1Then^a Yahweh called to Moses and spoke to him from the tent of assembly, saying, ²“Speak to the Israelites,^b and say to them, ‘When a person^c from you presents an offering to Yahweh, you shall present your offering from domestic animals, from the cattle^d or from the flock.^e ³If his offering is a burnt offering from the cattle,^f then he must present^g an unblemished male; he must present it at the door of the tent of assembly for his acceptance before^h Yahweh.

⁴“ ‘Heⁱ must lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering and it will be accepted^j for him in order to make atonement for him. ⁵He^k must slaughter the young bull^l before^m Yahweh, thenⁿ Aaron’s sons, the priests, will present the blood and sprinkle the blood all around the altar that is at the door of the tent of assembly. ⁶Then^o he must remove the skin of the burnt offering and cut it into its pieces. ⁷The sons of^p Aaron the priest will put fire on the altar and arrange the wood on the fire. ⁸Then^q Aaron’s sons, the priests, will arrange the pieces of meat,^r the head, and the suet on the wood that is on the fire that is on the altar. ⁹Then^s he must wash its inner parts^t and its lower leg bones with water, and the priest will turn into smoke the whole animal on the altar as a burnt offering by fire, as an appeasing fragrance for Yahweh.

¹⁰“ ‘But if his offering is from the flock,^u from the sheep or from the goats for a burnt offering, he must present^v an unblemished^w male. ¹¹He^x must slaughter it on the north side of the altar before^y Yahweh; then^z Aaron’s sons, the priests, will sprinkle its blood all around the altar. ¹²Then^a he must cut it into pieces along with its head and its suet; and the priest will arrange them on the wood that is on the fire that is on the altar. ¹³Then^b he must wash the inner parts^c and the lower leg bones with water and the priest shall present the whole animal and will turn it^d into smoke on the altar; it is a burnt offering by fire as an appeasing fragrance for Yahweh.

¹⁴“ ‘But if his offering for Yahweh is a burnt offering from the birds, then he must present his offering from the turtledoves or from the young doves.^e ¹⁵The priest^f will present it at the altar and must wring off its head and turn it into smoke on the altar, and its blood will be drained out on the wall^g of the altar. ¹⁶He^h must remove its crop with its plumage and throw it to the east beside the altar on the place of the fatty ashes. ¹⁷Thenⁱ he must tear it apart by its wings but must not sever it; then^j the priest will turn it into smoke on the altar, on the wood that is on the fire. It is a burnt offering by fire as an appeasing fragrance for Yahweh.’ ”

Laws for Grain Offerings

2“ ‘When a person^a brings a grain offering to Yahweh, his offering must be finely milled flour, and he must pour out oil on it and place frankincense on it. ²And he shall bring it to the sons of Aaron, the priests, and he^b shall take his handful from its finely milled flour^c and from its oil in addition to all its frankincense. The priest^d shall turn its token portion into smoke on the altar as an offering made by fire, as an appeasing fragrance for Yahweh. ³The remainder^e of the grain offering belongs to^f Aaron and to his sons—it is a most holy thing^g from the offerings made by fire for^h Yahweh.

⁴“ ‘But if you bring a grain offering of something oven-baked, it must be of finely milled flour as ring-shaped unleavened bread mixed with oil or wafers of unleavened bread smeared with oil. ⁵If your offering is a grain offering baked on aⁱ flat baking pan, it must be finely milled flour, unleavened bread mixed with oil; ⁶break it into pieces and pour out oil on it; it is a grain offering.

⁷“ ‘If^j your offering is a grain offering prepared in a cooking pan, it must be with finely milled flour in oil. ⁸And you shall bring the grain offering that is made from these things to Yahweh, and the offerer^k shall bring it to the priest, and he shall bring it to the altar. ⁹And the priest shall take away from the grain offering its token portion, and he shall turn it into smoke on the altar as an offering made by fire, as an appeasing fragrance for Yahweh. ¹⁰And the remainder of the grain offering belongs to^l Aaron and to his sons—it is a most holy thing^m from the offerings made by fire forⁿ Yahweh.

¹¹“ ‘Every grain offering you^o bring to Yahweh must not be made of yeasted food, because you must not turn into smoke any yeast or any honey from^p an offering made by fire for Yahweh. ¹²As an offering of the choicest portion, you^q may bring them to Yahweh, but they must not be offered on the altar as an appeasing fragrance. ¹³Also all^r of your grain offerings you must season with salt; you^s must not omit the salt of your God’s covenant from your offering. With all your offerings you shall present salt.

¹⁴“ ‘And if you bring to Yahweh a grain offering of firstfruits, you must bring an ear of new grain roasted by fire, coarsely crushed ripe grain, as the grain offering of your firstfruits. ¹⁵And you shall put oil on it and place frankincense on it; it is a grain offering. ¹⁶The^t priest shall turn into smoke its token portion from its coarsely crushed grain and from its oil together with all of its frankincense—it is an offering made by fire for Yahweh.’ ”

Read in Logos

Footnotes

aOr “And”
bLiterally “sons/children of Israel”
cOr “man”—the singular noun is generic, thus the “you” and “your” in the remainder of the verse are all plural
dOr “herd”
eThe Hebrew term refers collectively to both sheep and goats (small livestock animals)
fOr “herd”
gHebrew “present it”
hLiterally “to the face of”
iOr “And he”
jSame root word as “acceptance” in v. 3
kOr “And he”
lLiterally “the son of the herd” or “the son of the cattle”
mLiterally “to the face of”
nOr “and”
oOr “And”
pOr “And the sons of”
qOr “And”
rVerse 6 in the context uses the same word with reference to the meat
sOr “And”
tOr “entrails”
uThe Hebrew term refers collectively to both sheep and goats (small livestock animals)
vHebrew “present it”
wSame word as in v. 3
xOr “And he”
yLiterally “to the face of”
zOr “and”
aOr “And”
bOr “And”
cOr “entrails”
dUnderstood direct object
eLiterally “the sons of the dove”
fOr “And the priest”
gOr “side”
hOr “And he”
iOr “And”
jOr “and”
aOr “a soul”
bThat is, the priest—see v. 9
cLiterally “from there his handful from its finely milled flour”
dOr “And the priest”
eOr “And the remainder”
fLiterally “for”
gLiterally “a holiness of holinesses”
hHebrew “of”
iHebrew “the”
jOr “And if”
kChanging from 2ms in the first verb to 3ms in the second verb apparently moves from general to specific; NET takes the second verb as an imperative (“Present it”), and NJPS translates it as an indefinite 3ms, making it passive (“it shall be brought”)
lLiterally “for”
mLiterally “a holiness of holinesses”
nHebrew “of”
oThe first time a plural 2m verb has been employed since 1:2
pHebrew “from it”
qAnother occurrence of the 2mp
rOr “And all”
sOr “and you”
tOr “And the”