¹ Jahve reče Mojsiju:

² "Reci Aronu i njegovim sinovima da sveto postupaju sa svetim prinosima Izraelaca; neka ne oskvrnjuju moje sveto ime koje oni - ta moje je! - moraju svetiti. Ja sam Jahve!

³ Reci im: 'Ako se ikad tko od vaših naraštaja primakne u stanju nečistoće k svetim prinosima što ih Izraelci posvećuju Jahvi, taj će biti uklonjen od moje nazočnosti. Ja sam Jahve!'

⁴ Neka nitko od Aronovih potomaka koji bude gubav ili imadne izljev ne blaguje svetih prinosa dok ne postane čist. Onaj koji se dotakne bilo čega što je mrtvo tijelo okaljalo ili onaj koji iz sebe prospe sjemeni izljev;

⁵ onaj koji se dotakne kakva puzavca koji ga onečisti; ili čovjeka od kojega se okalja bilo kakvom nečistoćom -

⁶ onaj koji se dotakne čega takva neka je nečist do večeri i neka ne blaguje svetih prinosa dok ne okupa svoje tijelo u vodi.

⁷ Čim sunce zađe, čist je. Poslije toga može blagovati od svetih prinosa jer mu je to hrana.

⁸ Neka ne jede ni strva ni što je zvjerad rastrgla. Time bi se okaljao.

⁹ Neka drže moje naredbe, da ne navuku na se krivnju i zbog nje, oskvrnuvši se, ne poginu. Ta ja, Jahve, njih posvećujem."

¹⁰ "Neka nijedan svjetovnjak ne blaguje od prinosa; ni ukućanin ni svećenikov sluga ne smije jesti od svetoga prinosa.

¹¹ Ali ako svećenik steče koga novcem u svoje vlasništvo, taj to može jesti kao onaj što se rodi u njegovoj kući; oni mogu jesti od njegove hrane.

¹² Ako se svećenikova kći uda za svjetovnjaka, ne smije blagovati od podizanih svetih prinosa.

¹³ Ali ako svećenikova kći obudovi ili bude otpuštena, a nema djece pa se vrati u očevu kuću, može se hraniti očevom hranom kao u svojoj mladosti. Nikakav svjetovnjak ne smije što od toga jesti.

¹⁴ Bude li tko iz neznanja jeo sveti prinos, neka ga nadoknadi svećeniku dodajući petinu.

¹⁵ Neka ne oskvrnjuju svetih prinosa što ih Izraelci Jahvi podižu.

¹⁶ Jedući ih, navukli bi na se krivnju koja bi ih obvezivala na nadoknadu, jer ja, Jahve, posvetio sam te prinose."

¹⁷ Jahve reče Mojsiju:

¹⁸ "Govori Aronu, njegovim sinovima i svim Izraelcima i reci im: 'Svaki čovjek doma Izraelova ili stranac u Izraelu koji donosi svoj prinos kao zavjet ili kao dragovoljan dar da se prinese Jahvi kao žrtva paljenica - da bude primljen -

¹⁹ mora prinijeti muško bez mane, bilo to goveče, ovca ili koza.

²⁰ Nikakvo s manom na njemu nemojte prinositi jer vam to neće biti primljeno.

²¹ Ako tko prinosi Jahvi žrtvu pričesnicu da izvrši kakav zavjet ili učini dragovoljan prinos, bilo od krupne ili sitne stoke, ta životinja, da bude primljena, mora biti bez mane; nikakve mane na njoj ne smije biti.

²² Nikakvu slijepu, ili hromu, ili osakaćenu, gušavu, šugavu ili krastavu životinju, nikakvu takvu Jahvi nemoj prinositi niti ikakvu takvu na žrtvenik kao paljenu žrtvu Jahvi polagati.

²³ Junca ili ovcu s kakvim udom protegnutim ili prikaćenim možeš prinijeti kao dragovoljan prinos, ali kao žrtva zavjetnica neće biti primljena.

²⁴ Jahvi nemojte prinositi životinje sa zgnječenim, stučenim, rastrgnutim ili odsječenim mošnjama. To u svoj zemlji ne činite

²⁵ niti takvo što primajte od stranca da to prinesete kao hranu svoga Boga. S manom su jer su osakaćene. Zato vam neće biti primljene.'"

²⁶ Jahve reče Mojsiju:

²⁷ "Kad se tele oteli, janje se ojanji ili se kozle okozi, sedam dana neka ostane uza svoju majku. Od osmoga dana može biti primljeno kao paljena žrtva Jahvi.

²⁸ Ne koljite krave ni ovce u isti dan s njezinim mladim.

²⁹ Kad Jahvi žrtvujete žrtvu zahvalnicu, žrtvujte je tako da budete primljeni.

³⁰ Neka se žrtva blaguje onoga istog dana; od nje ništa ne ostavljajte za ujutro. Ja sam Jahve!"

³¹ "Moje zapovijedi držite i vršite ih. Ja sam Jahve!

³² Ne oskvrnjujte moga svetog imena, nego neka budem proglašen svetim među Izraelcima - ja, Jahve, koji vas posvećujem.

³³ Ja koji sam vas izbavio iz zemlje egipatske da budem vaš Bog, ja, Jahve."

¹ Yahweh appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day.

² He lifted up his eyes and looked, and saw that three men stood opposite him. When he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself to the earth,

³ and said, "My lord, if now I have found favor in your sight, please don't go away from your servant.

⁴ Now let a little water be fetched, wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.

⁵ I will get a morsel of bread so you can refresh your heart. After that you may go your way, now that you have come to your servant." They said, "Very well, do as you have said."

⁶ Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah, and said, "Quickly prepare three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes."

⁷ Abraham ran to the herd, and fetched a tender and good calf, and gave it to the servant. He hurried to dress it.

⁸ He took butter, milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them. He stood by them under the tree, and they ate.

⁹ They asked him, "Where is Sarah, your wife?" He said, "See, in the tent."

¹⁰ He said, "I will certainly return to you when the season comes round. Behold, Sarah your wife will have a son." Sarah heard in the tent door, which was behind him.

¹¹ Now Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in age. Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.

¹² Sarah laughed within herself, saying, "After I have grown old will I have pleasure, my lord being old also?"

¹³ Yahweh said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh, saying, 'Will I really bear a child, yet I am old?'

¹⁴ Is anything too hard for Yahweh? At the set time I will return to you, when the season comes round, and Sarah will have a son."

¹⁵ Then Sarah denied, saying, "I didn't laugh," for she was afraid. He said, "No, but you did laugh."

¹⁶ The men rose up from there, and looked toward Sodom. Abraham went with them to see them on their way.

¹⁷ Yahweh said, "Will I hide from Abraham what I do,

¹⁸ since Abraham has surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed in him?

¹⁹ For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Yahweh, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Yahweh may bring on Abraham that which he has spoken of him."

²⁰ Yahweh said, "Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous,

²¹ I will go down now, and see whether their deeds are as bad as the reports which have come to me. If not, I will know."

²² The men turned from there, and went toward Sodom, but Abraham stood yet before Yahweh.

²³ Abraham drew near, and said, "Will you consume the righteous with the wicked?

²⁴ What if there are fifty righteous within the city? Will you consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous who are in it?

²⁵ Be it far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be like the wicked. May that be far from you. Shouldn't the Judge of all the earth do right?"

²⁶ Yahweh said, "If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sake."

²⁷ Abraham answered, "See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord, who am but dust and ashes.

²⁸ What if there will lack five of the fifty righteous? Will you destroy all the city for lack of five?" He said, "I will not destroy it, if I find forty-five there."

²⁹ He spoke to him yet again, and said, "What if there are forty found there?" He said, "I will not do it for the forty's sake."

³⁰ He said, "Oh don't let the Lord be angry, and I will speak. What if there are thirty found there?" He said, "I will not do it, if I find thirty there."

³¹ He said, "See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord. What if there are twenty found there?" He said, "I will not destroy it for the twenty's sake."

³² He said, "Oh don't let the Lord be angry, and I will speak just once more. What if ten are found there?" He said, "I will not destroy it for the ten's sake."

³³ Yahweh went his way, as soon as he had finished communing with Abraham, and Abraham returned to his place.