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Laws for Burnt Offerings
1 Then[a] Yahweh called to Moses and spoke to him from the tent of assembly, saying, 2 “Speak to the Israelites,[b] and say to them, ‘When a person[c] from you presents an offering to Yahweh, you shall present your offering from domestic animals, from the cattle[d] or from the flock.[e] 3 If his offering is a burnt offering from the cattle,[f] then he must present[g] an unblemished male; he must present it at the door of the tent of assembly for his acceptance before[h] Yahweh.
4 “‘He[i] must lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering and it will be accepted[j] for him in order to make atonement for him. 5 He[k] must slaughter the young bull[l] before[m] Yahweh, then[n] Aaron’s sons, the priests, will present the blood and sprinkle the blood all around the altar that is at the door of the tent of assembly. 6 Then[o] he must remove the skin of the burnt offering and cut it into its pieces. 7 The sons of[p] Aaron the priest will put fire on the altar and arrange the wood on the fire. 8 Then[q] Aaron’s sons, the priests, will arrange the pieces of meat,[r] the head, and the suet on the wood that is on the fire that is on the altar. 9 Then[s] he must wash its inner parts[t] and its lower leg bones with water, and the priest will turn into smoke the whole animal on the altar as a burnt offering by fire, as an appeasing fragrance for Yahweh.
10 “‘But if his offering is from the flock,[u] from the sheep or from the goats for a burnt offering, he must present[v] an unblemished[w] male. 11 He[x] must slaughter it on the north side of the altar before[y] Yahweh; then[z] Aaron’s sons, the priests, will sprinkle its blood all around the altar. 12 Then[aa] he must cut it into pieces along with its head and its suet; and the priest will arrange them on the wood that is on the fire that is on the altar. 13 Then[ab] he must wash the inner parts[ac] and the lower leg bones with water and the priest shall present the whole animal and will turn it[ad] into smoke on the altar; it is a burnt offering by fire as an appeasing fragrance for Yahweh.
14 “‘But if his offering for Yahweh is a burnt offering from the birds, then he must present his offering from the turtledoves or from the young doves.[ae] 15 The priest[af] will present it at the altar and must wring off its head and turn it into smoke on the altar, and its blood will be drained out on the wall[ag] of the altar. 16 He[ah] must remove its crop with its plumage and throw it to the east beside the altar on the place of the fatty ashes. 17 Then[ai] he must tear it apart by its wings but must not sever it; then[aj] the priest will turn it into smoke on the altar. It is a burnt offering by fire as an appeasing fragrance for Yahweh.’”
Laws for Grain Offerings
2 “‘When a person[ak] brings a grain offering to Yahweh, his offering must be finely milled flour, and he must pour out oil on it and place frankincense on it. 2 And he shall bring it to the sons of Aaron, the priests, and he[al] shall take his handful from its finely milled flour[am] and from its oil in addition to all its frankincense. The priest[an] shall turn its token portion into smoke on the altar as an offering made by fire, as an appeasing fragrance for Yahweh. 3 The remainder[ao] of the grain offering belongs to[ap] Aaron and to his sons—it is a most holy thing[aq] from the offerings made by fire for[ar] Yahweh.
4 “‘But if you bring a grain offering of something oven-baked, it must be of finely milled flour as ring-shaped unleavened bread mixed with oil or wafers of unleavened bread smeared with oil. 5 If your offering is a grain offering baked on a[as] flat baking pan, it must be finely milled flour, unleavened bread mixed with oil; 6 break it into pieces and pour out oil on it; it is a grain offering.
7 “‘If[at] your offering is a grain offering prepared in a cooking pan, it must be with finely milled flour in oil. 8 And you shall bring the grain offering that is made from these things to Yahweh, and the offerer[au] shall bring it to the priest, and he shall bring it to the altar. 9 And the priest shall take away from the grain offering its token portion, and he shall turn it into smoke on the altar as an offering made by fire, as an appeasing fragrance for Yahweh. 10 And the remainder of the grain offering belongs to[av] Aaron and to his sons—it is a most holy thing[aw] from the offerings made by fire for[ax] Yahweh.
11 “‘Every grain offering you[ay] bring to Yahweh must not be made of yeasted food, because you must not turn into smoke any yeast or any honey from[az] an offering made by fire for Yahweh. 12 As an offering of the choicest portion, you[ba] may bring them to Yahweh, but they must not be offered on the altar as an appeasing fragrance. 13 Also all[bb] of your grain offerings you must season with salt; you[bc] must not omit the salt of your God’s covenant from your offering.
14 “‘And if you bring to Yahweh a grain offering of firstfruits, you must bring an ear of new grain roasted by fire, coarsely crushed ripe grain, as the grain offering of your firstfruits. 15 And you shall put oil on it and place frankincense on it; it is a grain offering. 16 The[bd] priest shall turn into smoke its token portion from its coarsely crushed grain together with all of its frankincense—it is an offering made by fire for Yahweh.’”
Laws for Fellowship Offerings
3 “‘Now if[be] his offering is a sacrifice of fellowship offering, if he brings it from the cattle,[bf] whether male or female, he must bring it without defect before Yahweh. 2 He[bg] must lay his hand on the head of his offering and slaughter it at the entrance of the tent of assembly, and Aaron’s sons shall sprinkle the blood on the altar all around. 3 He shall present[bh] from the sacrifice of the fellowship offering an offering made by fire for Yahweh consisting of[bi] the fat covering the inner parts[bj] and all the fat that is on the inner parts,[bk] 4 the two kidneys,[bl] 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. 5 Aaron’s sons shall turn it to smoke on the altar in addition to the burnt offering that is on the wood, which is on the fire; it is an offering made by fire as an appeasing fragrance for Yahweh.
6 “‘But if his offering for a sacrifice of fellowship offering for Yahweh is from the flock,[bm] he must bring a male or a female without defect. 7 If he brings a sheep as his offering, then[bn] he shall present it before Yahweh, 8 and he shall lay his hand on the head of his offering, and he shall slaughter it before the tent of assembly, and Aaron’s sons shall sprinkle its blood on the altar all around. 9 He shall present[bo] from the sacrifice of the fellowship offering an offering made by fire for Yahweh: he must remove its fat, the entire fat tail near the tailbone, and the fat covering the inner parts[bp] and all the fat that is on the inner parts,[bq] 10 the two kidneys,[br] 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. 11 The priest[bs] shall turn it into smoke on the altar as a food offering made by fire for Yahweh.
12 “‘And[bt] if his offering is a goat, then[bu] he shall bring it before Yahweh, 13 and he shall lay his hand on the head of his offering, and he shall slaughter it before the tent of assembly, and Aaron’s sons shall sprinkle its blood on the altar all around. 14 He shall present[bv] his offering from it as an offering made by fire for Yahweh: the fat covering the inner parts[bw] and all the fat that is on the inner parts,[bx] 15 the two kidneys,[by] 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. 16 The priest[bz] shall turn them into smoke on the altar as a food offering;[ca] all the fat is an offering made by fire as an appeasing fragrance for Yahweh. 17 This is[cb] a lasting statute for your generations in all your dwellings: you must not eat any fat or any blood.’”
Laws for Sin Offerings
4 Then[cc] Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to the Israelites,[cd] saying, ‘If a person[ce] sins by an unintentional wrong from any of Yahweh’s commands that should not be violated,[cf] and he violates[cg] any of them[ch]— 3 if the anointed priest sins, bringing guilt on the people,[ci] then,[cj] concerning the sin that he has committed,[ck] he shall bring a young bull[cl] without defect for Yahweh as a sin offering. 4 He shall bring[cm] the bull to the tent of assembly’s entrance before Yahweh, place[cn] his hand on the bull’s head, and slaughter the bull before Yahweh. 5 The anointed priest[co] shall take some of[cp] the bull’s blood and shall bring it to the tent of assembly, 6 and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood and shall spatter some of[cq] the blood seven times before Yahweh in front of the sanctuary’s curtain. 7 The priest[cr] shall put some of[cs] the blood on the horns of the altar of fragrant incense before Yahweh, which is in the tent of assembly, and all the rest[ct] of the bull’s blood he must pour out on the base of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the entrance of the tent of assembly.
8 “‘He must remove[cu] all the fat from the bull of the sin offering: the fat that covers the inner parts[cv] and all of the fat that is on the inner parts,[cw] 9 the two[cx] kidneys and the fat that is on them, and the liver’s lobe that he must remove in addition to the kidneys— 10 just as it is removed from the ox of the fellowship offerings’ sacrifice—and the priest shall turn them into smoke on the altar of the burnt offering. 11 But[cy] the bull’s skin and its meat, in addition to its head, its lower leg bones,[cz] its[da] inner parts,[db] and its offal— 12 he shall carry[dc] all of the bull outside the camp[dd] to a ceremonially clean place, to the fatty ashes’ dump, and he shall burn it on wood in the fire; it must be burned up on the fatty ashes’ dump.
13 “‘If[de] Israel’s whole assembly did wrong unintentionally and the matter[df] was concealed from the assembly’s eyes, and they acted[dg] against any of[dh] Yahweh’s commands that should not be violated,[di] so that[dj] they incur guilt, 14 when[dk] the sin that they have committed[dl] against that command[dm] becomes known, the assembly[dn] shall present a young bull[do] as a sin offering, and they shall bring it before the tent of assembly. 15 And the elders of the community shall place their hands on the bull’s head before Yahweh, and he[dp] shall slaughter the bull before Yahweh. 16 Then the anointed priest shall bring some of[dq] the bull’s blood to the tent of assembly, 17 and the priest shall dip his finger in[dr] the blood and shall spatter it seven times before Yahweh in front of the curtain. 18 He must put[ds] some of[dt] the blood on the altar’s horns before Yahweh in the tent of assembly,[du] and all the rest[dv] of the blood he must pour out on the base of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the tent of assembly’s entrance. 19 He must remove[dw] all its fat from it, and he shall turn it into smoke on the altar. 20 He shall do[dx] to the bull just as[dy] he did to the sin offering’s bull, so he must do to it. The priest[dz] shall make atonement for them, and they will be forgiven.[ea] 21 He shall bring[eb] the rest of[ec] the bull outside the camp,[ed] and he shall burn it just as[ee] he burned the first bull; it is the sin offering for the assembly.
22 “‘When a leader sins and commits[ef] an unintentional wrong against any of[eg] the commands of Yahweh his God that should not be violated,[eh] so that[ei] he incurs guilt, 23 or his sin he has committed[ej] is made known to him, he shall bring[ek] a male goat[el] without defect as his offering. 24 He shall place[em] his hand on the he-goat’s head and slaughter it in the place where he slaughtered the burnt offering before Yahweh; it is a sin offering. 25 The priest[en] shall take some of[eo] the sin offering’s blood with his finger, and he shall put it on the horns of the altar of the burnt offering, and he must pour out the rest of[ep] its blood on the base of the altar of the burnt offering. 26 He[eq] must turn all of its fat into smoke on the altar like the fat of the fellowship offerings’ sacrifice, and the priest shall make atonement for him because of[er] his sin, and he will be forgiven.[es]
27 “‘If[et] anyone[eu] of the people of the land sins by an unintentional wrong by violating[ev] one of Yahweh’s commands that should not be violated,[ew] so that[ex] he incurs guilt, 28 or his sin he has committed[ey] is made known to him, he shall bring[ez] as his offering a female goat without defect[fa] as his offering for his sin that he committed.[fb] 29 He shall place[fc] his hand on the sin offering’s head and slaughter the sin offering in the place of the burnt offering. 30 The priest[fd] shall take some of[fe] its blood with his finger, and he shall put it on the horns of the altar of the burnt offering, and he must pour out all the rest of[ff] its blood on the altar’s base. 31 He[fg] must remove all of its fat just as[fh] the fat was removed from[fi] the fellowship offerings’ sacrifice, and the priest shall turn it into smoke on the altar as an appeasing fragrance for Yahweh. The priest[fj] shall make atonement for him, and he will be forgiven.[fk]
32 “‘But[fl] if he brings a lamb as his offering for a sin offering, he must bring a female without defect. 33 He shall place[fm] his hand on the sin offering’s head, and he shall slaughter it as a sin offering in the place where he slaughtered the burnt offering. 34 The priest[fn] shall take some of[fo] the sin offering’s blood with his finger, and he shall put it on the horns of the altar of the burnt offering, and he must pour out all the rest[fp] of its blood on the altar’s base. 35 He must remove[fq] all of its fat just as[fr] the lamb’s fat from the fellowship offerings’ sacrifice was removed, and the priest shall turn them into smoke on the altar upon Yahweh’s offerings made by fire; and the priest shall make atonement for him because of[fs] his sin that he committed,[ft] and he will be forgiven.’”[fu]
More Laws Regarding Sin Offerings
5 “‘When a person[fv] sins in that[fw] he hears the utterance of a curse and he is a witness or he sees or he knows, if he does not make it known, then[fx] he shall bear his guilt. 2 Or if a person[fy] touches anything unclean, whether[fz] an unclean wild[ga] animal’s dead body or an unclean domestic animal’s dead body or an unclean swarmer’s dead body, but[gb] he is unaware of it,[gc] he is unclean and he is guilty. 3 Or when he touches human uncleanness, namely[gd] any uncleanness of his by which he might become unclean, but[ge] he is unaware of it,[gf] and he himself finds out, then[gg] he will be guilty. 4 Or when a person[gh] swears, speaking thoughtlessly with his lips, to do evil or to do good with regard to[gi] anything that the person[gj] in a sworn oath speaks thoughtlessly, but[gk] he is unaware of it,[gl] he will be guilty in any of[gm] these. 5 When he becomes guilty in any of[gn] these, he shall confess[go] what he has sinned regarding[gp] it, 6 and he shall bring his guilt offering to[gq] Yahweh for his sin that he has committed:[gr] a female from the flock,[gs] a ewe-lamb or a she-goat,[gt] as a sin offering, and the priest shall make atonement for him for[gu] his sin.
7 “‘If[gv] he cannot afford a sheep,[gw] he shall bring as his guilt offering for what he sinned two turtledoves or two young doves[gx] for Yahweh, one for a sin offering and one for a burnt offering. 8 He shall bring[gy] them to the priest, and he shall present that which is for the sin offering first, and the priest[gz] shall wring its head off at the back of its neck,[ha] but[hb] he must not sever it, 9 and he shall spatter some of[hc] the sin offering’s blood on the altar’s side, and the leftover blood must be drained out on the altar’s base; it is a sin offering. 10 The second[hd] bird he must prepare as a burnt offering according to the regulation, and the priest shall make atonement for him for his sin that he has committed,[he] and he shall be forgiven.
11 “‘But[hf] if he cannot afford[hg] two turtledoves or two young doves,[hh] then,[hi] because he has sinned, he shall bring as his offering a tenth of an[hj] ephah of finely milled flour as a sin offering. He must not put[hk] oil on it, nor should he put frankincense on it, because it is a sin offering. 12 He shall bring[hl] it to the priest, and the priest shall take a handful of it[hm] for its token portion, and he shall turn it to smoke on the altar in addition to[hn] the offerings made by fire to Yahweh; it is a sin offering. 13 Thus[ho] the priest shall make atonement for him because of the sin that he has committed[hp] in any of these,[hq] and he shall be forgiven. It shall be[hr] for the priest, like the grain offering.’”
Laws for Guilt Offerings
14 Then[hs] Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 15 “When a person[ht] displays infidelity[hu] and he sins in an unintentional wrong in any of[hv] Yahweh’s holy things, then[hw] he shall bring his guilt offering to[hx] Yahweh: a ram without defect from the flock[hy] as a guilt offering by your valuation in silver shekels[hz] according to the sanctuary shekel. 16 And he shall make restitution for what he sinned because of[ia] a holy thing and shall add one-fifth of its value[ib] onto it and shall give it to the priest. The priest[ic] shall make atonement for him with the ram of the guilt offering, and he will be forgiven.
17 “If[id] a person[ie] when he sins violates[if] one from all of Yahweh’s commands that should not be violated,[ig] but[ih] he did not know, then[ii] he is guilty and he shall bear his guilt. 18 He shall bring[ij] to the priest a ram without defect from the flock[ik] as a guilt offering by your valuation, and the priest shall make atonement for him because of his unintentional wrong (although[il] he himself did not know), and he will be forgiven. 19 It is a guilt offering; he certainly was guilty before Yahweh.”
Additional Laws for Burnt Offerings
6 [im] Then[in] Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “When a person[io] displays infidelity[ip] against Yahweh and he deceives his fellow citizen regarding[iq] something entrusted or a pledge[ir] or stealing or he exploits his fellow citizen, 3 or he finds lost property and lies about it and swears falsely[is] in regard to[it] any one of these things by which a person[iu] might commit sin, 4 and when[iv] he sins and is guilty, then[iw] he shall bring back the things he had stolen[ix] or what he had extorted[iy] or something with which he had been entrusted[iz] or the lost property that he had found, 5 or regarding[ja] anything about which he has sworn falsely,[jb] then[jc] he shall repay it according to[jd] its value and shall add one-fifth of its value to it—he must give it to whom it belongs[je] on the day of his guilt offering. 6 And he must bring as his guilt offering to Yahweh a ram without defect from the flock[jf] by your valuation[jg] as a guilt offering to the priest, 7 and the priest shall make atonement for him before[jh] Yahweh, and he shall be forgiven anything[ji] from all that he might do by which he might incur guilt.”[jj]
8 Then[jk] Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 9 “Command Aaron and his sons, saying, ‘This is the regulation of the burnt offering: The burnt offering must remain on the hearth[jl] 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[jm] 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[jn] to a ceremonially clean place, 12 but[jo] the fire on the altar must be kept burning on it; it must not be quenched. And the priest must burn wood every morning[jp] on it,[jq] and he shall arrange the burnt offering on it,[jr] and he shall turn into smoke the fat portions of the fellowship offerings on it.[js] 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[jt] Yahweh in front of[ju] the altar, 15 and he[jv] in his fist shall take away from it some of[jw] the grain offering’s finely milled flour, and some of[jx] 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,[jy] 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[jz] Yahweh. Anything that[ka] touches them will become holy.’”
19 Then[kb] 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[kc] 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[kd] in[ke] oil on a flat baking pan; you[kf] must bring it well-mixed; you must present pieces of a grain offering’s baked goods[kg] 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[kh] 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[ki] Yahweh; it is a most holy thing.[kj] 26 The priest who offers the sin offering[kk] must eat it in a holy place—in the tent of assembly’s courtyard. 27 Anything that[kl] touches its flesh will become holy, and when some of[km] its blood spatters on a[kn] garment, what was spattered on it you[ko] shall wash in a holy place. 28 And a clay vessel in which it was boiled must be broken, but[kp] if it was boiled in a bronze vessel, then[kq] it shall be thoroughly scoured and rinsed with water. 29 Any male among the priests may eat it; it is a most holy thing.[kr] 30 But[ks] any sin offering from which some of[kt] 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.’”
Additional Laws for Guilt Offerings
7 “‘And this is the regulation of the guilt offering; it is a most holy thing.[ku] 2 In the place where they slaughter the burnt offering,[kv] they must slaughter the guilt offering,[kw] and he[kx] must sprinkle its blood upon the altar all around. 3 And he must present all of its fat:[ky] the fat tail and the fat that covers the inner parts,[kz] 4 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. 5 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. 6 Every male among the priests may eat it; it must be eaten in a holy place; it is a most holy thing.[la] 7 The instruction is the same for the guilt offering as for the sin offering;[lb] it belongs to[lc] the priest, who makes atonement with it.
Portions for the Priests
8 “‘And[ld] the priest who presents a person’s[le] burnt offering, to that[lf] priest belongs[lg] the skin of the burnt offering that he presented. 9 And every grain offering that is baked in the oven and all that is prepared in a[lh] cooking pan or[li] on a flat baking pan belongs to[lj] 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.[lk]
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[ll] offering together with[lm] his sacrifice of thanksgiving peace offerings. 14 And he shall present one of each kind of grain[ln] offering as a contribution for Yahweh; it belongs to[lo] 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[lp] 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[lq] from it may be eaten, 17 but[lr] 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[ls] 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[lt] meat, anyone who is clean may eat the meat. 20 And the person[lu] who eats meat from the fellowship offerings’ sacrifice, which is for Yahweh, and whose uncleanness is upon him—that person[lv] shall be cut off from his people. 21 And when a person[lw] 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[lx] that person[ly] shall be cut off from his people.’”
Instructions for the People
22 Then[lz] Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 23 “Speak to the Israelites,[ma] saying, ‘You[mb] must not eat any fat of ox, or[mc] sheep, or[md] goat; 24 and a dead body’s fat or[me] mangled carcass’s fat may be used for any purpose,[mf] but[mg] you[mh] 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[mi] that person[mj] who ate shall be cut off from his people. 26 And in any of your[mk] dwellings, you must not eat any blood belonging to[ml] birds[mm] or[mn] domestic animals.[mo] 27 Any person[mp] who eats any blood, that person[mq] shall be cut off from his people.’”
Portions of Fellowship Offerings for Priests
28 Then[mr] Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 29 “Speak to the Israelites,[ms] 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[mt] sons. 32 And the right upper thigh you[mu] must give as a contribution for the priest from your[mv] 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[mw] as his share, 34 because I have taken the wave offering’s breast section and the contribution offering’s upper thigh from the Israelites[mx] out of their fellowship offerings’ sacrifices, and I have given them to Aaron the priest and his[my] sons from the Israelites[mz] as a lasting rule.’”
35 This is Aaron’s allotted portion and his sons’ allotted portion from Yahweh’s offerings made by fire when[na] he brought them forward to serve as priests for Yahweh. 36 This is what Yahweh commanded to give them from the Israelites[nb] 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[nc] on the day of his commanding the Israelites[nd] to present their offerings to Yahweh in the desert of Sinai.
Installing the Priests
8 Then[ne] Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments and the anointing oil and the bull of the sin offering and the two rams and the basket of the unleavened bread, 3 and summon all of the community to the entrance to[nf] the tent of assembly.” 4 So[ng] Moses did just as Yahweh commanded him, and the community gathered by the entrance to[nh] the tent of assembly.
5 Then[ni] Moses said to the community, “This is the word that Yahweh has commanded to be done.”[nj]
6 So[nk] Moses brought Aaron and his sons near, and he washed them with water. 7 Then[nl] he put the tunic on him and tied[nm] the sash around him; then[nn] he clothed him with the robe and put[no] the ephod on him; then[np] he tied the ephod’s waistband around him and fastened[nq] the ephod[nr] to him with it. 8 Then[ns] he placed the breastpiece on him and put[nt] the Urim and the Thummim into the breastpiece; 9 and he placed the turban on his head, and on the front of[nu] the turban he placed the gold rosette, the holy diadem, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.
10 Then[nv] Moses took the anointing oil and anointed[nw] the tabernacle and all that was in it, and he consecrated them. 11 And he spattered part of[nx] it on the altar seven times—thus[ny] he anointed the altar and all of its utensils, and the basin and its stand, to consecrate them. 12 Then[nz] he poured out part of[oa] the anointing oil on Aaron’s head—thus[ob] he anointed him in order to consecrate him. 13 Then[oc] Moses brought Aaron’s sons near and clothed[od] them with tunics and tied[oe] a sash around each one,[of] and he bound headbands on[og] them, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.
The Offerings for Consecration
14 Then[oh] he brought forth the bull of the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons placed their hands on the head of the bull of the sin offering, 15 and he slaughtered it, and Moses took the blood and put[oi] it with his finger on the altar’s horns all around and purified the altar; then[oj] he poured the blood out on the altar’s base—thus[ok] he consecrated it in order to make atonement for it.[ol] 16 Then[om] he took all the fat that was on the inner parts[on] and the lobe on the liver and the two kidneys and their fat, and Moses turned them into smoke on the altar, 17 but[oo] he burned the bull and its skin and its meat and its offal in the fire outside the camp,[op] just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.
18 Then[oq] he brought the ram of the burnt offering near, and Aaron and his sons placed their hands on the ram’s head, 19 and he slaughtered it. Then[or] Moses sprinkled the blood on the altar all around. 20 Then[os] he cut the ram into pieces, and Moses turned into smoke the head and the pieces and the suet, 21 but[ot] he washed the inner parts[ou] and the lower leg bones with water, and Moses turned into smoke all of the ram on the altar; it was a burnt offering as an appeasing fragrance, an offering made by fire for[ov] Yahweh, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.
22 Then[ow] he brought the second ram near, the ram of the consecration, and Aaron and his sons placed their hands on the ram’s head, 23 and he slaughtered it. Then[ox] Moses took some of[oy] its blood and put[oz] it on Aaron’s right ear lobe and on his right hand’s thumb and on his right foot’s big toe. 24 Then[pa] he brought Aaron’s sons near, and Moses put some of[pb] the blood on their right ear lobe and on their right hand’s thumb and on their right foot’s big toe, and Moses sprinkled the blood on the altar all around.
25 Then[pc] he took the fat and the fat tail and all of the fat that was on the inner parts[pd] and the lobe of the liver and the two kidneys and their fat and the right upper thigh; 26 and from the basket of the unleavened bread that was before Yahweh he took one ring-shaped unleavened bread and one ring-shaped bread with[pe] oil and one wafer, and he placed them on the fat parts[pf] and on the right upper thigh. 27 Then[pg] he put all of these[ph] on Aaron’s palms and on his sons’ palms, and he waved them as a wave offering before[pi] Yahweh. 28 Then[pj] Moses took them from upon their palms, and he turned them into smoke upon the burnt offering on the altar; they were a consecration offering as an appeasing fragrance—it was an offering made by fire for[pk] Yahweh. 29 Then[pl] Moses took the breast section, and he waved it as a wave offering before[pm] Yahweh from the ram of the consecration offering; it was Moses’ share, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.
Anointing the Priests and Their Garments
30 Then[pn] Moses took some of[po] the anointing oil and some of[pp] the blood that was on the altar, and he spattered them on Aaron, on his garments, and on Aaron’s sons and on his sons’ garments with him—thus[pq] he consecrated Aaron, his garments, and his sons and his sons’ garments with him.
31 Then[pr] Moses said to Aaron and to his sons, “Boil the meat in the entrance to[ps] the tent of assembly, and there you must eat it and the bread that is in the basket of the consecration offering, just as I have commanded, saying, ‘Aaron and his sons must eat it,’ 32 but[pt] the remainder of the meat and the bread you[pu] must burn in the fire. 33 And you must not go out from the entrance to[pv] the tent of assembly for seven days, until the day of fulfilling the days of your[pw] consecration, because it will take seven days to ordain you.[px] 34 Just as was done[py] on this day, Yahweh commanded to be done[pz] in order to make atonement for you.[qa] 35 And you[qb] must stay at the entrance to[qc] the tent of assembly day and night for seven days, and you[qd] shall keep the obligation from[qe] Yahweh, so you[qf] might not die, for thus I have been commanded.” 36 So[qg] Aaron and his sons did all the things that Yahweh had commanded through[qh] Moses.
Worship at the Tent of Assembly
9 Then[qi] on the eighth day Moses summoned Aaron and his sons and Israel’s elders, 2 and he said to Aaron, “Take for yourself a bull calf[qj] as a sin offering and a ram as a burnt offering, without defect,[qk] and present them before[ql] Yahweh. 3 Then[qm] you[qn] must speak to the Israelites,[qo] saying, ‘Take a he-goat[qp] as a sin offering and a bull calf and a male sheep, yearlings[qq] without defect,[qr] as a burnt offering, 4 and an ox and a ram as fellowship offerings to sacrifice before[qs] Yahweh, and a grain offering mixed with oil, because today Yahweh will appear to you.”[qt] 5 So[qu] they took what Moses had commanded to the front of[qv] the tent of assembly, and the whole community presented themselves, and they stood before[qw] Yahweh.
6 Then[qx] Moses said, “This is the word that Yahweh commanded you[qy] to do so that[qz] the glory of Yahweh might appear to you.”[ra] 7 Then[rb] Moses said to Aaron, “Approach[rc] the altar and sacrifice[rd] your sin offering and your burnt offering, and make atonement for yourself and for the people. And sacrifice[re] the people’s offering and make atonement for them, just as Yahweh has commanded.”
8 Then[rf] Aaron approached[rg] the altar, and he slaughtered the bull calf of the sin offering, which was for himself. 9 Then[rh] Aaron’s sons presented the blood to him, and he dipped his finger in the blood, and he put it on the altar’s horns, and he poured out the blood on the altar’s base. 10 And the fat and the kidneys and the lobe from the sin offering’s liver[ri] he turned into smoke on the altar, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses, 11 but[rj] the meat and the skin he burned with fire[rk] outside the camp.[rl]
12 Then[rm] he slaughtered the burnt offering, and Aaron’s sons brought the blood to him, and he sprinkled it on the altar all around; 13 and they brought the burnt offering to him by its pieces, as well as[rn] the head, and he turned them into smoke on the altar; 14 and he washed the inner parts[ro] and the lower leg bones, then[rp] he turned them into smoke upon the burnt offering on the altar.
15 Then[rq] he presented the people’s offering, and he took the goat of the sin offering, which was for the people, and he slaughtered it and offered[rr] it as a sin offering like the first one. 16 Then[rs] he presented the burnt offering, and he sacrificed[rt] it according to the regulation. 17 Then[ru] he presented the grain offering, and he filled his palm with some of[rv] it, and he turned it into smoke on the altar besides the morning’s burnt offering. 18 Then[rw] he slaughtered the ox and the ram, the fellowship offerings that are for the people, and Aaron’s sons brought the blood to him, and he sprinkled it on the altar all around. 19 And as for the fat portions from the ox and from the ram (the fat tail and the layer of fat and the kidneys and the lobe of the liver), 20 they placed the fat portions on the breast sections, and he turned the fat portions into smoke on the altar. 21 Then[rx] Aaron waved the breast sections and the right upper thigh as a wave offering before[ry] Yahweh, just as Moses had commanded.
22 Then[rz] Aaron lifted his hand toward[sa] the people, and he blessed them, and he came down after[sb] sacrificing[sc] the sin offering and the burnt offering and the fellowship offerings. 23 Then[sd] Moses and Aaron entered the tent of assembly. When[se] they came out, they blessed[sf] the people, and Yahweh’s glory appeared to all the people. 24 Then[sg] a fire went out from before[sh] Yahweh, and it consumed the burnt offering and the fat portions on the altar. And all the people saw it, so[si] they shouted for joy, and they fell on their faces.
The Deaths of Nadab and Abihu
10 And Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu each took his censer, and they put fire in them and placed incense on it;[sj] then[sk] they presented before[sl] Yahweh illegitimate fire, which he had not commanded them. 2 So[sm] fire went out from before[sn] Yahweh, and it consumed them so that[so] they died before[sp] Yahweh. 3 Therefore[sq] Moses said to Aaron, “This is what Yahweh spoke, saying, ‘Among those who are close to me I will show myself holy, and in the presence of[sr] all the people I will display my glory.’”[ss] So[st] Aaron was silent.
4 Then[su] Moses summoned Mishael and Elzaphan the sons of Uzziel, Aaron’s uncle, and he said to them, “Come forward.[sv] Carry your brothers from the front of[sw] the sanctuary to outside the camp.”[sx] 5 So[sy] they came forward,[sz] and they carried them outside the camp[ta] in their tunics, just as Moses had ordered.
6 Then[tb] Moses said to Aaron and to his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, “You must not let your hair hang loosely, and you must not tear your garments, so that[tc] you will not die and he[td] will be angry with all the community. But[te] your brothers, all the house of Israel, may weep because of the burning that Yahweh caused,[tf] 7 but[tg] you must not go out from the entrance to[th] the tent of assembly lest you die, because Yahweh’s anointing oil is on you.” So[ti] they did according to Moses’ word.
Lasting Statutes
8 Then[tj] Yahweh spoke to Aaron, saying, 9 “You and your sons with you may not drink wine or[tk] strong drink when you come to the tent of assembly, so that[tl] you will not die—it is a lasting statute for your[tm] generations— 10 and to distinguish between the holy and the unholy,[tn] as well as[to] between the unclean and the clean, 11 and to teach the Israelites[tp] all the rules that Yahweh has spoken to them through[tq] Moses.”
12 Then[tr] Moses spoke to Aaron and to his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, “As for the remaining parts,[ts] take the remainder of the grain offering from Yahweh’s offerings made by fire and eat it, the unleavened bread, beside the altar, because it is a most holy thing.[tt] 13 And you shall eat it in a holy place, because it is your allotted portion and the allotted portion of your sons from Yahweh’s offerings made by fire, for so I have been commanded. 14 And the wave offering’s breast section and the upper thigh of the contribution offering you[tu] must eat in a clean place, you and your sons and your daughters with you, because they are given as your allotted portion and your sons’ allotted portion from the sacrifices of the Israelites’[tv] fellowship offerings. 15 They must bring the thigh of the contribution offering and the breast section of the wave offering in addition to the offerings made by fire, consisting of the fat portions, to wave as a wave offering before[tw] Yahweh; and it will be for you and for your sons with you as a lasting rule, just as Yahweh had commanded.”
The Problem of the Uneaten Sin Offering
16 Then[tx] Moses sought all over for the goat of the sin offering and behold, it was burned up. So[ty] he was angry with Aaron’s remaining sons Eleazar and Ithamar, saying, 17 “Why did you not eat the sin offering on the sanctuary’s site, because it is a most holy thing?[tz] And he gave it to you to remove the community’s guilt, to make atonement for them before[ua] Yahweh. 18 Look, its blood was not brought inside the sanctuary.[ub] Certainly you should have eaten it in the sanctuary, as I commanded.”
19 So[uc] Aaron said to Moses, “Look, today they presented their sin offering and their burnt offering before[ud] Yahweh, and things such as these have happened to me, and if I were to eat a sin offering today, would it have been good in Yahweh’s eyes?” 20 When[ue] Moses heard, it[uf] was good in his eyes.
Clean and Unclean Animals
11 Then[ug] Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them, 2 “Speak to the Israelites,[uh] saying, ‘These are the animals that you may eat from all the animals that are on the land: 3 Any among the animals that has a divided hoof and has a split cleft in[ui] the hoof, such[uj] you may eat. 4 However,[uk] these[ul] you may not eat from those that chew the cud and from those that have a[um] divided hoof: the camel, because it is a chewer of cud but it does not have a hoof that is divided—it is unclean for you; 5 and the coney, because it is a chewer of cud but it does not have a hoof that is divided—it is unclean for you; 6 and the hare, because it is a chewer of cud but it does not have a hoof that is divided—it is unclean for you; 7 and the pig, because it has a divided hoof and has a split cleft in[un] the hoof but it does not chew cud—it is unclean for you. 8 You must not eat from their meat, and you must not touch their dead body—they are unclean for you.
9 “‘These[uo] you may eat from all that are in the water: any in the water that has a fin and scales, whether in the seas or[up] in the streams—such[uq] you may eat. 10 But any that does not have a fin and scales, whether in the seas or[ur] in the streams, among[us] all the water’s swarmers among all the living creatures that are in the water—they are a detestable thing to you. 11 And they shall be detestable to you; you must not eat from their meat, and you must detest their dead body. 12 Any that does not have a fin and scales in the water—it is a detestable thing to you.
13 “‘And these you must detest from the birds; they must not be eaten—they are detestable: the eagle and the vulture and the short-toed eagle, 14 and the red kite and the black kite according to its kind, 15 every crow according to its kind, 16 and the ostrich[ut] and the short-eared owl and the seagull and the hawk according to its kind, 17 and the little owl and the cormorant and the great owl, 18 and the barn owl and the desert owl and the carrion vulture, 19 and the stork, the heron according to its kind and the hoopoe and the bat.
20 “‘Any winged insect[uu] that walks on all fours is detestable to you. 21 Only this may you eat from any of the winged insects[uv] that walk on all fours—that which has jointed legs above its feet for leaping upon the land. 22 From these[uw] you may eat the locust according to its kind and the bald locust according to its kind and the cricket according to its kind and the grasshopper according to its kind. 23 But[ux] any other[uy] winged insect[uz] that has four legs is detestable to you. 24 And by these you shall become unclean—anyone who touches their dead body shall become unclean until the evening, 25 and anyone who carries their dead body must wash his garments, and he shall be unclean until the evening.
26 “‘With regard to any animal that has a divided hoof but does not split the hoof, or[va] does not have a cud for chewing[vb]—they are unclean for you; anyone who touches them shall become unclean. 27 And anything that walks upon its paws among any of the animals[vc] that walks on all fours—they are unclean for you; anyone who touches their dead body shall become unclean until the evening, 28 and the one who carries their dead body must wash his garments, and he shall be unclean until the evening—they are unclean for you.
29 “‘And these[vd] are the unclean for you among the swarmers[ve] that swarm on the land: the weasel and the mouse and the thorn-tailed lizard according to its kind, 30 and the gecko and the land crocodile and the lizard and the sand lizard and the chameleon. 31 These are the unclean for you among all the swarmers; anyone who touches them at their death shall become unclean until the evening. 32 And anything on which one of them[vf] falls at their death shall become unclean: any object of wood or garment or skin or sackcloth—any object that has performed work—must be placed in water, and it shall be unclean until the evening, and then it shall be clean. 33 And any clay vessel[vg] into which it falls shall become unclean, and you must break it. 34 Any of the food that could be eaten on which water from such a vessel comes shall become unclean, and any liquid that could be drunk in any such vessel shall become unclean. 35 And anything on which one of their dead bodies[vh] falls shall become unclean: an oven or[vi] a stove must be broken[vj]—they are unclean and shall be unclean for you. 36 Surely[vk] a spring or[vl] a cistern collecting water shall be clean, but that which touches their dead body shall become unclean. 37 And when one of their dead bodies[vm] falls on any seed for sowing,[vn] it is clean. 38 But[vo] when water is put on the seed and one of their dead bodies[vp] falls on it, it is unclean for you.
39 “‘And when one of the animals[vq] dies that is for you to eat, the one who touches its dead body shall become unclean until the evening. 40 And the one who eats some of[vr] its dead body must wash his garments, and he shall be unclean until the evening; and the one who carries its dead body must wash his garments, and he shall be unclean until the evening.
41 “‘And any swarmer that swarms on the land is detestable; it must not be eaten. 42 You must not eat[vs] anything that moves upon its belly or[vt] that walks on all fours, even any with numerous feet belonging to any swarmer that swarms on the land, because they are detestable. 43 You must not defile yourselves with any swarmer that swarms, and you must not make yourselves unclean by them and so be made unclean by them, 44 because I am Yahweh your God, and you must keep yourselves sanctified, so that[vu] you shall be holy, because I am holy. And you must not make yourselves unclean with any swarmer that moves along on the land, 45 because I am Yahweh, who brought you up from the land of Egypt to be for you as God. Thus[vv] you shall be holy, because I am holy.
46 “‘This is the regulation of the animals[vw] and the birds and all living creatures that move along in the water and concerning[vx] all the creatures that swarm on the land, 47 to distinguish between the unclean and the clean and between the animal that is to be eaten and the animal that must not be eaten.’”
Purification After Childbirth
12 Then[vy] Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to the Israelites,[vz] saying, ‘When a woman becomes pregnant and she gives birth to a male,[wa] then[wb] she shall be unclean seven days—as in the time of her menstrual bleeding, she shall become unclean. 3 And on the eighth day his foreskin’s flesh shall be circumcised. 4 And for thirty-three days she shall stay in the blood of her cleansing; she must not touch any holy object, and she may not come to the sanctuary until the fulfilling of the days of her cleansing. 5 But[wc] if she gives birth to a female,[wd] then[we] she shall be unclean for two weeks as in her menstruation, and for sixty-six days she shall stay through[wf] the blood of her cleansing. 6 And at the fulfilling of the days of her cleansing, whether for a son or for a daughter, she must bring to the priest at the tent of assembly’s entrance a yearling[wg] male lamb as a burnt offering and young dove[wh] or a turtledove as a sin offering. 7 And the priest shall present it before[wi] Yahweh, and he shall make atonement for her, so that[wj] she shall be clean from the flow of her blood. This is the regulation of childbearing[wk] for the male[wl] or for the female.[wm] 8 And if she cannot afford[wn] a sheep,[wo] then[wp] she shall take two turtledoves or two young doves[wq]—one as a burnt offering and one as a sin offering—and the priest shall make atonement for her, so that[wr] she shall be clean.’”
Regulations About Defiling Skin Diseases
13 Then[ws] Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, 2 “When a person[wt] has on his body’s skin a swelling or an epidermal eruption or a spot and it becomes[wu] an infectious skin disease on his body’s skin, then[wv] he shall be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons the priests. 3 And the priest shall examine the infection on his body’s skin, and if the hair in the infection turns white and the appearance of the infection is deeper than his body’s skin, it is an infectious skin disease, and the priest shall examine it, and he shall declare him unclean. 4 But[ww] if a spot is white on his body’s skin and its appearance is not deeper than the skin and its hair does not turn white, then[wx] the priest shall confine the afflicted person for seven days. 5 And the priest shall examine it on the seventh day, and if,[wy] in his eyes, the infection has stayed unchanged, the infection has not spread on the skin, then[wz] the priest shall confine him for seven days a second time. 6 And the priest shall examine him on the seventh day for a second time, and if[xa] the infection has faded and the infection has not spread on the skin, then[xb] the priest shall declare him clean—it is an epidermal eruption; and he shall wash his garments, and so he shall be clean. 7 But[xc] if the epidermal eruption spreads further on the skin after showing himself to the priest for his cleansing, then[xd] he shall appear a second time to the priest. 8 And the priest shall examine it,[xe] and if[xf] the epidermal eruption has spread on the skin, then[xg] the priest shall declare him unclean—it is an infectious skin disease.
9 “When an infectious skin disease is on a person and he is brought to the priest, 10 the priest shall examine it,[xh] and if[xi] a white swelling is on the skin and it turns the hair white and raw flesh[xj] is in the swelling, 11 it is a chronic infectious skin disease on his body’s skin, and the priest shall declare him unclean; he shall not confine him, because he is unclean. 12 And if the infectious skin disease breaks out all over on the skin and the infectious skin disease covers all of the afflicted person’s skin from his head to his feed, so far as the priest can see,[xk] 13 then[xl] the priest shall examine it,[xm] and if[xn] the infectious skin disease covers his whole body, then[xo] he shall pronounce the afflicted person clean—all of it has turned white; he is clean. 14 But[xp] whenever[xq] raw flesh[xr] appears on him, he shall become unclean. 15 And the priest shall examine the raw flesh,[xs] and he shall pronounce him unclean—the raw flesh[xt] is unclean; it is an infectious skin disease. 16 Or, when the raw flesh[xu] returns and it has changed to white, then[xv] he shall come to the priest, 17 and the priest shall examine him, and if[xw] the infection has changed to white, then[xx] the priest shall pronounce the afflicted person clean—he is clean.
18 “And when someone’s body has[xy] a skin sore on his skin and it is healed 19 and a white swelling or a pinkish[xz] spot appears in the skin sore’s place, then[ya] he shall show himself to the priest. 20 And the priest shall examine it,[yb] and if[yc] its appearance is deeper than the skin and its hair has changed to white, then[yd] the priest shall declare him unclean—it is an infectious skin disease; it has broken out in the skin sore. 21 And if the priest examines it and if[ye] there is no white hair in it and it is not deeper than the skin and it is faded, then[yf] the priest shall confine him for seven days. 22 But[yg] if it has spread further on the skin, then[yh] the priest shall declare him unclean—it is an infection. 23 But[yi] if the spot has stayed unchanged, it has not spread, it is the skin sore’s scar, so[yj] the priest shall declare him clean.
24 “Or when a body has[yk] a burn-spot from[yl] fire on its skin and the raw flesh[ym] of the burn-spot is pinkish[yn] or white, 25 then[yo] the priest shall examine it, and if[yp] the hair turns white in the spot and its appearance is deeper than the skin, it is an infectious skin disease—it has broken out in the burn-spot; so[yq] the priest shall declare him unclean—it is an infectious skin disease. 26 But[yr] if the priest examines it and if[ys] there is not white hair in the spot and it is not deeper than the skin and it is faded, then[yt] the priest shall confine him for seven days. 27 And the priest shall examine him on the seventh day; if it has spread further on the skin, then[yu] the priest shall declare him unclean—it is an infectious skin disease. 28 But[yv] if it the spot has stayed unchanged in its place, it has not spread on the skin and it is faded, then it is the burn-spot’s swelling, so[yw] the priest shall declare him clean, because it is the burn-spot’s scar.
29 “And when a man or a woman has[yx] an infection on the head or in the beard, 30 then[yy] the priest shall examine the infection, and if[yz] its appearance is deeper than the skin and in it is thin bright red hair, then[za] the priest shall declare it unclean—it is a diseased area of skin; it is an infectious skin disease of the head or the beard. 31 But[zb] if the priest examines the diseased area of the skin’s infection and if[zc] its appearance is not deeper than the skin and there is no black hair in it, then[zd] the priest shall confine the afflicted person with the diseased area of skin for seven days. 32 And the priest shall examine the infection on the seventh day, and if[ze] the diseased area of skin has not spread and it does not have bright red hair in it and the diseased area of the skin’s appearance is not deeper than the skin, 33 then[zf] he shall shave himself, but[zg] he shall not shave the diseased area of skin, and the priest shall confine the person with[zh] the diseased area of skin a second time for seven days. 34 And the priest shall examine the diseased area of skin on the seventh day, and if[zi] the diseased area has not spread on the skin and its appearance is not deeper than the skin, then[zj] the priest shall pronounce him clean, and he shall wash his garments, and he shall be clean. 35 But[zk] if the diseased area of skin has not spread further on the skin after his cleansing, 36 then[zl] the priest shall examine him, and if[zm] the diseased area of skin has spread on the skin, the priest shall not inspect for bright[zn] red hair—he is unclean. 37 But[zo] if, in his eyes, the diseased area of skin has stayed unchanged and black hair has grown in it, the diseased area of skin is healed—he is clean, and the priest shall pronounce him clean.
38 “And when a man or a woman has[zp] spots on their body’s skin, white spots, 39 then[zq] the priest shall examine them,[zr] and if[zs] the spots on their body’s skin are a faded white, it is a skin rash; it has broken out on the skin—it is clean.
40 “And if a man becomes bald, his head is bald, he is clean. 41 And if he becomes bald from his forehead,[zt] his head is bald, he is clean. 42 But[zu] if a pinkish[zv] infection occurs[zw] on the bald spot or on the bald forehead, it is an infectious skin disease that sprouts on his bald spot or on his bald forehead. 43 So[zx] the priest shall examine him, and if[zy] the infection’s swelling is pinkish[zz] on his bald spot or on his bald forehead, like the appearance of an infectious skin disease on[aaa] the body, 44 he is a man afflicted with a skin disease—he is unclean; the priest certainly shall declare him unclean—his infection is on his head.
45 “As for[aab] the person who is afflicted with a skin disease, his garments must be torn and his hair[aac] must be allowed to hang loosely, and he must cover his upper lip, and he must call out, ‘Unclean! Unclean!’ 46 For all the days during which the infection is on him, he shall be unclean; he must live alone; his dwelling must be outside the camp.”[aad]
Regulations About Contaminated Fabrics
47 “And when the garment has[aae] an infectious skin disease[aaf] on it, on a wool garment[aag] or on a linen garment,[aah] 48 or on woven material or on a linen fabric, or[aai] on wool or on leather or on any work of leather, 49 and if the infection is yellowish green or reddish on the garment or on the leather or on the woven material or on the fabric or on any leather object,[aaj] it is an infectious skin disease[aak] and it shall be shown to the priest. 50 And the priest shall examine the infection, and he shall confine the infected article for seven days. 51 And he shall examine the infection on the seventh day; if the infection has spread on the garment or on the woven material or on the fabric or on the leather, for any work for which the leather is used, the infection is a destructive skin disease[aal]—it is unclean. 52 And he shall burn the garment or the woven material or the fabric, whether wool or linen,[aam] or any leather object that has[aan] the infection, because it is an infectious skin disease,[aao] which is destructive—it must be burned in the fire.
53 “But[aap] if the priest examines it[aaq] and if[aar] the infection has not spread on the garment or on the woven material or on the fabric or on any leather object, 54 then[aas] the priest shall command, and someone[aat] shall wash that on which the infection is, and he shall confine it a second time for seven days. 55 And the priest shall examine it[aau] after the infection has been washed off, and if[aav] the infection has not changed its outward appearance and the infection has not spread, it is unclean; he must burn it in the fire; it is a fungus on its back or on its front. 56 But[aaw] if the priest examines it[aax] and if[aay] the infection is faded after it has been washed off, then[aaz] he shall tear it from the garment or from the leather or from the woven material or from the fabric. 57 And if it appears again on the garment or on the woven material or on the fabric or on any leather object, it is spreading; you[aba] must burn in the fire that which has the infection in it. 58 And the garment or the woven material or the fabric or any leather object that he might wash and the infection is removed from them then[abb] shall be washed a second time, and it shall be clean.”
59 This is the regulation of the infectious skin disease[abc] in[abd] the wool garment or the linen or the woven material or the fabric or any leather object to declare it clean or to declare it unclean.
Instructions for Cleansing Infectious Skin Diseases
14 Then[abe] Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “This is the regulation of the person afflicted with a skin disease at the time of[abf] his cleansing. And he shall be brought to the priest, 3 and the priest shall go outside the camp,[abg] and the priest shall examine him,[abh] and if[abi] the skin disease’s infection is healed on[abj] the afflicted person, 4 then[abk] the priest shall command, and he shall take two living, clean birds and cedar wood[abl] and a crimson thread[abm] and hyssop for the one who presents himself for cleansing. 5 Then[abn] the priest shall command someone[abo] to slaughter one bird over fresh water in a clay vessel. 6 He must take the living bird and the cedar wood[abp] and the crimson thread[abq] and the hyssop, and he shall dip them and the living bird in the bird’s blood slaughtered over the fresh water. 7 And he shall spatter the blood[abr] seven times on the one who presents himself for cleansing from the infectious skin disease, and he shall declare him clean, and he shall send the living bird into the open field.[abs] 8 Then[abt] the one who presents himself for cleansing shall wash his garments, and he shall shave off all his hair, and he shall wash himself in the water; thus[abu] he shall be clean, and afterward he shall enter the camp, but[abv] he shall stay outside his tent[abw] for seven days. 9 And then[abx] on the seventh day he must shave off all his hair—he must shave his head and his beard and his eyebrows[aby] and all the rest[abz] of his hair—and he shall wash his garments, and he shall wash his body in the water; thus[aca] he shall be clean.
10 “And on the eighth day he must take two male lambs without defect and one ewe-lamb in its first year[acb] without defect and three-tenths of an ephah[acc] of finely milled flour mixed with oil as a grain offering and one log of oil. 11 And the priest who cleanses him[acd] shall present the man who presents himself for cleansing and these things[ace] before[acf] the tent of assembly’s entrance. 12 Then[acg] the priest shall take the one male lamb, and he shall present it as a guilt offering, and the log of oil, and he shall wave them as a wave offering before[ach] Yahweh. 13 And he shall slaughter the male lamb in the place where he slaughters the sin offering and the burnt offering in the sanctuary’s space,[aci] because as the sin offering belongs to the priest, so also the guilt offering—it is a most holy thing.[acj] 14 And the priest shall take some of[ack] the guilt offering’s blood, and the priest shall put it[acl] on the right ear’s lobe of the one who presents himself for cleansing and on his right hand’s thumb and on his right foot’s big toe. 15 And the priest shall take some of[acm] the log of oil, and he shall pour it[acn] on his[aco] left palm; 16 and the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is on his left palm, and he shall spatter some of[acp] the oil with his finger seven times before[acq] Yahweh. 17 Then[acr] the priest shall put some of[acs] the remaining oil, which is on his palm, on the right ear’s lobe of the one to be cleansed and on his right hand’s thumb and on his right foot’s big toe, on top of the guilt offering’s blood.[act] 18 And the remaining oil that is on the priest’s palm he shall put on the head of the one who presents himself for cleansing, and the priest shall make atonement for him before[acu] Yahweh. 19 Thus[acv] the priest shall sacrifice[acw] the sin offering, and he shall make atonement for the one who presents himself for cleansing from his uncleanness, and afterward he shall slaughter the burnt offering. 20 Then[acx] the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the grain offering on the altar, and the priest shall make atonement for him, and so he shall be clean.
21 “But[acy] if he is poor and he cannot afford[acz] it,[ada] then[adb] he shall take one male lamb for a guilt offering as a wave offering to make atonement for himself and one-tenth of an ephah[adc] of finely milled flour mixed with oil for a grain offering, and a log of oil, 22 and two turtledoves or two young doves[add] that he can afford,[ade] and one shall be a sin offering and the other[adf] a burnt offering. 23 And he shall bring them to the priest at the tent of assembly’s entrance before[adg] Yahweh on the eighth day for his cleansing. 24 And the priest shall take the male lamb for the guilt offering and the log of oil, and the priest shall wave them as a wave offering before[adh] Yahweh; 25 and he shall slaughter the male lamb of the guilt offering, and the priest shall take some of[adi] the guilt offering’s blood, and he shall put it[adj] on the right ear’s lobe of the one who presents himself for cleansing and on his right hand’s thumb and on his right foot’s big toe. 26 Then[adk] the priest shall pour out some of[adl] the oil on his own[adm] left palm, 27 and with his right finger the priest shall spatter some of[adn] the oil that is on his left palm seven times before[ado] Yahweh. 28 Then[adp] the priest shall put some of[adq] the oil that is on his palm on the right ear’s lobe of the one who presents himself for cleansing and on his right hand’s thumb and on his right foot’s big toe on the place of the guilt offering’s blood. 29 And the remaining oil that is on the priest’s palm he shall put on the head of the one who presents himself for cleansing to make atonement for him before[adr] Yahweh. 30 And he shall sacrifice[ads] one of the turtledoves or the young doves[adt] that he can afford,[adu] 31 even[adv] what he can afford,[adw] the one as a sin offering and the other[adx] as a burnt offering in addition to the grain offering, and the priest shall make atonement for the one who presents himself for cleansing before[ady] Yahweh. 32 This is the regulation of the one on whom is an infectious skin disease who cannot afford[adz] the cost[aea] for his cleansing.”
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