The Law of Burnt Offerings

Now (A)the Lord called to Moses and spoke to him from the tent of meeting, saying, “Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘When anyone of you brings an (B)offering to the Lord, you shall bring your offering of livestock from (C)the herd or the flock. If his offering is a (D)burnt offering from the herd, he shall offer a male (E)without defect; he shall offer it (F)at the doorway of the tent of meeting, so that he may be accepted before the Lord. And (G)he shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, so that it may be accepted for him to make (H)atonement on his behalf. Then (I)he shall [a]slaughter the [b]bull before the Lord; and Aaron’s sons the priests shall offer up (J)the blood and (K)sprinkle the blood around on the altar that is at the doorway of the tent of meeting. (L)He shall then skin the burnt offering and cut it into its pieces. And (M)the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire on the altar and arrange wood on the fire. Then Aaron’s sons the priests shall arrange the pieces, with the head and the (N)suet, on the wood which is on the fire that is on the altar. Its (O)entrails, however, and its legs he shall wash with water. And (P)the priest shall offer all of it up in smoke on the altar as a burnt offering, an offering by fire as (Q)a soothing aroma to the Lord.

10 ‘But if his offering is from the flock, either from the sheep or from the goats, as a burnt offering, he shall offer a (R)male without defect. 11 And (S)he shall slaughter it on the side of the altar northward before the Lord, and Aaron’s sons the priests shall sprinkle its blood around on the altar. 12 He shall then cut it into its pieces with its head and its (T)suet, and the priest shall arrange them on the wood which is on the fire that is on the altar. 13 The entrails, however, and the legs he shall wash with water. And (U)the priest shall offer all of it, and offer it up in smoke on the altar; it is a burnt offering, an offering by fire of a soothing aroma to the Lord.

14 ‘But if his offering to the Lord is a burnt offering of birds, then he shall bring his offering from the (V)turtledoves or from young doves. 15 The priest shall bring it to the altar, and pinch off its head, and offer it up in smoke on the altar; and its blood is to be drained out (W)on the side of the altar. 16 He shall also remove its craw with its feathers and throw it beside the altar eastward, to the place of the (X)fatty ashes. 17 Then he shall tear it by its wings, but (Y)shall not sever it. And the priest shall offer it up in smoke on the altar, on the wood which is on the fire; (Z)it is a burnt offering, an offering by fire of a soothing aroma to the Lord.

The Law of Grain Offerings

‘Now when anyone presents a (AA)grain offering as an offering to the Lord, his offering shall be of fine flour, and he shall pour oil on it and put frankincense on it. He shall then bring it to Aaron’s sons the priests; and he shall take from it (AB)his handful of its fine flour and of its oil, with all of its frankincense. And the priest shall offer it up in smoke as its (AC)memorial portion on the altar, an offering by fire of a soothing aroma to the Lord. (AD)The remainder of the grain offering belongs to (AE)Aaron and his sons: a most holy part of the offerings to the Lord by fire.

‘Now when you bring an offering of a grain offering baked in an oven, it shall be (AF)unleavened cakes of fine flour mixed with oil, or unleavened wafers [c]spread with oil. And if your offering is a grain offering made (AG)on the griddle, it shall be of fine flour, unleavened, mixed with oil; you shall break it into bits and pour oil on it; it is a grain offering. Now if your offering is a grain offering made (AH)in a [d]pan, it shall be made of fine flour with oil. When you bring in the grain offering which is made of these things to the Lord, it shall be presented to the priest, and he shall bring it to the altar. The priest then shall take up from the grain offering (AI)its memorial portion, and shall offer it up in smoke on the altar as an offering by fire of a soothing aroma to the Lord. 10 (AJ)The remainder of the grain offering belongs to Aaron and his sons: a most holy part of the offerings to the Lord by fire.

11 (AK)No grain offering, which you bring to the Lord, shall be made with leaven, for you shall not offer [e]up in smoke any leaven or any honey as an (AL)offering by fire to the Lord. 12 (AM)As an offering of first fruits you shall bring them to the Lord, but they shall not ascend as a soothing aroma on the altar. 13 Every grain offering of yours, moreover, you shall season with salt, so that (AN)the salt of the covenant of your God will not be lacking from your grain offering; with all your offerings you shall offer salt.

14 ‘Also if you bring a grain offering of early ripened things to the Lord, you shall bring (AO)fresh heads of grain roasted in the fire, crushed grain of new growth, for the grain offering of your early ripened produce. 15 You shall then put oil on it and place incense on it; it is a grain offering. 16 Then the priest shall offer up in smoke (AP)its memorial portion, part of its crushed grain and its oil with all its incense as an offering by fire to the Lord.

The Law of Peace Offerings

‘Now if his offering is a (AQ)sacrifice of peace offerings, if he is going to offer from the herd, whether male or female, he shall offer it (AR)without defect before the Lord. And (AS)he shall lay his hand on the head of his offering and (AT)slaughter it at the doorway of the tent of meeting, and Aaron’s sons the priests shall sprinkle the blood around on the altar. From the sacrifice of the peace offerings he shall then present an offering by fire to the Lord, the fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails, and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, which is on the loins, and the [f]lobe of the liver, which he shall remove with the kidneys. Then (AU)Aaron’s sons shall offer it up in smoke on the altar (AV)on the burnt offering, which is on the wood that is on the fire; (AW)it is an offering by fire of a soothing aroma to the Lord. But if his offering for a sacrifice of peace offerings to the Lord is from the flock, he shall offer it, male or female, (AX)without defect. If he is going to offer (AY)a lamb for his offering, then he shall offer it (AZ)before the Lord, and (BA)he shall lay his hand on the head of his offering and (BB)slaughter it in front of the tent of meeting, and Aaron’s sons shall (BC)sprinkle its blood around on the altar. From the (BD)sacrifice of peace offerings he shall then bring as an offering by fire to the Lord, its fat, the entire fat tail which he shall remove close to the backbone, 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, which is on the loins, and the [g]lobe of the liver, which he shall remove (BE)with the kidneys. 11 Then the priest shall offer it up in smoke (BF)on the altar as (BG)food, an offering by fire to the Lord.

12 ‘Now if his offering is (BH)a goat, then he shall offer it before the Lord, 13 and he shall lay his hand on its head and slaughter it in front of the tent of meeting, and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle its blood around on the altar. 14 From it he shall present his offering as an offering by fire to the Lord, the fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails, 15 and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, which is on the loins, and the [h]lobe of the liver, which he shall remove (BI)with the kidneys. 16 The priest shall offer them up in smoke on the altar as food, an offering by fire as a soothing aroma; (BJ)all fat is the Lords. 17 It is a (BK)permanent statute throughout your generations in all your dwelling places: you shall not eat any fat (BL)or any blood.’”

The Law of Sin Offerings

Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘If a person sins (BM)unintentionally in any of the [i]things which the Lord has (BN)commanded not to be done, and commits any of them, (BO)if the anointed priest sins so as to bring guilt on the people, then he is to offer to the Lord a [j]bull without defect as a sin offering for his sin which he has [k]committed. He shall bring the bull to the doorway of the tent of meeting before the Lord, and (BP)he shall lay his hand on the head of the bull and slaughter the bull before the Lord. Then the (BQ)anointed priest is to take some of the blood of the bull and bring it to the tent of meeting, and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle some of the blood seven times before the Lord, in front of (BR)the veil of the sanctuary. The priest shall also put some of the blood on the horns of (BS)the altar of fragrant incense which is before the Lord in the tent of meeting; and all the rest of the blood of the bull he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering, which is at the doorway of the tent of meeting. And (BT)he shall remove from it all the fat of the bull of the sin offering: the fat that covers the entrails, and all the fat which is on the entrails, and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, which is on the loins, and the [l]lobe of the liver, which he shall remove (BU)with the kidneys 10 (just as it is removed from the ox of the sacrifice of peace offerings); and the priest is to offer them up in smoke on the altar of burnt offering. 11 But (BV)the hide of the bull and all its flesh, along with its head, its legs, its entrails, and its refuse, 12 [m]that is, all the rest of the bull, he is to bring out to (BW)a clean place outside the camp where the fatty ashes are poured out, and burn it on wood with fire; where the fatty ashes are poured out it shall be burned.

13 (BX)Now if the entire congregation of Israel does wrong unintentionally and the matter [n]escapes the notice of the assembly, and they commit any of the [o]things which the Lord has commanded not to be done, and they become guilty; 14 (BY)when the sin [p]which they have [q]committed becomes known, then the assembly shall offer (BZ)a [r]bull of the herd as a sin offering and bring it in front of the tent of meeting. 15 Then (CA)the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands on the head of the bull before the Lord, and the bull shall be slaughtered (CB)before the Lord. 16 Then the anointed priest is to bring some of the blood of the bull to the tent of meeting; 17 and (CC)the priest shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle it seven times before the Lord, in front of the veil. 18 He shall then put some of the blood on the horns of (CD)the altar which is before the Lord [s]in the tent of meeting; and all the rest of the blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering which is at the doorway of the tent of meeting. 19 And (CE)he shall remove all its fat from it and offer it up in smoke on the altar. 20 He shall also do with the bull just as he did with (CF)the bull of the sin offering; he shall do the same with it. So (CG)the priest shall make atonement for them, and they will be forgiven. 21 Then he is to bring the bull out to a place outside the camp and burn it just as he burned the first bull; it is (CH)the sin offering for the assembly.

22 ‘When (CI)a leader (CJ)sins and unintentionally does any of [t]the things which the Lord his God has commanded not to be done, and he becomes guilty, 23 [u](CK)if his sin [v]which he has committed is made known to him, he shall bring as his offering a [w](CL)goat, (CM)a male without defect. 24 And he shall lay his hand on the head of the male goat and slaughter it in the place where they slaughter the burnt offering before the Lord; it is a sin offering. 25 Then the priest is to take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger and put it on (CN)the horns of the altar of burnt offering; and the rest of its blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering. 26 And he shall offer (CO)all its fat up in smoke on the altar as in the case of the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings. So (CP)the priest shall make atonement for him regarding his sin, and he will be forgiven.

27 ‘Now if [x]anyone of the [y]common people sins (CQ)unintentionally by doing any of the [z]things which the Lord has commanded not to be done, and becomes guilty, 28 [aa](CR)if his sin which he has [ab]committed is made known to him, then he shall bring as his offering a [ac](CS)goat, a (CT)female without defect, for his sin which he has [ad]committed. 29 And (CU)he shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and (CV)slaughter the sin offering at the place of the burnt offering. 30 The priest shall then take some of its blood with his finger and put it on the horns of (CW)the altar of burnt offering; and (CX)all the rest of its blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar. 31 (CY)Then he shall remove all its fat, just as the fat was removed from the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall offer it up in smoke on the altar as (CZ)a soothing aroma to the Lord. So the priest shall make atonement for him, [ae]and he will be forgiven.

32 ‘But if he brings (DA)a lamb as his offering for a sin offering, he shall bring a female without defect. 33 And (DB)he shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter it as a sin offering (DC)in the place where they slaughter the burnt offering. 34 And the priest is to take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger and put it on the horns of (DD)the altar of burnt offering, and (DE)all the rest of its blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar. 35 Then he shall remove (DF)all its fat, just as the fat of the lamb is removed from the sacrifice of the peace offerings, and the priest shall offer [af]it up in smoke on the altar, on the offerings by fire to the Lord. So (DG)the priest shall make atonement for him regarding his sin which he has [ag]committed, and he will be forgiven.

Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 1:5 I.e., following a prescribed ritual, and so through ch 22
  2. Leviticus 1:5 Lit son of the herd
  3. Leviticus 2:4 Lit anointed
  4. Leviticus 2:7 Lit lidded cooking pan
  5. Leviticus 2:11 Lit up from it
  6. Leviticus 3:4 Or appendage on
  7. Leviticus 3:10 Or appendage on
  8. Leviticus 3:15 Or appendage on
  9. Leviticus 4:2 Lit commands of the Lord which are not to be done
  10. Leviticus 4:3 Lit bull of the herd
  11. Leviticus 4:3 Lit sinned
  12. Leviticus 4:9 Or appendage on
  13. Leviticus 4:12 Lit and
  14. Leviticus 4:13 Lit is hidden from the eyes of
  15. Leviticus 4:13 Lit commands of the Lord which are not to be done
  16. Leviticus 4:14 Lit concerning which
  17. Leviticus 4:14 Lit sinned
  18. Leviticus 4:14 Lit son of the herd
  19. Leviticus 4:18 Lit which is in
  20. Leviticus 4:22 Lit all commands of the Lord which are not to be done
  21. Leviticus 4:23 Lit or
  22. Leviticus 4:23 Lit in which he has sinned
  23. Leviticus 4:23 Lit buck of the goats
  24. Leviticus 4:27 Lit one soul
  25. Leviticus 4:27 Lit people of the land
  26. Leviticus 4:27 Lit commands of the Lord which are not to be done
  27. Leviticus 4:28 Lit or
  28. Leviticus 4:28 Lit sinned
  29. Leviticus 4:28 Or female goat
  30. Leviticus 4:28 Lit sinned
  31. Leviticus 4:31 Or so that he may be
  32. Leviticus 4:35 Lit them
  33. Leviticus 4:35 Lit sinned

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