The Law of Burnt Offerings

1 Now ^(A)the Lord called to Moses and spoke to him from the tent of meeting, saying, ² “Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘When anyone of you brings an ^(B)offering to the Lord, you shall bring your offering of livestock from ^(C)the herd or the flock. ³ If his offering is a ^(D)burnt offering from the herd, he shall offer a male ^(E)without defect; he shall offer it ^(F)at the doorway of the tent of meeting, so that he may be accepted before the Lord. ⁴ And ^(G)he shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, so that it may be accepted for him to make ^(H)atonement on his behalf. ⁵ Then ^(I)he shall ^[a]slaughter the ^[b]bull before the Lord; and Aaron’s sons the priests shall offer up ^(J)the blood and ^(K)sprinkle the blood around on the altar that is at the doorway of the tent of meeting. ^6 (L)He shall then skin the burnt offering and cut it into its pieces. ⁷ And ^(M)the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire on the altar and arrange wood on the fire. ⁸ Then Aaron’s sons the priests shall arrange the pieces, with the head and the ^(N)suet, on the wood which is on the fire that is on the altar. ⁹ Its ^(O)entrails, however, and its legs he shall wash with water. And ^(P)the priest shall offer all of it up in smoke on the altar as a burnt offering, an offering by fire as ^(Q)a soothing aroma to the Lord.

¹⁰ ‘But if his offering is from the flock, either from the sheep or from the goats, as a burnt offering, he shall offer a ^(R)male without defect. ¹¹ And ^(S)he shall slaughter it on the side of the altar northward before the Lord, and Aaron’s sons the priests shall sprinkle its blood around on the altar. ¹² He shall then cut it into its pieces with its head and its ^(T)suet, and the priest shall arrange them on the wood which is on the fire that is on the altar. ¹³ The entrails, however, and the legs he shall wash with water. And ^(U)the priest shall offer all of it, and offer it up in smoke on the altar; it is a burnt offering, an offering by fire of a soothing aroma to the Lord.

¹⁴ ‘But if his offering to the Lord is a burnt offering of birds, then he shall bring his offering from the ^(V)turtledoves or from young doves. ¹⁵ The priest shall bring it to the altar, and pinch off its head, and offer it up in smoke on the altar; and its blood is to be drained out ^(W)on the side of the altar. ¹⁶ He shall also remove its craw with its feathers and throw it beside the altar eastward, to the place of the ^(X)fatty ashes. ¹⁷ Then he shall tear it by its wings, but ^(Y)shall not sever it. And the priest shall offer it up in smoke on the altar, on the wood which is on the fire; ^(Z)it is a burnt offering, an offering by fire of a soothing aroma to the Lord.

The Law of Grain Offerings

2 ‘Now when anyone presents a ^(AA)grain offering as an offering to the Lord, his offering shall be of fine flour, and he shall pour oil on it and put frankincense on it. ² He shall then bring it to Aaron’s sons the priests; and he shall take from it ^(AB)his handful of its fine flour and of its oil, with all of its frankincense. And the priest shall offer it up in smoke as its ^(AC)memorial portion on the altar, an offering by fire of a soothing aroma to the Lord. ^3 (AD)The remainder of the grain offering belongs to ^(AE)Aaron and his sons: a most holy part of the offerings to the Lord by fire.

⁴ ‘Now when you bring an offering of a grain offering baked in an oven, it shall be ^(AF)unleavened cakes of fine flour mixed with oil, or unleavened wafers ^[c]spread with oil. ⁵ And if your offering is a grain offering made ^(AG)on the griddle, it shall be of fine flour, unleavened, mixed with oil; ⁶ you shall break it into bits and pour oil on it; it is a grain offering. ⁷ Now if your offering is a grain offering made ^(AH)in a ^[d]pan, it shall be made of fine flour with oil. ⁸ When you bring in the grain offering which is made of these things to the Lord, it shall be presented to the priest, and he shall bring it to the altar. ⁹ The priest then shall take up from the grain offering ^(AI)its memorial portion, and shall offer it up in smoke on the altar as an offering by fire of a soothing aroma to the Lord. ^10 (AJ)The remainder of the grain offering belongs to Aaron and his sons: a most holy part of the offerings to the Lord by fire.

¹¹ ‘^(AK)No grain offering, which you bring to the Lord, shall be made with leaven, for you shall not offer ^[e]up in smoke any leaven or any honey as an ^(AL)offering by fire to the Lord. ^12 (AM)As an offering of first fruits you shall bring them to the Lord, but they shall not ascend as a soothing aroma on the altar. ¹³ Every grain offering of yours, moreover, you shall season with salt, so that ^(AN)the salt of the covenant of your God will not be lacking from your grain offering; with all your offerings you shall offer salt.

¹⁴ ‘Also if you bring a grain offering of early ripened things to the Lord, you shall bring ^(AO)fresh heads of grain roasted in the fire, crushed grain of new growth, for the grain offering of your early ripened produce. ¹⁵ You shall then put oil on it and place incense on it; it is a grain offering. ¹⁶ Then the priest shall offer up in smoke ^(AP)its memorial portion, part of its crushed grain and its oil with all its incense as an offering by fire to the Lord.

The Law of Peace Offerings

3 ‘Now if his offering is a ^(AQ)sacrifice of peace offerings, if he is going to offer from the herd, whether male or female, he shall offer it ^(AR)without defect before the Lord. ² And ^(AS)he shall lay his hand on the head of his offering and ^(AT)slaughter it at the doorway of the tent of meeting, and Aaron’s sons the priests shall sprinkle the blood around on the altar. ³ From the sacrifice of the peace offerings he shall then present an offering by fire to the Lord, the fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails, ⁴ and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, which is on the loins, and the ^[f]lobe of the liver, which he shall remove with the kidneys. ⁵ Then ^(AU)Aaron’s sons shall offer it up in smoke on the altar ^(AV)on the burnt offering, which is on the wood that is on the fire; ^(AW)it is an offering by fire of a soothing aroma to the Lord. ⁶ But if his offering for a sacrifice of peace offerings to the Lord is from the flock, he shall offer it, male or female, ^(AX)without defect. ⁷ If he is going to offer ^(AY)a lamb for his offering, then he shall offer it ^(AZ)before the Lord, ⁸ and ^(BA)he shall lay his hand on the head of his offering and ^(BB)slaughter it in front of the tent of meeting, and Aaron’s sons shall ^(BC)sprinkle its blood around on the altar. ⁹ From the ^(BD)sacrifice of peace offerings he shall then bring as an offering by fire to the Lord, its fat, the entire fat tail which he shall remove close to the backbone, the fat that covers the entrails, and all the fat that is on the entrails, ¹⁰ and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, which is on the loins, and the ^[g]lobe of the liver, which he shall remove ^(BE)with the kidneys. ¹¹ Then the priest shall offer it up in smoke ^(BF)on the altar as ^(BG)food, an offering by fire to the Lord.

¹² ‘Now if his offering is ^(BH)a goat, then he shall offer it before the Lord, ¹³ and he shall lay his hand on its head and slaughter it in front of the tent of meeting, and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle its blood around on the altar. ¹⁴ From it he shall present his offering as an offering by fire to the Lord, the fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails, ¹⁵ and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, which is on the loins, and the ^[h]lobe of the liver, which he shall remove ^(BI)with the kidneys. ¹⁶ The priest shall offer them up in smoke on the altar as food, an offering by fire as a soothing aroma; ^(BJ)all fat is the Lord’s. ¹⁷ It is a ^(BK)permanent statute throughout your generations in all your dwelling places: you shall not eat any fat ^(BL)or any blood.’”

The Law of Sin Offerings

4 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ² “Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘If a person sins ^(BM)unintentionally in any of the ^[i]things which the Lord has ^(BN)commanded not to be done, and commits any of them, ^3 (BO)if the anointed priest sins so as to bring guilt on the people, then he is to offer to the Lord a ^[j]bull without defect as a sin offering for his sin which he has ^[k]committed. ⁴ He shall bring the bull to the doorway of the tent of meeting before the Lord, and ^(BP)he shall lay his hand on the head of the bull and slaughter the bull before the Lord. ⁵ Then the ^(BQ)anointed priest is to take some of the blood of the bull and bring it to the tent of meeting, ⁶ and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle some of the blood seven times before the Lord, in front of ^(BR)the veil of the sanctuary. ⁷ The priest shall also put some of the blood on the horns of ^(BS)the altar of fragrant incense which is before the Lord in the tent of meeting; and all the rest of the blood of the bull he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering, which is at the doorway of the tent of meeting. ⁸ And ^(BT)he shall remove from it all the fat of the bull of the sin offering: the fat that covers the entrails, and all the fat which is on the entrails, ⁹ and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, which is on the loins, and the ^[l]lobe of the liver, which he shall remove ^(BU)with the kidneys ¹⁰ (just as it is removed from the ox of the sacrifice of peace offerings); and the priest is to offer them up in smoke on the altar of burnt offering. ¹¹ But ^(BV)the hide of the bull and all its flesh, along with its head, its legs, its entrails, and its refuse, ^12 [m]that is, all the rest of the bull, he is to bring out to ^(BW)a clean place outside the camp where the fatty ashes are poured out, and burn it on wood with fire; where the fatty ashes are poured out it shall be burned.

¹³ ‘^(BX)Now if the entire congregation of Israel does wrong unintentionally and the matter ^[n]escapes the notice of the assembly, and they commit any of the ^[o]things which the Lord has commanded not to be done, and they become guilty; ^14 (BY)when the sin ^[p]which they have ^[q]committed becomes known, then the assembly shall offer ^(BZ)a ^[r]bull of the herd as a sin offering and bring it in front of the tent of meeting. ¹⁵ Then ^(CA)the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands on the head of the bull before the Lord, and the bull shall be slaughtered ^(CB)before the Lord. ¹⁶ Then the anointed priest is to bring some of the blood of the bull to the tent of meeting; ¹⁷ and ^(CC)the priest shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle it seven times before the Lord, in front of the veil. ¹⁸ He shall then put some of the blood on the horns of ^(CD)the altar which is before the Lord ^[s]in the tent of meeting; and all the rest of the blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering which is at the doorway of the tent of meeting. ¹⁹ And ^(CE)he shall remove all its fat from it and offer it up in smoke on the altar. ²⁰ He shall also do with the bull just as he did with ^(CF)the bull of the sin offering; he shall do the same with it. So ^(CG)the priest shall make atonement for them, and they will be forgiven. ²¹ Then he is to bring the bull out to a place outside the camp and burn it just as he burned the first bull; it is ^(CH)the sin offering for the assembly.

²² ‘When ^(CI)a leader ^(CJ)sins and unintentionally does any of ^[t]the things which the Lord his God has commanded not to be done, and he becomes guilty, ^23 [u](CK)if his sin ^[v]which he has committed is made known to him, he shall bring as his offering a ^[w](CL)goat, ^(CM)a male without defect. ²⁴ And he shall lay his hand on the head of the male goat and slaughter it in the place where they slaughter the burnt offering before the Lord; it is a sin offering. ²⁵ Then the priest is to take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger and put it on ^(CN)the horns of the altar of burnt offering; and the rest of its blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering. ²⁶ And he shall offer ^(CO)all its fat up in smoke on the altar as in the case of the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings. So ^(CP)the priest shall make atonement for him regarding his sin, and he will be forgiven.

²⁷ ‘Now if ^[x]anyone of the ^[y]common people sins ^(CQ)unintentionally by doing any of the ^[z]things which the Lord has commanded not to be done, and becomes guilty, ^28 [aa](CR)if his sin which he has ^[ab]committed is made known to him, then he shall bring as his offering a ^[ac](CS)goat, a ^(CT)female without defect, for his sin which he has ^[ad]committed. ²⁹ And ^(CU)he shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and ^(CV)slaughter the sin offering at the place of the burnt offering. ³⁰ The priest shall then take some of its blood with his finger and put it on the horns of ^(CW)the altar of burnt offering; and ^(CX)all the rest of its blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar. ^31 (CY)Then he shall remove all its fat, just as the fat was removed from the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall offer it up in smoke on the altar as ^(CZ)a soothing aroma to the Lord. So the priest shall make atonement for him, ^[ae]and he will be forgiven.

³² ‘But if he brings ^(DA)a lamb as his offering for a sin offering, he shall bring a female without defect. ³³ And ^(DB)he shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter it as a sin offering ^(DC)in the place where they slaughter the burnt offering. ³⁴ And the priest is to take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger and put it on the horns of ^(DD)the altar of burnt offering, and ^(DE)all the rest of its blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar. ³⁵ Then he shall remove ^(DF)all its fat, just as the fat of the lamb is removed from the sacrifice of the peace offerings, and the priest shall offer ^[af]it up in smoke on the altar, on the offerings by fire to the Lord. So ^(DG)the priest shall make atonement for him regarding his sin which he has ^[ag]committed, and he will be forgiven.

The Law of Guilt Offerings

5 ‘Now if a person sins after he hears a ^[ah]public ^(DH)order to testify when he is a witness, whether he has seen or otherwise known, if he does not tell it, then he will bear his punishment. ² Or if a person touches ^(DI)any unclean thing, whether a carcass of an unclean animal, or the carcass of unclean cattle, or a carcass of unclean swarming things, though it is hidden from him and he is unclean, then he will be guilty. ³ Or if he touches human uncleanness, of whatever sort his uncleanness may be with which he becomes unclean, and it is hidden from him, and then he comes to know it, he will be guilty. ⁴ Or if a person ^(DJ)swears thoughtlessly with his lips to do evil or to do good, in whatever matter people speak thoughtlessly with an oath, and it is hidden from him, and then he comes to know it, he will be guilty of one of these things. ⁵ So it shall be when he becomes guilty of one of these things, that he shall ^(DK)confess that in which he has sinned. ⁶ He shall also bring his guilt offering to the Lord for his sin which he has ^[ai]committed, ^(DL)a female from the flock, a lamb or a ^[aj]goat as a sin offering. So the priest shall make atonement on his behalf for his sin.

⁷ ‘But if ^[ak]he cannot afford a lamb, then he shall bring to the Lord his guilt offering for that in which he has sinned, two turtledoves or two young doves, ^(DM)one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering. ⁸ He shall bring them to the priest, who shall first offer that which is for the sin offering, and shall pinch off its head at the front of its neck, but he ^(DN)shall not sever it. ⁹ He shall also sprinkle some of the blood of the sin offering ^(DO)on the side of the altar, while the rest of the blood shall be drained out ^(DP)at the base of the altar: it is a sin offering. ¹⁰ The second he shall then prepare as a burnt offering ^(DQ)according to the ordinance. ^(DR)So the priest shall make atonement on his behalf for his sin which he has ^[al]committed, and it will be forgiven him.

¹¹ ‘But ^(DS)if his ^[am]means are insufficient for two turtledoves or two young doves, then for his offering for that which he has sinned, he shall bring the tenth of an ^[an]ephah of fine flour as a sin offering; ^(DT)he shall not put oil on it or place incense on it, for it is a sin offering. ¹² He shall bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take his handful of it as its memorial portion and offer it up in smoke on the altar, ^[ao]with the offerings of the Lord by fire: it is a sin offering. ¹³ So the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin which he has ^[ap]committed from ^(DU)one of these, and it will be forgiven him; then ^(DV)the rest shall become the priest’s, like the grain offering.’”

¹⁴ Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ¹⁵ “^(DW)If a person acts unfaithfully and sins ^(DX)unintentionally against the Lord’s holy things, then he shall bring his ^(DY)guilt offering to the Lord: ^(DZ)a ram without defect from the flock, according to your assessment in silver by shekels, in terms of the ^(EA)shekel of the sanctuary, as a guilt offering. ¹⁶ And ^(EB)he shall make restitution for that which he has sinned against the holy thing, and shall add to it a fifth part of it and give it to the priest. ^(EC)The priest shall then make atonement for him with the ram of the guilt offering, and it will be forgiven him.

¹⁷ “Now if a person sins and does any of the things ^[aq]which the Lord has commanded not to be done, ^(ED)though he was unaware, he is still guilty and shall bear his punishment. ¹⁸ He is then to bring to the priest ^(EE)a ram without defect from the flock, according to your assessment, as a guilt offering. So the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin which he committed ^(EF)unintentionally and did not know it, and it will be forgiven him. ¹⁹ It is a guilt offering; he was certainly guilty before the Lord.”

Guilt Offering

6 ^[ar]Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ² “^(EG)When a person sins and acts unfaithfully against the Lord, and disavows the rightful claim of his neighbor regarding a deposit or a security entrusted to him, or regarding robbery, or he has extorted from his neighbor, ³ or ^(EH)has found what was lost and lied about it and sworn falsely, so that he sins regarding any of the things that people do; ⁴ then it shall be, when he sins and becomes guilty, that he shall ^(EI)restore what he took by robbery or acquired by extortion, or the deposit which was ^[as]entrusted to him, or the lost property which he found, ⁵ or anything about which he swore falsely; ^(EJ)he shall make restitution for it ^[at]in full and add to it a fifth more. ^(EK)He shall give it to the one to whom it belongs on the day he presents his guilt offering. ⁶ Then he shall bring to the priest his guilt offering to the Lord, ^(EL)a ram without defect from the flock, according to your assessment, as a guilt offering, ⁷ and ^(EM)the priest shall make atonement for him before the Lord, and he will be forgiven for any one of the things which he may have done to incur guilt.”

The Priest’s Part in the Offerings

^8 [au]Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ⁹ “Command Aaron and his sons, saying, ‘This is ^(EN)the law for the burnt offering: the burnt offering itself shall remain on the hearth on the altar all night until the morning, and ^(EO)the fire on the altar is to be kept burning on it. ¹⁰ The priest is to put on ^(EP)his linen robe, and he shall put on linen undergarments next to his ^[av]body; and he shall take up the fatty ashes to which the fire ^[aw]reduces the burnt offering on the altar and place them beside the altar. ¹¹ Then he shall take off his garments and put on other garments, and carry the fatty ashes outside the camp to a clean place. ¹² The fire on the altar shall be kept burning on it. It shall not go out, but the priest shall burn wood on it every morning; and he shall lay out the burnt offering on it, and offer up in smoke the fat portions of the peace offerings ^(EQ)on it. ¹³ Fire shall be kept burning continually on the altar; it is not to go out.

¹⁴ ‘Now this is the law of the grain offering: the sons of Aaron shall present it before the Lord in front of the altar. ^15 (ER)Then one of them shall lift up from it a handful of the fine flour of the grain offering, ^[ax]with its oil and all the incense that is on the grain offering, and he shall offer it up in smoke on the altar, a soothing aroma, as its memorial offering to the Lord. ¹⁶ And Aaron and his sons are to eat ^(ES)what is left of it. It shall be eaten as unleavened cakes in a holy place; they are to eat it in the courtyard of the tent of meeting. ^17 (ET)It shall not be baked with leaven. I have given it as their share from My offerings by fire; ^(EU)it is most holy, like the sin offering and ^(EV)the guilt offering. ^18 (EW)Every male among the sons of Aaron may eat it; it is a permanent ordinance throughout your generations, from the offerings by fire to the Lord. ^[ay](EX)Whoever touches them ^[az]will become consecrated.’”

¹⁹ Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ²⁰ “This is the offering which Aaron and his sons are to present to the Lord on the day when he is anointed; the tenth of an ^[ba](EY)ephah of fine flour as ^(EZ)a ^[bb]regular grain offering, half of it in the morning and half of it in the evening. ²¹ It shall be prepared with oil on a ^(FA)griddle. When it is well stirred, you shall bring it. You shall present the grain offering in baked pieces as a soothing aroma to the Lord. ²² The anointed priest who will be in his place ^[bc]among his sons shall ^[bd]offer it. By a permanent ordinance it shall be entirely offered up in smoke to the Lord. ²³ So every grain offering of the priest shall be burned entirely. It shall not be eaten.”

²⁴ Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ²⁵ “Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, ‘This is the law of the sin offering: ^(FB)in the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered, the sin offering shall be slaughtered before the Lord; it is most holy. ^26 (FC)The priest who offers it for sin shall eat it. It shall be eaten in a holy place, in the courtyard of the tent of meeting. ^27 (FD)[be]Whoever touches its flesh ^[bf]will become consecrated; and when any of its blood spatters on a garment, you shall wash what spattered on it in a holy place. ²⁸ Also ^(FE)the earthenware vessel in which it was boiled shall be broken; and if it was boiled in a bronze vessel, then it shall be scoured and rinsed in water. ^29 (FF)Every male among the priests may eat it; ^(FG)it is most holy. ³⁰ But no sin offering ^(FH)of which any of the blood is brought into the tent of meeting to make atonement ^(FI)in the Holy Place shall be eaten; ^(FJ)it shall be burned with fire.

The Priest’s Part in the Offerings

7 ‘Now this is the law of the ^(FK)guilt offering; it is most holy. ² In ^(FL)the place where they slaughter the burnt offering they are to slaughter the guilt offering, and the priest shall sprinkle its blood around on the altar. ³ Then he shall offer from it all its fat: the ^(FM)fat tail and the fat that covers the entrails, ⁴ and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, which is on the loins; and he shall remove the lobe on the liver ^(FN)with the kidneys. ⁵ The priest shall offer them up in smoke on the altar as an offering by fire to the Lord; it is a guilt offering. ^6 (FO)Every male among the priests may eat it. It shall be eaten in a holy place; it is most holy. ⁷ The guilt offering is like the ^(FP)sin offering: there is one law for them. The ^(FQ)priest who makes atonement with it ^[bg]shall have it. ⁸ Also the priest who presents anyone’s burnt offering, ^[bh]that priest shall have for himself the hide of the burnt offering which he has presented. ⁹ Likewise, every grain offering that is baked in the oven and everything prepared in a ^[bi]pan or on a ^(FR)griddle ^[bj]shall belong to the priest who presents it. ¹⁰ Every grain offering, mixed with oil or dry, shall ^[bk]belong to all the sons of Aaron, ^[bl]to all alike.

¹¹ ‘Now this is the law of the ^(FS)sacrifice of peace offerings which shall be presented to the Lord. ¹² If he offers it by way of ^(FT)thanksgiving, then along with the sacrifice of thanksgiving he shall offer ^(FU)unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers ^[bm]spread with oil, and cakes of well stirred fine flour mixed with oil. ¹³ With the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving, he shall present his offering with cakes of ^(FV)leavened bread. ¹⁴ Of ^[bn]this he shall present one of every offering as a ^[bo]contribution to the Lord; ^(FW)it shall ^[bp]belong to the priest who sprinkles the blood of the peace offerings.

¹⁵ ‘^(FX)Now as for the flesh of the sacrifice of his thanksgiving peace offerings, it shall be eaten on the day of his offering; he shall not leave any of it over until morning. ¹⁶ But if the sacrifice of his offering is a ^[bq](FY)vow or a ^[br]voluntary offering, it shall be eaten on the day that he offers his sacrifice, and on the next ^[bs]day what is left of it may be eaten; ^17 (FZ)but what is left over from the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day shall be burned with fire. ¹⁸ So if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings is ever eaten on the third day, he who offers it will not be accepted, and it will not be credited to him. It will be an ^(GA)unclean thing, and the person who eats it shall bear his punishment.

¹⁹ ‘Also the flesh that touches anything unclean shall not be eaten; it shall be burned with fire. ^[bt]As for other flesh, anyone who is clean may eat such flesh. ^20 (GB)But the person who eats the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings which belong to the Lord, ^[bu]when he is unclean, that person ^(GC)shall be cut off from his people. ^21 (GD)When anyone touches anything unclean, whether human uncleanness, or an unclean animal, or any unclean ^[bv]detestable thing, and eats of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings which belong to the Lord, that person shall be cut off from his people.’”

²² Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ²³ “Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘You shall not eat ^(GE)any fat from an ox, a sheep, or a goat. ²⁴ Also the fat of an animal which dies and the fat of an animal ^(GF)torn by animals may be put to any other use, but you certainly are not to eat it. ²⁵ For whoever eats the fat of the animal from which ^[bw]an offering by fire is offered to the Lord, the person who eats it shall also be cut off from his people. ²⁶ And ^(GG)you are not to eat any blood, either of bird or animal, in any of your dwellings. ²⁷ Any person who eats any blood, that person shall also be cut off from his people.’”

²⁸ Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ²⁹ “Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘He who offers ^(GH)the sacrifice of his peace offerings to the Lord shall bring his offering to the Lord from the sacrifice of his peace offerings. ³⁰ His own hands are to bring offerings by fire to the Lord. He shall bring the fat with the breast, so that the ^(GI)breast may be ^[bx]presented as a wave offering before the Lord. ³¹ And the priest shall offer up the fat in smoke on the altar, but ^(GJ)the breast shall belong to Aaron and to his sons. ³² And you shall give ^(GK)the right thigh to the priest as a ^[by]contribution from the sacrifices of your peace offerings. ³³ The one among the sons of Aaron who offers the blood of the peace offerings and the fat, the right thigh shall be his as his portion. ³⁴ For I have taken from the sons of Israel ^(GL)the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the ^[bz]contribution from the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and have given them to Aaron the priest and to his sons as their allotted portion forever from the sons of Israel.

³⁵ ‘This is the ^(GM)allotment to Aaron and the allotment to his sons from the offerings by fire to the Lord, on that day when he presented them to serve as priests to the Lord. ^36 [ca]These the Lord had commanded to be given them from the sons of Israel on the day that He ^(GN)anointed them. It is their allotted portion forever throughout their generations.’”

³⁷ This is the law of the burnt offering, the grain offering, the sin offering and the guilt offering, and ^(GO)the ordination offering and the sacrifice of peace offerings, ^38 (GP)which the Lord commanded Moses on Mount Sinai on the day that He commanded the sons of Israel to ^[cb]present their offerings to the Lord in the wilderness of Sinai.

The Consecration of Aaron and His Sons

8 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ² “^(GQ)Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the ^(GR)garments and ^(GS)the anointing oil, and the bull of the sin offering, and the two rams and the basket of unleavened bread, ³ and assemble all the congregation at the doorway of the tent of meeting.” ⁴ So Moses did just as the Lord commanded him. When the congregation was assembled at the doorway of the tent of meeting, ⁵ Moses said to the congregation, “This is the thing which the Lord has commanded us to do.”

⁶ Then ^(GT)Moses had Aaron and his sons come near, and he ^(GU)washed them with water. ⁷ Then he ^(GV)put the tunic on ^[cc]Aaron and wrapped his waist with the sash, and clothed him with the robe and put the ephod on him; and he wrapped his waist with the artistic band of the ephod, ^[cd]with which he fitted it to him. ⁸ He then placed the ^[ce]breastpiece on him, and in the ^[cf]breastpiece he put the ^[cg](GW)Urim and the Thummim. ⁹ He also placed the turban on his head, and on the turban, at its front, he placed ^(GX)the golden plate, the holy crown, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

¹⁰ Moses then took ^(GY)the anointing oil and anointed the ^[ch]tabernacle and everything that was in it, and consecrated them. ¹¹ He also sprinkled some of it on the altar seven times and anointed the altar and all its utensils, and the basin and its stand, to ^(GZ)consecrate them. ¹² Then he poured some of the ^(HA)anointing oil on Aaron’s head and anointed him, to consecrate him. ^13 (HB)Next Moses had Aaron’s sons come near, and he clothed them with tunics and wrapped their waists with sashes, and bound ^[ci]caps on them, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

¹⁴ Then he brought ^(HC)the bull of the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the bull of the sin offering. ¹⁵ Next ^[cj]Moses slaughtered it and took the blood and with his finger ^(HD)put some of it around on the horns of the altar, and purified the altar. Then he poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar and consecrated it, to make atonement for it. ¹⁶ He also ^(HE)took all the fat that was on the entrails and the ^[ck]lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys and their fat; and Moses offered it up in smoke on the altar. ^17 (HF)But the bull and its hide, its flesh, and its refuse he burned in the fire outside the camp, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

¹⁸ Then he presented ^(HG)the ram of the burnt offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram. ¹⁹ And ^[cl]Moses slaughtered it and sprinkled the blood around on the altar. ²⁰ When he had cut the ram into its pieces, Moses ^(HH)offered up the head and the pieces and the suet in smoke. ²¹ After he had washed the entrails and the legs with water, Moses ^(HI)offered up the whole ram in smoke on the altar. It was a burnt offering for a soothing aroma; it was an offering by fire to the Lord, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

²² Then he presented the second ram, ^(HJ)the ram of ^[cm]ordination, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram. ^23 [cn]And Moses slaughtered it and took some of its blood and ^(HK)put it on the lobe of Aaron’s right ear, and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot. ²⁴ He also had Aaron’s sons come near; and Moses put some of the blood on the lobe of their right ear, and on the thumb of their right hand and on the big toe of their right foot. Moses then ^(HL)sprinkled the rest of the blood around on the altar. ²⁵ He then took the fat, and the fat tail, and all the fat that was on the entrails, and the ^[co]lobe of the liver, the two kidneys and their fat, and the right thigh. ²⁶ And ^(HM)from the basket of unleavened bread that was before the Lord, he took one unleavened cake and one cake of bread mixed with oil and one wafer, and placed them on the portions of fat and on the right thigh. ²⁷ He then ^(HN)put all these on the hands of Aaron and on the hands of his sons, and presented them as a wave offering before the Lord. ²⁸ Then Moses ^(HO)took them from their hands and offered them up in smoke on the altar with the burnt offering. They were an ordination offering for ^(HP)a soothing aroma; it was an offering by fire to the Lord. ²⁹ Moses also took ^(HQ)the breast and presented it as a wave offering before the Lord; it was ^(HR)Moses’ portion of the ram of ordination, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

³⁰ So Moses ^(HS)took some of the anointing oil and some of the blood which was on the altar, and sprinkled it on Aaron, on his garments, on his sons, and on the garments of his sons with him; and he consecrated Aaron, his garments, and his sons, and the garments of his sons with him.

³¹ Then Moses said to Aaron and to his sons, “^(HT)Boil the flesh at the doorway of the tent of meeting, and eat it there together with the bread which is in the basket of the ordination offering, just as I commanded, ^(HU)saying, ‘Aaron and his sons shall eat it.’ ³² And ^(HV)the remainder of the flesh and of the bread you shall burn in the fire. ³³ And ^(HW)you shall not go outside the doorway of the tent of meeting for seven days, until the day that the period of your ordination is fulfilled; for he will ^[cp]ordain you through seven days. ³⁴ The Lord has commanded us to do as has been done this day, to make atonement on your behalf. ³⁵ At the doorway of the tent of meeting, moreover, you shall remain day and night for seven days and ^(HX)fulfill your duty to the Lord, so that you will not die; for so I have been commanded.” ³⁶ Aaron and his sons did all the things which the Lord had commanded through Moses.

Aaron Offers Sacrifices

9 Now it came about ^(HY)on the eighth day that Moses called Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel; ² and he said to Aaron, “^(HZ)Take for yourself a calf, a bull, as a sin offering and a ram as a burnt offering, both without defect, and offer them before the Lord. ³ Then you shall speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘Take a male goat as a sin offering, and a calf and a lamb, both one year old, without defect, as a burnt offering, ⁴ and an ox and a ram for peace offerings, to sacrifice before the Lord, and a grain offering mixed with oil; for today ^(IA)the Lord will appear to you.’” ⁵ So they took what Moses had commanded to the front of the tent of meeting, and the whole congregation came near and stood before the Lord. ⁶ And Moses said, “This is the thing which the Lord has commanded you to do, so that ^(IB)the glory of the Lord may appear to you.” ⁷ Moses then said to Aaron, “Come near to the altar and ^[cq](IC)offer your sin offering and your burnt offering, so that you may make atonement for yourself and for the people; then make the offering ^[cr]for the people, so that you may make atonement for them, just as the Lord has commanded.”

^8 (ID)So Aaron came near to the altar and slaughtered the calf of the sin offering which was for himself. ^9 (IE)Aaron’s sons then presented the blood to him; and he dipped his finger in the blood and ^(IF)put some on the horns of the altar, and poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar. ¹⁰ The fat and the kidneys and the ^[cs]lobe of the liver of the sin offering he then offered up in smoke on the altar, just as the Lord had commanded Moses. ^11 (IG)The flesh and the hide, however, he burned with fire outside the camp.

¹² Then he slaughtered the burnt offering; and Aaron’s sons brought the blood to him, and he sprinkled it around on the altar. ¹³ They brought the burnt offering to him in ^[ct]pieces, with the head, and he offered them up in smoke on the altar. ¹⁴ He also washed the entrails and the legs, and offered them up in smoke with the burnt offering on the altar.

¹⁵ Then he presented the people’s offering, and took the ^(IH)goat of the sin offering which was for the people, and slaughtered it and offered it for sin, like the first. ¹⁶ He also presented the burnt offering, and ^[cu]offered it according to ^(II)the ordinance. ¹⁷ Next he presented ^(IJ)the grain offering, and filled his ^[cv]hand with some of it and offered it up in smoke on the altar, ^(IK)besides the burnt offering of the morning.

¹⁸ Then ^(IL)he slaughtered the ox and the ram, the sacrifice of peace offerings which was for the people; and Aaron’s sons brought the blood to him, and he sprinkled it around on the altar. ¹⁹ As for the portions of fat from the ox and from the ram, the fat tail, the fat ^(IM)covering, the kidneys, and the ^[cw]lobe of the liver, ²⁰ they now placed the portions of fat on the breasts; and he offered ^[cx]them up in smoke on the altar. ²¹ But ^(IN)the breasts and the right thigh Aaron ^[cy]presented as a wave offering before the Lord, just as Moses had commanded.

²² Then Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people and ^(IO)blessed them, and he stepped down after making the sin offering, the burnt offering, and the peace offerings. ²³ And Moses and Aaron went into the tent of meeting. When they came out and blessed the people, ^(IP)the glory of the Lord appeared to all the people. ^24 (IQ)Then fire went out from the Lord and consumed the burnt offering and the portions of fat on the altar; and when all the people saw it, they shouted and fell ^[cz]face downward.

The Sin of Nadab and Abihu

10 Now ^(IR)Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took their respective ^(IS)firepans, and after putting fire in them, placed incense on ^[da]the fire and offered ^[db]strange fire before the Lord, which He had not commanded them. ^2 (IT)And fire came out from the presence of the Lord and consumed them, and they died before the Lord. ³ Then Moses said to Aaron, “It is what the Lord spoke, saying,

So Aaron, therefore, kept silent.

⁴ Moses called also to ^(IX)Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Aaron’s uncle Uzziel, and said to them, “Come forward, carry your relatives away from the front of the sanctuary to an area outside of the camp.” ⁵ So they came forward and carried them, still in their ^(IY)tunics, to an area outside the camp, just as Moses had said. ⁶ Then Moses said to Aaron and to his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, “^(IZ)Do not ^[dd]uncover your heads nor tear your clothes, so that you do not die and He does not ^(JA)become wrathful against all the congregation. But your ^[de]kinsmen, the entire house of Israel, shall weep for the burning which the Lord has ^[df]brought about. ⁷ You shall not even go out from the doorway of the tent of meeting, or you will die; for ^(JB)the Lord’s anointing oil is upon you.” So they did according to the word of Moses.

⁸ The Lord then spoke to Aaron, saying, ⁹ “^(JC)Do not drink wine or strong drink, neither you nor your sons with you, when you come into the tent of meeting, so that you do not die—it is a permanent statute throughout your generations— ¹⁰ and ^(JD)to make a distinction between the holy and the profane, and between the unclean and the clean, ¹¹ and ^(JE)so as to teach the sons of Israel all the statutes which the Lord has spoken to them through Moses.”

¹² Then Moses spoke to Aaron, and to his surviving sons, ^(JF)Eleazar and Ithamar, “^(JG)Take the grain offering that is left over from the Lord’s offerings by fire and eat it as unleavened bread beside the altar, for it is most holy. ¹³ You shall eat it in a holy place, because it is your allotted portion and your sons’ allotted portion from the Lord’s offerings by fire; for so I have been commanded. ^14 (JH)The breast of the wave offering, however, and the thigh of the offering you may eat in a clean place, you and your sons and your daughters with you; for they have been given as your allotted portion and your sons’ allotted portion from the sacrifices of the peace offerings of the sons of Israel. ¹⁵ They shall bring ^(JI)the thigh offered by lifting up and the breast offered by waving, along with the offerings by fire of the portions of fat, to present as a wave offering before the Lord; so it shall be a thing perpetually due you and your sons with you, just as the Lord has commanded.”

¹⁶ But Moses searched carefully for the ^(JJ)goat of the sin offering, and behold, it had been burned! So he was angry with Aaron’s surviving sons Eleazar and Ithamar, saying, ¹⁷ “Why ^(JK)did you not eat the sin offering at the ^[dg]holy place? For it is most holy, and ^[dh]He gave it to you to take away ^(JL)the guilt of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the Lord. ¹⁸ Behold, ^(JM)since its blood had not been brought inside, into the sanctuary, you certainly should have ^(JN)eaten it in the sanctuary, just as I commanded!” ¹⁹ But Aaron said to Moses, “Behold, this very day they ^(JO)presented their sin offering and their burnt offering before the Lord. When things like these happened to me, if I had eaten a sin offering today, would it have been good in the sight of the Lord?” ²⁰ When Moses heard that, it was good in his sight.

Laws about Animals for Food

11 The Lord spoke again to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them, ² “Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘^(JP)These are the creatures which you may eat from all the animals that are on the earth. ³ Whatever has a divided hoof, showing split hoofs, and chews the cud, among the animals, that you may eat. ⁴ Nevertheless, ^(JQ)you are not to eat of these, among those which chew the cud, or among those which have a divided hoof: the camel, for though it chews cud, it does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean to you. ⁵ Likewise, the rock hyrax, for though it chews cud, it does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean to you. ⁶ The ^[di]rabbit also, for though it chews cud, it does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean to you. ⁷ And the pig, for though it has a divided hoof, and so it shows a split hoof, it does not chew cud; it is unclean to you. ⁸ You shall not eat any of their flesh nor touch their carcasses; they are unclean to you.

⁹ ‘^(JR)These you may eat, of whatever is in the water: everything that has fins and scales, in the water, in the seas, or in the rivers, you may eat. ^10 (JS)But whatever is in the seas and in the rivers that does not have fins and scales among all the teeming life of the water, and among all the living creatures that are in the water, they are detestable things to you, ¹¹ and they shall be detestable to you; you may not eat any of their flesh, and you shall detest their carcasses. ¹² Whatever in the water does not have fins and scales is detestable to you.

Avoid the Unclean

¹³ ‘Moreover, these ^(JT)you shall detest among the birds; they are detestable, not to be eaten: the ^[dj]eagle, the vulture, and the ^[dk]buzzard, ¹⁴ the red kite, the falcon in its kind, ¹⁵ every raven in its kind, ¹⁶ the ostrich, the owl, the seagull, and the hawk in its kind, ¹⁷ the little owl, the cormorant, and the ^[dl]great owl, ¹⁸ the white owl, the ^[dm]pelican, and the carrion vulture, ¹⁹ the stork, the heron in its kinds, the hoopoe, and the bat.

²⁰ ‘All the ^[dn]winged insects that walk on all fours are detestable to you. ²¹ Yet these you may eat among all the ^[do]winged insects that walk on all fours: those which have jointed legs above their feet with which to jump on the earth. ²² These of them you may eat: the locust in its kinds, the devastating locust in its kinds, the cricket in its kinds, and the grasshopper in its kinds. ²³ But all other ^[dp]winged insects which are four-footed are detestable to you.

²⁴ ‘By these, moreover, you will be made unclean; whoever touches their carcasses becomes unclean until evening, ²⁵ and ^(JU)whoever picks up any of their carcasses shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening. ²⁶ As for all the animals which have a divided hoof but do not show a split hoof, or do not chew the cud, they are unclean to you; whoever touches them becomes unclean. ²⁷ Also whatever walks on its paws, among all the creatures that walk on all fours, are unclean to you; whoever touches their carcasses becomes unclean until evening, ²⁸ and the one who picks up their carcasses shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening; they are unclean to you.

²⁹ ‘Now these are to you the unclean among the swarming things which swarm on the earth: the mole, the mouse, and the ^[dq]great lizard in its kinds, ³⁰ the gecko, the ^[dr]crocodile, the lizard, the ^[ds]sand reptile, and the chameleon. ³¹ These are to you the unclean among all the swarming things; whoever touches them when they are dead becomes unclean until evening. ³² Also anything on which one of them may fall when they are dead becomes unclean, including any wooden article, or clothing, or a hide, or a sack—any article ^[dt]of which use is made—^(JV)it shall be put in the water and be unclean until evening, then it becomes clean. ³³ As for any ^(JW)earthenware vessel into which one of them may fall, whatever is in it becomes unclean and you shall break ^[du]the vessel. ³⁴ Any of the ^[dv]food which may be eaten, on which water comes, shall become unclean, and any ^[dw]liquid which may be drunk in every vessel shall become unclean. ³⁵ Moreover, everything on which part of their carcass may fall becomes unclean; an oven or a ^[dx]stove shall be smashed; they are unclean and shall continue as unclean to you. ³⁶ Nevertheless, a spring or a cistern ^[dy]collecting water shall be clean, though the one who touches their carcass shall be unclean. ³⁷ Now if a part of their carcass falls on any seed for sowing which is to be sown, it is clean. ³⁸ But if water is put on the seed and a part of their carcass falls on it, it is unclean to you.

³⁹ ‘Also if one of the animals dies which you have for food, the one who touches its carcass becomes unclean until evening. ^40 (JX)He, too, who eats some of its carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening, and the one who picks up its carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening.

⁴¹ ‘^(JY)Now every swarming thing that swarms on the earth is detestable, not to be eaten. ⁴² Whatever crawls on its belly, and whatever walks on all fours, whatever has many feet, in regard to every swarming thing that swarms on the earth, you shall not eat them, because they are detestable. ^43 (JZ)Do not make ^[dz]yourselves detestable through any of the swarming things that swarm; and you shall not make yourselves unclean with them so that you become unclean. ⁴⁴ For ^(KA)I am the Lord your God. Consecrate yourselves therefore, and ^(KB)be holy, because I am holy. And you shall not make yourselves unclean with any of the swarming things that swarm on the earth. ^45 (KC)For I am the Lord who brought you up from the land of Egypt, to be your God; so ^(KD)you shall be holy, because I am holy.’”

⁴⁶ This is the law regarding the animal and the bird, and every living thing that moves in the waters and everything that swarms on the earth, ^47 (KE)to make a distinction between the unclean and the clean, and between the edible creature and the creature which is not to be eaten.