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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 hed must sprinkle its blood upon the altar all around. 3 And 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. 5 And the priest shall turn it into smoke on the altar as a food offering made by fire for Yahweh; it is a guilt offering. 6 Every 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 to⌋i the priest, who makes atonement with it.
a | Literally “a holiness of holinesses” |
b | Or, taking the verb as an indefinite (thus passive) imperfect 3mp, “the sin offering is slaughtered” |
c | Or, taking the verb as an indefinite (thus passive) imperfect 3mp, “the guilt offering must be slaughtered” |
d | That is, the priest; understood by context and 3ms verb |
e | Hebrew “all of its fat from it” |
f | Or “entrails” |
g | Literally “a holiness of holinesses” |
h | Literally “as the sin offering as the guilt offering one for them” |
i | Literally “for him it shall be” or “it will become his” |
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