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The Law of the Guilt Offering

Likewise this is the law of the guilt offering. It is most holy. In the place where they kill the burnt offering they shall kill the guilt offering, and its blood shall he sprinkle on the sides of the altar. He shall offer all the fat. The fatty tail and the fat that covers the entrails, and the two kidneys and the fat that is on them, which is on the loins, and the appendage that is above the liver, along with the kidneys, he shall take away. And the priest shall burn them on the altar for a food offering made by fire to the Lord. It is a guilt offering. Every male among the priests shall eat from it. It shall be eaten in a holy place. It is most holy.

As the sin offering, so is the guilt offering; there is one law for them: the priest who makes atonement shall have it. The priest who offers anyone’s burnt offering shall have for himself the skin of the burnt offering that he has offered. Every grain offering that is baked in the oven and all that is prepared in a pan or griddle shall be for the priest who offers it. 10 And every grain offering, whether mixed with oil or dry, shall be equally shared among all the sons of Aaron.

The Law of Peace Offerings

11 This is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings that a person shall offer to the Lord.

12 If he gives it as a thanksgiving offering, then he shall offer with the thanksgiving sacrifice unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers smeared with oil, and cakes of wheat flour mixed with olive oil. 13 Besides the cakes, he shall offer for his offering leavened bread with the sacrifice of his thanksgiving peace offerings. 14 From this he shall offer one loaf from each offering, as a gift to the Lord. It shall be for the priest who sprinkles the blood of the peace offerings. 15 The flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving shall be eaten the same day that it is offered; he shall not leave any of it until the morning.

16 But if the sacrifice of his offering is a vow or a voluntary offering, it shall be eaten the same day that he offers his sacrifice, and on the next day also the remainder of it can be eaten. 17 But the remainder 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 offerings is eaten at all on the third day, the one eating shall not be accepted, nor shall it be imputed to him who offers it. It shall be contaminated, and the one who eats of it shall bear his iniquity.

19 The flesh that touches any unclean thing shall not be eaten. It shall be burned up with fire. And as for the other flesh, all who are ritually clean can eat of it. 20 But the person who eats of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings that belong to the Lord, and who has any uncleanness on him, that individual shall be cut off from his people. 21 Moreover the person who shall touch any unclean thing, whether the uncleanness of man or any unclean beast or any detestable unclean creature, and then eats of the flesh of the sacrifice of the peace offering that belongs to the Lord, that individual shall be cut off from his people.

Eating Fat and Blood Forbidden

22 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 23 Speak to the children of Israel, saying: You shall not eat any fat of an ox, a sheep, or a goat. 24 The fat of an animal that dies of itself and the fat of that which is torn by beasts may be used in any other way, but you shall certainly not eat of it. 25 For whoever eats the fat of an animal that is a food offering made by fire to the Lord, that individual shall be cut off from his people. 26 Moreover you shall not eat any manner of blood, whether from a fowl or animal, in any of your dwellings. 27 Whoever eats any manner of blood, that individual shall be cut off from his people.

The Priests’ Share

28 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 29 Speak to the children of Israel, saying: He who offers the sacrifice of his peace offerings to the Lord shall bring his sacrifice to the Lord from his peace offerings. 30 His own hands shall bring the food offerings of the Lord made by fire, the fat with the breast that the breast may be waved for a wave offering before the Lord. 31 The priest shall burn the fat on the altar, but the breast shall be for Aaron and his sons. 32 The right thigh you shall give to the priest for a contribution offering for the sacrifice of your peace offerings. 33 The one among the sons of Aaron who offers the blood of the peace offerings and the fat shall have the right thigh for his portion. 34 For the breast that is waved and the thigh that is contributed I have taken from the children of Israel, from the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and have given them to Aaron the priest and to his sons as a perpetual portion from the children of Israel.

35 This is the consecrated portion for Aaron and his sons, from the food offerings of the Lord made by fire, in the day when Moses presented them to minister as priests before the Lord, 36 which the Lord commanded that they be given this, in the day that he anointed them, from the children of Israel as a perpetual portion throughout their generations.

37 This is the law of the burnt offering, of the grain offering, and of the sin offering, and of the guilt offering, and of the ordinations, and of the sacrifice of the peace offerings, 38 which the Lord commanded Moses on Mount Sinai, in the day that He commanded the children of Israel to offer their offerings to the Lord in the Wilderness of Sinai.

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”