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And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: When a person sins and acts unfaithfully against the Lord by lying to another concerning something left in storage, or entrusted to him, or theft, or by extorting his neighbor, or by finding a lost item and lying about it, and he swears falsely concerning one of all the things that a man may do to sin in these things, when he sins and he is found guilty, he shall return whatever he stole, or whatever he extorted, or whatever was left in storage with him, or the lost item which he found, or about which he swore falsely, then he shall repay it in full and shall add one-fifth to it. He shall give it to whom it belongs on the day that he is found guilty. And he shall bring his guilt offering to the Lord, a ram without blemish from the flock—or its equivalent value[a]—for a guilt offering to the priest. And the priest shall make atonement for him before the Lord, and he shall be forgiven for anything he may have done to incur guilt.

The Law of the Burnt Offering

The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: Command Aaron and his sons, saying: This is the law for the burnt offering. The burnt offering shall be on the hearth upon the altar all night until the morning, and the fire of the altar shall be kept burning on it. 10 The priest shall put on his linen robe, and his linen undergarments on his body. Then he shall remove the ashes from the fire of the burnt offering on the altar, and he shall put them beside the altar. 11 Then he shall take off his garments and put on other garments, and he shall bring the 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. The priest shall feed it with wood every morning. He will arrange the burnt offering on it, and he shall burn the fat of the peace offerings on it. 13 A perpetual fire shall be kept burning on the altar. It shall never go out.

The Law of the Grain Offering

14 This is the law of the grain offering. The sons of Aaron shall offer it before the Lord on the altar. 15 He shall take from it a handful of the flour of the grain offering, and of the oil and all the frankincense which is on the grain offering, and shall burn it on the altar for a pleasing aroma as a memorial to the Lord. 16 Aaron and his sons shall eat the remainder of it; it shall be eaten without leaven in a holy place. They shall eat it in the court of the tent of meeting. 17 It shall not be baked with leaven. I have given it to them for their portion of My food offerings made by fire. It is most holy, as is the sin offering and as is the guilt offering. 18 All the males among the children of Aaron shall eat of it. It shall be a perpetual statute in your generations concerning the food offerings of the Lord made by fire. Everyone who touches them shall become holy.

19 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 20 This is the offering of Aaron and of his sons which they shall offer to the Lord in the day when he is anointed: a tenth part of an ephah[b] of wheat flour for a regular grain offering, half of it in the morning and half at night. 21 It shall be made on a griddle with olive oil. When it is well mixed, you shall bring it; and the baked pieces of the grain offering you shall offer as a pleasing aroma to the Lord. 22 The priest from among the sons of Aaron who is anointed to succeed him shall offer it. It is a perpetual statute to the Lord. It shall be completely burned up. 23 For every grain offering for the priest shall be completely burned up. It shall not be eaten.

The Law of the Sin Offering

24 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 25 Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying: This is the law of the sin offering: In the place where the burnt offering is killed shall the sin offering also be killed before the Lord. It is most holy. 26 The priest who offers it for sin shall eat it. In a holy place it shall be eaten in the court of the tent of meeting. 27 Whatever touches its flesh shall be holy, and when blood is sprinkled on any garment, you shall wash it in a holy place. 28 And the clay vessel where it is boiled shall be broken, and if it is boiled in a bronze pot, it shall be both scoured and rinsed in water. 29 All the males among the priests shall eat from this offering. It is most holy. 30 Any sin offering where blood is brought into the tent of meeting to make atonement in the holy place shall not be eaten. It shall be burned up in the fire.

Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 6:6 Shorthand version of the full formula found in Lev 5:15.
  2. Leviticus 6:20 Likely about 3½ pounds, or 1.6 kilograms.

Additional Laws for Burnt Offerings

[a] Then[b] Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, “When a person[c] displays infidelity[d] against Yahweh and he deceives his fellow citizen regarding[e] something entrusted or a pledge[f] or stealing or he exploits his fellow citizen, or he finds lost property and lies about it and swears falsely[g] in regard to[h] any one of these things by which a person[i] might commit sin, and when[j] he sins and is guilty, then[k] he shall bring back the things he had stolen[l] or what he had extorted[m] or something with which he had been entrusted[n] or the lost property that he had found, or regarding[o] anything about which he has sworn falsely,[p] then[q] he shall repay it according to[r] its value and shall add one-fifth of its value to it—he must give it to whom it belongs[s] on the day of his guilt offering. And he must bring as his guilt offering to Yahweh a ram without defect from the flock[t] by your valuation[u] as a guilt offering to the priest, and the priest shall make atonement for him before[v] Yahweh, and he shall be forgiven anything[w] from all that he might do by which he might incur guilt.”[x]

Then[y] Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, “Command Aaron and his sons, saying, ‘This is the regulation of the burnt offering: The burnt offering must remain on the hearth[z] on the altar all night until the morning, and the altar’s fire must be kept burning on it. 10 And the priest shall put on his linen robe, and he must put his linen undergarments on his body, and he shall take away the fatty ashes of the burnt offering that the fire has consumed on the altar, and he shall place them[aa] beside the altar. 11 And he shall take off his garments and put on other garments, and he shall bring out the fatty ashes outside the camp[ab] to a ceremonially clean place, 12 but[ac] the fire on the altar must be kept burning on it; it must not be quenched. And the priest must burn wood every morning[ad] on it,[ae] and he shall arrange the burnt offering on it,[af] and he shall turn into smoke the fat portions of the fellowship offerings on it.[ag] 13 A perpetual fire must be kept burning on the altar; it must not be quenched.

Additional Laws for Grain Offerings

14 “‘And this is the regulation of the grain offering. Aaron’s sons shall present it before[ah] Yahweh in front of[ai] the altar, 15 and he[aj] in his fist shall take away from it some of[ak] the grain offering’s finely milled flour, and some of[al] its oil and all of the frankincense that is on the grain offering, and he shall turn into smoke its token portion on the altar as an appeasing fragrance to Yahweh. 16 And Aaron and his sons must eat the remainder of it; they must eat it as unleavened bread in a holy place—in the tent of assembly’s courtyard they must eat it. 17 It must not be baked with yeast. I have given it as their share from my offerings made by fire. It is a most holy thing,[am] like the sin offering and like the guilt offering. 18 Every male among Aaron’s sons may eat it as a lasting rule among your generations from the offerings made by fire belonging to[an] Yahweh. Anything that[ao] touches them will become holy.’”

19 Then[ap] Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 20 “This is the offering of Aaron and his sons that they shall present to Yahweh on the day of his being anointed: a tenth of an[aq] ephah of finely milled flour as a perpetual grain offering, half of it in the morning and half of it in the evening. 21 It must be made[ar] in[as] oil on a flat baking pan; you[at] must bring it well-mixed; you must present pieces of a grain offering’s baked goods[au] as an appeasing fragrance to Yahweh. 22 And the anointed priest taking his place from among his sons must do it. As a lasting rule, it must be turned into smoke totally for Yahweh. 23 And every grain offering of a priest must be a whole burnt offering; it must not be eaten.”

Additional Laws for Sin Offerings

24 Then[av] Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 25 “Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying, ‘This is the regulation of the sin offering: In the place where the sin offering is slaughtered, the sin offering must be slaughtered before[aw] Yahweh; it is a most holy thing.[ax] 26 The priest who offers the sin offering[ay] must eat it in a holy place—in the tent of assembly’s courtyard. 27 Anything that[az] touches its flesh will become holy, and when some of[ba] its blood spatters on a[bb] garment, what was spattered on it you[bc] shall wash in a holy place. 28 And a clay vessel in which it was boiled must be broken, but[bd] if it was boiled in a bronze vessel, then[be] it shall be thoroughly scoured and rinsed with water. 29 Any male among the priests may eat it; it is a most holy thing.[bf] 30 But[bg] any sin offering from which some of[bh] its blood is brought to the tent of assembly to make atonement in the sanctuary must not be eaten; it must be burned in the fire.’”

Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 6:1 Leviticus 6:1–30 in the English Bible is 5:20–6:23 in the Hebrew Bible
  2. Leviticus 6:1 Or “And”
  3. Leviticus 6:2 Or “a soul”
  4. Leviticus 6:2 Literally “acts unfaithfully infidelity” or “is unfaithful in unfaithfulness”
  5. Leviticus 6:2 Literally “in”
  6. Leviticus 6:2 Literally “a pledge of a hand”
  7. Leviticus 6:3 Literally “in accordance with deception”
  8. Leviticus 6:3 Literally “on” or “upon”
  9. Leviticus 6:3 Literally “the man”
  10. Leviticus 6:4 Literally “and it will be when”
  11. Leviticus 6:4 Or “and”
  12. Leviticus 6:4 Literally “the robbed things that he had stolen”
  13. Leviticus 6:4 Literally “the extortion that he had extorted”
  14. Leviticus 6:4 Literally “something entrusted that had been entrusted to him”
  15. Leviticus 6:5 Literally “from”
  16. Leviticus 6:5 Literally “in accordance with deception”
  17. Leviticus 6:5 Or “and”
  18. Leviticus 6:5 Literally “in”
  19. Leviticus 6:5 Literally “to whom it is to him”
  20. Leviticus 6:6 The Hebrew term refers collectively to both sheep and goats (small livestock animals)
  21. Leviticus 6:6 See 5:15 and 18
  22. Leviticus 6:7 Literally “to the faces of”
  23. Leviticus 6:7 Literally “one”
  24. Leviticus 6:7 Literally “which he might do for incurring guilt by it”
  25. Leviticus 6:8 Or “And”
  26. Leviticus 6:9 Literally “It shall be the burnt offering on a hearth”
  27. Leviticus 6:10 Hebrew “him/it”—plural required by the English “fatty ashes”
  28. Leviticus 6:11 Literally “to from an outside place of the camp”
  29. Leviticus 6:12 Or “and”
  30. Leviticus 6:12 Literally “in the morning in the morning”
  31. Leviticus 6:12 Antecedent for this 3fs suffix is “fire” (“altar” is ms)
  32. Leviticus 6:12 Antecedent for this 3fs suffix is “fire” (“altar” is ms)
  33. Leviticus 6:12 Antecedent for this 3fs suffix is “fire” (“altar” is ms)
  34. Leviticus 6:14 Literally “to the faces of”
  35. Leviticus 6:14 Literally “to the faces of”
  36. Leviticus 6:15 That is, the priest; understood by context and 3ms verb
  37. Leviticus 6:15 Literally “from”
  38. Leviticus 6:15 Literally “from”
  39. Leviticus 6:17 Literally “a holiness of holinesses”
  40. Leviticus 6:18 Literally “of”
  41. Leviticus 6:18 Or “Everyone who”
  42. Leviticus 6:19 Or “And”
  43. Leviticus 6:20 Hebrew “the”
  44. Leviticus 6:21 Or “prepared”
  45. Leviticus 6:21 Or “with”
  46. Leviticus 6:21 Singular masculine
  47. Leviticus 6:21 Or “broken bits” (JPS, NET, NIV)
  48. Leviticus 6:24 Or “And”
  49. Leviticus 6:25 Literally “to the faces of”
  50. Leviticus 6:25 Literally “a holiness of holinesses”
  51. Leviticus 6:26 Literally “one who offers it a sin offering”
  52. Leviticus 6:27 Or “Everyone who”
  53. Leviticus 6:27 Literally “from”
  54. Leviticus 6:27 Hebrew “the”
  55. Leviticus 6:27 Singular masculine
  56. Leviticus 6:28 Or “and”
  57. Leviticus 6:28 Or “and”
  58. Leviticus 6:29 Literally “a holiness of holinesses”
  59. Leviticus 6:30 Or “And”
  60. Leviticus 6:30 Literally “from”