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Acts 20:31-35
Supporting Oneself and Others
31 Watch out! Remember the three years I was with you—my constant watch and care over you night and day, and my many tears for you.
32 “And now I entrust you to God and the message of his grace that is able to build you up and give you an inheritance with all those he has set apart for himself.
33 “I have never coveted anyone’s silver or gold or fine clothes.
34 You know that these hands of mine have worked to supply my own needs and even the needs of those who were with me.
35 And I have been a constant example of how you can help those in need by working hard. You should remember the words of the Lord Jesus: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
Vayikra (Leviticus) Chapter 21
1 God said to Moses: “Say to the priests, the sons of Aaron—you must say to them—‘No one may ritually defile himself among his people on account of a corpse,
2 except for his close relative, his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, and his brother.
3 Regarding his virgin sister, as long as she was “close” to him in that she was not married to a man, he must defile himself for her.
4 A husband must not ritually defile himself for a wife who died among his people if she caused his temporary demotion from active priesthood.
5 They must not make a bald spot on their heads, nor may they shave any edge of their beard, nor may they make cuts in their flesh.
6 They must be holy to their God, and must not desecrate their God’s Name, for they offer up the fire-offerings of God—the “food” of their God—so they must be holy.
7 They must not marry a woman who has acted like an unfaithful woman or who is demoted from being eligible to marry a priest. They must not marry a woman who was divorced from her husband, for he is holy to his God.
8 You, through the court, must sanctify him, for he offers up the “food” of your God. He must be treated as holy by you because I, God, who sanctifies you, am holy.
9 If a priest’s daughter becomes desecrated on account of committing adultery, she thereby desecrates her father. She must be burned in fire.
10 The priest who has been elevated above his brothers—the anointment oil having been poured upon his head or who has been installed by being chosen to wear the garments of a high priest—must not leave his hair uncut nor rend his garments.
11 He must not come into any roofed structure in which any dead bodies are present. He must not ritually defile himself for his father or his mother.
12 He must not leave the Sanctuary. He does not desecrate the holy things of his God by officiating while in mourning, for the crown of his God’s anointing oil is upon him; I am God.
13 He must marry a woman who is a virgin.
14 He must not marry the following: a widow, a divorcée, a woman who is demoted from being eligible to marry a priest, or a woman who has acted like an unfaithful woman. He may only take a virgin as a wife from any of his people.
15 He must not cause his offspring to be demoted from the priesthood by fathering them by any woman from among his people who is prohibited to him, for I am God, who sanctifies him.’”
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2 Thessalonians 3:6-12
Work Quietly and Diligently
6 And now, dear brothers and sisters, we give you this command in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ: Stay away from all believers who live idle lives and don’t follow the tradition they received from us.
7 For you know that you ought to imitate us. We were not idle when we were with you.
8 We never accepted food from anyone without paying for it. We worked hard day and night so we would not be a burden to any of you.
9 We certainly had the right to ask you to feed us, but we wanted to give you an example to follow.
10 Even while we were with you, we gave you this command: “Those unwilling to work will not get to eat.”
11 Yet we hear that some of you are living idle lives, refusing to work and meddling in other people’s business. 12 We command such people and urge them in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ to settle down and work to earn their own living.
Vayikra (Leviticus) Chapter 21
16 God spoke to Moses, saying,
17 “Speak to Aaron, saying: ‘Any man among your descendants, throughout their generations, who has a bodily defect may not approach the Altar to offer up his God’s “food,”
18 for it is not proper that any man who has a defect should approach the Altar. A blind man, a lame man, a man whose nose is sunken, a man with mismatched limbs,
19 a man who has a broken leg or arm,
20 a man whose eyebrows are long, a man with a cataract, a man with a commingling of the colors in his eye, a man with dry boils, a man with oozing boils, or a man with crushed testicles—
21 any man among the descendants of Aaron the priest who has a defect must not approach the Altar to offer up God’s fire-offerings. As long as he has such a defect, he must not approach the Altar to offer up his God’s “food.”
22 He may eat his God’s “food”—both from the sacrifices of superior holiness and from the sacrifices of lesser holiness.
23 He must not approach the Curtain of the Holy of Holies, besides not approaching the Outer Altar, for he has a defect. He must not desecrate My holy things, for I am God, who sanctifies them.’”
24 Moses told all this to Aaron, his sons, and all the Israelites.
Vayikra (Leviticus) Chapter 22
1 God spoke to Moses, saying:
2 “Tell Aaron and his sons that they must abstain from eating of the holy sacrifices of the Israelites that they sanctify to Me, so as not to desecrate My Holy Name; I am God.
3 Say to them: ‘Throughout your generations, any man among any of your descendants who, while in a state of ritual defilement, approaches—i.e., eats of—the holy sacrifices that the Israelites consecrate to God, that person will be cut off from before Me; I am God.
4 Any man among Aaron’s descendants who is afflicted with tzara’at or has had a non-seminal discharge must not eat of the holy food—terumah—until he purifies himself of ritual defilement. The same is true for one who touches anyone who has become ritually defiled by contact with a dead person; a man who has had a seminal discharge;
5 a man who touches the carcass of any crawling creature through which he can be ritually defiled; who touches the corpse of a person through which he can be ritually defiled; or who touches any other person through whom he can become ritually defiled.
6 A person who touches any of these will remain ritually defiled until nightfall. He must not eat from the holy food—terumah—unless he has immersed his flesh in the water of a mikveh,
7 and when the sun sets, he will be rid of defilement; after this he may eat holy food—terumah—for it is his staple food.
8 He must not eat from the carcass of a fowl that can become forbidden on account of being found to be suffering from a fatal defect, thereby becoming ritually defiled by it; I am God.
9 They must safeguard My charge in order that they not bear responsibility for a sin punishable by death on account of having desecrated it. I am God, who sanctifies them.
10 No non-priest may eat holy food, i.e., terumah. A priest’s resident or hired servant may not eat holy food, i.e., terumah.
11 If a priest acquires a non-Jewish person as a monetary acquisition, this bondman may eat the priest’s terumah. As to those born in his house, they may eat of his holy food, i.e., his terumah.
12 If a priest’s daughter marries a layman, she may no longer eat holy terumah.
13 But if the priest’s daughter becomes widowed or divorced, and she has no descendants, she may return to her father’s household as in her youth and eat of her father’s terumah-food. No non-priest may eat of it.
14 If a lay person unintentionally eats holy food, i.e., terumah, he must add a fifth to it and give the priest the holy food, i.e., his terumah.
15 They must not desecrate the holy terumah, which the Israelites have set aside for God,
16 thereby causing themselves to bear iniquity and guilt when the laity eat their holy terumah, for I am God, who sanctifies them.’”
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Prov. 10:1-5, 15-16
Work Diligently before God
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The proverbs of Solomon:
A wise child brings joy to a father;
a foolish child brings grief to a mother.2
Tainted wealth has no lasting value,
but right living can save your life.3
The Lord will not let the godly go hungry,
but he refuses to satisfy the craving of the wicked.4
Lazy people are soon poor;
hard workers get rich.5
A wise youth harvests in the summer,
but one who sleeps during harvest is a disgrace.6
The godly are showered with blessings;
the words of the wicked conceal violent intentions.7
We have happy memories of the godly,
but the name of a wicked person rots away.8
The wise are glad to be instructed,
but babbling fools fall flat on their faces.9
People with integrity walk safely,
but those who follow crooked paths will be exposed.10
People who wink at wrong cause trouble,
but a bold reproof promotes peace.11
The words of the godly are a life-giving fountain;
the words of the wicked conceal violent intentions.12
Hatred stirs up quarrels,
but love makes up for all offenses.13
Wise words come from the lips of people with understanding,
but those lacking sense will be beaten with a rod.14
Wise people treasure knowledge,
but the babbling of a fool invites disaster.15
The wealth of the rich is their fortress;
the poverty of the poor is their destruction.16
The earnings of the godly enhance their lives,
but evil people squander their money on sin.Vayikra (Leviticus) Chapter 22
17 God spoke to Moses, saying,
18 “Speak to Aaron and to his sons and to all the Israelites and say to them: ‘Any person from the house of Israel or from the converts among Israel who offers up his sacrifice for any of his sacrificial vows or for any of his sacrificial dedications that he may offer up to God as an ascent-offering,
19 must offer up an animal that will attain God’s favor for you: an unblemished male from cattle, sheep, or goats.
20 You must not offer up any animal that has a blemish, for it will not attain God’s favor for you.
21 If a man offers up a peace-promoting feast-offering to God after articulating a sacrificial vow or as the fulfillment of a sacrificial dedication, whether from cattle or from the flock, then in order to attain God’s favor, it must be unblemished; it must not have any blemish.
22 Regarding an animal that is blind, has a broken bone, a split eyelid or lip, warts, dry boils, or oozing boils: you must not offer up any of these to God, nor must you place any of these upon the Altar as a fire-offering to God.
23 As for a work-bull or sheep that has mismatched limbs or uncloven hooves, you may make it into the fulfillment of a sacrificial dedication but it will not be accepted in fulfillment of a sacrificial vow.
24 You must not offer up to God an animal whose reproductive organs were squashed, crushed, disconnected from the seminal ducts, or severed from the seminal ducts. You must not do anything that would thus maim any animal in your land.
25 You must not offer up any of these blemished animals as “food” for your God from a gentile, for such animals are defective in that they are blemished. They will not attain God’s favor for you.’”
26 God spoke to Moses, saying:
27 “When a work-bull, sheep, or goat is born, it must remain in its mother’s care for seven days; it will be accepted as a sacrifice for a fire-offering to God only from the eighth day onward.
28 With regard to a work-bull or a sheep or goat: you must not slaughter it and its offspring on the same day.
29 When you slaughter a thanksgiving feast-offering to God, you must slaughter it such that it attain My favor for you, i.e.,
30 with the intention that it be eaten on that day; do not leave it over until morning; I am God.
31 You must safeguard My commandments and perform them; I am God.
32 You must not desecrate My holy Name, that I may be sanctified among the Israelites; I am God, who sanctifies you, and
33 who took you out of Egypt in order to be your God; I am God.”
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Matthew 20:1-16
The Workers and Their Wages
1 “For the Kingdom of Heaven is like the landowner who went out early one morning to hire workers for his vineyard.
2 He agreed to pay the normal daily wage and sent them out to work.
3 “At nine o’clock in the morning he was passing through the marketplace and saw some people standing around doing nothing.
4 So he hired them, telling them he would pay them whatever was right at the end of the day.
5 So they went to work in the vineyard. At noon and again at three o’clock he did the same thing.
6 “At five o’clock that afternoon he was in town again and saw some more people standing around. He asked them, ‘Why haven’t you been working today?’
7 “They replied, ‘Because no one hired us.’
“The landowner told them, ‘Then go out and join the others in my vineyard.’
8 “That evening he told the foreman to call the workers in and pay them, beginning with the last workers first.
9 When those hired at five o’clock were paid, each received a full day’s wage.
10 When those hired first came to get their pay, they assumed they would receive more. But they, too, were paid a day’s wage.
11 When they received their pay, they protested to the owner,
12 ‘Those people worked only one hour, and yet you’ve paid them just as much as you paid us who worked all day in the scorching heat.’
13 “He answered one of them, ‘Friend, I haven’t been unfair! Didn’t you agree to work all day for the usual wage?
14 Take your money and go. I wanted to pay this last worker the same as you.
15 Is it against the law for me to do what I want with my money? Should you be jealous because I am kind to others?’
16 “So those who are last now will be first then, and those who are first will be last.”
Vayikra (Leviticus) Chapter 23
1 God spoke to Moses, saying,
2 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘With regard to God’s appointed holy days, it is only about the ones that you will designate as designated holy occasions that God will say, “These are My appointed holy days.”
3 During a six-day period each week, work may be performed, but on the seventh day there must be a complete rest day, a holy occasion. You must not perform any work on it. It is a Sabbath to God in all your dwelling places.
4 The following are God’s appointed holy days, i.e., the designated holy occasions that you will designate to be such in their appointed time:
5 In the afternoon of the 14th day of the first month, you must offer up the Passover sacrifice to God.
6 On the 15th day of that month begins the Festival of Matzos in honor of God; for a seven-day period you must eat matzos.
7 You must celebrate the first day as a holy occasion on which you must not perform any mundane work.
8 You must bring a fire-offering to God for a seven-day period. You must celebrate the seventh day as a holy occasion on which you must not perform any mundane work.’”
9 God spoke to Moses, saying,
10 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘When you enter the land that I am giving you and you reap its harvest, you must bring an omer of barley as the beginning of your harvest, and give it to the priest.
11 He must wave this omer before God in order to attain God’s favor for you. The priest must wave it on the day after the day of rest.
12 On the day you wave the omer of barley, you must offer up an unblemished lamb in its first year as an ascent-offering to God.
13 Its grain-offering must be two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil offered up as a fire-offering pleasing to God. Its libation must be a quarter of a hin of wine.
14 You must not eat bread, oven-parched kernels, or fresh kernels until this very day, i.e., until you bring your God’s sacrifice. This is an eternal rule throughout your generations and in all your places of residence.
15 Starting on the day after the day of rest—i.e., from the day you bring the omer of barley as a wave-offering—you must count for yourselves seven weeks. These weeks must be complete.
16 You must count until the day after the seventh week, 50 days, on which you must bring a grain-offering to God from the new crop:
17 You must bring bread set aside from the land in which you dwell—two loaves made from two-tenths of an ephah; they must be of fine flour, and they must be baked leavened. This will be the first grain-offering of wheat brought to God.
18 Along with the bread, you must bring seven unblemished lambs in their first year, one young bull, and two rams. These must be ascent-offerings to God, accompanied by their grain-offering and libations, offered up with the intention that they be fire-offerings and that are pleasing to God.
19 You must offer up one he-goat as a sin-offering and two lambs in their first year as a peace-promoting feast-offering.
20 The priest must wave them together with the first-offering bread as a wave-offering before God—specifically, the two lambs. They will be holy to God, given to the priest.
21 You must designate this very day as a holy occasion which you must celebrate and on which you must not perform any mundane work. This is an eternal rule in all your dwelling places and throughout all your generations.
22 When you reap the harvest of your land, you must not fully reap the corner of your field during your harvesting, nor may you gather up the gleanings of your harvest. You must leave these for the poor person and for the convert; I am God, your God.’”
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Amos 5:6-15
God Demands Justice for All
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Come back to the Lord and live!
Otherwise, he will roar through Israel like a fire,
devouring you completely.
Your gods in Bethel
won’t be able to quench the flames.7
You twist justice, making it a bitter pill for the oppressed.
You treat the righteous like dirt.8
It is the Lord who created the stars,
the Pleiades and Orion.
He turns darkness into morning
and day into night.
He draws up water from the oceans
and pours it down as rain on the land.
The Lord is his name!9
With blinding speed and power he destroys the strong,
crushing all their defenses.10
How you hate honest judges!
How you despise people who tell the truth!11
You trample the poor,
stealing their grain through taxes and unfair rent.
Therefore, though you build beautiful stone houses,
you will never live in them.
Though you plant lush vineyards,
you will never drink wine from them.12
For I know the vast number of your sins
and the depth of your rebellions.
You oppress good people by taking bribes
and deprive the poor of justice in the courts.13
So those who are smart keep their mouths shut,
for it is an evil time.14
Do what is good and run from evil
so that you may live!
Then the Lord God of Heaven’s Armies will be your helper,
just as you have claimed.15
Hate evil and love what is good;
turn your courts into true halls of justice.
Perhaps even yet the Lord God of Heaven’s Armies
will have mercy on the remnant of his people.Vayikra (Leviticus) Chapter 23
23 God spoke to Moses, saying,
24 “Speak to the Israelites, saying: ‘You must celebrate the first day of the seventh month as a day of rest—a remembrance of the shofar blast; a holy occasion.
25 You must not perform any mundane work, and you must offer up a fire-offering to God.’”
26 God spoke to Moses, saying:
27 “But you must celebrate the tenth of this seventh month as a Day of Atonement, a holy occasion. You must afflict yourselves and you must offer up a fire-offering to God.
28 You must not perform any work on this day itself, for it is a Day of Atonement reserved for effecting atonement for you before God, your God.
29 For any person who neglects to be afflicted on this day itself will be cut off from his people.
30 Regarding any person who performs any work on this day itself, I will cause that person to be lost from among his people.
31 You must not perform any work; this is an eternal rule, which will apply throughout your generations and in all your dwelling places.
32 It must be a complete day of rest for you, and you must afflict yourselves. You must observe your day of rest on the ninth of the month in the late afternoon, from that afternoon until the end of the following afternoon.”
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James 5:1-11
Wait Patiently for God’s Justice
1 Look here, you rich people: Weep and groan with anguish because of all the terrible troubles ahead of you.
2 Your wealth is rotting away, and your fine clothes are moth-eaten rags.
3 Your gold and silver are corroded. The very wealth you were counting on will eat away your flesh like fire. This corroded treasure you have hoarded will testify against you on the day of judgment.
4 For listen! Hear the cries of the field workers whom you have cheated of their pay. The cries of those who harvest your fields have reached the ears of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
5 You have spent your years on earth in luxury, satisfying your every desire. You have fattened yourselves for the day of slaughter.
6 You have condemned and killed innocent people, who do not resist you.
Patience and Endurance
7 Dear brothers and sisters, be patient as you wait for the Lord’s return. Consider the farmers who patiently wait for the rains in the fall and in the spring. They eagerly look for the valuable harvest to ripen.
8 You, too, must be patient. Take courage, for the coming of the Lord is near.
9 Don’t grumble about each other, brothers and sisters, or you will be judged. For look—the Judge is standing at the door!
10 For examples of patience in suffering, dear brothers and sisters, look at the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
11 We give great honor to those who endure under suffering. For instance, you know about Job, a man of great endurance. You can see how the Lord was kind to him at the end, for the Lord is full of tenderness and mercy.
Vayikra (Leviticus) Chapter 23
33 God spoke to Moses, saying,
34 “Speak to the Israelites, saying: ‘On the 15th day of this seventh month is the Festival of Sukot, a seven-day period devoted to God.
35 The first day is a holy occasion on which you must not perform any mundane work.
36 For a seven-day period, you must bring a fire-offering to God. You must celebrate the eighth day as a holy occasion, and you must bring a fire-offering to God. It is a day of restriction; you must not perform any mundane work on it.
37 These are God’s appointed holy days that you must designate as holy occasions, on which to offer up fire-offerings to God—ascent-offerings, grain-offerings, and feast-offerings—as well as wine libations, each day’s requirement on its day.
38 All this is apart from God’s Sabbaths, and apart from your sacrificial gifts, all your sacrificial vows, and all your sacrificial dedications that you must give to God.
39 However, you must offer up a festival peace-offering to God on the 15th day of the seventh month—when you gather in the produce of the land—for a seven-day period. The first day must be a day of rest and the eighth day must be a day of rest.
40 On the first day, you must take hold for yourselves of a fruit of the citron tree, which stays on the tree more than one year; one date-palm frond; braided branches of a myrtle bush; and two branches of a willow tree that grows next to a brook. You must rejoice before God, your God, for a seven-day period.
41 You must celebrate it as a festival to God for seven days in the year. It is an eternal rule, applicable throughout your generations, that you celebrate it in the seventh month.
42 You must live in huts for this seven-day period. Every native among the Israelites must live in huts,
43 in order that your ensuing generations know that I figuratively had the Israelites live in “huts”—i.e., the Clouds of Glory—when I took them out of Egypt; I am God, your God.’”
44 Moses told the Israelites the laws of God’s appointed holy days.
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Colossians 3:12-17
Rendering Service with Enthusiasm
12 Since God chose you to be the holy people he loves, you must clothe yourselves with tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.
13 Make allowance for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others.
14 Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds us all together in perfect harmony.
15 And let the peace that comes from Christ rule in your hearts. For as members of one body you are called to live in peace. And always be thankful.
16 Let the message about Christ, in all its richness, fill your lives. Teach and counsel each other with all the wisdom he gives. Sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs to God with thankful hearts.
17 And whatever you do or say, do it as a representative of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through him to God the Father.
Vayikra (Leviticus) Chapter 24
1 God spoke to Moses, saying,
2 “Command the Israelites to bring you clear olive oil crushed in a mortar for the luminary, to kindle the lamp regularly.
3 Aaron must set up the lamps outside the Curtain of the Ark of the Testimony, inside the Tent of Meeting, with sufficient oil to burn regularly, from late afternoon to morning, before God. This will be an eternal duty throughout your generations.
4 He must set up the lamps upon the pure-gold Candelabrum, before God, regularly.
5 You must take fine flour and bake it into 12 loaves. Each loaf must be made from two-tenths of an ephah of flour.
6 You must arrange them in two stacks, six in each stack, upon the Table, which is overlaid with pure gold, before God.
7 You must place pure frankincense alongside each stack. It will be a memorial-portion for the bread, a fire-offering to God.
8 Every Sabbath day, a priest must arrange it ‘before God,’ where they will remain continuously, an offering from the Israelites as an eternal covenant.
9 It will belong to Aaron and his sons; they must eat it in a holy place, for it is of superior holiness for him, one of the fire-offerings of God. It will be an eternal entitlement of the priests’.”
10 The son of an Israelite woman and an Egyptian man left the court, having argued that he should be considered an Israelite. The son of the Israelite woman and the Israelite man quarreled regarding the camp.
11 The son of the Israelite woman pronounced the Name of God, cursing Him. They brought him to Moses. His mother’s name was Shelomit bat Divri, of the tribe of Dan.
12 They placed him in the guardhouse until the law would be clarified to them by the word of God.
13 God spoke to Moses, saying:
14 “Take the curser outside the camp, and all who heard his curse must lean their hands on his head. The entire community will stone him.
15 You must speak to the Israelites, saying: ‘Any man who curses his God must bear his sin.
16 One who pronounces the proper Name of God while cursing it must be put to death. The entire community will stone him to death. Whether he is a convert or a native Israelite, if he pronounces the Divine Name as part of his curse, he must be put to death.
17 If a man strikes any human being, he must be put to death.
18 One who strikes an animal must pay for it: the value of the life according to the value of the life that he took.
19 Regarding a man who blemishes his fellow, according to the damage he caused, so must he be assessed:
20 monetary compensation for a fracture must be made for a fracture;
for eyesight for the loss of eyesight; for a tooth for the loss of a tooth. According to the blemish he inflicts upon a person, so must he be assessed.
21 One who injures an animal must pay for it. One who injures his parent must be put to death.
22 The same laws apply to all of you, convert and native Israelite alike, for I am God, your God.’”
23 Moses told all this to the Israelites. They took the curser outside the camp and stoned him with one stone. The Israelites did as God had commanded Moses.
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Yechezkel (Ezekiel) Chapter 44
15 But the priests, the Levites, the sons of Zadok, who kept the charge of My sanctuary when the Children of Israel went astray from Me, they shall come near Me to minister to Me, and they shall stand before Me to offer Me fat and blood, says the Lord God.
16 They shall enter My Sanctuary, and they shall approach My Table to minister to Me, and they shall keep My charge.
17 And it shall be, when they enter the gates of the Inner Court, they shall be clothed with linen garments and no wool shall be upon them when they minister the gates of the Inner Court and within.
18 Linen hats shall be upon their heads, and linen breaches shall be upon their loins; they shall not gird themselves in a place that sweats.
19 But when they go out into the Outer Court, into the Outer Court to the people, they shall put off their garments wherein they minister and place them in chambers belonging to the Sanctuary and clothe themselves with other garments, and they shall not sanctify the people with their garments.
20 And [the hair of] their heads they are not to shave but also not to let it grow wild; they must be careful to trim the hair of their heads.
21 And wine may no priest drink when they come into the Inner Court.
22 And neither a widow nor a divorced woman may they take for wives, but they shall take virgins from the descendants of the House of Israel; also the widow who is only a widow, some of the priests may marry.
23 And My people shall they teach the difference between holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the impure and the pure.
24 And in dispute they shall stand in judgment, according to My ordinances shall they decide it; and My teachings and My statutes shall they keep in all My appointed times, and My Sabbaths they shall sanctify.
25 To no human corpse shall they come to defile themselves, except to father and to mother and to son and to daughter, to brother and to a sister who has had no husband, shall they defile themselves.
26 And after his purification they shall count seven days for him.
27 And on the day that he enters the Sanctuary, into the Inner Court, to minister in the Sanctuary, he shall offer his sin offering, says the Lord God.
28 It shall be to them for an inheritance, I am their inheritance; You shall give them no possession in Israel, I am their possession.
29 The meal-offering and the sin-offering and the guilt-offering are they to eat, and everything that is vowed to be banned in Israel shall belong to them.
30 And the first of all the first-fruits, and every heave-offering; everything from every sort of your heave-offerings shall belong to the priests; also the first out of your kneading-troughs shall you give to the priest, to bring enduring blessing into your home.
31 Anything that has died of itself or is fatally wounded, whether it be bird or beast, the priests may not eat.