The Peace Offering

3 ‘When his offering is a ^(A)sacrifice of a peace offering, if he offers it of the herd, whether male or female, he shall offer it ^(B)without ^[a]blemish before the Lord. ² And ^(C)he shall lay his hand on the head of his offering, and kill it at the door of the tabernacle of meeting; and Aaron’s sons, the priests, shall ^(D)sprinkle the blood all around on the altar. ³ Then he shall offer from the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire to the Lord. ^(E)The fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails, ⁴ the two kidneys and the fat that is on them by the flanks, and the fatty lobe attached to the liver above the kidneys, he shall remove; ⁵ and Aaron’s sons ^(F)shall burn it on the altar upon the ^(G)burnt sacrifice, which is on the wood that is on the fire, as an ^(H)offering made by fire, a ^(I)sweet aroma to the Lord.

⁶ ‘If his offering as a sacrifice of a peace offering to the Lord is of the flock, whether male or female, ^(J)he shall offer it without blemish. ⁷ If he offers a ^(K)lamb as his offering, then he shall ^(L)offer it ^(M)before the Lord. ⁸ And he shall lay his hand on the head of his offering, and kill it before the tabernacle of meeting; and Aaron’s sons shall sprinkle its blood all around on the altar.

⁹ ‘Then he shall offer from the sacrifice of the peace offering, as an offering made by fire to the Lord, its fat and the whole fat tail which he shall remove close to the backbone. And the fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails, ¹⁰ the two kidneys and the fat that is on them by the flanks, and the fatty lobe attached to the liver above the kidneys, he shall remove; ¹¹ and the priest shall burn them on the altar as ^(N)food, an offering made by fire to the Lord.

¹² ‘And if his ^(O)offering is a goat, then ^(P)he shall offer it before the Lord. ¹³ He shall lay his hand on its head and kill it before the tabernacle of meeting; and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle its blood all around on the altar. ¹⁴ Then he shall offer from it his offering, as an offering made by fire to the Lord. The fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails, ¹⁵ the two kidneys and the fat that is on them by the flanks, and the fatty lobe attached to the liver above the kidneys, he shall remove; ¹⁶ and the priest shall burn them on the altar as food, an offering made by fire for a sweet aroma; ^(Q)all the fat is the Lord’s.

¹⁷ ‘This shall be a ^(R)perpetual^[b] statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings: you shall eat neither fat nor ^(S)blood.’ ”

The Law of Peace Offerings

^11 (A)‘This is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings which he shall offer to the Lord: ¹² If he offers it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer, with the sacrifice of thanksgiving, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, unleavened wafers ^(B)anointed with oil, or cakes of blended flour mixed with oil. ¹³ Besides the cakes, as his offering he shall offer ^(C)leavened bread with the sacrifice of thanksgiving of his peace offering. ¹⁴ And from it he shall offer one cake from each offering as a heave offering to the Lord. ^(D)It shall belong to the priest who sprinkles the blood of the peace offering.

^15 (E)‘The flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offering for thanksgiving shall be eaten the same day it is offered. He shall not leave any of it until morning. ¹⁶ But ^(F)if the sacrifice of his offering is a vow or a voluntary offering, it shall be eaten the same day that he offers his sacrifice; but on the next day the remainder of it also may be eaten; ¹⁷ the remainder of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day must be burned with fire. ¹⁸ And if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offering is eaten at all on the third day, it shall not be accepted, nor shall it be ^(G)imputed to him; it shall be an ^(H)abomination to him who offers it, and the person who eats of it shall bear ^[a]guilt.

¹⁹ ‘The flesh that touches any unclean thing shall not be eaten. It shall be burned with fire. And as for the clean flesh, all who are ^[b]clean may eat of it. ²⁰ But the person who eats the flesh of the sacrifice of the peace offering that belongs to the ^(I)Lord, ^(J)while he is unclean, that person ^(K)shall be cut off from his people. ²¹ Moreover the person who touches any unclean thing, such as ^(L)human uncleanness, an ^(M)unclean animal, or any ^(N)abominable^[c] unclean thing, and who eats the flesh of the sacrifice of the peace offering that belongs to the Lord, that person ^(O)shall be cut off from his people.’ ”

The Portion of Aaron and His Sons

²⁸ Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ²⁹ “Speak to the children of Israel, saying: ^(A)‘He who offers the sacrifice of his peace offering to the Lord shall bring his offering to the Lord from the sacrifice of his peace offering. ^30 (B)His own hands shall bring the offerings made by fire to the Lord. The fat with the breast he shall bring, that the ^(C)breast may be waved as a wave offering before the Lord. ^31 (D)And the priest shall burn the fat on the altar, but the ^(E)breast shall be Aaron’s and his sons’. ^32 (F)Also the right thigh you shall give to the priest as a heave offering from the sacrifices of your peace offerings. ³³ He among the sons of Aaron, who offers the blood of the peace offering and the fat, shall have the right thigh for his part. ³⁴ For ^(G)the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the heave offering I have taken from the children of Israel, from the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and I have given them to Aaron the priest and to his sons from the children of Israel by a statute forever.’ ”