And Aaron held his peace. And Moses called 4 Moses. And the LORD spake unto Aaron, saying, 8 Drink no wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy 9 sons with thee, when ye go into the tent of meeting, that ye die not: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations: and 10 Or, ye shall that ye may put difference between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean; and that ye may teach the 11 children of Israel all the statutes which the LORD hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses. And Moses spake unto Aaron, and unto 12 Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons that were left, Take the meal offering that remaineth of the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and eat it without leaven beside the altar: for it is most holy and ye shall eat it in a holy place, because 13 it is thy due, and thy sons' due, of the offerings of the LORD made by fire: for so I am com 14 manded. And the wave breast and the heave thigh shall ye eat in a clean place; thou, and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee: for they are given as thy due, and thy sons' due, out of the sacrifices of the peace offerings of the 15 children of Israel. The heave thigh 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, as a due for ever; as the LORD hath commanded. 16 And Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin offering, and, behold, it was burnt: and he was angry with Eleazar and with Ithamar, the 17 sons of Aaron that were left, saying, Wherefore have ye not eaten the sin offering in the place of the sanctuary, seeing it is most holy, and he hath given it you 'to bear the iniquity of 1Or, to take the congregation, to make atonement for them away 18 before the LORD? Behold, the blood of it was not brought into the sanctuary within: ye should certainly have eaten it in the sanctuary, as I 19 commanded. And Aaron spake unto Moses, Behold, this day have they offered their sin offering and their burnt offering before the LORD; and there have befallen me such things as these: and if I had eaten the sin offering to-day, would it have been well-pleasing in the sight of the LORD? And when Moses heard that, it was well-pleasing in his sight. 20 11 I And the LORD spake unto Moses and to 2 Aaron, saying unto them, Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the living things which ye shall eat among all the beasts 3 that are on the earth. Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and 'cheweth Heb. bringthe cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat. 2 eth up. 1 Heb. bring eth up. 2 Heb. sha phan, the Hy rax Syriacus or rockbadger. Or, great vulture Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them 4 you. These shall ye eat of all that are in the 9 waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat. And all that have not fins and scales 10 in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of all the living creatures that are in the waters, they are an abomination unto you, and they shall be an abomination 11 unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, and their carcases ye shall have in abomination. Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the 12 waters, that is an abomination unto you. And these ye shall have in abomination 13 among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the 'eagle, and the gier eagle, and the ospray; and the kite, and the 14 falcon after its kind; every raven after its kind; 15 and the ostrich, and the night hawk, and the 16 tain meaning. Seamew, and the hawk after its kind; and the 17 little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl; and the 'horned owl, and the pelican, and the 18 vulture; and the stork, the "heron after its kind, 19 and the hoopoe, and the bat. 4 Heb. tah mas, of uncer 5 Or, swan 6 Or, ibis All winged creeping things that go upon all 20 21 four are an abomination unto you. Yet these may ye eat of all winged creeping things that go upon all four, which have legs above their 22 feet, to leap withal upon the earth; even these of them ye may eat; the 'locust after its kind, Four kinds and the 'bald locust after its kind, and the of locusts or grasshoppers, 'cricket after its kind, and the 'grasshopper after which are not 23 its kind. But all winged creeping things, which certainly have four feet, are an abomination unto you. 24 And by these ye shall become unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcase of them shall be 25 unclean until the even: and whosoever beareth aught of the carcase of them shall wash his 26 clothes, and be unclean until the even. Every beast which parteth the hoof, and is not clovenfooted, nor cheweth the cud, is unclean unto you: every one that toucheth them shall be unclean. 27 And whatsoever goeth upon its paws, among all beasts that go on all four, they are unclean unto you: whoso toucheth their carcase shall 28 be unclean until the even. And he that beareth the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: they are unclean unto you. 29 known. meaning, but probably dekinds of noting four And these are they which are unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the 30 great lizard after its kind, and the gecko, and 2 Words of the land-crocodile, and the lizard, and the 'sand- uncertain 31 lizard, and the chameleon. These are they which are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth touch them, when they are 32 dead, shall be unclean until the even. And upon whatsoever any of them, when they are dead, doth fall, it shall be unclean; whether it be any vessel of wood, or raiment, or skin, or sack, whatsoever vessel it be, wherewith any work is done, it must be put into water, and it lizards. shall be unclean until the even; then shall it be clean. And every earthen vessel, whereinto 33 any of them falleth, whatsoever is in it shall be unclean, and it ye shall break. All food 34 therein which may be eaten, that on which water cometh, shall be unclean: and all drink that may be drunk in every such vessel shall be unclean. And every thing whereupon any 35 part of their carcase falleth shall be unclean; 1 Or, stewpan whether oven, or 'range for pots, it shall be broken in pieces: they are unclean, and shall be unclean unto you. Nevertheless a fountain 36 or a 'pit wherein is a gathering of water shall be clean: but that which toucheth their carcase shall be unclean. And if aught of their car- 37 case fall upon any sowing seed which is to be sown, it is clean. But if water be put upon the 38 seed, and aught of their carcase fall thereon, it is unclean unto you. 2 Or, cistern ? Or, he who And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; 39 he that toucheth the carcase thereof shall be unclean until the even. And he that eateth of 40 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. And every creeping thing that creepeth upon 41 the earth is an abomination; it shall not be eaten. Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and 42 whatsoever goeth upon all four, or whatsoever hath many feet, even all creeping things that creep upon the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they are an abomination. Ye shall not 43 make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby. For I am the LORD your 44 God: sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye |