7. Then, when the sun sets, he shall be clean. Only then may he eat of the sacred offerings, for they are his food.
8. He shall not make himself unclean by eating of any animal that has died of itself or has been killed by wild beasts. I am the Lord.
9. They shall keep my charge so that they will not bear the punishment in this matter and die for their profanation. I am the Lord who makes them holy.
10. Neither an unauthorized person nor a priest’s tenant or laborer may eat of any sacred offering.
11. But a slave whom a priest acquires by purchase or who is born in his house may eat of his food.
12. A priest’s daughter who is married to an unauthorized person may not eat of the sacred contributions.
13. But if a priest’s daughter is widowed or divorced and, having no children, returns to her father’s house, she may then eat of her father’s food as in her youth. No unauthorized person, however, may eat of it.
14. If such a one eats of a sacred offering through inadvertence, that person shall make restitution to the priest for the sacred offering, with an increment of one fifth of the amount.
15. The priests shall not allow the sacred offerings which the Israelites contribute to the Lord to be profaned
16. nor make them incur a penalty when they eat their sacred offerings. For I, the Lord, make them holy.
17. The Lord said to Moses:
18. Speak to Aaron and his sons and to all the Israelites, and tell them: When anyone of the house of Israel, or any alien residing in Israel, who presents an offering, brings a burnt offering as a votive offering or as a voluntary offering to the Lord,
19. if it is to be acceptable for you, it must be an unblemished male of the herd, of the sheep or of the goats.
20. You shall not offer one that has any blemish, for such a one would not be acceptable on your behalf.
21. When anyone presents a communion sacrifice to the Lord from the herd or the flock in fulfillment of a vow, or as a voluntary offering, if it is to find acceptance, it must be unblemished; it shall not have any blemish.
22. One that is blind or lame or maimed, or one that has running lesions or sores or scabs, you shall not offer to the Lord; do not put such an animal on the altar as an oblation to the Lord.
23. An ox or a sheep that has a leg that is too long or is stunted you may indeed present as a voluntary offering, but it will not be acceptable as a votive offering.
24. One that has its testicles bruised or crushed or torn out or cut off you shall not offer to the Lord. You shall neither do this in your own land
25. nor receive from a foreigner any such animals to offer up as the food of your God; since they are deformed or blemished, they will not be acceptable on your behalf.