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Scriptural Text [& Editorial]
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Commentary & Explanation
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Footnotes ~ References ~ JST
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CHAPTER 22
Those of the priest and their families who may eat of the holy things are
set forth—Sacrifical animals are to be perfect and without blemish.
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1 AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate
themselves from the aholy things of the children of Israel,
and that they bprofane not my holy name in those
things cwhich they hallow unto me: I am the
LORD.
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, ahaving his
buncleanness upon him, that soul shall be
ccut off from my presence: I am the LORD.
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4 What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a
aleper, 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;
5 Or whosoever toucheth any creeping thing, whereby he
may be made unclean, or a man aof whom he may take
uncleanness, whatsoever uncleanness he hath;
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.
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7 And when the sun is down, he shall be clean, and shall afterward eat of the holy things; because it is his food.
8 That which adieth of itself, or is
torn with beasts, he shall not eat to defile himself therewith: I
am the LORD.
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.
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10 aThere shall no stranger eat
of the holy thing: a sojourner of the priest, or an hired servant,
shall not eat of the holy thing.
11 But aif 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 bmeat.
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12 If the priest's daughter also be married unto a stranger, she may not eat of an offering of the holy things.
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.
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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.
15 And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto the LORD;
16 aOr suffer them to bear the
iniquity of trespass, when they eat their holy things: for I the LORD do
sanctify them.
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17 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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
aoffer his oblation for all his vows, and for all his
bfreewill offerings, which they will offer unto the LORD
for a burnt offering;
19 Ye shall aoffer at
your own will a male without blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the
goats.
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20 But whatsoever hath a
ablemish, that shall ye not offer: for it shall not
be bacceptable for you.
21 And whosoever offereth a sacrifice of peace
offerings unto the LORD to accomplish his avow, or a
freewill offering in beeves or sheep, bit shall be perfect
to be accepted; there shall be no blemish therein.
22 aBlind, or
bbroken, or maimed, or having a cwen, 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.
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23 Either a bullock or a lamb that hath any thing
superfluous or lacking in his parts, that mayest thou offer for a
afreewill offering; but for a vow it shall not be
accepted.
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.
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.
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26 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
27 When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is
abrought forth, then it shall be bseven
days under cthe dam; and from the eighth day and
thenceforth it shall be daccepted for an offering made by
fire unto the LORD.
28 And whether it be cow or ewe, ye shall not
kill ait and her young both in one day.
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29 And when ye will offer a sacrifice of
athanksgiving unto the LORD, offer it at your own
will.
30 On the same day it shall be
aeaten up; ye shall leave none of it until the morrow: I
am the LORD.
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31 Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I am the LORD.
32 Neither shall ye profane my holy
namea; but I will
be ahallowed among the children of Israel: I am the
LORD which bhallow you,
33 That brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD.
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32a Neither shall ye profane my holy
name This has lead to the refusal of Jews to even speak the 'holy
name' of the Lord in fear of so profane that name. This is an extreme
precaution which was not intended. Indeed the Lord is to be properly called by
his name but not frivously and not with out proper meaning and context. The
name of the Lord is not an explitive to be pronounced whenever a person is
taken by surprise. His name is to be used in reference to him in the proper
context of sentence structure and in a manner which respects and upholds the
reverence for the name of God. And it ought not be used in any low, light or
corrupting manner or context which does pervert the right ways of God. Now
evil is to be spoken of or in his name. Though in the same spirit of not using
the Lord's name in vain, it goes beyond that in restricting the speaking of
the name of God in any inapropriate manner and with any derogatory inference,
which is blasphemy.
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