¹ And Jehovah spoke to^▵ Moses, saying,

² Speak to^▵ Aaron and to^▵ his sons, that they separate^▵ themselves from the holy things of the sons of Israel, and that they profane not My holy name in those things which they^◦ hallow to Me; I^◦ am Jehovah.

³ Say to^▵ them, Every man^◦ from all your seed to your generations, who comes·​·near to^▵ the holy things, which the sons of Israel hallow to Jehovah, and his uncleanness upon him, even^▵ that^◦ soul shall be cut·​·off from before Me; I^◦ am Jehovah.

⁴ A man^◦, a man^◦ from the seed of Aaron and he^◦ is a leper, or has a flow, shall not eat of the holy things, until he be·​·clean. And whoever^▵ touches any thing that is unclean by the soul^*, or a man^◦ whose laying·​·down of seed goes·​·out from him;

⁵ or a man^◦ who touches any crawling thing, by which he may be·​·made·​·unclean, or man by which he may be·​·made·​·unclean, whatever his uncleanness;

⁶ the soul which has touched any such shall·​·be·​·unclean until evening, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless^▵ he bathe his flesh with water.

⁷ And when the sun sets^▵, he shall be clean, and shall afterwards eat of the holy things; because^◦ it^◦ is his bread.

⁸ The carcass and that which is torn, he shall not eat to defile himself with it; I^◦ am Jehovah.

⁹ And they shall keep My charge, that they not bear sin against it, and die, if^▫ they profane it; I^◦, Jehovah, do sanctify them.

¹⁰ And not any stranger shall eat of the holy thing; a lodger of the priest, or^◦ a hireling, shall not eat of the holy thing.

¹¹ But if^▫ a priest buy a soul buying with his silver, he^◦ shall eat of it; and he that is born in his house, they^◦ shall eat of his bread.

¹² And if^▫ a daughter of a priest be married to a man^◦, a stranger, she^◦ may not eat of an uplifting^◦ of the holy things.

¹³ But when^◦ the daughter of the priest is a widow, or^◦ driven·​·out, and she has^◦ no seed, and returns to^▵ the house of her father, as in her youth, she shall eat of the bread of her father; but not any stranger shall eat of it.

¹⁴ And if^▫ a man^◦ eat of the holy thing in ignorance, then he shall add its fifth part over it, and shall give it to the priest with^◦ the holy thing.

¹⁵ And they shall not profane the holy things of the sons of Israel, which they lift·​·high to Jehovah;

¹⁶ or^◦ cause them to carry the iniquity of guilt, when they eat their holy things; for I^◦ Jehovah do sanctify them.

¹⁷ And Jehovah spoke to^▵ Moses, saying,

¹⁸ Speak to^▵ Aaron, and to^▵ his sons, and to^▵ all the sons of Israel, and say to^▵ them, A man^◦, a man^◦ of the house of Israel, or of the sojourners in Israel, that will offer his offering for all his vows, and for all his freewill offerings, which they will offer to Jehovah for a burnt·​·offering;

¹⁹ you shall offer at your own good·​·pleasure a perfect male, among^◦ the cattle, among^◦ the sheep^▵, or among^◦ the goats.

²⁰ Any that has a blemish you shall not offer; for it shall not be well·​·pleasing for you.

²¹ And when^◦ a man^◦ offers a sacrifice of peace·​·offerings to Jehovah to make·​·a·​·special^◦ vow, or a freewill offering of the herd or of the flock, it shall be perfect for good·​·pleasure; there shall not be any blemish in it.

²² Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a streaming^◦ sore, or scabies, or warts, you shall not offer these to Jehovah, nor put^◦ a fire·​·offering of them^◦ upon the altar to Jehovah.

²³ Both an ox and a sheep^◦ having any thing too·​·long^◦ or too·​·short, it thou mayest make a freewill offering; but for a vow it shall not be well·​·pleasing.

²⁴ And you shall not offer to Jehovah that which is pressed·​·in, or beaten·​·down, or pulled·​·apart, or cut·​·off; and in your land you shall not do this.

²⁵ Neither from the hand of the son of a foreigner shall you offer the bread of your God of any of these; for there is corruption in them^◦, and a blemish is in them; they shall not be well·​·pleasing for you.

²⁶ And Jehovah spoke to^▵ Moses, saying,

²⁷ When^◦ an ox, or a sheep^▵, or a goat, is·​·born, then it shall be seven days under its mother; and from the eighth day and beyond it shall be well·​·pleasing for an offering, a fire·​·offering to Jehovah.

²⁸ And an ox or a sheep^◦, you shall not slaughter it and its young^◦ in one day.

²⁹ And when^◦ you sacrifice a sacrifice of thanksgiving to Jehovah, sacrifice it at^◦ your own good·​·pleasure.

³⁰ In that^◦ day it shall be eaten·​·up; you shall let none^▵ of it remain until the morning; I^◦ am Jehovah.

³¹ And they shall keep My commandments, and do them; I^◦ am Jehovah.

³² Neither shall you profane My holy name; but I will be hallowed in the midst of the sons of Israel; I^◦ am Jehovah who hallows you,

³³ who brought· you ·out of the land of Egypt, to be your God; I^◦ am Jehovah.

¹ Woe to the bloody city! It is all full of lies and robbery. The prey doesn't depart.

² The noise of the whip, the noise of the rattling of wheels, prancing horses, and bounding chariots,

³ the horseman mounting, and the flashing sword, the glittering spear, and a multitude of slain, and a great heap of corpses, and there is no end of the bodies. They stumble on their bodies,

⁴ because of the multitude of the prostitution of the alluring prostitute, the mistress of witchcraft, who sells nations through her prostitution, and families through her witchcraft.

⁵ "Behold, I am against you," says Yahweh of Armies, "and I will lift your skirts over your face. I will show the nations your nakedness, and the kingdoms your shame.

⁶ I will throw abominable filth on you, and make you vile, and will set you a spectacle.

⁷ It will happen that all those who look at you will flee from you, and say, 'Nineveh is laid waste! Who will mourn for her?' Where will I seek comforters for you?"

⁸ Are you better than No-Amon, who was situated among the rivers, who had the waters around her; whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was of the sea?

⁹ Cush and Egypt were her boundless strength. Put and Libya were her helpers.

¹⁰ Yet was she carried away. She went into captivity. Her young children also were dashed in pieces at the head of all the streets, and they cast lots for her honorable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.

¹¹ You also will be drunken. You will be hidden. You also will seek a stronghold because of the enemy.

¹² All your fortresses will be like fig trees with the first-ripe figs: if they are shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater.

¹³ Behold, your troops in your midst are women. The gates of your land are set wide open to your enemies. The fire has devoured your bars.

¹⁴ Draw water for the siege. Strengthen your fortresses. Go into the clay, and tread the mortar. Make the brick kiln strong.

¹⁵ There the fire will devour you. The sword will cut you off. It will devour you like the grasshopper. Multiply like grasshoppers. Multiply like the locust.

¹⁶ You have increased your merchants more than the stars of the skies. The grasshopper strips, and flees away.

¹⁷ Your guards are like the locusts, and your officials like the swarms of locusts, which settle on the walls on a cold day, but when the sun appears, they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.

¹⁸ Your shepherds slumber, king of Assyria. Your nobles lie down. Your people are scattered on the mountains, and there is no one to gather them.

¹⁹ There is no healing your wound, for your injury is fatal. All who hear the report of you clap their hands over you; for who hasn't felt your endless cruelty?