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[6:14] The following are the regulations for grain offerings. An Aaronite priest shall present the grain offering to the Lord in front of the altar.

[6:15] Then he shall take a handful of the flour and oil, and the incense on it, and burn it on the altar as a token that all of it has been offered to the Lord. The odor of this offering is pleasing to the Lord.

[6:18] For all time to come any of the male descendants of Aaron may eat it as their continuing share of the food offered to the Lord. Anyone else who touches a food offering will be harmed by the power of its holiness.

[6:19] The Lord gave Moses the following regulations

[6:20] for the ordination of an Aaronite priest. On the day he is ordained, he shall present as an offering to the Lord two pounds of flour (the same amount as the daily grain offering), half in the morning and half in the evening.

[6:21] It is to be mixed with oil and cooked on a griddle and then crumbled and presented as a grain offering, an odor pleasing to the Lord.

[6:22] For all time to come this offering is to be made by every descendant of Aaron who is serving as High Priest. It shall be completely burned as a sacrifice to the Lord.

[6:23] No part of a grain offering that a priest makes may be eaten; all of it must be burned.

[6:24] The Lord commanded Moses

[6:25] to give Aaron and his sons the following regulations for sin offerings. The animal for a sin offering shall be killed on the north side of the altar, where the animals for the burnt offerings are killed. This is a very holy offering.

[6:26] The priest who sacrifices the animal shall eat it in a holy place, the courtyard of the Tent of the Lord's presence.

[6:27] Anyone or anything that touches the flesh of the animal will be harmed by the power of its holiness. If any article of clothing is spattered with the animal's blood, it must be washed in a holy place.

[6:28] Any clay pot in which the meat is boiled must be broken, and if a metal pot is used, it must be scrubbed and rinsed with water.

[6:29] Any male of the priestly families may eat this offering; it is very holy.

[6:30] But if any of the blood is brought into the Tent and used in the ritual to take away sin, the animal must not be eaten; it must be burned.

[7:1] The following are the regulations for repayment offerings, which are very holy.

[7:2] The animal for this offering is to be killed on the north side of the altar, where the animals for the burnt offerings are killed, and its blood is to be thrown against all four sides of the altar.

[7:3] All of its fat shall be removed and offered on the altar: the fat tail, the fat covering the internal organs,

[7:4] the kidneys and the fat on them, and the best part of the liver.

[7:5] The priest shall burn all the fat on the altar as a food offering to the Lord. It is a repayment offering.

[7:6] Any male of the priestly families may eat it, but it must be eaten in a holy place, because it is very holy.

[7:7] There is one regulation that applies to both the sin offering and the repayment offering: the meat belongs to the priest who offers the sacrifice.

[7:8] The skin of an animal offered as a burnt offering belongs to the priest who offers the sacrifice.

[7:9] Every grain offering that has been baked in an oven or prepared in a pan or on a griddle belongs to the priest who has offered it to God.

[7:10] But all uncooked grain offerings, whether mixed with oil or dry, belong to all the Aaronite priests and must be shared equally among them.

[7:11] The following are the regulations for the fellowship offerings presented to the Lord.

[7:12] If you make this offering as a thanksgiving offering to God, you shall present, together with the animal to be sacrificed, an offering of bread made without yeast: either thick loaves made of flour mixed with olive oil or thin cakes brushed with olive oil or cakes made of flour mixed with olive oil.

[7:13] In addition, you shall offer loaves of bread baked with yeast.

[7:14] You shall present one part of each kind of bread as a special contribution to the Lord; it belongs to the priest who takes the blood of the animal and throws it against the altar.

[7:15] The flesh of the animal must be eaten on the day it is sacrificed; none of it may be left until the next morning.

[7:16] If you bring a fellowship offering as fulfillment of a vow or as your own freewill offering, not all of it has to be eaten on the day it is offered, but any that is left over may be eaten on the following day.

[7:17] Any meat that still remains on the third day must be burned.

[7:18] If any of it is eaten on the third day, God will not accept your offering. The offering will not be counted to your credit but will be considered unclean, and whoever eats it will suffer the consequences.

[7:19] If the meat comes into contact with anything ritually unclean, it must not be eaten, but must be burned. Any of you that are ritually clean may eat the meat,

[7:20] but if any of you who are not clean eat it, you shall no longer be considered one of God's people.

[7:21] Also, if you eat the meat of this offering after you have touched anything ritually unclean, whether from a person or an animal, you shall no longer be considered one of God's people.

[7:22] The Lord gave Moses the following regulations

[7:23] for the people of Israel. No fat of cattle, sheep, or goats shall be eaten.

[7:24] The fat of an animal that has died a natural death or has been killed by a wild animal must not be eaten, but it may be used for any other purpose.

[7:25] Anyone who eats the fat of an animal that may be offered as a food offering to the Lord will no longer be considered one of God's people.

[7:26] No matter where the Israelites live, they must never use the blood of birds or animals for food.

[7:27] Anyone who breaks this law will no longer be considered one of God's people.

[7:28] The Lord gave Moses the following regulations

[7:29] for the people of Israel. When any of you offer a fellowship offering you must bring part of it as a special gift to the Lord,

[7:30] bringing it with your own hands as a food offering. You shall bring the fat of the animal with its breast and present it as a special gift to the Lord.

[7:31] The priest shall burn the fat on the altar, but the breast shall belong to the priests.

[7:32] The right hind leg of the animal shall be given as a special contribution

[7:33] to the priest who offers the blood and the fat of the fellowship offering.

[7:34] The breast of the animal is a special gift, and the right hind leg is a special contribution that the Lord has taken from the people of Israel and given to the priests. This is what the people of Israel must give to the priests for all time to come.

[7:35] This is the part of the food offered to the Lord that was given to Aaron and his sons on the day they were ordained as priests.

[7:36] On that day the Lord commanded the people of Israel to give them this part of the offering. It is a regulation that the people of Israel must obey for all time to come.

[7:37] These, then, are the regulations for the burnt offerings, the grain offerings, the sin offerings, the repayment offerings, the ordination offerings, and the fellowship offerings.

[7:38] There on Mount Sinai in the desert, the Lord gave these commands to Moses on the day he told the people of Israel to make their offerings.

[8:1] The Lord said to Moses,

[8:2] “Take Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the Tent of my presence and bring the priestly garments, the anointing oil, the young bull for the sin offering, the two rams, and the basket of unleavened bread.

[8:3] Then call the whole community together there.”

[8:4] Moses did as the Lord had commanded, and when the community had assembled,

[8:5] he said to them, “What I am now about to do is what the Lord has commanded.”

[8:6] Moses brought Aaron and his sons forward and had them take a ritual bath.

[8:7] He put the shirt and the robe on Aaron and the sash around his waist. He put the ephod on him and fastened it by putting its finely woven belt around his waist.

[8:8] He put the breastpiece on him and put the Urim and Thummim in it.

[8:9] He placed the turban on his head, and on the front of it he put the gold ornament, the sacred sign of dedication, just as the Lord had commanded him.

[8:10] Then Moses took the anointing oil and put it on the Tent of the Lord's presence and everything that was in it, and in this way he dedicated it all to the Lord.

[8:11] He took some of the oil and sprinkled it seven times on the altar and its equipment and on the basin and its base, in order to dedicate them to the Lord.

[8:12] He ordained Aaron by pouring some of the anointing oil on his head.

[8:13] Next, Moses brought the sons of Aaron forward and put shirts on them, put sashes around their waists, and tied caps on their heads, just as the Lord had commanded.

[8:14] Then Moses brought the young bull for the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons put their hands on its head.

[8:15] Moses killed it and took some of the blood, and with his finger put it on the projections at the corners of the altar, in order to dedicate it. He then poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar. In this way he dedicated it and purified it.

[8:16] Moses took all the fat on the internal organs, the best part of the liver, and the kidneys with the fat on them, and burned it all on the altar.

[8:17] He took the rest of the bull, including its skin, flesh, and intestines, and burned it outside the camp, just as the Lord had commanded.

[8:18] Next, Moses brought the ram for the burnt offering, and Aaron and his sons put their hands on its head.

[8:19] Moses killed it and threw the blood on all four sides of the altar.

[8:22] Then Moses brought the second ram, which was for the ordination of priests, and Aaron and his sons put their hands on its head.

[8:23] Moses killed it and took some of the blood and put it on the lobe of Aaron's right ear, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.

[8:24] Then he brought Aaron's sons forward and put some of the blood on the lobes of their right ears, on the thumbs of their right hands, and on the big toes of their right feet. Moses then threw the rest of the blood on all four sides of the altar.

[8:25] He took the fat, the fat tail, all the fat covering the internal organs, the best part of the liver, the kidneys with the fat on them, and the right hind leg.

[8:26] Then he took one loaf of bread from the basket of unleavened bread dedicated to the Lord, one loaf made with oil, and one thin cake, and he put them on top of the fat and the right hind leg.

[8:27] He put all of this food in the hands of Aaron and his sons, and they presented it as a special gift to the Lord.

[8:28] Then Moses took the food from them and burned it on the altar, on top of the burnt offering, as an ordination offering. This was a food offering, and its odor was pleasing to the Lord.

[8:29] Then Moses took the breast and presented it as a special gift to the Lord. It was Moses' part of the ordination ram. Moses did everything just as the Lord had commanded.

[8:30] Moses took some of the anointing oil and some of the blood that was on the altar and sprinkled them on Aaron and his sons and on their clothes. In this way he consecrated them and their clothes to the Lord.

[8:31] Moses said to Aaron and his sons, “Take the meat to the entrance of the Tent of the Lord's presence, boil it, and eat it there with the bread that is in the basket of ordination offerings, just as the Lord commanded.

[8:32] Burn up any meat or bread that is left over.

[8:33] You shall not leave the entrance of the Tent for seven days, until your ordination rites are completed.

[8:34] The Lord commanded us to do what we have done today, in order to take away your sin.

[8:35] You must stay at the entrance of the Tent day and night for seven days, doing what the Lord has commanded. If you don't, you will die. This is what the Lord has commanded me.”

[8:36] So Aaron and his sons did everything that the Lord had commanded through Moses.

[9:1] The day after the ordination rites were completed, Moses called Aaron and his sons and the leaders of Israel.

[9:2] He said to Aaron, “Take a young bull and a ram without any defects and offer them to the Lord, the bull for a sin offering and the ram for a burnt offering.

[9:3] Then tell the people of Israel to take a male goat for a sin offering, a one-year-old calf, and a one-year-old lamb without any defects for a burnt offering,

[9:4] and a bull and a ram for a fellowship offering. They are to sacrifice them to the Lord with the grain offering mixed with oil. They must do this because the Lord will appear to them today.”

[9:5] They brought to the front of the Tent everything that Moses had commanded, and the whole community assembled there to worship the Lord.

[9:6] Moses said, “The Lord has commanded you to do all this, so that the dazzling light of his presence can appear to you.”

[9:7] Then he said to Aaron, “Go to the altar and offer the sin offering and the burnt offering to take away your sins and the sins of the people. Present this offering to take away the sins of the people, just as the Lord commanded.”

[9:8] Aaron went to the altar and killed the young bull which was for his own sin offering.

[9:9] His sons brought him the blood, and he dipped his finger in it, put some of it on the projections at the corners of the altar, and poured out the rest of it at the base of the altar.

[9:10] Then he burned on the altar the fat, the kidneys, and the best part of the liver, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

[9:11] But he burned the meat and the skin outside the camp.

[9:12] He killed the animal which was for his own burnt offering. His sons brought him the blood, and he threw it on all four sides of the altar.

[9:13] They handed him the head and the other pieces of the animal, and he burned them on the altar.

[9:14] Then he washed the internal organs and the hind legs and burned them on the altar on top of the rest of the burnt offering.

[9:15] After that, he presented the people's offerings. He took the goat that was to be offered for the people's sins, killed it, and offered it, as he had done with his own sin offering.

[9:16] He also brought the animal for the burnt offering and offered it according to the regulations.

[9:17] He presented the grain offering and took a handful of flour and burned it on the altar. (This was in addition to the daily burnt offering.)

[9:18] He killed the bull and the ram as a fellowship offering for the people. His sons brought him the blood, and he threw it on all four sides of the altar.

[9:19] Aaron put the fat parts of the bull and the ram

[9:20] on top of the breasts of the animals and carried it all to the altar. He burned the fat on the altar

[9:21] and presented the breasts and the right hind legs as the special gift to the Lord for the priests, as Moses had commanded.

[9:22] When Aaron had finished all the sacrifices, he raised his hands over the people and blessed them, and then stepped down.

[9:23] Moses and Aaron went into the Tent of the Lord's presence, and when they came out, they blessed the people, and the dazzling light of the Lord's presence appeared to all the people.

[9:24] Suddenly the Lord sent a fire, and it consumed the burnt offering and the fat parts on the altar. When the people saw it, they all shouted and bowed down with their faces to the ground.

[10:1] Aaron's sons, Nadab and Abihu, each took his fire pan, put live coals in it, added incense, and presented it to the Lord. But this fire was not holy, because the Lord had not commanded them to present it.

[10:2] Suddenly the Lord sent fire, and it burned them to death there in the presence of the Lord.

[10:3] Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord was speaking about when he said, ‘All who serve me must respect my holiness; I will reveal my glory to my people.’” But Aaron remained silent.

[10:4] Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel, Aaron's uncle, and said to them, “Come here and carry your cousins' bodies away from the sacred Tent and put them outside the camp.”

[10:5] So they came and took hold of the clothing on the corpses and carried them outside the camp, just as Moses had commanded.

[10:6] Then Moses said to Aaron and to his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, “Do not leave your hair uncombed or tear your clothes to show that you are in mourning. If you do, you will die, and the Lord will be angry with the whole community. But all other Israelites are allowed to mourn this death caused by the fire which the Lord sent.

[10:7] Do not leave the entrance of the Tent or you will die, because you have been consecrated by the anointing oil of the Lord.” So they did as Moses said.

[10:8] The Lord said to Aaron,

[10:9] “You and your sons are not to enter the Tent of my presence after drinking wine or beer; if you do, you will die. This is a law to be kept by all your descendants.

[10:10] You must distinguish between what belongs to God and what is for general use, between what is ritually clean and what is unclean.

[10:11] You must teach the people of Israel all the laws which I have given to you through Moses.”

[10:12] Moses said to Aaron and his two remaining sons, Eleazar and Ithamar, “Take the grain offering that is left over from the food offered to the Lord, make unleavened bread with it and eat it beside the altar, because this offering is very holy.

[10:13] Eat it in a holy place; it is the part that belongs to you and your sons from the food offered to the Lord. That is what the Lord commanded me.

[10:14] But you and your families may eat the breast and the hind leg that are presented as the special gift and the special contribution to the Lord for the priests. You may eat them in any ritually clean place. These offerings have been given to you and your children as the part that belongs to you from the fellowship offerings of the people of Israel.

[10:15] They shall bring the hind leg and the breast at the time the fat is presented as a food offering to the Lord. These parts belong to you and your children forever, just as the Lord commanded.”

[10:16] Moses asked about the goat for the sin offering and learned that it had already been burned. This made him angry at Eleazar and Ithamar, and he demanded,

[10:17] “Why didn't you eat the sin offering in a sacred place? It is very holy, and the Lord has given it to you in order to take away the sin of the community.

[10:18] Since its blood was not brought into the sacred Tent, you should have eaten the sacrifice there, as I commanded.”

[10:19] Aaron answered, “If I had eaten the sin offering today, would the Lord have approved? The people presented their sin offering to the Lord today, and they brought their burnt offering, but still these terrible things have happened to me.”

[10:20] When Moses heard this, he was satisfied.

[11:1] The Lord gave Moses and Aaron the following regulations

[11:2] for the people of Israel. You may eat any land animal

[11:3] that has divided hoofs and that also chews the cud,

[11:7] Do not eat pigs. They must be considered unclean; they have divided hoofs, but do not chew the cud.

[11:8] Do not eat these animals or even touch their dead bodies; they are unclean.

[11:9] You may eat any kind of fish that has fins and scales,

[11:10] but anything living in the water that does not have fins and scales must not be eaten.

[11:11] Such creatures must be considered unclean. You must not eat them or even touch their dead bodies.

[11:12] You must not eat anything that lives in the water and does not have fins and scales.

[11:20] All winged insects are unclean,

[11:21] except those that hop.

[11:22] You may eat locusts, crickets, or grasshoppers.

[11:23] But all other small things that have wings and also crawl must be considered unclean.

[11:31] Whoever touches them or their dead bodies will be unclean until evening.

[11:32] And if their dead bodies fall on anything, it will be unclean. This applies to any article of wood, cloth, leather, or sacking, no matter what it is used for. It shall be dipped in water, but it will remain unclean until evening.

[11:33] And if their bodies fall into a clay pot, everything that is in it shall be unclean, and you must break the pot.

[11:34] Any food which could normally be eaten, but on which water from such a pot has been poured, will be unclean, and anything drinkable in such a pot is unclean.

[11:35] Anything on which the dead bodies fall is unclean; a clay stove or oven shall be broken,

[11:36] but a spring or a cistern remains clean, although anything else that touches their dead bodies is unclean.

[11:37] If one of them falls on seed that is going to be planted, the seed remains clean.

[11:38] But if the seed is soaking in water and one of them falls on it, the seed is unclean.

[11:39] If any animal that may be eaten dies, anyone who touches it will be unclean until evening.

[11:40] And if any of you eat any part of the animal, you must wash your clothes, but you will still be unclean until evening; any of you who carry the dead body must wash your clothes, but you will still be unclean until evening.

[11:41] You must not eat any of the small animals that move on the ground,

[11:42] whether they crawl, or walk on four legs, or have many legs.

[11:43] Do not make yourselves unclean by eating any of these.

[11:44] I am the Lord your God, and you must keep yourselves holy, because I am holy.

[11:45] I am the Lord who brought you out of Egypt so that I could be your God. You must be holy, because I am holy.

[11:46] This, then, is the law about animals and birds, about everything that lives in the water, and everything that moves on the ground.

[11:47] You must be careful to distinguish between what is ritually clean and unclean, between animals that may be eaten and those that may not.

[12:1] The Lord gave Moses the following regulations

[12:2] for the people of Israel. For seven days after a woman gives birth to a son, she is ritually unclean, as she is during her monthly period.

[12:3] On the eighth day, the child shall be circumcised.

[12:4] Then it will be thirty-three more days until she is ritually clean from her loss of blood; she must not touch anything that is holy or enter the sacred Tent until the time of her purification is completed.

[12:5] For fourteen days after a woman gives birth to a daughter, she is ritually unclean, as she is during her monthly period. Then it will be sixty-six more days until she is ritually clean from her loss of blood.

[12:6] When the time of her purification is completed, whether for a son or daughter, she shall bring to the priest at the entrance of the Tent of the Lord's presence a one-year-old lamb for a burnt offering and a pigeon or a dove for a sin offering.

[12:7] The priest shall present her offering to the Lord and perform the ritual to take away her impurity, and she will be ritually clean. This, then, is what a woman must do after giving birth.

[12:8] If the woman cannot afford a lamb, she shall bring two doves or two pigeons, one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering, and the priest shall perform the ritual to take away her impurity, and she will be ritually clean.