Leviticus 6–7

Additional Laws for Burnt Offerings

6^a Then^b Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, ²“When a person^c displays infidelity^d against Yahweh and he deceives his fellow citizen regarding^e something entrusted or a pledge^f or stealing or he exploits his fellow citizen, ³or he finds lost property and lies about it and swears falsely^g in regard to^h any one of these things by which a personⁱ might commit sin, ⁴and when^j he sins and is guilty, then^k he shall bring back the things he had stolen^l or what he had extorted^m or something with which he had been entrustedⁿ or the lost property that he had found, ⁵or regarding^o anything about which he has sworn falsely,^p then^q he shall repay it according to^r its value and shall add one-fifth of its value to it—he must give it to whom it belongs^s on the day of his guilt offering. ⁶And he must bring as his guilt offering to Yahweh a ram without defect from the flock^t by your valuation^u as a guilt offering to the priest, ⁷and the priest shall make atonement for him before^v Yahweh, and he shall be forgiven anything^w from all that he might do by which he might incur guilt.”^x

⁸Then^y Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, ⁹“Command Aaron and his sons, saying, ‘This is the regulation of the burnt offering: The burnt offering must remain on the hearth^z on the altar all night until the morning, and the altar’s fire must be kept burning on it. ¹⁰And the priest shall put on his linen robe, and he must put his linen undergarments on his body, and he shall take away the fatty ashes of the burnt offering that the fire has consumed on the altar, and he shall place them^a beside the altar. ¹¹And he shall take off his garments and put on other garments, and he shall bring out the fatty ashes outside the camp^b to a ceremonially clean place, ¹²but^c the fire on the altar must be kept burning on it; it must not be quenched. And the priest must burn wood every morning^d on it,^e and he shall arrange the burnt offering on it,^f and he shall turn into smoke the fat portions of the fellowship offerings on it.^{g 13}A perpetual fire must be kept burning on the altar; it must not be quenched.

Additional Laws for Grain Offerings

¹⁴“ ‘And this is the regulation of the grain offering. Aaron’s sons shall present it before^h Yahweh in front ofⁱ the altar, ¹⁵and he^j in his fist shall take away from it some of^k the grain offering’s finely milled flour, and some of^l its oil and all of the frankincense that is on the grain offering, and he shall turn into smoke its token portion on the altar as an appeasing fragrance to Yahweh. ¹⁶And Aaron and his sons must eat the remainder of it; they must eat it as unleavened bread in a holy place—in the tent of assembly’s courtyard they must eat it. ¹⁷It must not be baked with yeast. I have given it as their share from my offerings made by fire. It is a most holy thing,^m like the sin offering and like the guilt offering. ¹⁸Every male among Aaron’s sons may eat it as a lasting rule among your generations from the offerings made by fire belonging toⁿ Yahweh. Anything that^o touches them will become holy.’ ”

¹⁹Then^p Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, ²⁰“This is the offering of Aaron and his sons that they shall present to Yahweh on the day of his being anointed: a tenth of an^q ephah of finely milled flour as a perpetual grain offering, half of it in the morning and half of it in the evening. ²¹It must be made^r in^s oil on a flat baking pan; you^t must bring it well-mixed; you must present pieces of a grain offering’s baked goods^u as an appeasing fragrance to Yahweh. ²²And the anointed priest taking his place from among his sons must do it. As a lasting rule, it must be turned into smoke totally for Yahweh. ²³And every grain offering of a priest must be a whole burnt offering; it must not be eaten.”

Additional Laws for Sin Offerings

²⁴Then^v Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, ²⁵“Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying, ‘This is the regulation of the sin offering: In the place where the sin offering is slaughtered, the sin offering must be slaughtered before^w Yahweh; it is a most holy thing.^{x 26}The priest who offers the sin offering^y must eat it in a holy place—in the tent of assembly’s courtyard. ²⁷Anything that^z touches its flesh will become holy, and when some of^a its blood spatters on a^b garment, what was spattered on it you^c shall wash in a holy place. ²⁸And a clay vessel in which it was boiled must be broken, but^d if it was boiled in a bronze vessel, then^e it shall be thoroughly scoured and rinsed with water. ²⁹Any male among the priests may eat it; it is a most holy thing.^{f 30}But^g any sin offering from which some of^h its blood is brought to the tent of assembly to make atonement in the sanctuary must not be eaten; it must be burned in the fire.’ ”

Additional Laws for Guilt Offerings

7“ ‘And this is the regulation of the guilt offering; it is a most holy thing.^{a 2}In the place where they slaughter the burnt offering,^b they must slaughter the guilt offering,^c and he^d must sprinkle its blood upon the altar all around. ³And he must present all of its fat:^e the fat tail and the fat that covers the inner parts,^{f 4}and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is on the loins, and he must remove the lobe on the liver in addition to the kidneys. ⁵And the priest shall turn it into smoke on the altar as a food offering made by fire for Yahweh; it is a guilt offering. ⁶Every male among the priests may eat it; it must be eaten in a holy place; it is a most holy thing.^{g 7}The instruction is the same for the guilt offering as for the sin offering;^h it belongs toⁱ the priest, who makes atonement with it.

Portions for the Priests

⁸“ ‘And^j the priest who presents a person’s^k burnt offering, to that^l priest belongs^m the skin of the burnt offering that he presented. ⁹And every grain offering that is baked in the oven and all that is prepared in aⁿ cooking pan or^o on a flat baking pan belongs to^p the priest who presented it. ¹⁰And every grain offering, whether mixed with oil or dry, shall be for all of Aaron’s sons equally.^q

Additional Laws for Fellowship Offerings

¹¹“ ‘And this is the regulation of the fellowship offerings that he must present to Yahweh: ¹²If he presents it for thanksgiving, in addition to the thanksgiving sacrifice he shall present ring-shaped unleavened bread mixed with oil and unleavened bread wafers smeared with oil and well-mixed ring-shaped bread cakes of finely milled flour mixed with oil. ¹³In addition to ring-shaped cakes of bread with yeast, he must present his grain^r offering together with^s his sacrifice of thanksgiving peace offerings. ¹⁴And he shall present one of each kind of grain^t offering as a contribution for Yahweh; it belongs to^u the priest who sprinkles the fellowship offerings’ blood. ¹⁵And the meat of the sacrifice of his thanksgiving fellowship offerings must be eaten on the day of his offering; he must not leave it until morning.

¹⁶“ ‘But^v if his sacrifice is for a vow or as a freewill offering, it must be eaten on the day of his presenting his sacrifice, and on the next day the remainder^w from it may be eaten, ¹⁷but^x the remainder from the sacrifice’s meat must be burned up in the fire on the third day. ¹⁸And if indeed some of the meat of his fellowship offerings’ sacrifice is eaten on the third day, it will not be accepted; it will not be considered of benefit for the one who presented it—it shall be unclean meat, and the person^y who eats it shall bear his guilt. ¹⁹And the meat that touches anything unclean must not be eaten; it must be burned with fire, and as for the clean^z meat, anyone who is clean may eat the meat. ²⁰And the person^a who eats meat from the fellowship offerings’ sacrifice, which is for Yahweh, and whose uncleanness is upon him—that person^b shall be cut off from his people. ²¹And when a person^c touches anything unclean, whether human uncleanness or an unclean animal or any unclean detestable thing, and he eats from the meat of the fellowship offerings’ sacrifice, which is for Yahweh, then^d that person^e shall be cut off from his people.’ ”

Instructions for the People

²²Then^f Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, ²³“Speak to the Israelites,^g saying, ‘You^h must not eat any fat of ox, orⁱ sheep, or^j goat; ²⁴and a dead body’s fat or^k mangled carcass’s fat may be used for any purpose,^l but^m youⁿ certainly must not eat it. ²⁵When anyone eats fat from the domestic animal from which he presented an offering made by fire for Yahweh, then^o that person^p who ate shall be cut off from his people. ²⁶And in any of your^q dwellings, you must not eat any blood belonging to^r birds^s or^t domestic animals.^{u 27}Any person^v who eats any blood, that person^w shall be cut off from his people.’ ”

Portions of Fellowship Offerings for Priests

²⁸Then^x Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, ²⁹“Speak to the Israelites,^y saying, ‘The one who presents his fellowship offerings’ sacrifice for Yahweh shall bring his offering to Yahweh from his fellowship offerings’ sacrifice. ³⁰His own hands must bring Yahweh’s offerings made by fire. He must bring the fat in addition to the breast section to wave the breast section as a wave offering before Yahweh, ³¹and the priest shall turn the fat into smoke on the altar, and the breast section shall be for Aaron and his^z sons. ³²And the right upper thigh you^a must give as a contribution for the priest from your^b fellowship offerings’ sacrifice. ³³As for the one from Aaron’s sons who presents the blood of the fellowship offerings and the fat, the right upper thigh shall belong to him^c as his share, ³⁴because I have taken the wave offering’s breast section and the contribution offering’s upper thigh from the Israelites^d out of their fellowship offerings’ sacrifices, and I have given them to Aaron the priest and his^e sons from the Israelites^f as a lasting rule.’ ”

³⁵This is Aaron’s allotted portion and his sons’ allotted portion from Yahweh’s offerings made by fire when^g he brought them forward to serve as priests for Yahweh. ^36…