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Additional Laws for Guilt Offerings

“‘And this is the regulation of the guilt offering; it is a most holy thing.[a] In the place where they slaughter the burnt offering,[b] they must slaughter the guilt offering,[c] and he[d] must sprinkle its blood upon the altar all around. And he must present all of its fat:[e] the fat tail and the fat that covers the inner parts,[f] and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is on the loins, and he must remove the lobe on the liver in addition to the kidneys. And the priest shall turn it into smoke it on the altar as a food offering made by fire for Yahweh; it is a guilt offering. Every male among the priests may eat it; it must be eaten in a holy place; it is a most holy thing.[g] The instruction is the same for the guilt offering as for the sin offering;[h] it belongs to[i] the priest, who makes atonement with it.

Portions for the Priests

“‘And[j] the priest who presents a person’s[k] burnt offering, to that[l] priest belongs[m] the skin of the burnt offering that he presented. And every grain offering that is baked in the oven and all that is prepared in a[n] cooking pan or[o] on a flat baking pan belongs to[p] the priest who presented it. 10 And every grain offering, whether mixed with oil or dry, shall be for all of Aaron’s sons equally.[q]

Additional Laws for Fellowship Offerings

11 “‘And this is the regulation of the fellowship offerings that he must present to Yahweh: 12 If he presents it for thanksgiving, in addition to the thanksgiving sacrifice he shall present ring-shaped unleavened bread mixed with oil and unleavened bread wafers smeared with oil and well-mixed ring-shaped bread cakes of finely milled flour mixed with oil. 13 In addition to ring-shaped cakes of bread with yeast, he must present his grain[r] offering together with[s] his sacrifice of thanksgiving peace offerings. 14 And he shall present one of each kind of grain[t] offering as a contribution for Yahweh; it belongs to[u] the priest who sprinkles the fellowship offerings’ blood. 15 And the meat of the sacrifice of his thanksgiving fellowship offerings must be eaten on the day of his offering; he must not leave it until morning.

16 “‘But[v] if his sacrifice is for a vow or as a freewill offering, it must be eaten on the day of his presenting his sacrifice, and on the next day the remainder[w] from it may be eaten, 17 but[x] the remainder from the sacrifice’s meat must be burned up in the fire on the third day. 18 And if indeed some of the meat of his fellowship offerings’ sacrifice is eaten on the third day, it will not be accepted; it will not be considered of benefit for the one who presented it—it shall be unclean meat, and the person[y] who eats it shall bear his guilt. 19 And the meat that touches anything unclean must not be eaten; it must be burned with fire, and as for the clean[z] meat, anyone who is clean may eat the meat. 20 And the person[aa] who eats meat from the fellowship offerings’ sacrifice, which is for Yahweh, and whose uncleanness is upon him—that person[ab] shall be cut off from his people. 21 And when a person[ac] touches anything unclean, whether human uncleanness or an unclean animal or any unclean detestable thing, and he eats from the meat of the fellowship offerings’ sacrifice, which is for Yahweh, then[ad] that person[ae] shall be cut off from his people.’”

Instructions for the People

22 Then[af] Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 23 “Speak to the Israelites,[ag] saying, ‘You[ah] must not eat any fat of ox, or[ai] sheep, or[aj] goat; 24 and a dead body’s fat or[ak] mangled carcass’s fat may be used for any purpose,[al] but[am] you[an] certainly must not eat it. 25 When anyone eats fat from the domestic animal from which he presented an offering made by fire for Yahweh, then[ao] that person[ap] who ate shall be cut off from his people. 26 And in any of your[aq] dwellings, you must not eat any blood belonging to[ar] birds[as] or[at] domestic animals.[au] 27 Any person[av] who eats any blood, that person[aw] shall be cut off from his people.’”

Portions of Fellowship Offerings for Priests

28 Then[ax] Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 29 “Speak to the Israelites,[ay] saying, ‘The one who presents his fellowship offerings’ sacrifice for Yahweh shall bring his offering to Yahweh from his fellowship offerings’ sacrifice. 30 His own hands must bring Yahweh’s offerings made by fire. He must bring the fat in addition to the breast section to wave the breast section as a wave offering before Yahweh, 31 and the priest shall turn the fat into smoke on the altar, and the breast section shall be for Aaron and his[az] sons. 32 And the right upper thigh you[ba] must give as a contribution for the priest from your[bb] fellowship offerings’ sacrifice. 33 As for the one from Aaron’s sons who presents the blood of the fellowship offerings and the fat, the right upper thigh shall belong to him[bc] as his share, 34 because I have taken the wave offering’s breast section and the contribution offering’s upper thigh from the Israelites[bd] out of their fellowship offerings’ sacrifices, and I have given them to Aaron the priest and his[be] sons from the Israelites[bf] as a lasting rule.’”

35 This is Aaron’s allotted portion and his sons’ allotted portion from Yahweh’s offerings made by fire when[bg] he brought them forward to serve as priests for Yahweh. 36 This is what Yahweh commanded to give them from the Israelites[bh] on the day of his anointing them; it is a lasting statute for their generations.

Concluding Summary Concerning the Offerings

37 This is the regulation for the burnt offering, for the grain offering and for the sin offering and for the guilt offering and for the consecration offering and for the fellowship offerings’ sacrifice, 38 which Yahweh commanded Moses on Mount Sinai[bi] on the day of his commanding the Israelites[bj] to present their offerings to Yahweh in the desert of Sinai.

Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 7:1 Literally “a holiness of holinesses”
  2. Leviticus 7:2 Or, taking the verb as an indefinite (thus passive) imperfect 3mp, “the sin offering is slaughtered”
  3. Leviticus 7:2 Or, taking the verb as an indefinite (thus passive) imperfect 3mp, “the guilt offering must be slaughtered”
  4. Leviticus 7:2 That is, the priest; understood by context and 3ms verb
  5. Leviticus 7:3 Hebrew “all of its fat from it”
  6. Leviticus 7:3 Or “entrails”
  7. Leviticus 7:6 Literally “a holiness of holinesses”
  8. Leviticus 7:7 Literally “as the sin offering as the guilt offering one for them”
  9. Leviticus 7:7 Literally “for him it shall be” or “it will become his”
  10. Leviticus 7:8 Or “As for”
  11. Leviticus 7:8 Literally “of a man”
  12. Leviticus 7:8 Hebrew “the”
  13. Leviticus 7:8 Literally “to/for him it shall be”
  14. Leviticus 7:9 Hebrew “the”
  15. Leviticus 7:9 Or “and”
  16. Leviticus 7:9 Literally “for him it shall be” or “it will become his”
  17. Leviticus 7:10 Literally “each as his brother”
  18. Leviticus 7:13 Implied by v. 12
  19. Leviticus 7:13 Or “in addition to”
  20. Leviticus 7:14 Implied by v. 12
  21. Leviticus 7:14 Literally “for him it shall be” or “it will become his”
  22. Leviticus 7:16 Or “And”
  23. Leviticus 7:16 Or “and the remainder”
  24. Leviticus 7:17 Or “and”
  25. Leviticus 7:18 Or “soul”
  26. Leviticus 7:19 Understood by context
  27. Leviticus 7:20 Or “the soul”
  28. Leviticus 7:20 Or “the soul”
  29. Leviticus 7:21 Or “a soul”
  30. Leviticus 7:21 Or “and”
  31. Leviticus 7:21 Or “the soul”
  32. Leviticus 7:22 Or “And”
  33. Leviticus 7:23 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  34. Leviticus 7:23 Plural
  35. Leviticus 7:23 Or “and”
  36. Leviticus 7:23 Or “and”
  37. Leviticus 7:24 Or “and”
  38. Leviticus 7:24 Literally “work”
  39. Leviticus 7:24 Or “and”
  40. Leviticus 7:24 Plural
  41. Leviticus 7:25 Or “and”
  42. Leviticus 7:25 Or “the soul”
  43. Leviticus 7:26 Plural
  44. Leviticus 7:26 Literally “to/of”
  45. Leviticus 7:26 Hebrew “the bird”; generic article with a collective noun
  46. Leviticus 7:26 Or “and”
  47. Leviticus 7:26 Hebrew “the domestic animal”; generic article with a collective noun
  48. Leviticus 7:27 Or “any soul” or “all soul(s)”
  49. Leviticus 7:27 Or “and that soul”
  50. Leviticus 7:28 Or “And”
  51. Leviticus 7:29 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  52. Leviticus 7:31 Hebrew “for his”
  53. Leviticus 7:32 Plural
  54. Leviticus 7:32 Plural
  55. Leviticus 7:33 Literally “for him it shall be”
  56. Leviticus 7:34 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  57. Leviticus 7:34 Hebrew “to his”
  58. Leviticus 7:34 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  59. Leviticus 7:35 Literally “in a day”
  60. Leviticus 7:36 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  61. Leviticus 7:38 Literally “the mountain of Sinai”
  62. Leviticus 7:38 Literally “sons/children of Israel”

(A)“This is the law of the (B)guilt offering. (C)It is most holy. (D)In the place where they kill the burnt offering they shall kill the guilt offering, and its blood shall be thrown against the sides of the altar. And (E)all its fat shall be offered, the fat tail, the fat that covers the entrails, the two kidneys with the fat that is on them at the loins, and the long lobe of the liver that he shall remove (F)with the kidneys. The priest shall burn them on the altar as a food offering to the Lord; it is a guilt offering. (G)Every male among the priests may eat of it. It shall be eaten in a holy place. (H)It is most holy. The (I)guilt offering is just like the sin offering; there is one law for them. The priest who makes atonement with it shall have it. And the priest who offers any man's burnt offering shall have for himself the skin of the burnt offering that he has offered. And (J)every grain offering baked (K)in the oven and all that is prepared (L)on a pan or a griddle shall belong to the priest who offers it. 10 And every grain offering, mixed with oil or dry, shall be shared equally among all the sons of Aaron.

11 “And this is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings that one may offer to the Lord. 12 If he offers it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the thanksgiving sacrifice (M)unleavened loaves mixed with oil, unleavened wafers smeared with oil, and loaves of fine flour (N)well mixed with oil. 13 (O)With the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving he shall bring his offering with loaves of leavened bread. 14 And from it he shall offer one loaf from each offering, as a (P)gift to the Lord. (Q)It shall belong to the priest who throws the blood of the peace offerings. 15 And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings (R)for thanksgiving shall be eaten on the day of his offering. He shall not leave any of it until the morning. 16 But (S)if the sacrifice of his offering is a vow offering or a freewill offering, it shall be eaten on the day that he offers his sacrifice, and on the next day what remains of it shall be eaten. 17 But what remains of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day shall be burned up with fire. 18 If any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offering is eaten on the third day, he who offers it shall not be accepted, neither shall it be credited to him. It is (T)tainted, and he who eats of it shall bear his iniquity.

19 “Flesh that touches any unclean thing shall not be eaten. It shall be burned up with fire. All who are clean may eat flesh, 20 but the person who eats of the flesh of the sacrifice of the Lord's peace offerings (U)while an uncleanness is on him, that person shall be cut off from his people. 21 And if anyone touches an unclean thing, whether (V)human uncleanness or an (W)unclean beast or any (X)unclean detestable creature, and then eats some flesh from the sacrifice of the Lord's peace offerings, that person shall be cut off from his people.”

22 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 23 “Speak to the people of Israel, saying, (Y)You shall eat no fat, of ox or sheep or goat. 24 The fat of an animal (Z)that dies of itself and the fat of one that is torn by beasts may be put to any other use, but on no account shall you eat it. 25 For every person who eats of the fat of an animal of which a food offering may be made to the Lord shall be cut off from his people. 26 Moreover, (AA)you shall eat no blood whatever, whether of fowl or of animal, in any of your dwelling places. 27 Whoever eats any blood, that person shall be cut off from his people.”

28 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 29 “Speak to the people of Israel, saying, (AB)Whoever offers the sacrifice of his peace offerings to the Lord shall bring his offering to the Lord from the sacrifice of his peace offerings. 30 (AC)His own hands shall bring the Lord's food offerings. He shall bring the fat with (AD)the breast, that the breast may be waved as a wave offering before the Lord. 31 (AE)The priest shall burn the fat on the altar, but (AF)the breast shall be for Aaron and his sons. 32 And (AG)the right thigh you shall give to the priest as a contribution from the sacrifice of your peace offerings. 33 Whoever among the sons of Aaron offers the blood of the peace offerings and the fat shall have the right thigh for a portion. 34 For the breast that is (AH)waved and the thigh that is (AI)contributed I have taken from the people of Israel, out of the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and (AJ)have given them to Aaron the priest and to his sons, as a perpetual due from the people of Israel. 35 This is the portion of Aaron and of his sons from the Lord's food offerings, from the day they were presented to serve as priests of the Lord. 36 The Lord commanded this to be given them by the people of Israel, (AK)from the day that he anointed them. It is a perpetual due throughout their generations.”

37 This is the law (AL)of the burnt offering, of the grain offering, of the sin offering, (AM)of the guilt offering, (AN)of the ordination offering, and (AO)of the peace offering, 38 which the Lord commanded Moses on Mount Sinai, on the day that he commanded the people of Israel (AP)to bring their offerings to the Lord, in the wilderness of Sinai.