¹³ Then he said to me, “The north^(A) and south rooms^(B) facing the temple courtyard^(C) are the priests’ rooms, where the priests who approach the Lord will eat the most holy offerings. There they will put the most holy offerings—the grain offerings,^(D) the sin offerings^[a](E) and the guilt offerings^(F)—for the place is holy.^(G)

¹⁷ “Why didn’t you eat the sin offering^(A) in the sanctuary area? It is most holy; it was given to you to take away the guilt^(B) of the community by making atonement for them before the Lord.

⁶ Any male in a priest’s family may eat it,^(A) but it must be eaten in the sanctuary area; it is most holy.^(B)

⁴⁶ and the room facing north^(A) is for the priests who guard the altar.^(B) These are the sons of Zadok,^(C) who are the only Levites who may draw near to the Lord to minister before him.^(D)”

⁹ You are to have the part of the most holy offerings^(A) that is kept from the fire. From all the gifts they bring me as most holy offerings, whether grain^(B) or sin^[a](C) or guilt offerings,^(D) that part belongs to you and your sons. ¹⁰ Eat it as something most holy; every male shall eat it.^(E) You must regard it as holy.^(F)

¹³ He is to slaughter the lamb in the sanctuary area^(A) where the sin offering^[a] and the burnt offering are slaughtered. Like the sin offering, the guilt offering belongs to the priest;^(B) it is most holy.

²⁹ Any male in a priest’s family may eat it;^(A) it is most holy.^(B)

³¹ “Take the ram^(A) for the ordination and cook the meat in a sacred place.^(B)

⁵ The Levitical priests shall step forward, for the Lord your God has chosen them to minister and to pronounce blessings^(A) in the name of the Lord and to decide all cases of dispute and assault.^(B)