Leviticus 22
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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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.
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.
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;
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;
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.
And when the sun is down, he shall be clean, and shall afterward eat of the holy things; because it is his food.
That which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts, he shall not eat to defile himself therewith: I am the LORD.
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.
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.

The word {zar}, a {stranger}, does not mean one of another nation, a {foreigner}, which is expressed by {hechar}, but one who is not of the seed of Aaron, or does not belong to his family.

1 Samuel 21:6 So the priest gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread there …

Matthew 12:4 How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the show bread, …

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.
If the priest's daughter also be married unto a stranger, she may not eat of an offering of the holy things.

a stranger. [heb] a man, a stranger

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.

returned unto her father's house A window in Bengal not infrequently returns to her father's house on the death of her husband: the union between her and her own family is never so dissolved as among European nations.

Genesis 38:11 Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at your …

as in her

Leviticus 10:14 And the wave breast and heave shoulder shall you eat in a clean place; …

Numbers 18:11-19 And this is yours; the heave offering of their gift, with all the …

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.
And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto the LORD;
Or suffer them to bear the iniquity of trespass, when they eat their holy things: for I the LORD do sanctify them.
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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;

Whatsoever

Leviticus 1:2,10 Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, If any man of you …

Leviticus 17:10,13 And whatever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers …

of the strangers

Numbers 15:14-16 And if a stranger sojourn with you, or whoever be among you in your …

vows

Leviticus 7:16 But if the sacrifice of his offering be a vow, or a voluntary offering, …

Leviticus 23:38 Beside the sabbaths of the LORD, and beside your gifts, and beside …

Numbers 15:3 And will make an offering by fire to the LORD, a burnt offering, …

Deuteronomy 12:6 And thither you shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, …

Psalm 22:25 My praise shall be of you in the great congregation: I will pay my …

Psalm 56:12 Your vows are on me, O God: I will render praises to you.

Psalm 61:5,8 For you, O God, have heard my vows: you have given me the heritage …

Psalm 65:1 Praise waits for you, O God, in Sion: and to you shall the vow be performed.

Psalm 66:13 I will go into your house with burnt offerings: I will pay you my vows,

Psalm 116:14,18 I will pay my vows to the LORD now in the presence of all his people…

Ecclesiastes 5:4 When you vow a vow to God, defer not to pay it; for he has no pleasure …

Jonah 1:16 Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice …

Jonah 2:9 But I will sacrifice to you with the voice of thanksgiving; I will …

Nahum 1:15 Behold on the mountains the feet of him that brings good tidings, …

Acts 18:18 And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took …

freewill

Numbers 15:3 And will make an offering by fire to the LORD, a burnt offering, …

Deuteronomy 12:6,17 And thither you shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, …

Deuteronomy 16:10 And you shall keep the feast of weeks to the LORD your God with a …

Ye shall offer at your own will a male without blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats.
But whatsoever hath a blemish, that shall ye not offer: for it shall not be acceptable for you.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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.

seven days It was necessary for the mother's health that the young one should suck so long; and prior to this time, the process of nutrition in a young animal can scarcely be considered as completely formed. Besides this, it may justly be asserted, that the flesh of very young animals is comparatively innutritive. There is something brutish in eating the young of beast or fowl, before the hair and hoofs are perfect in the one, and feathers and claws in the other; and before this period, their flesh is not good for food, consequently they were not fit for sacrifice, which is termed the {bread} or {food} of God.

Leviticus 22:25 Neither from a stranger's hand shall you offer the bread of your …

Leviticus 12:2,3 Speak to the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived …

Leviticus 19:23,24 And when you shall come into the land, and shall have planted all …

Exodus 22:30 Likewise shall you do with your oxen, and with your sheep: seven …

And whether it be cow or ewe, ye shall not kill it and her young both in one day.
And when ye will offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto the LORD, offer it at your own will.
On the same day it shall be eaten up; ye shall leave none of it until the morrow: I am the LORD.
Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I am the LORD.
Neither shall ye profane my holy name; but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel: I am the LORD which hallow you,
That brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD.
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge by R. A. Torrey [ca. 1880]
Expanded version courtesy INT Bible ©2013, Used by permission

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