and his virgin sister who is near to him, ¹  who has no husband; he may defile himself for her.

He must not defile himself as a husband among his people so as to profane himself. ¹ 

He must not go where there is any dead person; ¹  he must not defile himself even for his father and his mother.

Every conversion value must be calculated by the standard of the sanctuary shekel; ¹  twenty gerahs to the shekel.

“‘You must not present to the Lord something blind, or with a broken bone, or mutilated, or with a running sore, ¹  or with a festering eruption, or with a feverish rash. ²  You must not give any of these as a gift ³  on the altar to the Lord.

“When he has finished purifying the holy place, ¹  the Meeting Tent, and the altar, he is to present the live goat.

You must sanctify him because he presents the food of your God. He must be holy to you because I, the Lord who sanctifies you all, ¹  am holy.

They must keep my charge so that they do not incur sin on account of it ¹  and therefore die ²  because they profane it. I am the Lord who sanctifies them.

and so cause them to incur a penalty for guilt ¹  when they eat their holy offerings, ²  for I am the Lord who sanctifies them.’”

for I am the Lord your God and you are to sanctify yourselves and be holy because I am holy. You must not defile yourselves by any of the swarming things that creep on the ground,

but he must not go into the veil-canopy ¹  or step forward to the altar because he has a physical flaw. Thus ²  he must not profane my holy places, for I am the Lord who sanctifies them.’”

“‘On this very day you must proclaim an assembly; it is to be a holy assembly for you. ¹  You must not do any regular work. This is a perpetual statute in all the places where you live throughout your generations. ² 

If he is too poor to pay the conversion value, he must stand the person before the priest and the priest will establish his conversion value; ¹  according to what the man who made the vow can afford, ²  the priest will establish his conversion value.

Then Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the tabernacle and everything in it, and so consecrated them. ¹ 

He then poured some of the anointing oil on the head of Aaron and anointed him to consecrate him.

“‘By these ¹  you defile yourselves; anyone who touches their carcass will be unclean until the evening,

“Speak to the Israelites and tell them, ‘When any man ¹  has a discharge ²  from his body, ³  his discharge is unclean.

You must not have sexual intercourse ¹  with the wife of your fellow citizen to become unclean with her.

He must not profane his children among his people, ¹  for I am the Lord who sanctifies him.’”

When you sacrifice a thanksgiving offering to the Lord, you must sacrifice it so that it is acceptable for your benefit. ¹