lock, and sprinkle it with his finger upon the lid eastward; and before the lid shall he sprinkle some of the blood with his finger seven times. Then he shall kill the goat of the 15 sin-offering, which is for the people, and bring his blood within the veil, and do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, sprinkling it upon the lid, and before the lid of the ark. Thus he shall make an atonement for 16 the sanctuary, because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions in all their sins; and so shall he do for the tent of meeting that is placed among them in the midst of their uncleanness. And no 17 one shall be in the tent of meeting when he goeth in to make an atonement in the sanctuary, until he come out, and have made an atonement for himself, and for his household, and for all the congregation of Israel. Then he shall go out 18 to the altar that is before Jehovah, and make an atonement for it; and shall take some of the blood of the bullock, and some of the blood of the goat, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about. And he shall sprinkle some of the 19 blood upon it with his finger seven times, and cleanse it, and sanctify it from the uncleanness of the children of Israel. And when he hath made an end of atoning for the sanc- 20 tuary, and the tent of meeting, and the altar, he shall bring the live goat; and Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the 21 head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, and he shall put them upon the head of the goat, and send him away, by a man chosen for this purpose, into the desert. And the goat shall bear upon him all their 22 iniquities unto a land not inhabited; and he shall let go the goat in the desert. Then Aaron shall go into the tent of 23 meeting, and shall put off the linen garments which he had put on when he went into the sanctuary, and shall leave them there; and he shall bathe his body in water in the holy 24 place, and put on his garments, and come forth, and offer his burnt-offering, and the burnt-offering of the people, and make an atonement for himself, and for his household, and for the people. And the fat of the sin-offering he shall burn 25 upon the altar. And he that let go the goat for the scape- 26 goat shall wash his clothes, and bathe his body in water, and afterward come into the camp. And the bullock for the sin- 27 offering, and the goat for the sin-offering, the blood of which was brought into the sanctuary to made atonement, shall be

carried forth without the camp; and their skins, and their 28 flesh, and their dung, shall be burned with fire. And he that burneth them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his body in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp.

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And this shall be a perpetual statute to you: In the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict yourselves, and ye shall do no work, neither a native 30 nor a stranger that sojourneth among you. For on that day shall atonement be made for you, to cleanse you, that ye 31 may be clean from all your sins before Jehovah. It shall be a sabbath of rest to you, and ye shall afflict yourselves, by a 32 perpetual statute. And the priest, who shall be anointed, and who shall be consecrated to minister in the priest's office in his father's stead, shall make the atonement and shall put 33 on the linen garments, the holy garments; and he shall make an atonement for the holy sanctuary, and he shall make an atonement for the tent of meeting, and for the altar; and he shall make an atonement for the priests, and 34 for all the people of the congregation. And this shall be a perpetual statute to you; that an atonement may be made for the children of Israel, for all their sins, once a year." And Aaron did as Jehovah commanded Moses.

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CHAP. XVII.-And Jehovah spake to Moses, saying, 2" Speak to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the children of Israel, and say to them, 'This is what Jehovah hath com3 manded, saying, Whosoever of the house of Israel shall slay an ox, or a lamb, or a goat, in the camp, or shall slay it 4 out of the camp, and shall not bring it to the door of the tent of meeting, to offer it an offering to Jehovah, before the tabernacle of Jehovah, blood shall be imputed to that man; he hath shed blood; and that man shall be cut off from 5 among his people; in order that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices, which they offer in the open field, even that they may bring them to Jehovah, to the door of the tent of meeting to the priest, and offer them for peace-offer6 ings to Jehovah. And the priest shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar of Jehovah at the door of the tent of meeting; and burn the fat for an acceptable odour to Jehovah. 7 And they shall no more offer their sacrifices to demons, after whom they have gone astray.' This shall be a perpetual 8 statute to them throughout their generations. And thou shalt say to them, 'Whosoever of the house of Israel, or of

the strangers who sojourn among you, shall offer a burntoffering or sacrifice, and not bring it to the door of the tent 9 of meeting, to offer it to Jehovah, that man shall be cut off from among his people.

And whosoever of the house of Israel, or of the strangers 10 that sojourn among you, shall eat any blood, I will even set my face against that soul who shall eat blood, and will cut him off from among his people. For the life of the flesh 11 is in the blood; and I have appointed it to you for the altar, to make an atonement for your lives; for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the life. Therefore I said to 12 the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, nor shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood. And whosoever of the children of Israel, or of the strangers 13 that sojourn among you, shall hunt and catch any beast or fowl that may be eaten; he shall pour out its blood, and cover it with dust. For it is the life of all flesh; the blood 14 of it is for its life: therefore I said to the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no flesh: for the life of all flesh is its blood; whosoever eateth it shall be cut off. And every 15 one who eateth that which hath died of itself, or that which hath been torn by beasts, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger, shall both wash his clothes, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the evening; then shall he be clean. But if he wash them not, nor bathe his body, then 16 he shall bear his iniquity.'

CHAP. XVIII.-And Jehovah spake to Moses, saying, 1 "Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, 'I am 2 Jehovah your God. According to the doings of the land of 3 Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, ye shall not do: and according to the doings of the land of Canaan, into which I bring you, shall not do; nor shall ye walk in their statutes. Ye 4 shall do my judgments, and observe my statutes, to walk in them: I am Jehovah your God. Ye shall therefore observe 5 my statutes and my judgments; which if a man do, he shall live by them: I am Jehovah.

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No one of you shall approach to any near kinswoman, to 6 uncover her nakedness: I am Jehovah. The nakedness of 7 thy father, that is, the nakedness of thy mother, thou shalt not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. The nakedness of thy step-mother thou shalt s not uncover: it is thy father's nakedness. The nakedness 9

of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or the daughter of thy mother, whether born at home, or born abroad, their 10 nakedness thou shalt not uncover. The nakedness of thy

son's daughter, or of thy daughter's daughter, their nakedness thou shalt not uncover: for it is thy own nakedness. 11 The nakedness of thy stepmother's daughter, begotten by thy father (she is thy sister), thou shalt not uncover her 12 nakedness. Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy 13 father's sister: she is thy father's near kinswoman.

Thou shall not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister for 14 she is thy mother's near kinswoman. Thou shalt not un

cover the nakedness of thy father's brother, thou shalt not 15 approach to his wife; she is thy aunt. Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter-in-law: she is thy 16 son's wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife; it is 17 thy brother's nakedness. Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, neither shalt thou take her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness; they are her near kinswomen: it is 18 wickedness. Nor shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to cause her jealousy, to uncover her nakedness, besides the 19 other, in her life-time. Nor shalt thou approach a woman

during the impurity of her uncleanness, to uncover her naked20 ness. And with thy neighbour's wife thou shalt not lie 21 carnally, to defile thyself with her. And thou shalt not

cause any of thy offspring to pass through the fire to Molech, nor shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am 22 Jehovah. Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with 23 womankind: it is an abomination. Nor shalt thou lie with any beast, to defile thyself with it; nor shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down to it: it is confusion.

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Defile not yourselves by any of these things: for by all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you, 25 and the land is defiled: therefore I will visit its iniquity upon it, and the land itself shall vomit out her inhabitants. 26 Ye shall therefore observe my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among 27 you; (for all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, so that the land is defiled ;) that 28 the land vomit you not out also, when ye defile it, as it hath 29 vomited out the nations that were before you. For whoso

ever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people. Therefore ye shall observe my ordinances, so as not to commit 30 any of these abominable customs, which have been committed before you, and not to defile yourselves by them: I am Jehovah your God.'”

CHAP. XIX.—And Jehovah spake to Moses, saying, 1 "Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and 2 say to them, 'Ye shall be holy: for I Jehovah your God am holy.

Every one of you shall revere his mother, and his father, 3 and keep my sabbaths: I am Jehovah your God.

Turn ye not to idols, nor make for yourself molten gods: 4 I am Jehovah your God.

And when ye sacrifice a sacrifice of peace-offerings to Je- 5 hovah, ye shall sacrifice it for your acceptance. It shall be 6 eaten on the same day in which ye sacrifice it; or on the morrow and if any part remain until the third day, it shall be burnt with fire. And if it be eaten at all on the third 7 day, it is abominable; it shall not be accepted. And he who s eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned that which had been consecrated to Jehovah; that soul, therefore, shall be cut off from among his people.

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And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt 9 not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest. And thou shalt not 10 glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger I am Jehovah your God.

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Ye shall not steal, nor deal falsely, nor lie one to another. 11 And shall not swear by my name to a falsehood, and ye fane the name of thy God: I am Jehovah. oppress thy neighbour, nor rob him; nor shall the wages of a hired servant abide with thee all night until the morning. Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling- 14 block before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am Jehovah.

Ye shall do no injustice in judgment: thou shalt not 15 respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.

Thou shalt not go about, a tale-bearer among thy people; 16 nor shalt thou stand up against the blood of thy neighbour: