and uncover her fountain, and she uncover the fountain of her blood; both of them shall be cut off from among their people.

The shame of thy mother’s sister, and the shame of thy father’s sister, shalt thou not uncover: for such a one hath uncovered his near kinswoman, and they shall bear their iniquity.

If a man lie with his father’s brother’s wife, he hath disgraced his father’s wife: they shall bear their sin: without children they shall die.

If a man take his brother’s wife, it is a shameful thing: they shall be without children, because he hath blotted out his brother’s shame.
22, Now therefore keep all my statutes and my judgments, and do them; lest the land whereunto I bring you to dwell should spue you out.

And walk not in the statutes of the heathen, which I will cast out before you. For all these things have they done, and I have abhorred them.

But unto you I say, Ye shall inherit that land: for I will give you a land for an inheritance, flowing with milk and honey. I am the LORD your God, which have separated you from the people,

That ye also separate the one cattle from the unclean, and unclean fowls from the clean; and that ye defile not your souls in cattle, and in fowls, and in all that creep upon the earth, which I have separated unto you to be unclean.

Therefore ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, which have separated you from the nations, that ye should be mine.

If any man or woman be a soothsayer, or an interpreter of signs, they shall surely be put to death; they shall be stoned. Their blood be upon them!
(Leviticus)
Chapter 21
How a priest should behave.

And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests, Aaron’s sons, and say unto them: A priest shall not defile himself in any dead body of his people,

without his blood friend, who is nearest to him, as his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, his brother

And his sister, which is a virgin, and is yet with him, and hath not been a man’s wife; in her may he defile himself.

Otherwise he shall not defile himself against any that are of his people, that he may defile himself.

Neither shall they make a plate upon their head, nor shave off their beard, nor put a plague upon their flesh.

They shall be holy unto their God, and shall not profane the name of their God. For they offer the sacrifice of the LORD, the bread of their God: therefore shall they be holy.

They shall not take a harlot, nor an infirm woman, nor one that is put away by her husband: for he is holy unto his God.

Therefore thou shalt keep him holy, because he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy
unto thee, because I am holy, the LORD that sanctifieth you.

If a priest’s daughter begin to fornicate, she shall be burned with fire: for she hath defiled her father.

Whatsoever high priest there be of his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil is poured, and his hand is filled to clothe him with the garments, he shall not uncover his head, neither shall he cut his garments;

And he shall not come unto any dead person, neither shall he defile himself against his father, nor against his mother.

He shall not go out of the sanctuary, lest he profane the sanctuary of his God: for the holy crown, the anointing oil of his God, is upon him. I am the LORD.

And he shall take a virgin to wife.

But he shall not take a widow, nor an outcast, nor an infirm, nor a harlot, but a virgin of his people to wife,

Lest he profane his seed among his people: for I am the LORD that sanctifieth him.

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying:

Speak unto Aaron, saying, If there be any blemish in any of thy seed among your generations, let him not come near to offer the bread of his God.

For let no man in whom there is a defect come forward. Let him be blind, let him be lame, let him have a strange nose, let him have a strange limb,

or who is infirm in one foot or hand,

or is humpbacked, or has fur on his eye, or is shy, or is grindproof, or is shabby, or is broken.

Whosoever therefore of Aaron the priest’s seed hath a defect in him, let him not come near to offer the sacrifices of the LORD: for he hath a defect, therefore let him not come near to offer the loaves of his God.

But he shall eat the bread of his God, both of the holy, and of the most holy.

But he shall not come nigh unto the vail, neither shall he come nigh unto the altar: for the fault is in him, that he profane not my sanctuary: for I am the LORD that sanctifieth it.

And Moses spake these things unto Aaron, and unto his sons, and unto all the children of Israel.
(Leviticus)
Chapter 22
Of the victim’s nature.

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying:

Tell Aaron and his sons to abstain from the holy things of the children of Israel, which they hallow unto me, and not to profane my holy name: for I am the LORD.

Say therefore unto them concerning their seed: Whosoever of your seed shall come near unto the holy things, which the children of Israel sanctify unto the LORD, and shall defile himself against them, his soul shall be cut off from my face: for I am the LORD.

Whosoever is leprous of the seed of Aaron, or hath an issue, he shall not eat of the holy things, until he be clean. For whosoever toucheth an unclean body, or whose seed escapeth in his sleep,

And whosoever toucheth any thing that is unclean to him, or any man that is unclean to him, and all that defileth him:

Whosoever toucheth the soul of one shall be unclean until the even: he shall not eat of the holy things, but shall first bathe his body in water.

And when the sun is down, and he is clean, then may he eat thereof: for it is his food.

A carcase, and that which is torn of wild beasts, shall he not eat; lest he be defiled thereby: for I am the LORD.

Therefore let them keep my statutes, lest they bring sin upon themselves, and die by it, when they profane themselves: for I am the LORD that sanctifieth them.

No other shall eat of the holy things, neither the priest’s household, nor the hireling.

And if the priest buy a soul for his money, he may eat of it: and whatsoever is born unto him in his house may eat of his bread.

And if the priest’s daughter be a stranger’s wife, she shall not eat of the holy heave.

And if she be a widow, or cast out, and have no seed, and come again to her father’s house, then she shall eat of her father’s bread, as when she was a maid. But no stranger shall eat thereof.

And whosoever eateth of the holy things shall add the fifth part unto it, and give it unto the priest with the holy things,

That they profane not the holy things of the children of Israel, which they set apart unto the LORD,

That they be not laden with iniquity and guilt, when they eat their holy things: for I am the LORD that sanctifieth them.

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying:

Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the children of Israel, saying, Whatsoever Israelite or stranger that is in Israel will offer his oblation, whether it be of their vows, or of their own free will, to offer a burnt offering acceptable unto the LORD from among you, 19. This shall be a male, and without change, of cattle, or of lambs, or of kids.

Ye shall not sacrifice any thing that hath blemish: for it shall not be acceptable unto you.

And whosoever shall offer a peace offering unto the LORD, a special vow, or a freewill offering, of oxen or sheep, it shall be without change, that it may be acceptable; it shall have no blemish.

If it be blind, or infirm, or beaten, or scrawny, or ashen, or ashamed, ye shall not offer it unto the LORD, neither shall ye offer any sacrifice of it upon the altar of the LORD.

An ox or a sheep, which hath uncommon members, or changeable members, thou mayest offer of thy own free will; but it may not be acceptable for a vow.

Neither shalt thou offer unto the LORD any thing that is bruised, or torn, or rent, or wounded; neither shalt thou do it in your land.

Neither shalt thou offer any of these of the hand of a stranger beside the bread of your God: for it is not fit, neither is it wanting: therefore it shall not be acceptable unto you.

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying:

When an ox, or a lamb, or a goat, is born, it shall be with its mother seven days; and on the eighth day and after that it may be offered unto the LORD, and it shall be accepted.

Whether it be an ox or a lamb, it shall not be killed with his young in one day.

But if ye will offer a sacrifice of praise unto the LORD, that shall be acceptable unto you, 30. Then shall ye eat it that day, and shall keep nothing over till the morning: for I am the LORD.

Therefore keep my commandments, and do them: for I am