Leviticus 6:7–11

6:7 So the priest will make atonement14 on his behalf before the Lord and he will be forgiven15 for whatever he has done to become guilty.”16

Sacrificial Instructions for the Priests: The Burnt Offering

6:8 (6:1)17 Then the Lord spoke to Moses:18 6:9 “Command Aaron and his sons, ‘This is the law of the burnt offering. The burnt offering is to remain on the hearth19 on the altar all night until morning, and the fire of the altar must be kept burning on it.20 6:10 Then the priest must put on his linen robe and must put linen leggings21 over his bare flesh, and he must take up the fatty ashes of the burnt offering that the fire consumed on the altar,22 and he must place them23 beside the altar. 6:11 Then he must take off his clothes and put on other clothes, and he must bring the fatty ashes outside the camp to a ceremonially24 clean place,

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14	sn Regarding “make atonement” see the note on Lev 1:4.
15	tn Heb “there shall be forgiveness to him” or “it shall be forgiven to him” (KJV similar).
16	tn Heb “on one from all which he does to become guilty in it”; NAB “whatever guilt he may have incurred.”
17	sn Lev 6:8 in the English Bible = 6:1 in the Hebrew text. See also the note on 6:1.
18	sn The following paragraphs are Lev 6:8–30 in the English Bible but 6:1–23 in the Hebrew text. This initial verse makes the special priestly regulations for the people’s burnt and grain offerings into a single unit (i.e., Lev 6:8–18 [6:1–11 HT]; cf. Lev 1–2 above). Note also the separate introductions for various priestly regulations in Lev 6:19 [12 HT], 24 [17 HT], and for the common people in Lev 7:22, 28 below.
19	tn Heb “It is the burnt offering on the hearth.”
20	tn Heb “in it.” In this context “in it” apparently refers to the “hearth” which was on top of the altar.
21	tn The exact nature of this article of the priest’s clothing is difficult to determine. Cf. KJV, ASV “breeches”; NAB “drawers”; NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT “undergarments”; NCV “underclothes”; CEV “underwear”; TEV “shorts.”
22	tn Heb “he shall lift up the fatty ashes which the fire shall consume the burnt offering on the altar.”
23	tn Heb “it,” referring the “fatty ashes” as a single unit.
24	tn The word “ceremonially” has been supplied in the translation to clarify that the uncleanness of the place involved is ritual or ceremonial in nature.