Leviticus 7

The Restitution Offering

7“Now this is the law of the restitution offering; ^pit is especially holy. ²The restitution offering must be slaughtered at the place where the burnt offering ^qis slaughtered, and the priest is to sprinkle its blood on all sides of the altar. ³The offerer must present all the fat from it: the fat tail, ^rthe fat surrounding the entrails, ^s4and the two kidneys with the fat on them at the loins; he will also remove the fatty lobe of the liver ^twith the kidneys. ⁵The priest will burn them on the altar as a fire offering ^uto the Lord; it is a restitution offering. ⁶Any male among the priests may eat it. ^vIt is to be eaten in a holy place; ^wit is especially holy. ^x

⁷“The restitution offering is like the sin offering; ^ythe law is the same for both. It belongs to the priest ^zwho makes atonement ^awith it. ⁸As for the priest who presents someone’s burnt offering, the hide of the burnt offering he has presented belongs to him; it is the priest’s. ⁹Any grain offering ^bthat is baked in an oven or prepared in a pan or on a griddle belongs to the priest who presents it; it is his. ¹⁰But any grain offering, whether dry or mixed with oil, belongs equally ^cto all of Aaron’s sons.

The Fellowship Sacrifice

¹¹“Now this is the law of the fellowship sacrifice ^dthat someone may present to the Lord: ¹²If he presents it for thanksgiving, in addition to the thanksgiving sacrifice, ^efhe is to present unleavened cakes ^gmixed with olive oil, unleavened wafers ^hcoated with oil, and well-kneaded cakes of fine flour mixed with oil. ¹³He is to present as his offering cakes of leavened bread ⁱwith his thanksgiving sacrifice of fellowship. ¹⁴From the cakes he must present one portion of each offering as a contribution ^jto the Lord. It will belong to the priest who sprinkles the blood of the fellowship offering; it is his. ¹⁵The meat of his thanksgiving sacrifice of fellowship must be eaten on the day he offers it; ^khe may not leave any of it until morning. ^l

¹⁶“If the sacrifice he offers is a vow ^mnor a freewill offering, ^opit is to be eaten on the day he presents his sacrifice, and what is left over may be eaten on the next day. ¹⁷But what remains of the sacrificial meat by the third day must be burned up. ^q18If any of the meat of his fellowship sacrifice is eaten on the third day, it will not be accepted. ^rIt will not be credited to the one who presents it; it is repulsive. ^sThe person who eats any of it will be responsible for his sin. ^t

¹⁹“Meat that touches anything unclean must not be eaten; it is to be burned up. Everyone who is clean may eat any other meat. ²⁰But the one who eats meat from the Lord’s fellowship sacrifice while he is unclean, ^uthat person must be cut off from his people. ^v21If someone touches anything unclean, whether human uncleanness, an unclean animal, or any unclean, detestable ^wxcreature, and eats meat from the Lord’s fellowship sacrifice, that person must be cut off from his people.”

Fat and Blood Prohibited

²²The Lord spoke to Moses: ²³“Tell the Israelites: You are not to eat any fat ^yof an ox, a sheep, or a goat. ²⁴The fat of an animal that dies naturally or is mauled by wild beasts ^zamay be used for any purpose, but you must not eat it. ^b25If anyone eats animal fat from a fire offering presented to the Lord, the person who eats it must be cut off from his people. ²⁶Wherever you live, you must not eat the blood ^cof any bird or animal. ²⁷Whoever eats any blood, that person must be cut off from his people.”

The Portion for the Priests

²⁸The Lord spoke to Moses: ²⁹“Tell the Israelites: The one who presents a fellowship sacrifice to the Lord must bring an offering to the Lord from his sacrifice. ³⁰His own hands will bring the fire offerings to the Lord. He will bring the fat together with the breast. The breast is to be waved as a presentation offering ^dbefore the Lord. ³¹The priest is to burn the fat on the altar, but the breast belongs to Aaron and his sons. ³²You are to give the right thigh ^eto the priest as a contribution from your fellowship sacrifices. ³³The son of Aaron who presents the blood of the fellowship offering and the fat will have the right thigh as a portion. ³⁴I have taken from the Israelites the breast of the presentation offering and the thigh of the contribution from their fellowship sacrifices, and have assigned them to Aaron the priest and his sons as a permanent portion ^fgfrom the Israelites.”

³⁵This is the portion from the fire offerings to the Lord for Aaron and his sons ^hsince the day they were presented to serve the Lord as priests. ³⁶The Lord commanded this to be given to them by the Israelites on the day He anointed them. ⁱIt is a permanent portion ^jthroughout their generations.

³⁷This is the law for the burnt offering, the grain offering, the sin offering, the restitution offering, the ordination offering, ^kand the fellowship sacrifice, ³⁸which the Lord commanded Moses on Mount Sinai ^lon the day He ^mcommanded the Israelites to present their offerings to the Lord in the Wilderness of Sinai. ⁿ