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Leviticus 7:21-35 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

21. And whoever will have touched the uncleanness of man, or of beast, or of anything which is able to defile, and who will have eaten from this kind of flesh, shall be cut off from his people.

22. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

23. Say to the sons of Israel: The fat of a sheep, and of an ox, and of a goat you shall not eat.

24. The fat of a carcass that has died on its own, or of an animal that has been seized by a wild beast, you shall have for various uses.

25. If anyone will have eaten the fat which ought to be offered as a burnt sacrifice of the Lord, he shall perish from his people.

26. Likewise, you shall not take as food the blood of any animals at all, whether of birds or beasts.

27. Every soul that will have eaten blood shall perish from his people.

28. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

29. Speak to the sons of Israel, saying: Whoever offers a victim of peace offerings to the Lord, let him also offer at the same time a sacrifice, that is, its libations.

30. He shall hold in his hands the fat of the victim, and the breast. And when he will have offered and consecrated both to the Lord, he shall deliver them to the priest,

31. who shall burn the fat upon the altar. But the breast shall be for Aaron and his sons.

32. Likewise also, the right shoulder of the victim of peace offerings shall fall to the priest as first-fruits.

33. Among the sons of Aaron, whoever will have offered the blood and the fat, the same one shall also have the right shoulder for his portion.

34. So then, the breast that is lifted up, and the shoulder that is separated, I have taken from the sons of Israel, from their victims of peace offerings, and I have given these to Aaron the priest and to his sons, as a law in perpetuity, from all the people of Israel.

35. This is the anointing of Aaron and his sons, by the ceremonies of the Lord, in the day when Moses offered them, so that they may fulfill the priesthood,

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