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Today's Bible Reading :: Leviticus 22 - 23 (KJV)

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Leviticus 22

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:1 - And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:2 - 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:3 - 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:4 - 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;
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:5 - 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;
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:6 - 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:7 - And when the sun is down, he shall be clean, and shall afterward eat of the holy things; because it is his food.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:8 - That which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts, he shall not eat to defile himself therewith: I am the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:9 - 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:10 - 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:11 - 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:12 - If the priest's daughter also be married unto a stranger, she may not eat of an offering of the holy things.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:13 - 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 no stranger eat thereof.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:14 - 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:15 - And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto the LORD;
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:16 - Or suffer them to bear the iniquity of trespass, when they eat their holy things: for I the LORD do sanctify them.

Flawless Animals for Sacrifice

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:17 - And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:18 - Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them, Whatsoever he be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers in Israel, that will offer his oblation for all his vows, and for all his freewill offerings, which they will offer unto the LORD for a burnt offering;
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:19 - Ye shall offer at your own will a male without blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:20 - But whatsoever hath a blemish, that shall ye not offer: for it shall not be acceptable for you.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:21 - And whosoever offereth a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD to accomplish his vow, or a freewill offering in beeves or sheep, it shall be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish therein.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:22 - Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scurvy, or scabbed, ye shall not offer these unto the LORD, nor make an offering by fire of them upon the altar unto the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:23 - Either a bullock or a lamb that hath any thing superfluous or lacking in his parts, that mayest thou offer for a freewill offering; but for a vow it shall not be accepted.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:24 - Ye shall not offer unto the LORD that which is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut; neither shall ye make any offering thereof in your land.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:25 - Neither from a stranger's hand shall ye offer the bread of your God of any of these; because their corruption is in them, and blemishes be in them: they shall not be accepted for you.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:26 - And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:27 - When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it shall be seven days under the dam; and from the eighth day and thenceforth it shall be accepted for an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:28 - And whether it be cow or ewe, ye shall not kill it and her young both in one day.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:29 - And when ye will offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto the LORD, offer it at your own will.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:30 - On the same day it shall be eaten up; ye shall leave none of it until the morrow: I am the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:31 - Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I am the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:32 - Neither shall ye profane my holy name; but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel: I am the LORD which hallow you,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:33 - That brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD.

Leviticus 23

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:1 - And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:2 - Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:3 - Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.
(Num 28:16–25 )
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:4 - These are the feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:5 - In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD'S passover.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:6 - And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:7 - In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:8 - But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD seven days: in the seventh day is an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:9 - And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:10 - Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest:
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:11 - And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:12 - And ye shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf an he lamb without blemish of the first year for a burnt offering unto the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:13 - And the meat offering thereof shall be two tenth deals of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto the LORD for a sweet savour: and the drink offering thereof shall be of wine, the fourth part of an hin.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:14 - And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears, until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering unto your God: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
(Exo 34:22; Num 28:26–31; Deu 16:9, 10 )
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:15 - And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete:
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:16 - Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:17 - Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals: they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken with leaven; they are the firstfruits unto the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:18 - And ye shall offer with the bread seven lambs without blemish of the first year, and one young bullock, and two rams: they shall be for a burnt offering unto the LORD, with their meat offering, and their drink offerings, even an offering made by fire, of sweet savour unto the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:19 - Then ye shall sacrifice one kid of the goats for a sin offering, and two lambs of the first year for a sacrifice of peace offerings.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:20 - And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits for a wave offering before the LORD, with the two lambs: they shall be holy to the LORD for the priest.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:21 - And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that it may be an holy convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work therein: it shall be a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:22 - And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger: I am the LORD your God.
(Num 29:1–6 )
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:23 - And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:24 - Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:25 - Ye shall do no servile work therein: but ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD.

The Day of Atonement

(Num 29:7–11 )
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:26 - And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:27 - Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:28 - And ye shall do no work in that same day: for it is a day of atonement, to make an atonement for you before the LORD your God.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:29 - For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:30 - And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any work in that same day, the same soul will I destroy from among his people.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:31 - Ye shall do no manner of work: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:32 - It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath.
(Num 29:12–40; Deu 16:13–17 )
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:33 - And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:34 - Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:35 - On the first day shall be an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:36 - Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: on the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is a solemn assembly; and ye shall do no servile work therein.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:37 - These are the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD, a burnt offering, and a meat offering, a sacrifice, and drink offerings, every thing upon his day:
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:38 - Beside the sabbaths of the LORD, and beside your gifts, and beside all your vows, and beside all your freewill offerings, which ye give unto the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:39 - Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days: on the first day shall be a sabbath, and on the eighth day shall be a sabbath.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:40 - And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:41 - And ye shall keep it a feast unto the LORD seven days in the year. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations: ye shall celebrate it in the seventh month.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:42 - Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths:
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:43 - That your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:44 - And Moses declared unto the children of Israel the feasts of the LORD.
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