Leviticus 6:8–30

Statutes for the Priest in the Offerings

⁸¹Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

⁹“Command Aaron and his sons, saying, ‘This is ^athe law for the burnt offering: the burnt offering itself shall remain on the hearth on the altar all night until the morning, and ^bthe fire on the altar shall be kept burning on it.

¹⁰‘And the priest shall put on ^ahis linen robe, and he shall put on undergarments next to his flesh; and he shall raise up the ¹ashes to which the fire ²reduces the burnt offering on the altar and place them beside the altar.

¹¹‘Then he shall take off his garments and put on other garments and carry the ¹ashes outside the camp to a clean place.

¹²‘And the fire on the altar shall be kept burning on it. It shall not go out, but the priest shall burn wood on it every morning; and he shall lay out the burnt offering on it and offer up in smoke the fat portions of the peace offerings ^aon it.

¹³‘Fire shall be kept burning continually on the altar; it shall not go out.

¹⁴‘Now this is the law of the grain offering: the sons of Aaron shall bring it near before Yahweh in front of the altar.

¹⁵‘^aThen one of them shall raise up from it a handful of the fine flour of the grain offering, ¹with its oil and all the frankincense that is on the grain offering, and he shall offer it up in smoke on the altar, a soothing aroma, as its memorial offering to Yahweh.

¹⁶‘^aWhat is left of it Aaron and his sons shall eat. It shall be eaten as unleavened cakes in a holy place; they shall eat it in the court of the tent of meeting.

¹⁷‘^aIt shall not be baked with leaven. I have given it as their share from My offerings by fire; ^bit is most holy, like the sin offering and ^cthe guilt offering.

¹⁸‘^aEvery male among the sons of Aaron may eat it; it is a perpetual statute throughout your generations, from the offerings by fire to Yahweh. ^bWhoever touches them will be set apart as holy.’”

¹⁹Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

²⁰“This is the offering which Aaron and his sons shall bring near to Yahweh on the day when he is anointed; the ¹tenth of an ^aephah of fine flour as ^ba ²regular grain offering, half of it in the morning and half of it in the evening.

²¹“It shall be prepared with oil on a ^agriddle. When it is well stirred, you shall bring it. You shall bring near the grain offering in baked pieces as a soothing aroma to Yahweh.

²²“And the anointed priest, who will be in his place ¹among his sons, shall ²offer it. By a perpetual statute it shall be entirely offered up in smoke to Yahweh.

²³“So every grain offering of the priest shall be burned entirely. It shall not be eaten.”

²⁴Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

²⁵“Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, ‘This is the law of the sin offering: ^ain the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered, the sin offering shall be slaughtered before Yahweh; it is most holy.

²⁶‘^aThe priest who offers it for sin shall eat it. It shall be eaten in a holy place, in the court of the tent of meeting.

²⁷‘^aAnyone who touches its flesh will be set apart as holy; and when any of its blood sprinkles on a garment, in a holy place you shall wash what was sprinkled on.

²⁸‘Also ^athe earthenware vessel in which it was boiled shall be broken; and if it was boiled in a bronze vessel, then it shall be scoured and rinsed in water.

²⁹‘^aAnd every male among the priests may eat of it; ^bit is most holy.

³⁰‘But no sin offering, ^aof which any of the blood is brought into the tent of meeting to make atonement ^bin the holy place, shall be eaten; ^cit shall be burned with fire.