LEVITICUS

Chapter 1

The Law of Burnt Offerings

1 Then athe Lord called to Moses and spoke to him from the tent of meeting, saying,

2 “Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘When any man of you brings an 1aoffering to the Lord, you shall bring your 1offering of animals from bthe herd or the flock.

3 ‘If his offering is a aburnt offering from the herd, he shall offer it, a male bwithout defect; he shall offer it cat the doorway of the tent of meeting, that he may be accepted before the Lord.

4 ‘aHe shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, that it may be accepted for him to make batonement on his behalf.

5 ‘aHe shall slay the 1young bull before the Lord; and Aaron’s sons the priests shall offer up bthe blood and csprinkle the blood around on the altar that is at the doorway of the tent of meeting.

6 ‘aHe shall then skin the burnt offering and cut it into its pieces.

7 ‘aThe sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire on the altar and arrange wood on the fire.

8 ‘Then Aaron’s sons the priests shall arrange the pieces, the head and the asuet over the wood which is on the fire that is on the altar.

9 ‘Its aentrails, however, and its legs he shall wash with water. And bthe priest shall offer up in smoke all of it on the altar for a burnt offering, an offering by fire of ca soothing aroma to the Lord.

10 ‘But if his offering is from the flock, of the sheep or of the goats, for a burnt offering, he shall offer it a amale without defect.

11 ‘aHe shall slay it on the side of the altar northward before the Lord, and Aaron’s sons the priests shall sprinkle its blood around on the altar.

12 ‘He shall then cut it into its pieces with its head and its asuet, and the priest shall arrange them on the wood which is on the fire that is on the altar.

13 ‘The entrails, however, and the legs he shall wash with water. And athe priest shall offer all of it, and offer it up in smoke on the altar; it is a burnt offering, an offering by fire of a soothing aroma to the Lord.

14 ‘But if his offering to the Lord is a burnt offering of birds, then he shall bring his offering from the aturtledoves or from young pigeons.

15 ‘The priest shall bring it to the altar, and wring off its head and offer it up in smoke on the altar; and its blood is to be drained out aon the side of the altar.

16 ‘He shall also take away its crop with its feathers and cast it beside the altar eastward, to the place of the 1aashes.

17 ‘Then he shall tear it by its wings, but ashall not sever it. And the priest shall offer it up in smoke on the altar on the wood which is on the fire; bit is a burnt offering, an offering by fire of a soothing aroma to the Lord.

Chapter 2

The Law of Grain Offerings

1 ‘Now when anyone presents a agrain offering as an offering to the Lord, his offering shall be of fine flour, and he shall pour oil on it and put frankincense on it.

2 ‘He shall then bring it to Aaron’s sons the priests; and shall take from it ahis handful of its fine flour and of its oil with all of its frankincense. And the priest shall offer it up in smoke as its bmemorial portion on the altar, an offering by fire of a soothing aroma to the Lord.

3 ‘aThe remainder of the grain offering belongs to bAaron and his sons: a thing most holy, of the offerings to the Lord by fire.

4 ‘Now when you bring an offering of a grain offering baked in an oven, it shall be aunleavened cakes of fine flour mixed with oil, or unleavened wafers 1spread with oil.

5 ‘If your offering is a grain offering made aon the griddle, it shall be of fine flour, unleavened, mixed with oil;

6 you shall break it into bits and pour oil on it; it is a grain offering.

7 ‘Now if your offering is a grain offering made ain a 1pan, it shall be made of fine flour with oil.

8 ‘When you bring in the grain offering which is made of these things to the Lord, it shall be presented to the priest and he shall bring it to the altar.

9 ‘The priest then shall take up from the grain offering aits memorial portion, and shall offer it up in smoke on the altar as an offering by fire of a soothing aroma to the Lord.

10 ‘aThe remainder of the grain offering belongs to Aaron and his sons: a thing most holy of the offerings to the Lord by fire.

11 ‘aNo grain offering, which you bring to the Lord, shall be made with leaven, for you shall not offer 1up in smoke any leaven or any honey as an boffering by fire to the Lord.

12 ‘aAs an offering of first fruits you shall bring them to the Lord, but they shall not ascend for a soothing aroma on the altar.

13 ‘Every grain offering of yours, moreover, you shall season with salt, so that athe salt of the covenant of your God shall not be lacking from your grain offering; with all your offerings you shall offer salt.

14 ‘Also if you bring a grain offering of early ripened things to the Lord, you shall bring afresh heads of grain roasted in the fire, grits of new growth, for the grain offering of your early ripened things.

15 ‘You shall then put oil on it and lay incense on it; it is a grain offering.

16 ‘The priest shall offer up in smoke aits memorial portion, part of its grits and its oil with all its incense as an offering by fire to the Lord.

Chapter 3

The Law of Peace Offerings

1 ‘Now if his offering is a asacrifice of peace offerings, if he is going to offer out of the herd, whether male or female, he shall offer it bwithout defect before the Lord.

2 ‘aHe shall lay his hand on the head of his offering and bslay it at the doorway of the tent of meeting, and Aaron’s sons the priests shall sprinkle the blood around on the altar.

3 ‘From the sacrifice of the peace offerings he shall present an offering by fire to the Lord, the fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails,

4 and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, which is on the loins, and the 1lobe of the liver, which he shall remove with the kidneys.

5 ‘Then aAaron’s sons shall offer it up in smoke on the altar bon the burnt offering, which is on the wood that is on the fire; cit is an offering by fire of a soothing aroma to the Lord.

6 ‘But if his offering for a sacrifice of peace offerings to the Lord is from the flock, he shall offer it, male or female, awithout defect.

7 ‘If he is going to offer aa lamb for his offering, then he shall offer it bbefore the Lord,

8 and ahe shall lay his hand on the head of his offering and bslay it before the tent of meeting, and Aaron’s sons shall csprinkle its blood around on the altar.

9 ‘From the asacrifice of peace offerings he shall bring as an offering by fire to the Lord, its fat, 1the entire fat tail which he shall remove close to the backbone, and the fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails,

10 and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, which is on the loins, and the 1lobe of the liver, which he shall remove awith the kidneys.

11 ‘Then the priest shall offer it up in smoke aon the altar as bfood, an offering by fire to the Lord.

12 ‘Moreover, if his offering is aa goat, then he shall offer it before the Lord,

13 and he shall lay his hand on its head and slay it before the tent of meeting, and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle its blood around on the altar.

14 ‘From it he shall present his offering as an offering by fire to the Lord, the fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails,

15 and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, which is on the loins, and the 1lobe of the liver, which he shall remove awith the kidneys.

16 ‘The priest shall offer them up in smoke on the altar as food, an offering by fire for a soothing aroma; aall fat is the Lord’s.

17 ‘It is a aperpetual statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings: you shall not eat any fat bor any blood.’ ”

Chapter 4

The Law of Sin Offerings

1 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

2 “Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘If a person sins aunintentionally in any of the 1things which the Lord has bcommanded not to be done, and commits any of them,

3 aif the anointed priest sins so as to bring guilt on the people, then let him offer to the Lord a 1bull without defect as a sin offering for the sin he has 2committed.

4 ‘He shall bring the bull to the doorway of the tent of meeting before the Lord, and ahe shall lay his hand on the head of the bull and slay the bull before the Lord.

5 ‘Then the aanointed priest is to take some of the blood of the bull and bring it to the tent of meeting,

6 and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle some of the blood seven times before the Lord, in front of athe veil of the sanctuary.

7 ‘The priest shall also put some of the blood on the horns of athe altar of fragrant incense which is before the Lord in the tent of meeting; and all the blood of the bull he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering which is at the doorway of the tent of meeting.

8 ‘aHe shall remove from it all the fat of the bull of the sin offering: the fat that covers the entrails, and all the fat which is on the entrails,

9 and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, which is on the loins, and the 1lobe of the liver, which he shall remove awith the kidneys

10 (just as it is removed from the ox of the sacrifice of peace offerings), and the priest is to offer them up in smoke on the altar of burnt offering.

11 ‘But athe hide of the bull and all its flesh with its head and its legs and its entrails and its refuse,

12 1that is, all the rest of the bull, he is to bring out to aa clean place outside the camp where the 2ashes are poured out, and burn it on wood with fire; where the 2ashes are poured out it shall be burned.

13 ‘aNow if the whole congregation of Israel commits error and the matter 1escapes the notice of the assembly, and they commit any of the 2things which the Lord has commanded not to be done, and they become guilty;

14 awhen the sin 1which they have 2committed becomes known, then the assembly shall offer ba 3bull of the herd for a sin offering and bring it before the tent of meeting.

15 ‘Then athe elders of the congregation shall lay their hands