Leviticus 6
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
B. Instructions for the Priests
Chapter 6
The Daily Burnt Offering. 1 The Lord said to Moses: 2 [a](A)Give Aaron and his sons the following command: This is the ritual[b] for the burnt offering—the burnt offering that is to remain on the hearth of the altar all night until the next morning, while the fire is kept burning on the altar. 3 The priest, clothed in his linen robe and wearing linen pants underneath, shall take away the ashes to which the fire has reduced the burnt offering on the altar, and lay them at the side of the altar. 4 Then, having taken off these garments and put on other garments, he shall carry the ashes to a clean place outside the camp. 5 The fire on the altar is to be kept burning; it must not go out. Every morning the priest shall put firewood on it. On this he shall lay out the burnt offering(B) and burn the fat of the communion offering. 6 The fire is to be kept burning continuously on the altar; it must not go out.
The Grain Offering.[c] 7 This is the ritual of the grain offering. Aaron’s sons shall offer it before the Lord, in front of the altar. 8 A priest shall then take from the grain offering a handful of bran flour and oil, together with all the frankincense that is on it,(C) and this he shall burn on the altar as a token of the offering, a sweet aroma to the Lord. 9 The rest of it Aaron and his sons may eat; but it must be eaten unleavened in a sacred place:(D) in the court of the tent of meeting they shall eat it. 10 It shall not be baked with leaven. I have given it to them as their portion from the oblations for the Lord; it is most holy,(E) like the purification offering and the reparation offering. 11 Every male of Aaron’s descendants may eat of it perpetually throughout your generations as their rightful due from the oblations for the Lord. Whatever touches the oblations becomes holy.
High Priest’s Daily Grain Offering.[d] 12 The Lord said to Moses: 13 This is the offering that Aaron and his sons shall present to the Lord on the day he is anointed: one tenth of an ephah of bran flour for the regular grain offering, half of it in the morning and half of it in the evening. 14 You shall bring it well kneaded and fried in oil on a griddle.(F) Having broken the offering into pieces, you shall present it as a sweet aroma to the Lord. 15 The anointed priest descended from Aaron who succeeds him shall do likewise. This is the Lord’s due forever. The offering shall be wholly burned.(G) 16 Every grain offering of a priest shall be a whole offering; it may not be eaten.
Purification Offerings.[e] 17 The Lord said to Moses: 18 (H)Tell Aaron and his sons: This is the ritual for the purification offering. At the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered, there also, before the Lord, shall the purification offering be slaughtered. It is most holy.(I) 19 The priest who offers the purification offering shall eat of it; it shall be eaten in a sacred place,(J) in the court of the tent of meeting. 20 Whatever touches its flesh becomes holy. If any of its blood spatters on a garment, the stained part must be washed in a sacred place. 21 A clay vessel in which it has been boiled shall be broken; if it is boiled in a copper vessel, this shall be scoured afterward and rinsed with water.(K) 22 Every male of the priestly line may eat it. It is most holy. 23 But no purification offering of which some blood has been brought into the tent of meeting(L) to make atonement in the sanctuary shall be eaten; it must be burned with fire.(M)
Footnotes
- 6:2–6 This passage may have reference to the burnt offering that is offered in the morning and late afternoon each day (cf. Ex 29:38–42; Nm 28:3–8).
- 6:2 Ritual: Hebrew torah, which also has the broader meaning of “instruction.” The treatment of sacrifices in chaps. 6–7 recapitulates the offerings treated in 1–5 but now with more emphasis on priestly duties and prerogatives.
- 6:7–11 The passage is apparently concerned with the raw grain offering of 2:1–3.
- 6:12–16 This seems to refer to a grain offering offered twice daily by the high priest, perhaps identical to the regular grain offering in Nm 4:16 (cf. Neh 10:34). This offering is distinct from the grain offering that accompanies the daily burnt offering.
- 6:17–23 There are two types of purification offering: one whose blood is used inside the tent sanctuary (4:1–12, 13–21) and another whose blood was only used at the outer sacrificial altar (4:22–26, 27–31, 32–35). The carcasses of the former, as well as of purification offerings brought by the priests themselves (cf. 8:14–17; 9:8–11), are not eaten by priests but disposed of at the ash heap outside the camp, which itself is set up around the sanctuary (Ex 29:14; Lv 4:11–12, 21; 6:23; 8:17; 9:11; 16:27). The Letter to the Hebrews compares Jesus’ suffering “outside the gate” to the disposal of purification offering carcasses outside the camp (Hb 13:11–13).
利未記 6
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
6 耶和華對摩西說： 2 「如果有人犯罪，不忠於耶和華，拒絕歸還同胞委託他保管的物品或抵押品，或搶掠同胞，或欺騙同胞， 3 或撿到東西卻矢口否認，或起假誓，或犯其他類似的罪， 4 他必須歸還一切靠偷盜、欺詐、侵佔、拾遺、 5 或起假誓得來的東西，他必須在獻贖過祭那天如數歸還物主，並加賠五分之一。 6 他要從羊群中選一隻毫無殘疾的公綿羊，或把同等價值的銀子帶到祭司那裡，獻給耶和華作贖過祭。 7 祭司要在耶和華面前為他贖罪，他就會得到赦免。」
祭司獻燔祭的條例
8 耶和華對摩西說： 9 「你要吩咐亞倫及其子孫遵行以下獻燔祭的條例。
「燔祭要整夜留在祭壇上，壇上的火要不停地燃燒。 10 早晨，祭司要穿上細麻衣袍和內衣，將燔祭壇上的灰燼清理好，放在祭壇旁邊。 11 然後，他要更換衣服，把灰燼拿到營外潔淨的地方。 12 祭壇上的火要不斷燃燒，不能熄滅。祭司每天早上要在壇上加柴，擺上燔祭，在上面燒平安祭牲的脂肪。 13 壇上的火必須不斷燃燒，不可熄滅。
祭司獻素祭的條例
14 「以下是獻素祭的條例。
「祭司——亞倫的子孫要在祭壇前向耶和華獻素祭。 15 祭司要從素祭中拿一把調油的細麵粉和所有的乳香，作為象徵放在壇上焚燒，作蒙耶和華悅納的馨香之祭。 16 亞倫及其子孫要吃剩下的祭物，要在會幕院子裡的聖潔之處做無酵餅吃。 17 做餅時不可加酵。這些祭物是我從獻給我的火祭中賜給他們的，像贖罪祭和贖過祭一樣是至聖之物。 18 亞倫的子孫中，男子都可以吃。這是他們世世代代應得之份。凡接觸到這些祭物的都會變得聖潔。」
19 耶和華對摩西說： 20 「亞倫及其子孫受膏那天，要獻給耶和華一公斤細麵粉作為日常獻的素祭，早晚各獻一半。 21 要把這些細麵粉調上油，用煎鍋做餅，切成塊獻上，作為蒙耶和華悅納的馨香之祭。 22 亞倫子孫中繼任大祭司的，受膏時要獻上素祭。這種祭物屬於耶和華，必須全部燒掉。 23 祭司獻的這種素祭不可以吃，要全部燒掉。」
祭司獻贖罪祭的條例
24 耶和華對摩西說： 25 「你把以下贖罪祭的條例告訴亞倫及其子孫。
「贖罪祭是至聖的，要在殺燔祭牲的地方，在耶和華面前宰祭牲。 26 獻這祭的祭司要在會幕院子裡的聖潔之處吃這祭牲。 27 凡接觸到這些祭肉的，都會變得聖潔。如果衣服被濺上血，則要在聖潔之處把衣服洗淨。 28 用來煮祭肉的瓦鍋，用後都要打碎。如果用的是銅鍋，要擦乾淨並用水沖洗。 29 這些祭肉是至聖之物，祭司家族中的男子都可以吃。 30 如果祭牲的血被帶進會幕，在聖所內進行贖罪，就不可吃祭肉，必須全部燒掉。
Leviticus 6
EasyEnglish Bible
6 The Lord said to Moses, 2 ‘A person may take something that is not his. Or he may find it and keep it. He may tell his friend that he has not taken it. He might not give him the correct price for something. But then he is not obeying the Lord. 3 A person may speak words that are not true. That is a sin. A person may keep something that belongs to another person. He does not give it back. That is a wrong thing to do. He might find something and then he might say that it is his. If it is not his, he is not obeying God. 4 He has done something that is wrong. So he must show that he is sorry. He must give back anything that is not his. He must give back anything that he has found. He must give back anything that he has kept. He must give it to the person to whom it belongs. 5 He must give back everything and one fifth more. He must also, on the same day, give a gift to the Lord. 6 He must bring a sheep to the priest. The sheep must be a perfect male animal. The sheep must be worth the right amount of money. 7 The priest will give the sheep to the Lord. It is an atonement for the wrong things that the person has done. Then the Lord will forgive the person.’
Rules for the priests
8 The Lord said to Moses, 9 ‘Tell Aaron and his sons my rules. They must burn these gifts on the altar. The fire must burn all night. 10 When the morning comes, the priest must dress himself in his linen clothes. The linen must be next to his skin. He must take the ashes from the fire and he must put them at the side of the altar. 11 Then he must dress himself in other clothes. He must carry the ashes outside the camp and he must put them in a special place. 12 The fire that is on the altar must never stop burning. Every morning the priest must put wood on it. He must also put on it the gifts and the fat of the friendship offerings. 13 The fire must always burn. It must not go out.
14 These are the rules for the gift of grain. Aaron's sons must bring it in front of the altar to give to the Lord. 15 A priest must take some of the flour and oil. He must mix this special part with incense and he must burn all of it on the altar. The smell of them while they are burning will give the Lord pleasure. 16 The priests will make into bread the flour that he did not burn. They must not use yeast to make the bread. They must eat the bread in a holy place, in the yard outside the Tent of Meeting. 17 The bread is for the priests because it is a holy part of a gift. It is holy, like the offerings for sin. And it is like the gifts when somebody does anything wrong. 18 Any son, grandson or male of Aaron's family can eat the bread. It is his usual part of the burnt offerings to the Lord. A person who touches the bread will become holy.’
19 The Lord said to Moses, 20 ‘When Aaron is anointed, Aaron and his sons must give an offering to the Lord. It must be a tenth of an ephah (about two litres) of best flour. They must bring half of it in the morning and half of it in the evening. 21 They must mix it with oil and they must cook it on a flat plate. Then they must break it into pieces and they must offer it to the Lord. The smell of it will give the Lord pleasure. 22 The son whom they will anoint to take Aaron's place must prepare the offering. 23 All of the gifts that the priests give to God must be burnt completely. Nobody should eat them.’
The sin offering
24 The Lord said to Moses, 25 ‘Tell Aaron and his sons this rule. When a person does wrong things he must give an animal to the Lord. The animal will be holy. The person must kill the animal at the north side of the altar. That is where they kill the offerings for sin. 26 The priest who offered it will eat his part of the gift in a holy place. That is the yard outside the Tent of Meeting. 27 If anyone or anything touches the meat they will become holy. If the blood touches the clothes of a person, he must wash them in a holy place. 28 If a person cooks the meat in a clay pot, he must break the pot. He must break it when he has cooked the meat. If a person cooks the meat in a metal pot, he must wash the pot. He must wash it well when he has cooked the meat. And he must wash it again with clean water. 29 The meat is holy.[a] Only the priests' sons can eat it. 30 They must take the blood of a sin offering into the Tent of Meeting. It is a sacrifice to atone for sin. Nobody should eat any of that offering. The priest must burn it.
Footnotes
- 6:29 In these verses, ‘holy’ does not mean ‘very, very good’. It means that it now belongs to the Lord.
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