³⁹ In the portico of the gateway were two tables on each side, on which the burnt offerings,^(A) sin offerings^[a](B) and guilt offerings^(C) were slaughtered.^(D)

² The prince is to enter from the outside through the portico^(A) of the gateway and stand by the gatepost. The priests are to sacrifice his burnt offering^(B) and his fellowship offerings. He is to bow down in worship at the threshold of the gateway and then go out, but the gate will not be shut until evening.^(C)

² “Say to the Israelites: ‘When anyone sins unintentionally^(A) and does what is forbidden in any of the Lord’s commands^(B)—

³ “‘If the anointed priest^(C) sins,^(D) bringing guilt on the people, he must bring to the Lord a young bull^(E) without defect^(F) as a sin offering^[a](G) for the sin he has committed.^(H)

³ “‘If the offering is a burnt offering^(A) from the herd,^(B) you are to offer a male without defect.^(C) You must present it at the entrance to the tent^(D) of meeting so that it will be acceptable^(E) to the Lord. ⁴ You are to lay your hand on the head^(F) of the burnt offering,^(G) and it will be accepted^(H) on your behalf to make atonement^(I) for you. ⁵ You are to slaughter^(J) the young bull^(K) before the Lord, and then Aaron’s sons^(L) the priests shall bring the blood and splash it against the sides of the altar^(M) at the entrance to the tent of meeting. ⁶ You are to skin^(N) the burnt offering and cut it into pieces.^{(O) 7} The sons of Aaron the priest are to put fire on the altar and arrange wood^(P) on the fire. ⁸ Then Aaron’s sons the priests shall arrange the pieces, including the head and the fat,^(Q) on the wood^(R) that is burning on the altar. ⁹ You are to wash the internal organs and the legs with water,^(S) and the priest is to burn all of it^(T) on the altar.^(U) It is a burnt offering,^(V) a food offering,^(W) an aroma pleasing to the Lord.^(X)

¹⁰ “‘If the offering is a burnt offering from the flock, from either the sheep^(Y) or the goats,^(Z) you are to offer a male without defect. ¹¹ You are to slaughter it at the north side of the altar^(AA) before the Lord, and Aaron’s sons the priests shall splash its blood against the sides of the altar.^{(AB) 12} You are to cut it into pieces, and the priest shall arrange them, including the head and the fat,^(AC) on the wood that is burning on the altar. ¹³ You are to wash the internal organs and the legs with water,^(AD) and the priest is to bring all of them and burn them^(AE) on the altar.^(AF) It is a burnt offering,^(AG) a food offering, an aroma pleasing to the Lord.

¹⁴ “‘If the offering to the Lord is a burnt offering of birds, you are to offer a dove or a young pigeon.^{(AH) 15} The priest shall bring it to the altar, wring off the head^(AI) and burn it on the altar; its blood shall be drained out on the side of the altar.^{(AJ) 16} He is to remove the crop and the feathers^[a] and throw them down east of the altar where the ashes^(AK) are. ¹⁷ He shall tear it open by the wings, not dividing it completely,^(AL) and then the priest shall burn it on the wood^(AM) that is burning on the altar. It is a burnt offering, a food offering, an aroma pleasing to the Lord.

²¹ God made him who had no sin^(A) to be sin^[a] for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.^(B)

¹⁶ Is not the cup of thanksgiving for which we give thanks a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break^(A) a participation in the body of Christ?^{(B) 17} Because there is one loaf, we, who are many, are one body,^(C) for we all share the one loaf.

¹⁸ Consider the people of Israel: Do not those who eat the sacrifices^(D) participate in the altar? ¹⁹ Do I mean then that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything?^{(E) 20} No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons,^(F) not to God, and I do not want you to be participants with demons. ²¹ You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot have a part in both the Lord’s table and the table of demons.^(G)

³⁰ so that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom^(A) and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.^(B)

¹² “But you profane it by saying, ‘The Lord’s table^(A) is defiled,’ and, ‘Its food^(B) is contemptible.’

⁷ “By offering defiled food^(A) on my altar.

“But you ask,^(B) ‘How have we defiled you?’

“By saying that the Lord’s table^(C) is contemptible.