Shmini

9:1 On the eighth day Moses summoned Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel. 9:2 He said to Aaron, “ Take for yourself a young bull for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering, both without blemish, and present them before the LORD. 9:3 Then speak to the Israelites and say, ‘ Take a male goat for a sin offering, a calf and a lamb —both a year old and without blemish — for a burnt offering, 9:4 an ox and a ram for a peace offering to sacrifice before the LORD, and a grain offering mixed with oil. For today the LORD will appear to you.’” 9:5 So they took what Moses had commanded to the front of the Tent of Meeting, and the whole congregation drew near and stood before the LORD. 9:6 And Moses said, “ This is what the LORD has commanded you to do, so that the glory of the LORD may appear to you.” 9:7 Then Moses said to Aaron, “ Approach the altar and sacrifice your sin offering and your burnt offering to make atonement for yourself and for the people. And sacrifice the people ’s offering to make atonement for them, as the LORD has commanded.” 9:8 So Aaron approached the altar and slaughtered the calf as a sin offering for himself. 9:9 The sons of Aaron brought the blood to him, and he dipped his finger in the blood and applied it to the horns of the altar. And he poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar. 9:10 On the altar he burned the fat, the kidneys, and the lobe of the liver from the sin offering, as the LORD had commanded Moses. 9:11 But he burned up the flesh and the hide outside the camp. 9:12 Then Aaron slaughtered the burnt offering. His sons brought him the blood, and he sprinkled it on all sides of the altar. 9:13 They brought him the burnt offering piece by piece, including the head, and he burned them on the altar. 9:14 He washed the entrails and the legs and burned them atop the burnt offering on the altar. 9:15 Aaron then presented the people ’s offering. He took the male goat for the people ’s sin offering, slaughtered it, and offered it for sin like the first one. 9:16 He presented the burnt offering and offered it according to the ordinance.

9:17 Next he presented the grain offering, took a handful of it, and burned it on the altar in addition to the morning ’s burnt offering. 9:18 Then he slaughtered the ox and the ram as the people ’s peace offering. His sons brought him the blood, and he sprinkled it on all sides of the altar. 9:19 They also brought the fat portions from the ox and the ram— the fat tail, the fat covering the entrails, the kidneys, and the lobe of the liver — 9:20 and placed these on the breasts. Aaron burned the fat portions on the altar, 9:21 but he waved the breasts and the right thigh as a wave offering before the LORD, as Moses had commanded. 9:22 Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people and blessed them. And having made the sin offering, the burnt offering, and the peace offering, he stepped down. 9:23 Moses and Aaron then entered the Tent of Meeting. When they came out, they blessed the people, and the glory of the LORD appeared to all the people.

9:24 Fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed the burnt offering and the fat portions on the altar. And when all the people saw it, they shouted for joy and fell facedown. 10:1 Now Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu took their censers, put fire in them and added incense, and offered unauthorized fire before the LORD, contrary to His command. 10:2 So fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed them, and they died in the presence of the LORD. 10:3 Then Moses said to Aaron, “ This is what the LORD meant when He said: ‘ To those who come near Me I will show My holiness, and in the sight of all the people I will reveal My glory.’” But Aaron remained silent. 10:4 Moses summoned Mishael and Elzaphan, sons of Aaron’s uncle Uzziel, and said to them, “ Come here; carry the bodies of your cousins outside the camp, away from the front of the sanctuary.” 10:5 So they came forward and carried them, still in their tunics, outside the camp, as Moses had directed. 10:6 Then Moses said to Aaron and his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, “ Do not let your hair become disheveled and do not tear your garments, or else you will die, and the LORD will be angry with the whole congregation. But your brothers, the whole house of Israel, may mourn on account of the fire that the LORD has ignited. 10:7 You shall not go outside the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, or you will die, for the LORD ’s anointing oil is on you.” So they did as Moses instructed. Restrictions for Priests 10:8 Then the LORD said to Aaron, 10:9 “ You and your sons are not to drink wine or strong drink when you enter the Tent of Meeting, or else you will die; this is a permanent statute for the generations to come. 10:10 You must distinguish between the holy and the common, between the clean and the unclean, 10:11 so that you may teach the Israelites all the statutes that the LORD has given them through Moses.”

10:12 And Moses said to Aaron and his remaining sons, Eleazar and Ithamar, “ Take the grain offering that remains from the offerings made by fire to the LORD and eat it without leaven beside the altar, because it is most holy. 10:13 You shall eat it in a holy place, because it is your share and your sons ’ share of the offerings made by fire to the LORD; for this is what I have been commanded. 10:14 And you and your sons and daughters may eat the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the contribution in a ceremonially clean place, because these portions have been assigned to you and your children from the peace offerings of the sons of Israel. 10:15 They are to bring the thigh of the contribution and the breast of the wave offering, together with the fat portions of the offerings made by fire, to wave as a wave offering before the LORD. It will belong permanently to you and your children, as the LORD has commanded.”

10:16 Later, Moses searched carefully for the goat of the sin offering, and behold, it had been burned up. He was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s remaining sons, and asked, 10:17 “ Why didn’t you eat the sin offering in the holy place? For it is most holy; it was given to you to take away the guilt of the congregation by making atonement for them before the LORD. 10:18 Since its blood was not brought inside the holy place, you should have eaten it in the sanctuary area, as I commanded.” 10:19 But Aaron replied to Moses, “ Behold, this very day they presented their sin offering and their burnt offering before the LORD. Since these things have happened to me, if I had eaten the sin offering today, would it have been acceptable in the sight of the LORD?” 10:20 And when Moses heard this explanation, he was satisfied.

11:1 The LORD spoke again to Moses and Aaron, telling them, 11:2 “ Say to the Israelites, ‘ Of all the beasts of the earth, these ones you may eat: 11:3 You may eat any animal that has a split hoof completely divided and that chews the cud. 11:4 But of those that only chew the cud or only have a divided hoof, you are not to eat the following: The camel, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you. 11:5 The rock badger, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you. 11:6 The rabbit, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you. 11:7 And the pig, though it has a split hoof completely divided, does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you. 11:8 You must not eat their meat or touch their carcasses; they are unclean for you. 11:9 Of all the creatures that live in the water, whether in the seas or in the streams, you may eat anything with fins and scales. 11:10 But the following among all the teeming life and creatures in the water are detestable to you: everything in the seas or streams that does not have fins and scales. 11:11 They shall be an abomination to you; you must not eat their meat, and you must detest their carcasses. 11:12 Everything in the water that does not have fins and scales shall be detestable to you. 11:13 Additionally, you are to detest the following birds, and they must not be eaten because they are detestable: the eagle, the bearded vulture, the black vulture, 11:14 the kite, any kind of falcon, 11:15 any kind of raven, 11:16 the ostrich, the screech owl, the gull, any kind of hawk, 11:17 the little owl, the cormorant, the great owl, 11:18 the white owl, the desert owl, the osprey, 11:19 the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe, and the bat. 11:20 All flying insects that walk on all fours are detestable to you. 11:21 However, you may eat the following kinds of flying insects that walk on all fours: those having jointed legs above their feet for hopping on the ground. 11:22 Of these you may eat any kind of locust, katydid, cricket, or grasshopper. 11:23 All other flying insects that have four legs are detestable to you. 11:24 These creatures will make you unclean. Whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening, 11:25 and whoever picks up one of their carcasses must wash his clothes, and he will be unclean until evening. 11:26 Every animal with hooves not completely divided or that does not chew the cud is unclean for you. Whoever touches any of them will be unclean. 11:27 All the four-footed animals that walk on their paws are unclean for you; whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening, 11:28 and anyone who picks up a carcass must wash his clothes, and he will be unclean until evening. They are unclean for you. 11:29 The following creatures that move along the ground are unclean for you: the mole, the mouse, any kind of great lizard, 11:30 the gecko, the monitor lizard, the common lizard, the skink, and the chameleon. 11:31 These animals are unclean for you among all the crawling creatures. Whoever touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until evening. 11:32 When one of them dies and falls on something, that article becomes unclean; any article of wood, clothing, leather, sackcloth, or any implement used for work must be rinsed with water and will remain unclean until evening; then it will be clean.

11:33 If any of them falls into a clay pot, everything in it will be unclean; you must break the pot. 11:34 Any food coming into contact with water from that pot will be unclean, and any drink in such a container will be unclean. 11:35 Anything upon which one of their carcasses falls will be unclean. If it is an oven or cooking pot, it must be smashed; it is unclean and will remain unclean for you. 11:36 Nevertheless, a spring or cistern containing water will remain clean, but one who touches a carcass in it will be unclean. 11:37 If a carcass falls on any seed for sowing, the seed is clean; 11:38 but if water has been put on the seed and a carcass falls on it, it is unclean for you. 11:39 If an animal that you may eat dies, anyone who touches the carcass will be unclean until evening. 11:40 Whoever eats from the carcass must wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening, and anyone who picks up the carcass must wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening. 11:41 Every creature that moves along the ground is detestable; it must not be eaten. 11:42 Do not eat any creature that moves along the ground, whether it crawls on its belly or walks on four or more feet; for such creatures are detestable. 11:43 Do not defile yourselves by any crawling creature; do not become unclean or defiled by them. 11:44 For I am the LORD your God; consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am holy. You must not defile yourselves by any creature that crawls along the ground. 11:45 For I am the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt so that I would be your God; therefore be holy, because I am holy. 11:46 This is the law regarding animals, birds, all living creatures that move in the water, and all creatures that crawl along the ground. 11:47 You must distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between animals that may be eaten and those that may not.’”