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“This is the rule of the guilt offering; it is most holy.(A) At the spot where the burnt offering is slaughtered, they shall slaughter the guilt offering, and its blood shall be dashed against all sides of the altar.(B) All its fat shall be offered: the fatty tail, the fat that covers the entrails, the two kidneys with the fat that is on them at the loins, and the appendage of the liver, which shall be removed with the kidneys.(C) The priest shall turn them into smoke on the altar as an offering by fire[a] to the Lord; it is a guilt offering. Every male among the priests shall eat of it; it shall be eaten in a holy place; it is most holy.(D)

“The guilt offering is like the purification offering; the same rule applies to them: the priest who makes atonement with it shall have it.(E) So, too, the priest who offers a burnt offering for anyone shall keep the skin of the burnt offering that he has offered. And every grain offering baked in the oven and all that is prepared in a pan or on a griddle shall belong to the priest who offers it.(F) 10 But every other grain offering, mixed with oil or dry, shall belong to all the sons of Aaron equally.

Further Instructions

11 “This is the rule of the sacrifice of well-being that one may offer to the Lord. 12 If you offer it for thanksgiving, you shall offer with the thank offering unleavened cakes mixed with oil, unleavened wafers spread with oil, and cakes of choice flour well soaked in oil. 13 With your thanksgiving sacrifice of well-being you shall bring your offering with cakes of leavened bread. 14 From this you shall offer one cake from each offering, as a gift to the Lord; it shall belong to the priest who dashes the blood of the offering of well-being.(G) 15 And the flesh of your thanksgiving sacrifice of well-being shall be eaten on the day it is offered; you shall not leave any of it until morning.(H) 16 But if the sacrifice you offer is a votive offering or a freewill offering, it shall be eaten on the day that you offer your sacrifice, and what is left of it shall be eaten the next day,(I) 17 but what is left of the flesh of the sacrifice shall be burned up on the third day. 18 If any of the flesh of your sacrifice of well-being is eaten on the third day, it shall not be acceptable, nor shall it be credited to the one who offers it; it shall be an abomination, and the one who eats of it shall incur guilt.(J)

19 “Flesh that touches any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it shall be burned up. As for other flesh, all who are clean may eat such flesh. 20 But those who eat flesh from the Lord’s sacrifice of well-being while in a state of uncleanness shall be cut off from their people.(K) 21 When any one of you touches any unclean thing—human uncleanness or an unclean animal or any unclean creature—and then eats flesh from the Lord’s sacrifice of well-being, you shall be cut off from your people.”(L)

22 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 23 “Speak to the Israelites: You shall eat no fat of ox or sheep or goat.(M) 24 The fat of an animal that died or was torn by wild animals may be put to any other use, but you must not eat it. 25 If any one of you eats the fat from an animal of which an offering by fire[b] may be made to the Lord, you who eat it shall be cut off from your people. 26 You must not eat any blood whatever, either of bird or of animal, in any of your settlements.(N) 27 Any one of you who eats any blood shall be cut off from your people.”

28 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 29 “Speak to the Israelites: Any one of you who would offer to the Lord your sacrifice of well-being must yourself bring to the Lord your offering from your sacrifice of well-being.(O) 30 Your own hands shall bring the Lord’s offering by fire;[c] you shall bring the fat with the breast, so that the breast may be raised as an elevation offering before the Lord. 31 The priest shall turn the fat into smoke on the altar, but the breast shall belong to Aaron and his sons.(P) 32 And the right thigh from your sacrifices of well-being you shall give to the priest as an offering; 33 the one among the sons of Aaron who offers the blood and fat of the offering of well-being shall have the right thigh for a portion. 34 For I have taken the breast of the elevation offering and the thigh that is offered from the Israelites, from their sacrifices of well-being, and have given them to Aaron the priest and to his sons, as a perpetual due from the Israelites.(Q) 35 This is the portion allotted to Aaron and to his sons from the offerings made by fire[d] to the Lord, once they have been brought forward to serve the Lord as priests; 36 these the Lord commanded to be given them, when he anointed them, as a perpetual due from the Israelites throughout their generations.”

37 This is the rule of the burnt offering, the grain offering, the purification offering, the guilt offering, the offering of ordination, and the sacrifice of well-being,(R) 38 which the Lord commanded Moses on Mount Sinai, when he commanded the Israelites to bring their offerings to the Lord, in the wilderness of Sinai.(S)

Footnotes

  1. 7.5 Or a gift
  2. 7.25 Or a gift
  3. 7.30 Or the Lord’s gift
  4. 7.35 Or the gifts

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”