And  ¹Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer, and put fire in them and laid incense on it, and they presented  ²strange fire before Jehovah, which He had not commanded them.

And  ¹fire came out from before Jehovah and consumed them, and they died before Jehovah.

Then Moses said to Aaron, This is what Jehovah spoke, saying,
In those who come near to Me I will be  ¹sanctified,
And before all the people I will be  ¹glorified.
And Aaron was silent.

And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and said to them, Come near; carry your brothers from before the sanctuary to the  ¹outside of the camp.

So they came near and carried them in their tunics to the outside of the camp, just as Moses had said.

Then Moses said to Aaron and to his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, Do not  ¹dishevel the hair of your heads, and do not  ¹tear your garments, that you may not die and that He may not be angry with all the assembly. But let your brothers, the whole house of Israel,  ²weep for the burning which Jehovah has kindled.

And you shall not go out from the entrance of the Tent of Meeting, lest you die; for the anointing oil of Jehovah is upon you. And they did according to the word of Moses.

Then Jehovah spoke to Aaron, saying,

 ¹Drink no wine or strong drink, neither you nor your sons with you, when you come into the Tent of Meeting, that you may not die; it shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations,

Both to make a distinction between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean;

And to teach the children of Israel all the statutes which Jehovah has spoken to them through Moses.

Then Moses spoke to Aaron and to Eleazar and to Ithamar, his sons who were left, Take the  ¹meal offering which remains of Jehovah's offerings by fire, and eat it unleavened beside the altar; for it is most holy.

And you shall eat it in a holy place, because it is your due and your sons' due of Jehovah's offerings by fire; for so I have been commanded.

And the  ¹breast of the wave offering and the  ¹thigh of the heave offering you shall eat in a clean place, you and your sons and your daughters with you; for they have been given as your due and your sons' due out of the sacrifices of the peace offerings of the children of Israel.

The thigh of the heave offering and the breast of the wave offering they shall bring with the offerings by fire of the fat portions to wave as a wave offering before Jehovah, and it shall become a perpetual statute for you and for your sons with you, just as Jehovah has commanded.

Then Moses diligently inquired about the goat of the sin offering, but it had already been burned. So he was angry with Eleazar and with Ithamar, the sons of Aaron who were left, saying,

Why have you not eaten the sin offering in the place of the sanctuary? For it is most holy, and He gave it to you to  ¹bear the iniquity of the assembly, to make  ²expiation for them before Jehovah.

Now its blood was not brought inside, into the sanctuary; you should certainly have eaten it in the sanctuary, just as I commanded.

But Aaron spoke to Moses, See, today they have presented their sin offering and their burnt offering before Jehovah, and such things as these have befallen me! And if I had  ¹eaten the sin offering today, would it have been good in the sight of Jehovah?

And when Moses heard that, it seemed good in his sight.

 ¹Then Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them,

Speak to the children of Israel, saying, These are the animals which you may  ¹eat among all the beasts that are on the earth.

Whatever  ¹has a divided hoof, that is, has its hoof split in two, and chews the cud among the beasts, that you may eat.

However these you shall not eat: of those that only chew the cud or of those that only have a divided hoof: the camel, for though it chews the cud, it does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean to you.

And the hyrax, for though it chews the cud, it does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean to you.

And the hare, for though it chews the cud, it does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean to you.

And the pig, for though it has a divided hoof, that is, it has its hoof split in two, it does not chew the cud; it is unclean to you.

You shall not eat of their flesh, nor shall you touch their carcasses; they are unclean to you.

These you may eat of all that are in the water: anything in the water that has  ¹fins and scales, in the seas or in the rivers; these you may eat.

But anything that does not have fins and scales in the seas and in the rivers, of anything that swarms in the waters and of any living animal which is in the waters, they are an abomination to you,

And they shall be an abomination to you; you shall not eat of their flesh, and their carcasses you shall regard as an abomination.

Anything in the water that does not have fins or scales is an abomination to you.

And these you shall regard as an abomination among the  ¹birds; they shall not be eaten; they are an abomination: the great vulture and the bearded vulture and the black vulture

And the kite and the falcon of every kind,

Every raven of every kind,

And the ostrich and the nighthawk and the sea gull and the hawk of every kind,

And the little owl and the cormorant and the great owl

And the white owl and the pelican and the carrion vulture

And the stork; the heron of every kind and the hoopoe and the bat;

All  ¹flying insects that go on all fours are an abomination to you.

Yet these you may eat of all flying insects that go on all fours, which have  ¹legs above their feet with which to leap on the earth;

These of them you may eat: the swarming locust of every kind and the swallowing locust of every kind and the cricket of every kind and the grasshopper of every kind.

But all the other flying insects which have four feet are an abomination to you.

And by these you shall become unclean; whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening,

And whoever carries any part of their carcass shall  ¹wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening.

For every beast which has a divided hoof but does not have its hoof split in two or chew the cud is unclean to you; everyone who touches them shall be unclean.

And whatever goes on its paws, among all beasts that go on all fours, are unclean to you; whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening.

And the one who carries their carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening; they are unclean to you.

And these are unclean to you among the  ¹swarming things that swarm on the earth: the weasel and the mouse and the great lizard of every kind,

And the gecko and the land crocodile and the lizard and the sand lizard and the chameleon.

These are unclean to you among all the swarming things; whoever touches them when they are  ¹dead shall be unclean  ²until the evening.

And anything on which one of them may fall when they are dead shall be unclean, whether it is any article of wood or clothing or skin or sackcloth; any article which is used for any work must be put into  ¹water, and it shall be unclean until the evening; then it shall be clean.

And any earthen vessel into which any of them falls, whatever is in it shall be unclean, and the  ¹vessel you shall break.

Any  ¹food that could be eaten shall be unclean if water from such a vessel comes upon it, and any  ¹liquid that may be drunk shall be unclean if it was in any such vessel.

And everything on which part of their carcass falls shall be unclean — an oven or a stove shall be broken in pieces; they are unclean and shall continue to be unclean to you.

Nevertheless a  ¹spring or a cistern collecting water shall be clean, but whatever touches their carcass shall be unclean.

And if any part of their carcass falls on any  ¹seed for sowing, which is to be sown, it is clean.

But if water is put on the seed, and any part of their carcass fall on it, it is unclean to you.

And if any beast which you have for food dies, the one who touches its carcass shall be unclean until the evening.

And he who eats some of its carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening; the one who carries its carcass shall also wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening.

Now every swarming thing that swarms upon the earth is an abomination; it shall not be eaten.

Whatever goes on its stomach and whatever goes on all fours, or whatever has many feet, even all the swarming things that swarm on the earth, you shall not eat them, for they are an abomination.

You shall not make yourselves abominable with any swarming thing that swarms, nor shall you make yourselves unclean with them, and so become defiled by them.

For I am Jehovah your God. Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy, for I am holy. And you shall not defile yourselves with any of the swarming things that move upon the earth.

For I am Jehovah, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt to be your God; you shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.

This is the law of the beast and of the bird, and of every living animal that moves in the waters, and of every creature that swarms upon the earth;

To make a distinction between the unclean and the  ¹clean, and between the animal that may be eaten and the animal that may not be eaten.

Then Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

Speak to the children of Israel, saying, If a  ¹woman conceives seed and bears a male child, then she shall be unclean  ²seven days; as in the days of her menstruation, she shall be unclean.

And on the  ¹eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.

And she shall remain in the blood of her purifying  ¹thirty-three days; she shall not touch any  ²sanctified thing, nor come into the  ²sanctuary, until the days of her purifying are fulfilled.

But if she bears a female, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her impurity; and she shall remain in the blood of her purifying sixty-six days.

And when the days of her purifying are fulfilled, for a son or for a daughter, she shall bring a year old lamb for a  ¹burnt offering, and a young pigeon or a turtledove for a  ¹sin offering to the priest to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting.

And he shall present it before Jehovah and make expiation for her, and she shall be cleansed from the flow of her blood. This is the law for her who bears a child, whether male or female.

And if she cannot afford a lamb, then she shall take two turtledoves or two young pigeons, one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering. And the priest shall make expiation for her, and she shall be clean.