Leviticus 10

• 1. Aaron's sons Nadab and Abihu put coals of fire in their incense burners and sprinkled incense over it. In this way, they disobeyed the LORD by burning before him a different kind of fire than he had commanded.
• 2. So fire blazed forth from the LORD's presence and burned them up, and they died there before the LORD.
• 3. Then Moses said to Aaron, "This is what the LORD meant when he said, `I will show myself holy among those who are near me. I will be glorified before all the people.'" And Aaron was silent.
• 4. Then Moses called for Mishael and Elzaphan, Aaron's cousins, the sons of Aaron's uncle Uzziel. He said to them, "Come and carry the bodies of your relatives away from the sanctuary to a place outside the camp."
• 5. So they came forward and carried them out of the camp by their tunics as Moses had commanded.
• 6. Then Moses said to Aaron and his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, "Do not mourn by letting your hair hang loose or by tearing your clothes. If you do, you will die, and the LORD will be angry with the whole community of Israel. However, the rest of the Israelites, your relatives, may mourn for Nadab and Abihu, whom the LORD has destroyed by fire.
• 7. But you are not to leave the entrance of the Tabernacle, under penalty of death, for the anointing oil of the LORD is upon you." So they did as Moses commanded.
• 8. Then the LORD said to Aaron,
• 9. "You and your descendants must never drink wine or any other alcoholic drink before going into the Tabernacle. If you do, you will die. This is a permanent law for you, and it must be kept by all future generations.
• 10. You are to distinguish between what is holy and what is ordinary, what is ceremonially unclean and what is clean.
• 11. And you must teach the Israelites all the laws that the LORD has given through Moses."
• 12. Then Moses said to Aaron and his remaining sons, Eleazar and Ithamar, "Take what is left of the grain offering after the handful has been presented to the LORD by fire. Make sure there is no yeast in it, and eat it beside the altar, for it is most holy.
• 13. It must be eaten in a sacred place, for it has been given to you and your descendants as your regular share of the offerings given to the LORD by fire. These are the commands I have been given.
• 14. But the breast and thigh that were lifted up may be eaten in any place that is ceremonially clean. These parts have been given to you and to your sons and daughters as your regular share of the peace offerings presented by the people of Israel.
• 15. The thigh and breast that are lifted up must be lifted up to the LORD along with the fat of the offerings given by fire. Then they will belong to you and your descendants forever, just as the LORD has commanded."
• 16. When Moses demanded to know what had happened to the goat of the sin offering, he discovered that it had been burned up. As a result, he became very angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's remaining sons.
• 17. "Why didn't you eat the sin offering in the sanctuary area?" he demanded. "It is a holy offering! It was given to you for removing the guilt of the community and for making atonement for the people before the LORD.
• 18. Since the animal's blood was not taken into the Holy Place, you should have eaten the meat in the sanctuary area as I ordered you."
• 19. Then Aaron answered Moses on behalf of his sons. "Today my sons presented both their sin offering and their burnt offering to the LORD," he said. "This kind of thing has also happened to me. Would the LORD have approved if I had eaten the sin offering today?"
• 20. And when Moses heard this, he approved.

Leviticus 11

• 1. Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
• 2. "Give the following instructions to the Israelites: The animals you may use for food
• 3. include those that have completely divided hooves and chew the cud.
• 4. You may not, however, eat the animals named here because they either have split hooves or chew the cud, but not both. The camel may not be eaten, for though it chews the cud, it does not have split hooves.
• 5. The same is true of the rock badger
• 6. and the hare, so they also may never be eaten.
• 7. And the pig may not be eaten, for though it has split hooves, it does not chew the cud.
• 8. You may not eat the meat of these animals or touch their dead bodies. They are ceremonially unclean for you.
• 9. "As for marine animals, you may eat whatever has both fins and scales, whether taken from fresh water or salt water.
• 10. You may not, however, eat marine animals that do not have both fins and scales. You are to detest them,
• 11. and they will always be forbidden to you. You must never eat their meat or even touch their dead bodies.
• 12. I repeat, any marine animal that does not have both fins and scales is strictly forbidden to you.
• 13. "These are the birds you must never eat because they are detestable for you: the eagle, the vulture, the osprey,
• 14. the buzzard, kites of all kinds,
• 15. ravens of all kinds,
• 16. the ostrich, the nighthawk, the seagull, hawks of all kinds,
• 17. the little owl, the cormorant, the great owl,
• 18. the white owl, the pelican, the carrion vulture,
• 19. the stork, herons of all kinds, the hoopoe, and the bat.
• 20. "You are to consider detestable all swarming insects that walk along the ground.
• 21. However, there are some exceptions that you may eat. These include insects that jump with their hind legs:
• 22. locusts of all varieties, crickets, bald locusts, and grasshoppers. All these may be eaten.
• 23. But you are to consider detestable all other swarming insects that walk or crawl.
• 24. "The following creatures make you ceremonially unclean. If you touch any of their dead bodies, you will be defiled until evening.
• 25. If you move the dead body of an unclean animal, you must immediately wash your clothes, and you will remain defiled until evening.
• 26. "Any animal that has divided but unsplit hooves or that does not chew the cud is unclean for you. If you touch the dead body of such an animal, you will be defiled until evening.
• 27. Of the animals that walk on all fours, those that have paws are unclean for you. If you touch the dead body of such an animal, you will be defiled until evening.
• 28. If you pick up and move its carcass, you must immediately wash your clothes, and you will remain defiled until evening.
• 29. "Of the small animals that scurry or creep on the ground, these are unclean for you: the mole, the mouse, the great lizard of all varieties,
• 30. the gecko, the monitor lizard, the common lizard, the sand lizard, and the chameleon.
• 31. All these small animals are unclean for you. If you touch the dead body of such an animal, you will be defiled until evening.
• 32. If such an animal dies and falls on something, that object, whatever its use, will be unclean. This is true whether the object is made of wood, cloth, leather, or sackcloth. It must be put into water, and it will remain defiled until evening. After that, it will be ceremonially clean and may be used again.
• 33. "If such an animal dies and falls into a clay pot, everything in the pot will be defiled, and the pot must be smashed.
• 34. If the water used to cleanse an unclean object touches any food, all of that food will be defiled. And any beverage that is in such an unclean container will be defiled.
• 35. Any object on which the dead body of such an animal falls will be defiled. If it is a clay oven or cooking pot, it must be smashed to pieces. It has become defiled, and it will remain that way.
• 36. "However, if the dead body of such an animal falls into a spring or a cistern, the water will still be clean. But anyone who removes the dead body will be defiled.
• 37. If the dead body falls on seed grain to be planted in the field, the seed will still be considered clean.
• 38. But if the seed is wet when the dead body falls on it, the seed will be defiled.
• 39. "If an animal that is permitted for eating dies and you touch its carcass, you will be defiled until evening.
• 40. If you eat any of its meat or carry away its carcass, you must wash your clothes. Then you will remain defiled until evening.
• 41. "Consider detestable any animal that scurries along the ground; such animals may never be eaten.
• 42. This includes all animals that slither along on their bellies, as well as those with four legs and those with many feet. All such animals are to be considered detestable.
• 43. Never defile yourselves by touching such animals.
• 44. After all, I, the LORD, am your God. You must be holy because I am holy. So do not defile yourselves by touching any of these animals that scurry along the ground.
• 45. I, the LORD, am the one who brought you up from the land of Egypt to be your God. You must therefore be holy because I am holy.
• 46. "These are the instructions regarding the land animals, the birds, and all the living things that move through the water or swarm over the earth,
• 47. so you can distinguish between what is unclean and may not be eaten and what is clean and may be eaten."

Leviticus 12

• 1. The LORD said to Moses, "Give these instructions to the Israelites:
• 2. When a woman becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son, she will be ceremonially unclean for seven days, just as she is defiled during her menstrual period.
• 3. On the eighth day, the boy must be circumcised.
• 4. Then the woman must wait for thirty-three days until the time of her purification from the blood of childbirth is completed. During this time of purification, she must not touch anything that is holy. And she must not go to the sanctuary until her time of purification is over.
• 5. If a woman gives birth to a daughter, she will be ceremonially defiled for two weeks, just as she is defiled during her menstrual period. She must then wait another sixty-six days to be purified from the blood of childbirth.
• 6. "When the time of purification is completed for either a son or a daughter, the woman must bring a year-old lamb for a whole burnt offering and a young pigeon or turtledove for a purification offering. She must take her offerings to the priest at the entrance of the Tabernacle.
• 7. The priest will then present them to the LORD and make atonement for her. Then she will be ceremonially clean again after her bleeding at childbirth. These are the instructions to be followed after the birth of a son or a daughter.
• 8. "If a woman cannot afford to bring a sheep, she must bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons. One will be for the whole burnt offering and the other for the purification offering. The priest will sacrifice them, thus making atonement for her, and she will be ceremonially clean."

New Living Translation: 35 of 324 days.