The Grain Offering

2 ‘When anyone offers ^(A)a grain offering to the Lord, his offering shall be of fine flour. And he shall pour oil on it, and put ^(B)frankincense on it. ² He shall bring it to Aaron’s sons, the priests, one of whom shall take from it his handful of fine flour and oil with all the frankincense. And the priest shall burn ^(C)it as a memorial on the altar, an offering made by fire, a sweet aroma to the Lord. ^3 (D)The rest of the grain offering shall be Aaron’s and his ^(E)sons’. ^(F)It is most holy of the offerings to the Lord made by fire.

⁴ ‘And if you bring as an offering a grain offering baked in the oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mixed with oil, or unleavened wafers ^(G)anointed^[a] with oil. ⁵ But if your offering is a grain offering baked in a ^[b]pan, it shall be of fine flour, unleavened, mixed with oil. ⁶ You shall break it in pieces and pour oil on it; it is a grain offering.

⁷ ‘If your offering is a grain offering baked in a ^(H)covered pan, it shall be made of fine flour with oil. ⁸ You shall bring the grain offering that is made of these things to the Lord. And when it is presented to the priest, he shall bring it to the altar. ⁹ Then the priest shall take from the grain offering ^(I)a memorial portion, and burn it on the altar. It is an ^(J)offering made by fire, a sweet aroma to the Lord. ¹⁰ And ^(K)what is left of the grain offering shall be Aaron’s and his sons’. It is most holy of the offerings to the Lord made by fire.

¹¹ ‘No grain offering which you bring to the Lord shall be made with ^(L)leaven, for you shall burn no leaven nor any honey in any offering to the Lord made by fire. ^12 (M)As for the offering of the firstfruits, you shall offer them to the Lord, but they shall not be burned on the altar for a sweet aroma. ¹³ And every offering of your grain offering ^(N)you shall season with salt; you shall not allow ^(O)the salt of the covenant of your God to be lacking from your grain offering. ^(P)With all your offerings you shall offer salt.

¹⁴ ‘If you offer a grain offering of your firstfruits to the Lord, ^(Q)you shall offer for the grain offering of your firstfruits green heads of grain roasted on the fire, grain beaten from ^(R)full heads. ¹⁵ And ^(S)you shall put oil on it, and lay frankincense on it. It is a grain offering. ¹⁶ Then the priest shall burn ^(T)the memorial portion: part of its beaten grain and part of its oil, with all the frankincense, as an offering made by fire to the Lord.

The Feast of Firstfruits

⁹ And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ¹⁰ “Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: ^(A)‘When you come into the land which I give to you, and reap its harvest, then you shall bring a sheaf of ^(B)the firstfruits of your harvest to the priest. ¹¹ He shall ^(C)wave the sheaf before the Lord, to be accepted on your behalf; on the day after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it. ¹² And you shall offer on that day, when you wave the sheaf, a male lamb of the first year, without blemish, as a burnt offering to the Lord. ¹³ Its grain offering shall be two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil, an offering made by fire to the Lord, for a ^[a]sweet aroma; and its drink offering shall be of wine, one-fourth of a hin. ¹⁴ You shall eat neither bread nor parched grain nor fresh grain until the same day that you have brought an offering to your God; it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

The Sanctity of Blood

17 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ² “Speak to Aaron, to his sons, and to all the children of Israel, and say to them, ‘This is the thing which the Lord has commanded, saying: ³ “Whatever man of the house of Israel who ^(A)kills an ox or lamb or goat in the camp, or who kills it outside the camp, ⁴ and does not bring it to the door of the tabernacle of meeting to offer an offering to the Lord before the tabernacle of the Lord, the guilt of bloodshed shall be ^(B)imputed to that man. He has shed blood; and that man shall be ^[a]cut off from among his people, ⁵ to the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices ^(C)which they offer in the open field, that they may bring them to the Lord at the door of the tabernacle of meeting, to the priest, and offer them as peace offerings to the Lord. ⁶ And the priest ^(D)shall sprinkle the blood on the altar of the Lord at the door of the tabernacle of meeting, and ^(E)burn the fat for a sweet aroma to the Lord. ⁷ They shall no more offer their sacrifices ^(F)to ^[b]demons, after whom they ^(G)have played the harlot. This shall be a statute forever for them throughout their generations.” ’

⁸ “Also you shall say to them: ‘Whatever man of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who dwell among you, ^(H)who offers a burnt offering or sacrifice, ⁹ and does not ^(I)bring it to the door of the tabernacle of meeting, to offer it to the Lord, that man shall be ^[c]cut off from among his people.

^10 (J)‘And whatever man of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who dwell among you, who eats any blood, ^(K)I will set My face against that person who eats blood, and will cut him off from among his people. ¹¹ For the ^(L)life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you upon the altar ^(M)to make atonement for your souls; for ^(N)it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul.’ ¹² Therefore I said to the children of Israel, ‘No one among you shall eat blood, nor shall any stranger who dwells among you eat blood.’

¹³ “Whatever man of the children of Israel, or of the strangers who dwell among you, who ^(O)hunts and catches any animal or bird that may be eaten, he shall ^(P)pour out its blood and ^(Q)cover it with dust; ^14 (R)for it is the life of all flesh. Its blood sustains its life. Therefore I said to the children of Israel, ‘You shall not eat the blood of any flesh, for the life of all flesh is its blood. Whoever eats it shall be cut off.’

^15 (S)“And every person who eats what died naturally or what was torn by beasts, whether he is a native of your own country or a stranger, ^(T)he shall both wash his clothes and ^(U)bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. Then he shall be clean. ¹⁶ But if he does not wash them or bathe his body, then ^(V)he shall bear his ^[d]guilt.”