Laws for Burnt Offerings

1 ^aThe Lord called Moses and spoke to him ^bfrom the tent of meeting, saying, 2 “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, ^cWhen any one of you brings an offering to the Lord, you shall bring your offering of livestock from the herd or from the flock.

3 “If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he shall offer ^da male without blemish. He shall bring it to the entrance of the tent of meeting, that he may be accepted before the Lord. 4 ^eHe shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it shall be ^faccepted for him ^gto make atonement for him. 5 Then he shall kill the bull before the Lord, and Aaron’s sons the priests shall bring the blood ^hand throw the blood against the sides of the altar that is at the entrance of the tent of meeting. 6 Then he shall flay the burnt offering and cut it into pieces, 7 and the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire on the altar and ⁱarrange wood on the fire. 8 And Aaron’s sons the priests shall arrange the pieces, the head, and the fat, on the wood that is on the fire on the altar; 9 but its entrails and its legs he shall wash with water. And the priest shall burn all of it on the altar, as ^ja burnt offering, a food offering¹ with a ^kpleasing aroma to the Lord.

10 “If his gift for a burnt offering is from the flock, from the sheep or goats, he shall bring a male without blemish, 11 ^land he shall kill it on the north side of the altar before the Lord, and Aaron’s sons the priests shall throw its blood against the sides of the altar. 12 And he shall cut it into pieces, with its head and its fat, and the priest shall arrange them on the wood that is on the fire on the altar, 13 but the entrails and the legs he shall wash with water. And the priest shall offer all of it and burn it on the altar; it is ^ja burnt offering, a food offering with ^ka pleasing aroma to the Lord.

14 “If his offering to the Lord is a burnt offering of birds, then he shall bring his offering of ^mturtledoves or pigeons. 15 And the priest shall bring it to the altar and wring off its head and burn it on the altar. Its blood shall be drained out on the side of the altar. 16 He shall remove its crop with its contents² and cast it ⁿbeside the altar on the east side, in the place for ashes. 17 He shall tear it open by its wings, but ^oshall not sever it completely. And the priest shall burn it on the altar, on the wood that is on the fire. It is a burnt offering, a food offering with a pleasing aroma to the Lord.

The Priests and the Offerings

8 ¹ The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 9 “Command Aaron and his sons, saying, This is the law of the burnt offering. The burnt offering shall be on the hearth on the altar all night until the morning, and the fire of the altar shall be kept burning on it. 10 And ^kthe priest shall put on his linen garment and put his linen undergarment on his body, and he shall take up the ashes to which the fire has reduced the burnt offering on the altar and put them ^lbeside the altar. 11 Then ^mhe shall take off his garments and put on other garments and carry the ashes ⁿoutside the camp to a clean place. 12 The fire on the altar shall be kept burning on it; it shall not go out. The priest shall burn wood on it every morning, and he shall arrange the burnt offering on it and shall burn on it ^othe fat of the peace offerings. 13 Fire shall be kept burning on the altar continually; it shall not go out.

8 And the priest who offers any man’s burnt offering shall have for himself the skin of the burnt offering that he has offered.

Laws for Grain Offerings

1 “When anyone brings a ^pgrain offering as an offering to the Lord, his offering shall be of fine flour. ^qHe shall pour oil on it and put frankincense on it 2 and bring it to Aaron’s sons the priests. And he shall take from it a handful of the fine flour and oil, with all of its frankincense, and the priest shall burn this as its ^rmemorial portion on the altar, a food ^soffering with a pleasing aroma to the Lord. 3 But the ^trest of the grain offering shall be for Aaron and his sons; ^uit is a most holy part of the Lord’s food offerings.

4 “When you bring a grain offering baked in the oven as an offering, it shall be ^vunleavened loaves of fine flour mixed with oil or unleavened wafers smeared with oil. 5 And if your offering is a grain offering ^wbaked on a griddle, it shall be of fine flour unleavened, mixed with oil. 6 You shall break it in pieces and pour oil on it; it is a grain offering. 7 And if your offering is a grain offering cooked in a pan, it shall be made of fine flour with oil. 8 And you shall bring the grain offering that is made of these things to the Lord, and when it is presented to the priest, he shall bring it to the altar. 9 And the priest shall take from the grain offering its memorial portion and burn this on the altar, a food ^xoffering with a ^ypleasing aroma to the Lord. 10 But the ^zrest of the grain offering shall be for Aaron and his sons; ^zit is a most holy part of the Lord’s food offerings.

11 “No grain offering that you bring to the Lord shall be made with ^aleaven, for you shall burn no leaven nor any honey as a food offering to the Lord. 12 ^bAs an offering of firstfruits you may bring them to the Lord, but they shall not be offered on the altar for a pleasing aroma. 13 You ^cshall season all your grain offerings with salt. You shall not let the ^dsalt of the covenant with your God be missing from your grain offering; ^ewith all your offerings you shall offer salt.

14 “If you offer a grain offering of firstfruits to the Lord, you shall offer for the grain offering of your firstfruits fresh ^fears, roasted with fire, crushed new grain. 15 And ^gyou shall put oil on it and lay frankincense on it; it is a grain offering. 16 And the priest shall burn as its ^hmemorial portion some of the crushed grain and some of the oil with all of its frankincense; it is a food offering to the Lord.

14 “And this is the law of ^pthe grain offering. The sons of Aaron shall offer it before the Lord in front of the altar. 15 And one shall take from it a handful of the fine flour of the grain offering and its oil and all the frankincense that is on the grain offering and burn this as its ^qmemorial portion on the altar, a pleasing aroma to the Lord. 16 And ^rthe rest of it Aaron and his sons shall eat. It shall be eaten unleavened ^sin a holy place. In the court of the tent of meeting they shall eat it. 17 ^tIt shall not be baked with leaven. ^uI have given it as their portion of my food offerings. ^vIt is a thing most holy, like the sin offering and the guilt offering. 18 Every male among the children of Aaron may eat of it, as decreed forever throughout your generations, from the Lord’s food offerings. Whatever touches them shall become holy.”

9 And ^severy grain offering baked ^tin the oven and all that is prepared ^uon a pan or a griddle shall belong to the priest who offers it. 10 And every grain offering, mixed with oil or dry, shall be shared equally among all the sons of Aaron.

19 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 20 ^w“This is the offering that Aaron and his sons shall offer to the Lord on the day when he is anointed: a ^xtenth of an ephah¹ of fine flour as a regular grain offering, half of it in the morning and half in the evening. 21 It shall be made with oil ^yon a griddle. You shall bring it ^zwell mixed, in baked² pieces like a grain offering, and offer it for a pleasing aroma to the Lord. 22 The priest from among Aaron’s sons, who is anointed to succeed him, shall offer it to the Lord as decreed forever. ^aThe whole of it shall be burned. 23 Every grain offering of a priest shall be wholly burned. It shall not be eaten.”

Laws for Peace Offerings

1 “If his offering is ⁱa sacrifice of peace offering, if he offers an animal from the herd, male or female, ^jhe shall offer it ^kwithout blemish before the Lord. 2 And ^lhe shall lay his hand on the head of his offering and kill it at the entrance of the tent of meeting, and Aaron’s sons the priests shall throw the blood against the sides of the altar. 3 And from the sacrifice of the peace offering, as a food offering to the Lord, he shall offer ^mthe fat covering the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails, 4 ⁿand the two kidneys with the fat that is on them at the loins, and the long lobe of the liver that he shall remove with the kidneys. 5 Then Aaron’s sons ^oshall burn it on the altar on top of the burnt offering, which is on the wood on the fire; it is a food offering with a pleasing aroma to the Lord.

6 “If his offering for a sacrifice of peace offering to the Lord is an animal from the flock, male or female, he shall offer it ^kwithout blemish. 7 If he offers a lamb for his offering, then he shall offer it before the Lord, 8 lay his hand on the head of his offering, and kill it in front of the tent of meeting; and Aaron’s sons shall throw its blood against the sides of the altar. 9 Then from the sacrifice of the peace offering he shall offer as a food offering to the Lord its fat; he shall remove the whole ^pfat tail, cut off close to the backbone, and the fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails 10 and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them at the loins and the long lobe of the liver that he shall remove ^qwith the kidneys. 11 And the priest shall burn it on the altar as ^ra food offering to the Lord.

12 “If his offering is a goat, then he shall offer it before the Lord 13 and lay his hand on its head and kill it in front of the tent of meeting, and the sons of Aaron shall throw its blood against the sides of the altar. 14 Then he shall offer from it, as his offering for a food offering to the Lord, the fat covering the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails 15 and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them at the loins and the long lobe of the liver that he shall remove ^qwith the kidneys. 16 And the priest shall burn them on the altar as a ^rfood offering with a pleasing aroma. ^sAll fat is the Lord’s. 17 It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations, in all your dwelling places, that you eat neither ^sfat nor ^tblood.”

11 “And this is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings that one may offer to the Lord. 12 If he offers it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the thanksgiving sacrifice ^vunleavened loaves mixed with oil, unleavened wafers smeared with oil, and loaves of fine flour ^wwell mixed with oil. 13 ^xWith the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving he shall bring his offering with loaves of leavened bread. 14 And from it he shall offer one loaf from each offering, as a ^ygift to the Lord. ^zIt shall belong to the priest who throws the blood of the peace offerings. 15 And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings ^afor thanksgiving shall be eaten on the day of his offering. He shall not leave any of it until the morning. 16 But ^bif the sacrifice of his offering is a vow offering or a freewill offering, it shall be eaten on the day that he offers his sacrifice, and on the next day what remains of it shall be eaten. 17 But what remains of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day shall be burned up with fire. 18 If any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offering is eaten on the third day, he who offers it shall not be accepted, neither shall it be credited to him. It is ^ctainted, and he who eats of it shall bear his iniquity.

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

28 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 29 “Speak to the people of Israel, saying, ^kWhoever offers the sacrifice of his peace offerings to the Lord shall bring his offering to the Lord from the sacrifice of his peace offerings. 30 ^lHis own hands shall bring the Lord’s food offerings. He shall bring the fat with ^mthe breast, that the breast may be waved as a wave offering before the Lord. 31 ⁿThe priest shall burn the fat on the altar, but ^othe breast shall be for Aaron and his sons. 32 And ^othe right thigh you shall give to the priest as a contribution from the sacrifice of your peace offerings. 33 Whoever among the sons of Aaron offers the blood of the peace offerings and the fat shall have the right thigh for a portion. 34 For the breast that is ^owaved and the thigh that is ^ocontributed I have taken from the people of Israel, out of the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and ^phave given them to Aaron the priest and to his sons, as a perpetual due from the people of Israel. 35 This is the portion of Aaron and of his sons from the Lord’s food offerings, from the day they were presented to serve as priests of the Lord. 36 The Lord commanded this to be given them by the people of Israel, ^qfrom the day that he anointed them. It is a perpetual due throughout their generations.”