The blood is forbidden. LEVITICUS, VIII. Aaron and his sons consecrated. LORD, even the soul that cateth it B. C. 1490. AND the LORD spake unto Mo shall be cut off from his people. 26 Moreover, ye shall eat no man-u ner of blood, u whether it be of fowl, or of beast, in any of your dwellings. 27 Whatsoever soul it be that eateth any manner of blood, even that soul shall be cut off from his people. 28 T And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, ch.3.17. Acts 15.20. v ch.III. w Jno.10.18. 29 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, He that offereth the sacrifice of his v peace offerings unto the LORD shall bring his obla-x ch.8.27. tion unto the LORD of the sacrifice of his peace offerings. 30 His own hands w shall bring the offerings of the LORD made by fire; the fat with the breast, it shall 9.21. Ex.29.24, 27. y Nu.6.20. Ex.40.13, be bring, that the breast may be z ch.8.12,30. waved for z a wave offering before the LORD. 15. 25. 31 And the priest shall burn the a ch.6.9,14, fat upon the altar; but the breast shall be Aaron's and his sons'. b ver. 1. 32 And the right shoulder shall ye c ch.6.20. give unto the priest y for an heave offering of the sacrifices of your peace offerings. Ex.29.1. ver.11. (CHAP. 8.) a Ex.29.1-3. b Ex.28.2,4. c Ex.30.24, 33 He among the sons of Aaron, that offereth the blood of the peace offerings, and the fat, shall have the right shoulder for his part. 34 For the wave-breast and the heave-shoulder have I taken of the children of Israel from off the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and have given them unto Aaron the priest and unto his sons, by a sta-e Ex.28.15tute for ever from among the children of Israel. 25. d Ex.29.4. 30. 39.8-21. Ezra 2.63. 35 This is the portion of the anointing of Aaron, and of the anointing f Ex.29.6. of his sons, out of the offerings of Zec.3.5. the LORD made by fire, in the day g Ex.28.37, when he presented them to minis &c. ter unto the LORD in the priest's h Ex.30.26office: 29. Is.52.15. Eze.36.25. 36 Which the LORD commanded i ch.4.6. to be given them of the children! of Israel, in the day that he z anointed them, by a statute for ver throughout their generations. 3: This is the law a of the burnt Jering, of the meat offering, and of the sin offering, and of the b trespass offering, and of the consecra-1 Ex.29.8,9. tions, and c of the sacrifice of the peace offerings; 1 bound. 30.30. Ps. 133.2. 38 Which the LORD commanded m ch.4.7. Moses in mount Sinai, in the day that he commanded the children of Israel to offer their oblations unto the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai. CHAPTER VIII. 1 Moses consecrateth Aaron and his 31 The pace and time of their consecration. n Eze.43.20, 26. Heb.9.18 23. ch.16.20. ses, saying, 2 Take Aaron a and his sons with him, and b the garments, and c the anointing oil, and a bullock for the sin offering, and two rams, and a basket of unleavened bread; 3 And gather thou all the congregation together unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 4 And Moses did as the LORD commanded him; and the assembly was gathered together unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 5 And Moses said unto the congregation, This is the thing which the LORD commanded to be done. 6 And Moses brought Aaron and his sons, d and washed them with water. 7 And he put upon him the coat, and girded him with the girdle, anf clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod upon him, and he girded him with the curious girdle of the ephod, and bound it unto him therewith. 8 And he put the breastplate upon him: also hee put in the breastplate the Urim and the Thummim. head: also upon the mitre, even 9 And he put the ƒ mitre upon his upon his fore-front, did he put the golden plate, the holy crown; as the LORDg commanded Moses. 10 And Moses took the h anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle, and all that was therein, and sanctified them. 11 And he sprinkled thereof upon the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all his vessels, both the laver and his foot, to sanctify them. 12 And he poured of the anointing oil upon Aaron's head, and k anointed him, to sanctify him. 13 And Moses brought Aaron's sons, and put coats upon them, and girded them with girdles, and 1 put bonnets upon them; as the LORD commanded Moses. 14 And he brought the bullock for the sin offering; and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the bullock for the sin offering. 15 And he slew it; and Moses m took the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured the blood at the bottom of the altar, and sanctified it, to make n reconciliation upon it. 16 And he took all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and Moses burned it upon the altar. The burnt offering. LEVITICUS, IX 17 But the bullock, and his hide, B. C. 1490. his flesh, and his dung, he burnt with fireo without the camp; as the LORD commanded Moses. 18 And he brought the ram for the burnt offering: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram. 19 And he killed it; and Moses o ch.4.11,12. Ex.29.14. Heb. 13. 1113. The place of consecration. upon the altar, and sprinkled it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon his sons' garments with him; and sanc tified v Aaron, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him. 31 T And Moses said unto Aaron sprinkled the blood upon the altar? Ge.8.20,21. and to his sons, w Boil the flesh at round about. Ep.5.2. 20 And he cut the ram into pieces; and Moses burnt the head, and the 9 Ex.29.19pieces, and the fat. 31. 21 And he washed the inwards and the legs in water; and Moses r ch. 14. 14. burnt the whole ram upon the altar it was a burnt sacrifice for p 17.28. a sweet savour, and an offerings Heb.9.22. made by fire unto the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses. 22 T And he brought the g other rain, the ram of consecration: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands. upon the head of the ram. t Ex.29.22, &c. u Ex.29.26. 23 And he slew it; and Moses took of the r blood of it, and put it upon the tip of Aaron's right ear, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of v ch.10.3. his right foot. Nu.3.3. 24 And he brought Aaron's sons, and Moses put of the blood upon the tip of their right ear, and upon the thumbs of their right hands, and upon the great toes of their right feet; and Moses sprinkled the blood's upon the altar round about. the door of the tabernacle of the congregation; and there eat it with the bread that is in the basket of consecrations, as I commanded, saying, Aaron and his sons shail eat it. 32 And that which remaineth of the flesh and of the bread shall ye burn with fire. 33 And ye shall not go out of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation in seven days, until the days of your consecration be at an end: for seven days shall he consecrate you. 34 As he hath done this day, so the LORD hath commanded to do, to make an atonement for you. 35 Therefore shall ye abide at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation day and night, seven days, and y keep the charge of the LORD, that yie not: for so I am w Ex.29.31, commanded. 32. 1Sam.2.13 36 So Aaron and his sons did all things which the LORD commanded 17. by the hand of Moses. CHAPTER IX. and one wafer, and put them on (CHAP. 9.) ing, without blemish, and offer the fat, and upon the right shoulder: 29 And Moses took the breast, u and waved it for a wave offering e 1s.53.10. before the LORD: for of the ram of consecration it was Moses' part: as the LORD commanded Moses. 36 And Moses took of the anointing oil, and of the blood which was f Nu. 15.9. them before the LORD. 3 And unto the children of Israel thou shalt speak, saying, Take yed a kid of the goats for ae in offering; and a calf and a lamb, both of the first year, without blemish, for a burnt offering; 4 Also a bullock and a ram for peace offerings, to sacrifice before the LORD; and ƒ a meat offering mingled with oil: for to day the LORD will appear unto you. 5 And they brought that which Moses commanded before the ta bernacle of the congregation: and all the congregation drew near and stood before the LORD. 6 And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD commanded that rings for the people. LEVITICUS, X. Nadab and Abihu burnt by fire. [offering r before the LORD; as Moses commanded. Ex.24. 16. 2Ch.5.13, 14. ye should do; and the glory of the g| B. C. 1490. LORD shall appear unto you. 7 And Moses said unto Aaron, Gog ver.23. unto the altar, and offer thy h sin. offering, and thy burnt offering, and make an atonement for thyself,i and for the people: and offer the offering of the people, and make an atonement k for them; as the LORD commanded. 8 Aaron therefore went unto the altar, and slew the calf of the sin offering, which was for himself. 9 And the sons of Aaron brought the blood unto him; and he dipped his finger in the blood, and I put it upon the horns of the altar, and poured out the blood at the bottom of the altar: 10 But the fat, m and the kidneys, and the caul above the liver of the sin offering, he burnt upon the alar: as the LORD commanded Juses. A ver.2. 1 Sam.3. 14. i Heb.5.3. 7.27. 9.7. k Heb.5.1. 7 ch.4.7. He.9.22,23. m ch.8.16. n ch 1.5. 8.19. o Is.53.10. Heb.2.17. 5.3. 1 or, ordi nance. 2 fi led his hand out of it. p Ex.29.38. q ch.3. 1,3,&c. r ch.7.30-34. 22 And Aaron lifted up his hand toward the people, and s blessed them, and came down from offering of the sin offering, and the burnt offering, and peace offerings. 23 And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of the congregation, and came out and blessed the people: and the glory of the LORD t appeared unto all the people. 24 And there came a fire u out from before the LORD, and consumed upon the altar the burnt offering and the fat: which when all the people saw they u shouted, and fell on their faces. of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, Deut.21.5. and put incense thereon, and offered a strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not. 2Chr.6.3. Ps.72.17. Lu.24.50. 11 And the flesh and the hide he burnt with fire without the camp. 12 And he slew the burnt offer-Nu.6.23-27. ing; and Aaron's sons presented unto him the blood, which he sprinkled n round about upon the altar. 13 And they presented the burnt ver.6. offering unto him, with the pieces thereof, and the head: and he burnt! them upon the altar. 14 And he did wash the inwards and the legs, and burnt them upon the burnt offering on the altar. 15 And he brought the people's offering, and took the goat, which was the sin offering for the people, and slew it, and offered it o for sin, as the first. Nu. 14. 10. 16.19,42. u Ju.6.21. 13.19,20. IKI.18.38. 2 Ch.7.1-3. v Ezra 3.11. (CHAP. 10.) a ch.16.12. Ex.30.9. Nu. 16.6,&c b ch.9.24. Nu. 16.35. 2Ki.1.10, 12. 16 And he brought the burnt offering, and offered it according to the 1 manner. 17 And he brought the meat of- c Nu.3.3.4. fering, and 2 took an handful thereof, and burnt it upon the altar, bede the burnt sacrifice p of the morning. d 26.61. ch.21.6.8, 15. Ex.19.22. 1 Sam.6.20. 1Ch. 15. 12, 13. Ps.89.7. Heb. 12.28. 1s.49.3. 18 He slew also the bullock and the ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings, q which was for the people: and Aaron's sons presented unto him the blood, which he sprinkled upon the altar rounde about, 19 And the fat of the bullock, Jno. 12.28. and of the ram, the rump, and that f Ps.39.9. which covereth the inwards, and the kidneys, and the caule and Liver: Eze.28.22. Ac.5.6,10. h ch.21.10. Eze.24.17. i Nu. 16.46. 20 And they put the fat upon the breasts, and he burnt the fat upon k ch.21.12. the altar: I Ex.28.41. 21 And the breasts and the right m Is.28.7. shoulder Aaron waved for a wavel 2 And there went out fire b from the LORD, and devoured them; and c they died before the LORD. 3 Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the LORD spake, saying, I will be sanctified d in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be e glorified. And Aaron fheld his peace. 4 And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and said unto them, Come near, carry your brethren from before the sanctuary out of the camp. 5 So they went near, and g carried them in their coats out of the camp; as Moses had said. 6 And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons, Uncover h not your heads, neither rend your clothes; lest ye die, and lest i wrath come upon all the people: but let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the LORD hath kindled. 7 And ye shall not go out k from the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: for the anointing oil of the LORD is ? upon you. And they did according to the word of Moses. 8 T And the LORD spake unto Aaron, saying, 9 Do not drink m wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of The priests are forbidden wine. LEVITICUS, XI. Of meats, clean and unclean. the congregation, lest ye die: it B. C. 1490.A and to Aaron, saying unto ND the LORD spake unto Moses shall be a statute for ever through out your generations; 10 And that ye may put n differ ence between holy and unholy, n ch.11.47. and between unclean and clean; 11 And that ye may teach o the children of Israel all the statutes which the LORD hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses. 12 T And Moses spake unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons that were left, Take the meat offering that remaineth of the offerings of the LORD made 20.25.26. Jer. 15.19. o Ne.8.2,8. them, 2 Speak unto the children of Is rael, saying, These are the beasts which ye shall eat a among all the beasts that are on the earth. 3 Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is cloven-footed, b and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that shall ye eat. 4 Nevertheless, these shall ye not eat, of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the hoof: as the camel, because he cheweth the by fire, and eat it without leaven p Nu.18.10. cud, but divideth not the hoof; he beside the altar: for it is most holy : 13 And ye shall eat it in the p holy place, because it is thy due, and is unclean unto you. 5 And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the thy sons' due, of the sacrifices of 9 ch.6.26,30. hoof; he is unclean unto you. she LORD made by fire: for so I am tommanded. 14 And the wave-breast and heave-shoulder shall ye eat in a clean place; thou, and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee: for they be thy due, and thy sons' due, which are given out of the sacrifices of peace offerings of the children of Israel. 15 The heave-shoulder and the wave-breast shall they bring, with the offerings made by fire of the fat, to wave it for a wave offering before the LORD; and it shall be thine, and thy sons' with thee, by a statute for ever; as the LORD hath commanded. r Is.1.11-15. Hos.9.4. (CHAP. 11.) 16 ¶ And Moses diligently sought a the goat of the sin offering, and, behold, it was burnt: and he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron which were left alive, saying, 6 And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you. 7 And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be cloven-footed, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you. 8 Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch: c they are unclean to you. 9 ¶ These shall ye eat, of all that are in the waters: d whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat. 10 And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers of all that move in the waters, and De.14.3,&c. of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an e abomination unto you: Eze.4.14. Dan. 1.8. 17 Wherefore have ye not eaten. the sin offering in the holy place, seeing it is most holy, and God hath given it you to bear the ini-b Ps.1.1,2. quity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the LORD? 18 Behold, the blood of it was not brought in within the holy place: ye should indeed have eaten it in the holy place, g as I commanded. 19 And Aaron said unto Moses, Behold, this day have they offered c Is.52.11. 11 They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination. 12 Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall be an abomination unto you. 13 And these are they which ye shall have in abomination among the ffowls; they shall not be eaten, Acts 10. 10- they are an abomination; the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray, 14 And the vulture, and the kita after his kind, 15. 2Cor.6.17. Col.2.21. 15 Every raven after his kind; 16 And the owl, and he nighthawk, and the cuckow, and the their sin offering and their burnt d Deut. 14.9. hawk after his kind, offering before the LORD; and such things have befallen me: and if I had eaten the sin offering to day, e ch.7.18. should it have been accepted r in the sight of the LORD? 20 And when Moses heard that, be was content. CHAPTER XI 1.4 Of meats clean, 13 and un clean. 17 And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl, 18 And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier-eagle, 19 And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the f Deut. 14. 12. bat. 20 All fowls that oreep, going upon all four, shall be an abomination unto you Clean and LEVITICUS, XIL ure Jean beasts. or ranges for pots, they shall be broken down: for they are unclean, and shall be unclean unto you. 21 Yet these may ye eat of every B. C. 1490. | shall be unclean, whether it be oven, fiving creeping thing that goeth upon all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal upon the earth; 22 Even these of them ye may eat;g the locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind. 23 But all other flying creeping things, which have four feet, shall, be an abomination unto you. 21 And for these ye shall be unclean: whosoever toucheth h the carcase of them shall be unclean until the even. 25 And whosoever beareth aught of the carcase of them shall wash i his clothes, and be unclean until the even. Mat.3.4. h ver.8. ich.14.8. 16. 15.5. Nu. 19.10, 22. 31.24. Ps.51.2.7. Zec. 13.1. Juo. 13.8. Acts 22. 16. Heb.9.10. 10.22. 1Pet.3.21. Rev.7.4. 26 The carcases of every beast k ver.24,25 27 And whatsoever goeth upon his paws, among all manner of beasts that go on all four, those are unclean unto you: whoso toucheth their carcase shall be unclean until the even. 28 And he that beareth the carcase of them shall wash k his clothes, and be unclean until the even: they are unclean unto you. 29 These also shall be unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, I and the tortoise after his kind. 30 And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole. m ver.S. n ch.15.12. o ch.6.28. p Ps.2.9. a gathering together of waters. ch.17.15. 22.8. Deut. 14.21. Eze.4.14. Co. 10.21. 2 doth mul 31 These are unclean to you among 5 your souls. 20.7.26. 32 And upon whatsoever any of them, when they are dead, doth r ch.19.2. fall, it shall be unclean; whether be any vessel of wood, or raiment, or skin, or sack, whatsoever vessel tbe, wherein any work is done, n it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the even; Bo it shall be cleansed. 33 And every earthen vessel whereinto any of them falleth, whatsoever is in shall be unclean; and o ye shall break it. 34 Of all meat which may be eaten, that on which such water cometh hall be unclean: and all drink Ex.19.6. 36 Nevertheless, a fountain or pit, wherein there is plenty of water, shall be clean: but that which toucheth their carcase shall be unclean. 37 And if any part of their carcase fall upon any sowing seed which is to be sown, it shall be clean. 38 But if any water be put upon the seed, and any part of their carcase fall thereon, it shall be unclean unto you. 39 And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the carcase thereof shall be unclean until the even. 40 And he that eateth p of the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: he also that beareth the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even. 41 And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth shall be an abomination: it shall not be eaten 42 Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon all four, or whatsoever 2 hath more feet among all creeping things that creep upon the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they are an abomination. 43 Ye shall not q make 3 yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby. 44 For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and r ye shall be holy; for I am holy neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 45 For I am the LORD that s bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy. 46 This is the law of the beasts. and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters. and of every creature that creepeth Rev.22.11, upon the earth; 14. Ex.6.7. that may be drunk in every such t ch. 10.10. ressel shall be unclean. 35 And every thing whereupon any part of their carcase falleth Eze.44.23. Mal.3. 18. |