Leviticus 6:8–18

The Priests and the Offerings

⁸² The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ⁹“Command Aaron and his sons, saying, This is the law of the burnt offering. The burnt offering shall be on the hearth on the altar all night until the morning, and the fire of the altar shall be kept burning on it. ¹⁰And ^kthe priest shall put on his linen garment and put his linen undergarment on his body, and he shall take up the ashes to which the fire has reduced the burnt offering on the altar and put them ^lbeside the altar. ¹¹Then ^mhe shall take off his garments and put on other garments and carry the ashes ⁿoutside the camp to a clean place. ¹²The fire on the altar shall be kept burning on it; it shall not go out. The priest shall burn wood on it every morning, and he shall arrange the burnt offering on it and shall burn on it ^othe fat of the peace offerings. ¹³Fire shall be kept burning on the altar continually; it shall not go out.

¹⁴“And this is the law of ^pthe grain offering. The sons of Aaron shall offer it before the Lord in front of the altar. ¹⁵And one shall take from it a handful of the fine flour of the grain offering and its oil and all the frankincense that is on the grain offering and burn this as its ^qmemorial portion on the altar, a pleasing aroma to the Lord. ¹⁶And ^rthe rest of it Aaron and his sons shall eat. It shall be eaten unleavened ^sin a holy place. In the court of the tent of meeting they shall eat it. ^17tIt shall not be baked with leaven. ^uI have given it as their portion of my food offerings. ^vIt is a thing most holy, like the sin offering and the guilt offering. ¹⁸Every male among the children of Aaron may eat of it, as decreed forever throughout your generations, from the Lord’s food offerings. Whatever touches them shall become holy.”