among you or their clans living among you who are born in your land. These may become your property.

You may also purchase them from the foreigners residing among you or their clans living among you who are born in your land. These may become your property.

You may leave them to your sons after you to inherit as property; you can make them slaves for life. But as for your brothers, the Israelites, no man may rule harshly over his brother.

You may leave them to your sons after you to inherit as property; you can make them slaves for life. But as for your brothers, the Israelites, no man may rule harshly over his brother.

…he retains the right of redemption after he has sold himself. One of his brothers may redeem him:

…either his uncle or cousin or any close relative from his clan may redeem him. Or if he prospers, he may redeem himself.

…either his uncle or cousin or any close relative from his clan may redeem him. Or if he prospers, he may redeem himself.

If he vows an animal that may be brought as an offering to the LORD, any such animal given to the LORD shall be holy.

But if the vow involves any of the unclean animals that may not be brought as an offering to the LORD, the animal must be presented before the priest.

If, however, he does not redeem the field, or if he has sold it to another man, it may no longer be redeemed.

But no one may consecrate a firstborn of the livestock, because a firstborn belongs to the LORD. Whether it is an ox or a sheep, it is the LORD’s.

But if it is among the unclean animals, then he may redeem it according to your valuation and add a fifth of its value. If it is not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to your valuation.

No person set apart for destruction may be ransomed; he must surely be put to death.

In order that they may live and not die when they come near the most holy things, do this for them: Aaron and his sons are to go in and assign each man his task and what he is to carry.

And he is to put the woman under oath and say to her, ‘If no other man has slept with you and you have not gone astray and become defiled while under your husband’s authority, may you be immune to this bitter water that brings a curse.

…and the priest shall have the woman swear under the oath of the curse—‘then may the LORD make you an attested curse among your people by making your thigh shrivel and your belly swell.

May this water that brings a curse enter your stomach and cause your belly to swell and your thigh to shrivel.’ Then the woman is to say, ‘Amen, Amen.’

He is to have the woman drink the bitter water that brings a curse, and it will enter her and may cause her bitter suffering.

The priest shall then wave them as a wave offering before the LORD. This is a holy portion for the priest, in addition to the breast of the wave offering and the thigh that was presented. After that, the Nazirite may drink wine.

‘May the LORD bless you and keep you;

…may the LORD cause His face to shine upon you and be gracious to you;

…may the LORD lift up His countenance toward you and give you peace.’

“Accept these gifts from them, that they may be used in the work of the Tent of Meeting. And give them to the Levites, to each man according to his service.”

Aaron is to present the Levites before the LORD as a wave offering from the sons of Israel, so that they may perform the service of the LORD.

After you have cleansed them and presented them as a wave offering, they may come to serve at the Tent of Meeting.

After that, they may assist their brothers in fulfilling their duties at the Tent of Meeting, but they themselves are not to do the work. This is how you are to assign responsibilities to the Levites.”

“Tell the Israelites: ‘When any one of you or your descendants is unclean because of a dead body, or is away on a journey, he may still observe the Passover to the LORD.

…they may not leave any of it until morning or break any of its bones. They must observe the Passover according to all its statutes.

Whenever the ark set out, Moses would say, “Rise up, O LORD! May Your enemies be scattered; may those who hate You flee before You.”

Whenever the ark set out, Moses would say, “Rise up, O LORD! May Your enemies be scattered; may those who hate You flee before You.”

But the LORD answered Moses, “If her father had but spit in her face, would she not have been in disgrace for seven days? Let her be confined outside the camp for seven days; after that she may be brought back in.”

So now I pray, may the power of my Lord be magnified, just as You have declared:

The priest is to make atonement for the whole congregation of Israel, so that they may be forgiven; for the sin was unintentional and they have brought to the LORD a food offering and a sin offering, presented before the LORD for their unintentional sin.

These will serve as tassels for you to look at, so that you may remember all the commandments of the LORD, that you may obey them and not prostitute yourselves by following your own heart and your own eyes.

These will serve as tassels for you to look at, so that you may remember all the commandments of the LORD, that you may obey them and not prostitute yourselves by following your own heart and your own eyes.

“Separate yourselves from this congregation so that I may consume them in an instant.”

At their cries, all the people of Israel who were around them fled, saying, “The earth may swallow us too!”

“Get away from this congregation so that I may consume them in an instant.” And Moses and Aaron fell facedown.

The LORD said to Moses, “Put Aaron’s staff back in front of the Testimony, to be kept as a sign for the rebellious, so that you may put an end to their grumbling against Me, lest they die.”

But bring with you also your brothers from the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, that they may join you and assist you and your sons before the Tent of the Testimony.

They are to join you and attend to the duties of the Tent of Meeting, doing all the work at the Tent; but no outsider may come near you.

And you shall attend to the duties of the sanctuary and of the altar, so that wrath may not fall on the Israelites again.

You are to eat it as a most holy offering, and every male may eat it. You shall regard it as holy.

And this is yours as well: the offering of their gifts, along with all the wave offerings of the Israelites. I have given this to you and your sons and daughters as a permanent statute. Every ceremonially clean person in your household may eat it.

The firstfruits of everything in their land that they bring to the LORD will belong to you. Every ceremonially clean person in your household may eat them.

No longer may the Israelites come near to the Tent of Meeting, or they will incur guilt and die.

And you and your households may eat the rest of it anywhere; it is the compensation for your work at the Tent of Meeting.

Then the priest must wash his clothes and bathe his body in water; after that he may enter the camp, but he will be ceremonially unclean until evening.

But Edom answered, “You may not travel through our land, or we will come out and confront you with the sword.”

But Edom insisted, “You may not pass through.” And they came out to confront the Israelites with a large army and a strong hand.

From there they went on to Beer, the well where the LORD said to Moses, “Gather the people so that I may give them water.”

So please come now and put a curse on this people, because they are too mighty for me. Perhaps I may be able to defeat them and drive them out of the land; for I know that those you bless are blessed, and those you curse are cursed.”

‘Behold, a people has come out of Egypt, and they cover the face of the land. Now come and put a curse on them for me. Perhaps I may be able to fight against them and drive them away.’”

So now, please stay here overnight as the others did, that I may find out what else the LORD has to tell me.”

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Take all the leaders of the people and execute them in broad daylight before the LORD, so that His fierce anger may turn away from Israel.”

And if his father has no brothers, give his inheritance to the next of kin from his clan, that he may take possession of it. This is to be a statutory ordinance for the Israelites, as the LORD has commanded Moses.’”

“May the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation

Her husband may confirm or nullify any vow or any sworn pledge to deny herself.

So Moses told the people, “Arm some of your men for war, that they may go against the Midianites and execute the LORD’s vengeance on them.

On the seventh day you are to wash your clothes, and you will be clean. After that you may enter the camp.”