## Leviticus Chapter 22

###### Leviticus 22:1
[Leviticus 22:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Leviticus/r/22:1)

וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר יְהֹוָ֖ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֥ה לֵּאמֹֽר׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Adonoy spoke to Moshe, saying;

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And the Lord spoke to Moshe saying,

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the L-rd spoke to Moses, saying:


###### Leviticus 22:2
[Leviticus 22:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Leviticus/r/22:2)

דַּבֵּ֨ר אֶֽל־אַהֲרֹ֜ן וְאֶל־בָּנָ֗יו וְיִנָּֽזְרוּ֙ מִקׇּדְשֵׁ֣י בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְלֹ֥א יְחַלְּל֖וּ אֶת־שֵׁ֣ם קׇדְשִׁ֑י אֲשֶׁ֨ר הֵ֧ם מַקְדִּשִׁ֛ים לִ֖י אֲנִ֥י יְהֹוָֽה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Speak to Aharon and to his sons and let them keep away from the holy offerings of Bnei Yisroel and they shall not profane My holy name which they sanctify for Me, I am Adonoy.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Speak to Aharon and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Yisra᾽el which they hallow to me, and they profane not my holy name, I am the Lord.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Speak to Aaron and to his sons that they separate themselves [in the days of their uncleanliness] from the holy things of the children of Israel which they [(including the Cohanim themselves)] make holy unto Me, that they not profane My holy name; I am the L-rd.


###### Leviticus 22:3
[Leviticus 22:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Leviticus/r/22:3)

אֱמֹ֣ר אֲלֵהֶ֗ם לְדֹרֹ֨תֵיכֶ֜ם כׇּל־אִ֣ישׁ**׀** אֲשֶׁר־יִקְרַ֣ב מִכׇּל־זַרְעֲכֶ֗ם אֶל־הַקֳּדָשִׁים֙ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יַקְדִּ֤ישׁוּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ לַֽיהֹוָ֔ה וְטֻמְאָת֖וֹ עָלָ֑יו וְנִכְרְתָ֞ה הַנֶּ֧פֶשׁ הַהִ֛וא מִלְּפָנַ֖י אֲנִ֥י יְהֹוָֽה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Say to them; throughout your generations; any person of your offspring who will draw near to the holy things which Bnei Yisroel will sanctify to Adonoy [while] his impurity is on him that soul shall be cut off from My Presence, I am Adonoy.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Say to them, Whoever he be of all your seed among your generations, that approaches the holy things, which the children of Yisra᾽el hallow to the Lord, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from my presence: I am the Lord.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Say to them: Throughout your generations, every man who draws near of all of your seed to [eat] the holy things that the children of Israel make holy unto the L-rd, with his uncleanliness upon him, that soul will be cut off from before Me; I am the L-rd.


###### Leviticus 22:4
[Leviticus 22:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Leviticus/r/22:4)

אִ֣ישׁ אִ֞ישׁ מִזֶּ֣רַע אַהֲרֹ֗ן וְה֤וּא צָר֙וּעַ֙ א֣וֹ זָ֔ב בַּקֳּדָשִׁים֙ לֹ֣א יֹאכַ֔ל עַ֖ד אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִטְהָ֑ר וְהַנֹּגֵ֙עַ֙ בְּכׇל־טְמֵא־נֶ֔פֶשׁ א֣וֹ אִ֔ישׁ אֲשֶׁר־תֵּצֵ֥א מִמֶּ֖נּוּ שִׁכְבַת־זָֽרַע׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Any man of Aharons offspring; who has *tzoraas* or an impure flow, may not eat of the sacred things until he has purified himself. [The same is true] of anyone who touches anything defiled by the dead, or anyone who has had a seminal emission,

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
What man soever of the seed of Aharon that is stricken with żara῾at, or has a running issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he be clean. And whoever touches anything that is unclean by the dead, or a man whose semen goes from him;

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
A man of the seed of Aaron, if he is a leper or a zav, of the holy things he shall not eat until he is clean. And one who touches anyone who is unclean through the dead; or a man from whom semen issues,


###### Leviticus 22:5
[Leviticus 22:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Leviticus/r/22:5)

אוֹ־אִישׁ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִגַּ֔ע בְּכׇל־שֶׁ֖רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִטְמָא־ל֑וֹ א֤וֹ בְאָדָם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִטְמָא־ל֔וֹ לְכֹ֖ל טֻמְאָתֽוֹ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
or anyone who touches any creeping creature that causes impurity to him, or any person which causes impurity to him, [with] whatever impurity he has.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
or whoever touches any creeping thing, whereby he may be made unclean, or a man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatever uncleanness he has;

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Or a man who touches any creeping thing (sheretz) [the (minimum) amount (a lentil-size)] which renders him unclean, or a [dead] man [the (minimum) amount (an olive-size)] which renders him unclean — whatever his uncleanliness [(including touching a zav, a zavah, a niddah, or a yoledeth (a woman who has just given birth)] —


###### Leviticus 22:6
[Leviticus 22:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Leviticus/r/22:6)

נֶ֚פֶשׁ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תִּגַּע־בּ֔וֹ וְטָמְאָ֖ה עַד־הָעָ֑רֶב וְלֹ֤א יֹאכַל֙ מִן־הַקֳּדָשִׁ֔ים כִּ֛י אִם־רָחַ֥ץ בְּשָׂר֖וֹ בַּמָּֽיִם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Anyone touching [that person] will be impure until the evening. He shall not eat of the holy things unless he has washed his body in water.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
the person who has touched any such shall be unclean until evening, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he bathe his flesh with water.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The soul who touches it [one of the above] shall be unclean until the evening; and he shall not eat of the holy things until he bathes his flesh in water.


###### Leviticus 22:7
[Leviticus 22:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Leviticus/r/22:7)

וּבָ֥א הַשֶּׁ֖מֶשׁ וְטָהֵ֑ר וְאַחַר֙ יֹאכַ֣ל מִן־הַקֳּדָשִׁ֔ים כִּ֥י לַחְמ֖וֹ הֽוּא׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
When the sun sets, he is pure, and afterwards, he may eat of the holy things, for it is his bread.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And when the sun is down, he shall be clean, and shall afterwards eat of the holy things; because it is his food.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And when the sun sets he shall be clean, and then he may eat of the holy things [terumah], for it is his bread.


###### Leviticus 22:8
[Leviticus 22:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Leviticus/r/22:8)

נְבֵלָ֧ה וּטְרֵפָ֛ה לֹ֥א יֹאכַ֖ל לְטׇמְאָה־בָ֑הּ אֲנִ֖י יְהֹוָֽה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
An animal which has died on its own, or an animal that was fatally maimed, he must not eat to defile himself with it, I am Adonoy.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
That which dies of itself, or is torn with beasts, he shall not eat to defile himself with it: I am the Lord.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Neveilah or treifah he shall not eat [see 17:15] to defile himself therewith [(If he does eat it, he is forbidden to eat kodshim)]; I am the L-rd.


###### Leviticus 22:9
[Leviticus 22:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Leviticus/r/22:9)

וְשָׁמְר֣וּ אֶת־מִשְׁמַרְתִּ֗י וְלֹֽא־יִשְׂא֤וּ עָלָיו֙ חֵ֔טְא וּמֵ֥תוּ ב֖וֹ כִּ֣י יְחַלְּלֻ֑הוּ אֲנִ֥י יְהֹוָ֖ה מְקַדְּשָֽׁם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
They shall keep my charge lest they bear [the burden] of sin and die because of it for having profaned [it]. I am Adonoy Who makes them holy.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
They shall therefore keep my charge, lest they bear sin for it, and die therefore, if they profane it: I the Lord do sanctify them.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And they shall keep My charge [not to eat terumah in a state of bodily uncleanliness], that they not bear sin because of it. And they will die for it [(death by the hands of Heaven)] if they profane it; I am the L-rd who sanctifies them.


###### Leviticus 22:10
[Leviticus 22:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Leviticus/r/22:10)

וְכׇל־זָ֖ר לֹא־יֹ֣אכַל קֹ֑דֶשׁ תּוֹשַׁ֥ב כֹּהֵ֛ן וְשָׂכִ֖יר לֹא־יֹ֥אכַל קֹֽדֶשׁ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
No stranger (non-*kohein*) may eat holy things. One indentured to a *kohein* and one hired [by a *kohein*] may not eat sacred-offerings.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
No stranger shall eat of the holy thing: a tenant of a priest, or a hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And every non-priest (zar) shall not eat the holy thing [terumah]. A Cohein's toshav [a servant whose ear is bored, who serves until the Jubilee year] and (his) sachir [a hired servant, who leaves after six years] shall not eat the holy thing, [the Cohein not owning his body].


###### Leviticus 22:11
[Leviticus 22:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Leviticus/r/22:11)

וְכֹהֵ֗ן כִּֽי־יִקְנֶ֥ה נֶ֙פֶשׁ֙ קִנְיַ֣ן כַּסְפּ֔וֹ ה֖וּא יֹ֣אכַל בּ֑וֹ וִילִ֣יד בֵּית֔וֹ הֵ֖ם יֹאכְל֥וּ בְלַחְמֽוֹ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
If a *kohein* shall purchase a person [as a slave, that person is] his monetary possession. He may eat of it, and the [slave] born in his house, they may eat of his bread.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But if a priest buy any person with money, he may eat of it, and he that is born in his house: they shall eat of his bread.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And a Cohein, if he acquire a soul [a Canaanite bondsman, whose body he owns], the acquisition of his money [(the Cohein's wife is hereby included)], he may eat of it, and one that is born in his house [(the children of the bondswomen)] — they may eat of his bread.


###### Leviticus 22:12
[Leviticus 22:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Leviticus/r/22:12)

וּבַ֨ת־כֹּהֵ֔ן כִּ֥י תִהְיֶ֖ה לְאִ֣ישׁ זָ֑ר הִ֕וא בִּתְרוּמַ֥ת הַקֳּדָשִׁ֖ים לֹ֥א תֹאכֵֽל׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
When a koheins daughter marries a non-*kohein*, the sacred *terumah* portions may not be eaten by her.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And if a priest’s daughter be married to a stranger, she may not eat of an offering of the holy things.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the daughter of a Cohein, if she be wed to a man who is a zar [i.e., a Levite or an Israelite], she, of the terumah of the holy things shall not eat.


###### Leviticus 22:13
[Leviticus 22:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Leviticus/r/22:13)

וּבַת־כֹּהֵן֩ כִּ֨י תִהְיֶ֜ה אַלְמָנָ֣ה וּגְרוּשָׁ֗ה וְזֶ֘רַע֮ אֵ֣ין לָהּ֒ וְשָׁבָ֞ה אֶל־בֵּ֤ית אָבִ֙יהָ֙ כִּנְעוּרֶ֔יהָ מִלֶּ֥חֶם אָבִ֖יהָ תֹּאכֵ֑ל וְכׇל־זָ֖ר לֹא־יֹ֥אכַל בּֽוֹ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
If a koheins daughter is either widowed or divorced, and she has no children, and she returns to her fathers home as in her youth, she may eat of her fathers bread. No non-*kohein* may eat of it.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But if a priest’s daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no child, and has returned to her father’s house, as in her youth, she shall eat of her father’s bread: but no stranger shall eat of it.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the daughter of a Cohein, if she be widowed or divorced [from the zar], and she have no seed [from him], then she may return to the house of her father as in her maidenhood (and) from the bread of her father may she eat. And no zar may eat of it, [but a Cohein who is an onein (a mourner) may].


###### Leviticus 22:14
[Leviticus 22:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Leviticus/r/22:14)

וְאִ֕ישׁ כִּֽי־יֹאכַ֥ל קֹ֖דֶשׁ בִּשְׁגָגָ֑ה וְיָסַ֤ף חֲמִֽשִׁיתוֹ֙ עָלָ֔יו וְנָתַ֥ן לַכֹּהֵ֖ן אֶת־הַקֹּֽדֶשׁ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
If a man inadvertently eats of sacred-offering, he shall add a fifth, to it[s worth] and give to the *kohein* the holy thing.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And if a man eat of the holy thing unwittingly, then he shall add the fifth part thereof to it, and shall give the holy thing to the priest.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And a man, if he eat the holy thing [terumah] unwittingly, then he shall add its fifth part upon it and give the Cohein the holy thing [i.e., what can become holy. He does not give him money, but produce of chullin (non-terumah), which becomes terumah].


###### Leviticus 22:15
[Leviticus 22:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Leviticus/r/22:15)

וְלֹ֣א יְחַלְּל֔וּ אֶת־קׇדְשֵׁ֖י בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל אֵ֥ת אֲשֶׁר־יָרִ֖ימוּ לַיהֹוָֽה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
They shall not profane the holy things of Bnei Yisroel that which they designated for Adonoy.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Yisra᾽el, which they offer to the Lord;

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel [by feeding it to zarim], what they lift to the L-rd.


###### Leviticus 22:16
[Leviticus 22:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Leviticus/r/22:16)

וְהִשִּׂ֤יאוּ אוֹתָם֙ עֲוֺ֣ן אַשְׁמָ֔ה בְּאׇכְלָ֖ם אֶת־קׇדְשֵׁיהֶ֑ם כִּ֛י אֲנִ֥י יְהֹוָ֖ה מְקַדְּשָֽׁם׃{פ}

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
They burden them[selves] with the sin of their guilt when they eat their holy things, for I am Adonoy, Who makes them holy.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and so cause them to bear the iniquity of trespass, when they eat their holy things: for I the Lord do sanctify them.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And they (the Cohanim) will bear upon themselves the sin of guilt when they (the zarim) eat their holy things [things set aside to be terumah]; for I am the L-rd who sanctifies them.


###### Leviticus 22:17
[Leviticus 22:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Leviticus/r/22:17)

וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר יְהֹוָ֖ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֥ה לֵּאמֹֽר׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Adonoy spoke to Moshe, saying;

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And the Lord spoke to Moshe, saying,

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the L-rd spoke to Moses, saying:


###### Leviticus 22:18
[Leviticus 22:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Leviticus/r/22:18)

דַּבֵּ֨ר אֶֽל־אַהֲרֹ֜ן וְאֶל־בָּנָ֗יו וְאֶל֙ כׇּל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְאָמַרְתָּ֖ אֲלֵהֶ֑ם אִ֣ישׁ אִישׁ֩ מִבֵּ֨ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל וּמִן־הַגֵּ֣ר בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל אֲשֶׁ֨ר יַקְרִ֤יב קׇרְבָּנוֹ֙ לְכׇל־נִדְרֵיהֶם֙ וּלְכׇל־נִדְבוֹתָ֔ם אֲשֶׁר־יַקְרִ֥יבוּ לַיהֹוָ֖ה לְעֹלָֽה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Speak to Aharon and to his sons and to all of Bnei Yisroel and say to them; any man of the House of Israel, and from the proselytes of Israel who will bring his offering for any of their vows or for any of their free-will-offerings that they will bring to Adonoy, for a burnt-offering.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Speak to Aharon, and to his sons, and to all the children of Yisra᾽el, and say to them, Whatever he be of the house of Yisra᾽el, or of the strangers in Yisra᾽el, that will offer their sacrifice for all their vows, and for all their freewill offerings, which they will offer to the Lord for a burnt offering;

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Speak to Aaron and to his sons and to all the children of Israel, and say to them: A man of the house of Israel and of the stranger in Israel, who brings his offering, of all of their vows ["I take it upon myself to bring, etc."] and of all of their gift offerings ["This (animal) shall be, etc."], which they will present to the L-rd as a burnt-offering —


###### Leviticus 22:19
[Leviticus 22:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Leviticus/r/22:19)

לִֽרְצֹנְכֶ֑ם תָּמִ֣ים זָכָ֔ר בַּבָּקָ֕ר בַּכְּשָׂבִ֖ים וּבָֽעִזִּֽים׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
To gain acceptance [it must be] an unblemished male of cattle, sheep or goats.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
you shall offer, that you may be accepted, a male without blemish, of the oxen, of the sheep, or of the goats.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
So that you find favor with it [(in My eyes) shall you bring it. And with what will you find favor?] A male without blemish in the cattle, in the sheep, and in the goats [(but a bird burnt-offering need not be male and unblemished. It becomes pasul only if it lacks a limb.)]


###### Leviticus 22:20
[Leviticus 22:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Leviticus/r/22:20)

כֹּ֛ל אֲשֶׁר־בּ֥וֹ מ֖וּם לֹ֣א תַקְרִ֑יבוּ כִּי־לֹ֥א לְרָצ֖וֹן יִהְיֶ֥ה לָכֶֽם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Anything that has a blemish on it you shall not bring, for it will not be accepted favorably for you.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But whatever has a blemish, that shall you not offer: for it shall not be acceptable for you.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Whatever has a blemish in it you shall not present, for it will not be acceptable for you.


###### Leviticus 22:21
[Leviticus 22:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Leviticus/r/22:21)

וְאִ֗ישׁ כִּֽי־יַקְרִ֤יב זֶֽבַח־שְׁלָמִים֙ לַיהֹוָ֔ה לְפַלֵּא־נֶ֙דֶר֙ א֣וֹ לִנְדָבָ֔ה בַּבָּקָ֖ר א֣וֹ בַצֹּ֑אן תָּמִ֤ים יִֽהְיֶה֙ לְרָצ֔וֹן כׇּל־מ֖וּם לֹ֥א יִהְיֶה־בּֽוֹ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
If a man will bring a peace-offering to Adonoy, to fulfill an articulated vow or free-will-offering of cattle or of sheep, it shall be unblemished, that it be favorably accepted. No blemish shall be in it.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And whoever offers a sacrifice of peace offerings to the Lord to accomplish his vow, or a freewill offering in oxen or sheep, it shall be perfect to be accepted; no blemish shall be in it.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And if a man present a sacrifice of peace-offerings to the L-rd for an expressed vow or as a gift-offering, of the cattle or of the flock, perfect shall it be for acceptance; no blemish shall be in it.


###### Leviticus 22:22
[Leviticus 22:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Leviticus/r/22:22)

עַוֶּ֩רֶת֩ א֨וֹ שָׁב֜וּר אוֹ־חָר֣וּץ אֽוֹ־יַבֶּ֗לֶת א֤וֹ גָרָב֙ א֣וֹ יַלֶּ֔פֶת לֹא־תַקְרִ֥יבוּ אֵ֖לֶּה לַיהֹוָ֑ה וְאִשֶּׁ֗ה לֹא־תִתְּנ֥וּ מֵהֶ֛ם עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ לַיהֹוָֽה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
A blind, broken-limbed, cracked or wart[ed animal]; or [an animal] with scurf or scabs you shall not bring these to Adonoy; and as a fire-offering you shall not place of them on the altar of Adonoy.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a growth, or scurvy, or scabbed, you shall not offer these to the Lord, nor make an offering by fire of them upon the altar to the Lord.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[It shall not be] blind or broken or charutz [having an eyelid or a lip that was split or injured], or having a wart or [having] garav or yalefeth [types of skin conditions]. You shall not present these to the L-rd. [("You shall not present") — three times (here, 24, 25): to exhort against their being dedicated, slaughtered, and their blood being sprinkled)] And a fire-offering you shall not make of them on the altar to the L-rd [(an exhortation against their being smoked)].


###### Leviticus 22:23
[Leviticus 22:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Leviticus/r/22:23)

וְשׁ֥וֹר וָשֶׂ֖ה שָׂר֣וּעַ וְקָל֑וּט נְדָבָה֙ תַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה אֹת֔וֹ וּלְנֵ֖דֶר לֹ֥א יֵרָצֶֽה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
An ox or lamb with one limb larger [or smaller] than the other or with uncleft hooves, you shall make (offer) it as a free-will-offering [to the temple treasury] [but] for [the fulfillment of] a vow it will not be favorably accepted.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Either a bullock or a lamb that has anything superfluous or too short, that mayst thou offer for a freewill offering; but for a vow it shall not be accepted.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And an ox or a lamb, asymmetrical [of limb] or "closed" [of hoof], a gift [for Temple maintenance] you may make it, but as a vow [for the altar] it shall not be acceptable.


###### Leviticus 22:24
[Leviticus 22:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Leviticus/r/22:24)

וּמָע֤וּךְ וְכָתוּת֙ וְנָת֣וּק וְכָר֔וּת לֹ֥א תַקְרִ֖יבוּ לַֽיהֹוָ֑ה וּֽבְאַרְצְכֶ֖ם לֹ֥א תַעֲשֽׂוּ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
[An animal that has its testicles] crushed, mangled, torn or cut off you shall not bring to Adonoy and in your land you shall not inflict these injuries.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
You shall not offer to the Lord that which has its testicles bruised or crushed, or broken, or cut; neither shall you do thus in your land.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And [an animal whose membrum or testicles are] bruised [by hand] or crushed, or torn [by hand from their cords but still resting in the scrotum], or cut [by instrument but still resting in the scrotum] you shall not present to the L-rd. And in your land [i.e., to all the animals in your land, including unclean ones] you shall not do this [i.e., you shall not castrate them].


###### Leviticus 22:25
[Leviticus 22:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Leviticus/r/22:25)

וּמִיַּ֣ד בֶּן־נֵכָ֗ר לֹ֥א תַקְרִ֛יבוּ אֶת־לֶ֥חֶם אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם מִכׇּל־אֵ֑לֶּה כִּ֣י מׇשְׁחָתָ֤ם בָּהֶם֙ מ֣וּם בָּ֔ם לֹ֥א יֵרָצ֖וּ לָכֶֽם׃{ס}

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
And from a strangers [gentiles] hand you shall not bring (offer) the bread of your God from any of these for they have inflicted wounds in them; they will not be favorably accepted for you.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Neither from a stranger’s hand shall you offer the bread of your God from any of these; because their corruption is in them, their blemish is in them: they shall not be accepted for you.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And from the hand of a gentile [who brings an offering through a Cohein] you shall not present the bread of your G-d of all these [blemished animals], for their defect is in them. There is a blemish in them; they will not be acceptable [to atone] for you.


###### Leviticus 22:26
[Leviticus 22:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Leviticus/r/22:26)

וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר יְהֹוָ֖ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֥ה לֵּאמֹֽר׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Adonoy spoke to Moshe, saying;

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And the Lord spoke to Moshe, saying,

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the L-rd spoke to Moses, saying:


###### Leviticus 22:27
[Leviticus 22:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Leviticus/r/22:27)

שׁ֣וֹר אוֹ־כֶ֤שֶׂב אוֹ־עֵז֙ כִּ֣י יִוָּלֵ֔ד וְהָיָ֛ה שִׁבְעַ֥ת יָמִ֖ים תַּ֣חַת אִמּ֑וֹ וּמִיּ֤וֹם הַשְּׁמִינִי֙ וָהָ֔לְאָה יֵרָצֶ֕ה לְקׇרְבַּ֥ן אִשֶּׁ֖ה לַיהֹוָֽה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
An ox, lamb or goat, when it is born, shall be with its mother for seven days. From the eighth day and thereafter it may be favorably accepted as a sacrifice as a fire-offering to Adonoy.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it shall be seven days under its dam; and from the eighth day and thenceforth it shall be accepted for an offering made by fire to the Lord.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
An ox, or a sheep, or a goat, when it is born [(to exclude one delivered by Caesarean section)], it shall be seven days under its mother; and from the eighth day and on, it shall be acceptable as an offering of fire to the L-rd.


###### Leviticus 22:28
[Leviticus 22:28](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Leviticus/r/22:28)

וְשׁ֖וֹר אוֹ־שֶׂ֑ה אֹת֣וֹ וְאֶת־בְּנ֔וֹ לֹ֥א תִשְׁחֲט֖וּ בְּי֥וֹם אֶחָֽד׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
An ox or a lamb, it and its offspring, you shall not slaughter in one day.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And whether it be cow or ewe, you shall not kill it and its young both in one day.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And an ox or a lamb, it [the mother] and its son [or daughter] you shall not slaughter in one day.


###### Leviticus 22:29
[Leviticus 22:29](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Leviticus/r/22:29)

וְכִֽי־תִזְבְּח֥וּ זֶֽבַח־תּוֹדָ֖ה לַיהֹוָ֑ה לִֽרְצֹנְכֶ֖ם תִּזְבָּֽחוּ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
When you sacrifice a thanks-giving-offering to Adonoy, that it be favorably accepted for you you shall sacrifice it.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And when you will offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the Lord, offer it that it may be accepted.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And when you slaughter a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the L-rd, that it be acceptable for you shall you slaughter it, [viz.,]


###### Leviticus 22:30
[Leviticus 22:30](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Leviticus/r/22:30)

בַּיּ֤וֹם הַהוּא֙ יֵאָכֵ֔ל לֹֽא־תוֹתִ֥ירוּ מִמֶּ֖נּוּ עַד־בֹּ֑קֶר אֲנִ֖י יְהֹוָֽה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
On that day [that it is sacrificed] you should eat it; you shall leave none of it until the next morning, I am Adonoy.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
On the same day it shall be eaten up; you shall leave none of it until the morrow: I am the Lord.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[Slaughter it with the intention that] on that [same] day it will be eaten. You shall leave none of it over until the morning; I am the L-rd [Know who decreed this and let it not be light in your eyes.]


###### Leviticus 22:31
[Leviticus 22:31](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Leviticus/r/22:31)

וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם֙ מִצְוֺתַ֔י וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֖ם אֹתָ֑ם אֲנִ֖י יְהֹוָֽה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
You shall preserve My commandments and fulfill them, I am Adonoy.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And you shall keep my commandments, and do them: I am the Lord.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And you shall heed [i.e., study] My mitzvoth and you shall do them; I am the L-rd.


###### Leviticus 22:32
[Leviticus 22:32](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Leviticus/r/22:32)

וְלֹ֤א תְחַלְּלוּ֙ אֶת־שֵׁ֣ם קׇדְשִׁ֔י וְנִ֨קְדַּשְׁתִּ֔י בְּת֖וֹךְ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל אֲנִ֥י יְהֹוָ֖ה מְקַדִּשְׁכֶֽם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
You shall not profane My holy Name; but I will be sanctified among Bnei Yisroel. I am Adonoy Who makes you holy.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Neither shall you profane my holy name; but I will be hallowed among the children of Yisra᾽el: I am the Lord who make you holy,

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And you shall not profane My holy name [by wittingly transgressing My words], and I shall be sanctified [(Deliver yourself — even unto death — for sanctification of My name)] in the midst of the children of Israel [i.e., in public]; I am the L-rd who sanctifies you.


###### Leviticus 22:33
[Leviticus 22:33](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Leviticus/r/22:33)

הַמּוֹצִ֤יא אֶתְכֶם֙ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם לִהְי֥וֹת לָכֶ֖ם לֵאלֹהִ֑ים אֲנִ֖י יְהֹוָֽה׃{פ}

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God, I am Adonoy.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
who brought you out of the land of Miżrayim, to be your God: I am the Lord.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Who took you out of the land of Egypt [to this end], to be a G-d unto you; I am the L-rd.