² “Tell Aaron and his sons: ‘The ·people [^Lsons; children] of Israel will give offerings to me. These offerings are ·holy, and they are mine [^Lconsecrated/sanctified to me], so you must ·respect [be scrupulous with] them to show that you ·respect [^Ldo not defile] my holy name. I am the Lord.’ ³ Say to them: ‘If any one of your descendants ·from now on [^Lthroughout your generations] is unclean [^Cin a ritual sense] and comes near the offerings that the Israelites ·made holy for [consecrated/sanctified to] me, that person must be cut off from appearing before me. I am the Lord.

⁴ “‘If one of Aaron’s descendants has a harmful skin disease [13:2], or if he discharges a body fluid [15:1–18], he cannot eat the holy offerings until he becomes clean [^Cin a ritual sense]. He could also become unclean from touching a dead body, from his own semen,