World English Bible · Egypt and Sinai
Leviticus 22
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1 spoke to , saying, "Tell and his sons to separate themselves from the things of the , which they make to me, and that they not profane my name. I am . "Tell them, 'If anyone of all throughout your generations approaches the things which the make to , having his uncleanness on him, that from before me. I am . "'Whoever of the of is a or has a discharge shall not eat of the things until he is clean. Whoever touches anything that is by , or a man who has a seminal emission, or whoever touches any creeping thing by which he may be made , or a man from whom he may become , whatever uncleanness he has— the person that touches any such shall be , and shall not eat of the things unless he bathes his body in water. When the sun is down, he shall be clean; and afterward he shall eat of the things, because it is his bread. He shall not eat that which dies of itself or is torn by animals, defiling himself by it. I am . "'They shall therefore follow my , lest they bear for it and in it, if they profane it. I am who sanctifies them. "'No shall eat of the thing: a living with the priests, or a hired servant, shall not eat of the thing. But if a priest buys a , purchased by his money, he shall eat of it; and those who are born in his house shall eat of his bread. If a priest's daughter is married to an outsider, she shall not eat of the heave of the things. But if a priest's daughter is a , or , and has no child, and has returned to her house as in her youth, she may eat of her bread; but no shall eat any of it. "'If a man eats something unwittingly, then he shall add the fifth part of its value to it, and shall give the thing to the priest. The priests shall not profane the things of the , which they offer to , and so cause them to bear the that brings when they eat their things; for I am who sanctifies them.'" 17 spoke to , saying, "Speak to , and to his sons, and to all the , and say to them, 'Whoever is of the , or of the in Israel, who offers his , whether it is any of their or any of their free will , which they offer to for a : that you may be accepted, you shall offer a male , of the bulls, of the sheep, or of the goats. But you shall not offer whatever has , for it shall not be acceptable for you. Whoever offers a of to to accomplish a , or for a free will of the herd or of the flock, it shall be perfect to be accepted. It shall have . You shall not offer what is blind, is injured, is maimed, has a wart, is festering, or has a running sore to , nor make an by of them on the to . Either a bull or that has any deformity or lacking in his parts, that you may offer for a free will ; but for a it shall not be accepted. You must not offer to that which has its testicles bruised, crushed, broken, or cut. You must not do this in your land. You must not offer any of these as the bread of your from the hand of a , because their corruption is in them. There is in them. They shall not be accepted for you.'" 26 spoke to , saying, "When a bull, a sheep, or a goat is born, it shall seven days with its mother. From the eighth day on it shall be accepted for the of an made by to . Whether it is a cow or ewe, you shall not kill it and its young both in one day. "When you a of to , you shall it so that you may be accepted. It shall be eaten on the same day; you shall leave none of it until the morning. I am . "Therefore you shall keep my , and do them. I am . You shall not profane my name, but I will be made among the . I am who makes you , who brought you out of the land of , to be your . I am ."
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The world at this moment · Egypt and Sinai, 1450 BC to 1200 BC ›
Israel in and then out of Egypt, at a period when Egypt was an imperial power that also controlled Canaan. The nation is formed as a people with a law before it has any land.
- Egypt
- The New Kingdom at its imperial peak, with a professional army, a chariot corps, and control reaching up through Canaan. Ramesses II reigns for sixty-six years and covers the country in monuments to himself. Egyptian power in this period is the reason Canaan is garrisoned rather than free.
- The Hittites
- The other superpower, in what is now Turkey, and Egypt's rival for the Levant. The two fight the largest chariot battle of the ancient world at Kadesh, then sign a treaty whose text survives from both sides. Hittite treaty form, with its historical prologue, stipulations, witnesses, blessings, and curses, is the shape the Sinai covenant takes, which is one of the stronger arguments for the antiquity of that material.
- The Aegean
- Mycenaean Greece: warrior kings in stone citadels at Mycenae and Pylos, keeping palace accounts in Linear B. The world of the Trojan War stories, whatever lies behind them.
- Further afield
- The Shang dynasty in China is casting extraordinary bronzes and writing questions to its ancestors on ox bones. In Mesoamerica the Olmec are beginning the first civilisation of the Americas.