¹⁴ I have not eaten any of the sacred portion while I was in mourning, nor have I removed any of it while I was unclean,^(A) nor have I offered any of it to the dead. I have obeyed the Lord my God; I have done everything you commanded me.

¹⁹ Aaron replied to Moses, “Today they sacrificed their sin offering and their burnt offering^(A) before the Lord, but such things as this have happened to me. Would the Lord have been pleased if I had eaten the sin offering today?”