Chapter 21

The Torah of Sacrifice


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Thou shalt offer upon the altar of YHVHa, thy Elohimb, and before my Priests, sacrifices for thy offerings; for meat offerings and grain offerings, and for peace offerings, and for sin offerings; I am YHVH, thy Elohim.

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Thy offerings shall be of the firstlings of thy flocks, and of the choice of thy fields, and of the chief of all holy things.

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Of thy flock shalt thou offer the firstling of male or female, without deformity or blemish, of such as divide the hoof and chew the cud; and of fowls, shalt thou offer all singing birds;

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And these shall be holy unto the me, YHVH thy Elohim, and shall be offered upon the altar; I am YHVH, thy Elohim.

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And of the choice of thy fields, that which is good for food without change or addition, and whatsoever is used for bread for mankind, that is holy unto me, YHVH, thy Elohim;

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And it shall be offered unto me as an offering, and lifted up to the Priest; but it shall not be offered on the altar.

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And whatsoever other thing thou shall offer, it shall be accompanied with one of these, and thus thy gift shall be sanctified;

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But if it be not accompanied with one of these, thou shalt redeem it at the valuation of the Priest, and it and the price thereof shall be mine; I am YHVH, thy Elohim.

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¶ And when thou shall come into the land which I give unto you and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the first fruits of your harvest unto the Priest;

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And he shall wave the sheaf before me, to be accepted for thee; on the day after the Sabbath the Priest shall wave it.

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And thou shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf a he lamb without blemish of the first year for a burnt offering unto me:

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And the meat offering thereof shall be of fine flour, mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto me for a sweet savor;

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And the drink offering thereof shall be of wine for your drink offerings and your libationsa;

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And thou shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears until the selfsame day that thou have brought an offering unto thy Elohim;

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And this shall be a statute forever throughout all of your generations in all your dwellings; I am YHVH, thy Elohim.

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¶ And if thou offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto me, YHVH thy Elohim, thou shalt offer it at thy own will.

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And it shall be eaten the same day thou offer it, and on the morrow; and if anything remain until the third day, it shall be burnt in the fire;

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And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is abominable; it shall not be accepted;

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Therefore, everyone that eateth it shall bear this iniquity because they hath profaned the hallowed thing of YHVH; and that soul shall be cut off from among this people; I am YHVH, thy Elohim.

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¶ And when thou shall come into the land and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit thereof as uncircumciseda; for three years shall it be as uncircumcised unto you; it shall not be eaten;

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But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy to praise me with thy sacrifices.

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And in the fifth year shall thou eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase thereof;

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Therefore, thou shall observe all my statutes, and all my customs, and do them until the Torah of Sacrifice be fulfilleda; I am YHVH, thy Elohim.

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¶ And when the Torah of Sacrifice should be fulfilled, thou shalt remember the Torah of Sacrifice with the bread of knowledge to eat and the wine of wisdom to drinka, this that thou shall gain understanding and shall not be confounded.

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Thou shalt not delay to offer the first of thy ripe fruits and of thy liquors; the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.

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Likewise, shalt thou do with thine oxen and with thy sheep; seven days it shall be with his mother; on the eighth day thou shalt give it me.

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And thou shall be a holy people unto me; neither shall thou eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field; thou shall cast it to the dogs; I am YHVH, thy Elohim.

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¶ And these are the statutesa, and ordinancesb, and the Torahc which I, YHVH make between me and my children, Israel, in the Mount of Ha'Elohim by the hand of Moses and Zipporah.