22:1   The LORD told Moses

22:2   to say to Aaron and his sons: I am the LORD God, and I demand that you honor my holy name by showing proper respect for the offerings brought to me by the people of Israel.

22:3   If any of you are unclean when you accept an offering for me, I will no longer let you serve as a priest.

22:4   None of you may take part in the sacred meals while you have a skin disease or an infected penis, or after you have been near a dead body or have had a flow of semen,

22:5   or if you have touched an unclean creature of any sort, including an unclean person.

22:6   Once you are unclean, you must take a bath, but you still cannot eat any of the sacred food until evening.

22:7   (SEE 22:6)

22:8   I command you not to eat anything that is killed by a wild animal or dies a natural death. This would make you unclean.

22:9   Obey me, or you will die on duty for disgracing the place of worship. Remember--I am the LORD, the one who makes a priest holy.

22:10   Only you priests and your families may eat the food offerings; these are too sacred for any of your servants.

22:11   However, any slave that you own, including those born into your household, may eat this food.

22:12   If your daughter marries someone who isn't a priest, she can no longer have any of this food.

22:13   But if she returns to your home, either widowed or divorced, and has no children, she may join in the meal. Only members of a priestly family can eat this food,

22:14   and anyone else who accidentally does so, must pay for the food plus a fine of twenty percent.

22:15   I warn you not to treat lightly the offerings that are brought by the people of Israel.

22:16   Don't let them become guilty of eating this sacred food. Remember--I am the LORD, the one who makes these offerings holy.

22:17   The LORD told Moses

22:18   to tell Aaron and his sons and everyone else the rules for offering sacrifices. He said: The animals that are to be completely burned on the altar

22:19   must have nothing wrong with them, or else I won't accept them. Bulls or rams or goats are the animals to be used for these sacrifices.

22:20   (SEE 22:19)

22:21   When you offer a sacrifice to ask my blessing, there must be nothing wrong with the animal. This is true, whether the sacrifice is part of a promise or something you do voluntarily.

22:22   Don't offer an animal that is blind or injured or that has an infection or a skin disease.

22:23   If one of your cattle or lambs has a leg that is longer or shorter than the others, you may offer it voluntarily, but not as part of a promise.

22:24   As long as you live in this land, don't offer an animal with injured testicles.

22:25   And don't bring me animals you bought from a foreigner. I won't accept them, because they are no better than one that has something wrong with it.

22:26   The LORD told Moses to say:

22:27   Newborn cattle, sheep, or goats must remain with their mothers for seven days, but on the eighth day, you may send them up in smoke to me, and I will accept the offering.

22:28   Don't sacrifice a newborn animal and its mother on the same day.

22:29   When you offer a sacrifice to give thanks to me, you must do it in a way that is acceptable.

22:30   Eat all of the meat that same day and don't save any for the next day. I am the LORD your God!

22:31   Obey my laws and teachings--I am the LORD.

22:32   I demand respect from the people of Israel, so don't disgrace my holy name. Remember--I am the one who chose you to be priests and rescued all of you from Egypt, so that I would be your LORD.

22:33   (SEE 22:32)