Category Archives: Leviticus

Laws about Animals for Food 1 The Lordspoke again to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them, 2 “Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘These are the creatures which you may eat from all the animals that are on the earth. 3 Whatever divides a hoof, thus making split hoofs,andchews the cud, among the […]

Laws of Motherhood 1 Then the Lordspoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to the sons of Israel, saying: ‘When a woman gives birth and bears a malechild,then she shall be unclean for seven days, as in the days of her menstruation she shall be unclean. 3 On the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin […]

The Test for Leprosy 1 Then the Lordspoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, 2 “When a man has on the skin of his body a swelling or a scab or a bright spot, and it becomesan infection of leprosy on the skin of his body, then he shall be brought to Aaron the priest […]

Law of Cleansing a Leper 1 Then the Lordspoke to Moses, saying, 2 “This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing. Now he shall be brought to the priest, 3 and the priest shall go out to the outside of the camp. Thus the priest shall look, and if […]

Cleansing Unhealthiness 1 The Lordalso spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, 2 “Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them, ‘When any man has a discharge from his body, his discharge is unclean. 3 This, moreover, shall be his uncleanness in his discharge: it is his uncleanness whether his body allows its […]

Law of Atonement 1 Now the Lordspoke to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they had approached the presence of the Lordand died. 2 The Lordsaid to Moses: # “Tell your brother Aaron that he shall not enter at any time into the holy place inside the veil, before themercy […]

Blood for Atonement 1 Then the Lordspoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to Aaron and to his sons and to all the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘This is what the Lordhas commanded, saying, 3 “Any man from the house of Israel who slaughters an ox or a lamb or a goat in […]

Laws on Immoral Relations 1 Then the Lordspoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘I am the Lordyour God. 3 You shall not do what is done in the land of Egypt where you lived, nor are you to do what is done in the land of […]

Idolatry Forbidden 1 Then the Lordspoke to Moses, saying: 2 “Speak to all the congregation of the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘You shall be holy, for I the Lordyour God am holy. 3 Every one of you shall reverence his mother and his father, and you shall keep My sabbaths; I am […]

On Human Sacrifice and Immoralities 1 Then the Lordspoke to Moses, saying, 2 “You shall also say to the sons of Israel: ‘Any man from the sons of Israel or from the aliens sojourning in Israel who gives any of his offspring to Molech, shall surely be put to death; the people of the land […]