The Law of Peace Offerings

3 ‘Now if his offering is a ^(A)sacrifice of peace offerings, if he is going to offer from the herd, whether male or female, he shall offer it ^(B)without defect before the Lord. ² And ^(C)he shall lay his hand on the head of his offering and ^(D)slaughter it at the doorway of the tent of meeting, and Aaron’s sons the priests shall sprinkle the blood around on the altar. ³ 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, ⁴ and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, which is on the loins, and the ^[a]lobe of the liver, which he shall remove with the kidneys. ⁵ Then ^(E)Aaron’s sons shall offer it up in smoke on the altar ^(F)on the burnt offering, which is on the wood that is on the fire; ^(G)it is an offering by fire of a soothing aroma to the Lord. ⁶ But if his offering for a sacrifice of peace offerings to the Lord is from the flock, he shall offer it, male or female, ^(H)without defect. ⁷ If he is going to offer ^(I)a lamb for his offering, then he shall offer it ^(J)before the Lord, ⁸ and ^(K)he shall lay his hand on the head of his offering and ^(L)slaughter it in front of the tent of meeting, and Aaron’s sons shall ^(M)sprinkle its blood around on the altar. ⁹ From the ^(N)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 ^[b]lobe of the liver, which he shall remove ^(O)with the kidneys. ¹¹ Then the priest shall offer it up in smoke ^(P)on the altar as ^(Q)food, an offering by fire to the Lord.

¹² ‘Now if his offering is ^(R)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 ^[c]lobe of the liver, which he shall remove ^(S)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; ^(T)all fat is the Lord’s. ¹⁷ It is a ^(U)permanent statute throughout your generations in all your dwelling places: you shall not eat any fat ^(V)or any blood.’”

¹¹ ‘Now this is the law of the ^(A)sacrifice of peace offerings which shall be presented to the Lord. ¹² If he offers it by way of ^(B)thanksgiving, then along with the sacrifice of thanksgiving he shall offer ^(C)unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers ^[a]spread with oil, and cakes of well stirred fine flour mixed with oil. ¹³ With the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving, he shall present his offering with cakes of ^(D)leavened bread. ¹⁴ Of ^[b]this he shall present one of every offering as a ^[c]contribution to the Lord; ^(E)it shall ^[d]belong to the priest who sprinkles the blood of the peace offerings.

¹⁵ ‘^(F)Now as for the flesh of the sacrifice of his thanksgiving peace offerings, it shall be eaten on the day of his offering; he shall not leave any of it over until morning. ¹⁶ But if the sacrifice of his offering is a ^[e](G)vow or a ^[f]voluntary offering, it shall be eaten on the day that he offers his sacrifice, and on the next ^[g]day what is left of it may be eaten; ^17 (H)but what is left over from the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day shall be burned with fire. ¹⁸ So if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings is ever eaten on the third day, he who offers it will not be accepted, and it will not be credited to him. It will be an ^(I)unclean thing, and the person who eats it shall bear his punishment.

¹⁹ ‘Also the flesh that touches anything unclean shall not be eaten; it shall be burned with fire. ^[h]As for other flesh, anyone who is clean may eat such flesh. ^20 (J)But the person who eats the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings which belong to the Lord, ^[i]when he is unclean, that person ^(K)shall be cut off from his people. ^21 (L)When anyone touches anything unclean, whether human uncleanness, or an unclean animal, or any unclean ^[j]detestable thing, and eats of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings which belong to the Lord, that person shall be cut off from his people.’”