2When anyone presents an offering of grain to the Lord, he must first grind it into flour. He must put olive oil and incense on it ²and bring it to the Aaronite priests. The officiating priest shall take a handful of the flour and oil and all of the incense and burn it on the altar as a token that it has all been offered to the Lord. The smell of this food offering is pleasing to the Lord. ³The rest of the grain offering belongs to the priests; it is very holy, since it is taken from the food offered to the Lord.

⁴If the offering is bread baked in an oven, it must be made without yeast. It may be thick loaves made of flour mixed with olive oil or biscuits brushed with olive oil.

⁵If the offering is bread cooked on a griddle, it is to be made of flour mixed with olive oil but without yeast. ⁶Crumble it up and pour the oil on it when you present it as an offering.

⁷If the offering is bread cooked in a pan, it is to be made of flour and olive oil. ⁸Bring it as an offering to the Lord and present it to the priest, who will take it to the altar. ⁹The priest will take part of it as a token that it has all been offered to the Lord, and he will burn it on the altar. The smell of this food offering is pleasing to the Lord. ¹⁰The rest of the offering belongs to the priests; it is very holy, since it is taken from the food offered to the Lord.

¹¹None of the grain offerings which you present to the Lord may be made with yeast; you must never use yeast or honey in food offered to the Lord. ¹²An offering of the first corn that you harvest each year shall be brought to the Lord, but it is not to be burnt on the altar. ¹³Put salt on every grain offering, because salt represents the covenant between you and God. (You must put salt on all your offerings.) ¹⁴When you bring to the Lord an offering of the first corn harvested, offer roasted grain or ground meal. ¹⁵Add olive oil and put incense on it. ¹⁶The priest will burn that part of the meal and oil that is to serve as a token, and also all the incense, as a food offering to the Lord.

Fellowship-Offerings

3When anyone offers one of his cattle as a fellowship offering, it is to be a bull or a cow without any defects. ²The man shall put his hand on the head of the animal and kill it at the entrance of the Tent of the Lord’s presence. The Aaronite priests shall throw the blood against all four sides of the altar ³and present the following parts of the animal as a food offering to the Lord: all the fat on the internal organs, ⁴the kidneys and the fat on them, and the best part of the liver. ⁵The priests shall burn all this on the altar along with the burnt offerings. The smell of this food offering is pleasing to the Lord.

⁶If a sheep or goat is used as a fellowship offering, it may be male or female, but it must be without any defects. ⁷If a man offers a sheep, ⁸he shall put his hand on its head and kill it in front of the Tent. The priests shall throw its blood against all four sides of the altar ⁹and present the following parts of the animal as a food offering to the Lord: the fat, the entire fat tail cut off near the backbone, all the fat covering the internal organs, ¹⁰the kidneys and the fat on them, and the best part of the liver. ¹¹The officiating priest shall burn all this on the altar as a food offering to the Lord.

¹²If a man offers a goat, ¹³he shall put his hand on its head and kill it in front of the Tent. The priests shall throw its blood against all four sides of the altar ¹⁴and present the following parts as a food offering to the Lord: all the fat on the internal organs, ¹⁵the kidneys and the fat on them, and the best part of the liver. ¹⁶The priest shall burn all this on the altar as a food offering pleasing to the Lord. All the fat belongs to the Lord. ¹⁷No Israelite may eat any fat or any blood; this is a rule to be kept for ever by all Israelites wherever they live.

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