Category: Leviticus

Introduction

Leviticus

contains regulations for worship and religious ceremonies in ancient Israel, and for the priests who were responsible for carrying out these instructions.

The main theme of the book is the holiness of God and the ways in which his people were to worship and live so as to maintain their relationship with “the holy God of Israel.”

The best known words from the book, found in 19.18, are those which Jesus called the second great commandment: “Love your neighbor as you love yourself.”

Outline of Contents

Laws about offerings and sacrifices (1.1—7.38)

The ordination of Aaron and his sons as priests (8.1—10.20)

Laws about ritual cleanness and uncleanness (11.1—15.33)

The Day of Atonement (16.1-34)

Laws about holiness in life and worship (17.1—27.34)

Sacrifices Burned Whole

1 TheLordcalled to Moses from the Tent of theLord’s presence and gave him the following rules

2 for the Israelites to observe when they offer their sacrifices.

When you offer an animal sacrifice, it may be one of your cattle or one of your sheep or goats.

3 If you are offering one of your cattle as a burnt offering, you must bring a bull without any defects. You must present it at the entrance of the Tent of theLord’s presence so that theLordwill accept you.

4 You shall put your hand on its head, and it will be accepted as a sacrifice to take away your sins.

5 You shall kill the bull there, and the Aaronite priests shall present the blood to theLordand then throw it against all four sides of the altar located at the entrance of the Tent.

6 Then you shall skin the animal and cut it up,

7 and the priests shall arrange firewood on the altar and light it.

8 They shall put on the fire the pieces of the animal, including the head and the fat.

9 You must wash the internal organs and the hind legs, and the officiating priest will burn the whole sacrifice on the altar. The odor of this food offering is pleasing to theLord.

10 If you are offering one of your sheep or goats, it must be a male without any defects.

11 You shall kill it on the north side of the altar, and the priests shall throw its blood on all four sides of the altar.

12 After you cut it up, the officiating priest shall put on the fire all the parts, including the head and the fat.

13 You must wash the internal organs and the hind legs, and the priest will present the sacrifice to theLordand burn all of it on the altar. The odor of this food offering is pleasing to theLord.

14 If you are offering a bird as a burnt offering, it must be a dove or a pigeon.

15 The priest shall present it at the altar, wring its neck, and burn its head on the altar. Its blood shall be drained out against the side of the altar.

16 He shall remove the crop and its contents and throw them away on the east side of the altar where the ashes are put.

17 He shall take hold of its wings and tear its body open, without tearing the wings off, and then burn it whole on the altar. The odor of this food offering is pleasing to theLord.

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Grain Offerings

1 When any of you present an offering of grain to theLord, you must first grind it into flour. You must put olive oil and incense on it

2 and bring it to the Aaronite priests. The officiating priest shall take a handful of the flour and oil and all of the incense and burn it on the altar as a token that it has all been offered to theLord. The odor of this food offering is pleasing to theLord.

3 The rest of the grain offering belongs to the priests; it is very holy, since it is taken from the food offered to theLord.

4 If the offering is bread baked in an oven, it must be made without yeast. It may be thick loaves made of flour mixed with olive oil or thin cakes brushed with olive oil.

5 If the offering is bread cooked on a griddle, it is to be made of flour mixed with olive oil but without yeast.

6 Crumble it up and pour the oil on it when you present it as an offering.

7 If the offering is bread cooked in a pan, it is to be made of flour and olive oil.

8 Bring it as an offering to theLordand present it to the priest, who will take it to the altar.

9 The priest will take part of it as a token that it has all been offered to theLord, and he will burn it on the altar. The odor of this food offering is pleasing to theLord.

10 The rest of the offering belongs to the priests; it is very holy, since it is taken from the food offered to theLord.

11 None of the grain offerings which you present to theLordmay be made with yeast; you must never use yeast or honey in food offered to theLord.

12 An offering of the first grain that you harvest each year shall be brought to theLord, but it is not to be burned on the altar.

13 Put salt on every grain offering, because salt represents the covenant between you and God. (You must put salt on all your offerings.)

14 When you bring to theLordan offering of the first grain harvested, offer roasted grain or ground meal.

15 Add olive oil and put incense on it.

16 The priest will burn that part of the meal and oil that is to serve as a token, and also all the incense, as a food offering to theLord.

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Fellowship Offerings

1 When any of you offer one of your cattle as a fellowship offering, it is to be a bull or a cow without any defects.

2 You shall put your hand on the head of the animal and kill it at the entrance of the Tent of theLord’s presence. The Aaronite priests shall throw the blood against all four sides of the altar

3 and present the following parts of the animal as a food offering to theLord: all the fat on the internal organs,

4 the kidneys and the fat on them, and the best part of the liver.

5 The priests shall burn all this on the altar along with the burnt offerings. The odor of this food offering is pleasing to theLord.

6 If a sheep or goat is used as a fellowship offering, it may be male or female, but it must be without any defects.

7 If you offer a sheep,

8 you shall put your hand on its head and kill it in front of the Tent. The priests shall throw its blood against all four sides of the altar

9 and present the following parts of the animal as a food offering to theLord: the fat, the entire fat tail cut off near the backbone, all the fat covering the internal organs,

10 the kidneys and the fat on them, and the best part of the liver.

11 The officiating priest shall burn all this on the altar as a food offering to theLord.

12 If you offer a goat,

13 you shall put your hand on its head and kill it in front of the Tent. The priests shall throw its blood against all four sides of the altar

14 and present the following parts as a food offering to theLord: all the fat on the internal organs,

15 the kidneys and the fat on them, and the best part of the liver.

16 The priest shall burn all this on the altar as a food offering pleasing to theLord. All the fat belongs to theLord.

17 No Israelite may eat any fat or any blood; this is a rule to be kept forever by all Israelites wherever they live.

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Offerings for Unintentional Sins

1 TheLordcommanded Moses

2 to tell the people of Israel that anyone who sinned and broke any of theLord’s commands without intending to, would have to observe the following rules.

3 If it is the High Priest who sins and so brings guilt on the people, he shall present a young bull without any defects and sacrifice it to theLordfor his sin.

4 He shall bring the bull to the entrance of the Tent, put his hand on its head, and kill it there in theLord’s presence.

5 Then the High Priest shall take some of the bull’s blood and carry it into the Tent.

6 He shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle it in front of the sacred curtain seven times.

7 Then he shall put some of the blood on the projections at the corners of the incense altar in the Tent. He shall pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar used for burning sacrifices, which is at the entrance of the Tent.

8 From this bull he shall take all the fat, the fat on the internal organs,

9 the kidneys and the fat on them, and the best part of the liver.

10 The priest shall take this fat and burn it on the altar used for the burnt offerings, just as he does with the fat from the animal killed for the fellowship offering.

11 But he shall take its skin, all its flesh, its head, its legs, and its internal organs, including the intestines,

12 carry it all outside the camp to the ritually clean place where the ashes are poured out, and there he shall burn it on a wood fire.

13 If it is the whole community of Israel that sins and becomes guilty of breaking one of theLord’s commands without intending to,

14 then as soon as the sin becomes known, the community shall bring a young bull as a sin offering. They shall bring it to the Tent of theLord’s presence;

15 the leaders of the community shall put their hands on its head, and it shall be killed there.

16 The High Priest shall take some of the bull’s blood into the Tent,

17 dip his finger in it, and sprinkle it in front of the curtain seven times.

18 He shall put some of the blood on the projections at the corners of the incense altar inside the Tent and pour out the rest of it at the base of the altar used for burning sacrifices, which is at the entrance of the Tent.

19 Then he shall take all its fat and burn it on the altar.

20 He shall do the same thing with this bull as he does with the bull for the sin offering, and in this way he shall make the sacrifice for the people’s sin, and they will be forgiven.

21 Then he shall take the bull outside the camp and burn it, just as he burns the bull offered for his own sin. This is an offering to take away the sin of the community.

22 If it is a ruler who sins and becomes guilty of breaking one of theLord’s commands without intending to,

23 then as soon as the sin is called to his attention, he shall bring as his offering a male goat without any defects.

24 He shall put his hand on its head and kill it on the north side of the altar, where the animals for the burnt offerings are killed. This is an offering to take away sin.

25 The priest shall dip his finger in the blood of the animal, put it on the projections at the corners of the altar, and pour out the rest of it at the base of the altar.

26 Then he shall burn all of its fat on the altar, just as he burns the fat of the animals killed for the fellowship offerings. In this way the priest shall offer the sacrifice for the sin of the ruler, and he will be forgiven.

27 If any of you people sin and become guilty of breaking one of theLord’s commands without intending to,

28 then as soon as the sin is called to your attention, you shall bring as your offering a female goat without any defects.

29 You shall put your hand on its head and kill it on the north side of the altar, where the animals for the burnt offerings are killed.

30 The priest shall dip his finger in the blood of the animal, put it on the projections at the corners of the altar, and pour out the rest of it at the base of the altar.

31 Then he shall remove all its fat, just as the fat is removed from the animals killed for the fellowship offerings, and he shall burn it on the altar as an odor pleasing to theLord. In this way the priest shall offer the sacrifice for the man’s sin, and he will be forgiven.

32 If you bring a sheep as a sin offering, it must be a female without any defects.

33 You shall put your hand on its head and kill it on the north side of the altar, where the animals for the burnt offerings are killed.

34 The priest shall dip his finger in the blood of the animal, put it on the projections at the corners of the altar, and pour out the rest of it at the base of the altar.

35 Then he shall remove all its fat, just as the fat is removed from the sheep killed for the fellowship offerings, and he shall burn it on the altar along with the food offerings given to theLord. In this way the priest shall offer the sacrifice for your sin, and you will be forgiven.

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Cases Requiring Sin Offerings

1 Sin offerings are required in the following cases.

If you are officially summoned to give evidence in court and do not give information about something you have seen or heard, you must suffer the consequences.

2 If you unintentionally touch anything ritually unclean, such as a dead animal, you are unclean and guilty as soon as you realize what you have done.

3 If you unintentionally touch anything of human origin that is unclean, whatever it may be, you are guilty as soon as you realize what you have done.

4 If you make a careless vow, no matter what it is about, you are guilty as soon as you realize what you have done.

5 When you are guilty, you must confess the sin,

6 and as the penalty for your sin you must bring to theLorda female sheep or goat as an offering. The priest shall offer the sacrifice for your sin.

7 If you cannot afford a sheep or a goat, you shall bring to theLordas the payment for your sin two doves or two pigeons, one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering.

8 You shall bring them to the priest, who will first offer the bird for the sin offering. He will break its neck without pulling off its head

9 and sprinkle some of its blood against the side of the altar. The rest of the blood will be drained out at the base of the altar. This is an offering to take away sin.

10 Then he shall offer the second bird as a burnt offering, according to the regulations. In this way the priest shall offer the sacrifice for your sin, and you will be forgiven.

11 If you cannot afford two doves or two pigeons, you shall bring two pounds of flour as a sin offering. You shall not put any olive oil or any incense on it, because it is a sin offering, not a grain offering.

12 You shall bring it to the priest, who will take a handful of it as a token that it has all been offered to theLord, and he will burn it on the altar as a food offering. It is an offering to take away sin.

13 In this way the priest shall offer the sacrifice for your sin, and you will be forgiven. The rest of the flour belongs to the priest, just as in the case of a grain offering.

Repayment Offerings

14 TheLordgave the following regulations to Moses.

15 If any of you sin unintentionally by failing to hand over the payments that are sacred to theLord, you shall bring as your repayment offering to theLorda male sheep or goat without any defects. Its value is to be determined according to the official standard.

16 You must make the payments you have failed to hand over and must pay an additional 20 percent. You shall give it to the priest, and the priest shall offer the animal as a sacrifice for your sin, and you will be forgiven.

17 If any of you sin unintentionally by breaking any of theLord’s commands, you are guilty and must pay the penalty.

18 You must bring to the priest as a repayment offering a male sheep or goat without any defects. Its value is to be determined according to the official standard. The priest shall offer the sacrifice for the sin which you committed unintentionally, and you will be forgiven.

19 It is a repayment offering for the sin you committed against theLord.

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1 TheLordgave the following regulations to Moses.

2 An offering is to be made if any of you sin against theLordby refusing to return what another Israelite has left as a deposit or by stealing something from him or by cheating him

3 or by lying about something that has been lost and swearing that you did not find it.

4-5 When you sin in any of these ways, you must repay whatever you got by dishonest means. On the day you are found guilty, you must repay the owner in full, plus an additional 20 percent.

6 You shall bring to the priest as your repayment offering to theLorda male sheep or goat without any defects. Its value is to be determined according to the official standard.

7 The priest shall offer the sacrifice for your sin, and you will be forgiven.

Sacrifices Burned Whole

8 TheLordcommanded Moses

9 to give Aaron and his sons the following regulations for burnt offerings. A burnt offering is to be left on the altar all night long, and the fire is to be kept burning.

10 Then the priest, wearing his linen robe and linen shorts, shall remove the greasy ashes left on the altar and put them at the side of the altar.

11 Then he shall change his clothes and take the ashes outside the camp to a ritually clean place.

12 The fire on the altar must be kept burning and never allowed to go out. Every morning the priest shall put firewood on it, arrange the burnt offering on it, and burn the fat of the fellowship offering.

13 The fire must always be kept burning on the altar and never allowed to go out.

Grain Offerings

14 The following are the regulations for grain offerings. An Aaronite priest shall present the grain offering to theLordin front of the altar.

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 theLord. The odor of this offering is pleasing to theLord.

16-17 The priests shall eat the rest of it. It shall be made into bread baked without yeast and eaten in a holy place, the courtyard of the Tent of theLord’s presence. TheLordhas given it to the priests as their part of the food offerings. It is very holy, like the sin offerings and the repayment offerings.

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 theLord. Anyone else who touches a food offering will be harmed by the power of its holiness.

19 TheLordgave Moses the following regulations

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

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 theLord.

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 theLord.

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

Sin Offerings

24 TheLordcommanded Moses

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.

26 The priest who sacrifices the animal shall eat it in a holy place, the courtyard of the Tent of theLord’s presence.

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.

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.

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

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.

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Repayment Offerings

1 The following are the regulations for repayment offerings, which are very holy.

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.

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

4 the kidneys and the fat on them, and the best part of the liver.

5 The priest shall burn all the fat on the altar as a food offering to theLord. It is a repayment offering.

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 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.

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

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.

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.

Fellowship Offerings

11 The following are the regulations for the fellowship offerings presented to theLord.

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.

13 In addition, you shall offer loaves of bread baked with yeast.

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

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.

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.

17 Any meat that still remains on the third day must be burned.

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.

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,

20 but if any of you who are not clean eat it, you shall no longer be considered one of God’s people.

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.

22 TheLordgave Moses the following regulations

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

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.

25 Anyone who eats the fat of an animal that may be offered as a food offering to theLordwill no longer be considered one of God’s people.

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

27 Anyone who breaks this law will no longer be considered one of God’s people.

28 TheLordgave Moses the following regulations

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 theLord,

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 theLord.

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

32 The right hind leg of the animal shall be given as a special contribution

33 to the priest who offers the blood and the fat of the fellowship offering.

34 The breast of the animal is a special gift, and the right hind leg is a special contribution that theLordhas 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.

35 This is the part of the food offered to theLordthat was given to Aaron and his sons on the day they were ordained as priests.

36 On that day theLordcommanded 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.

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.

38 There on Mount Sinai in the desert, theLordgave these commands to Moses on the day he told the people of Israel to make their offerings.

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The Ordination of Aaron and His Sons

1 TheLordsaid to Moses,

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.

3 Then call the whole community together there.”

4 Moses did as theLordhad commanded, and when the community had assembled,

5 he said to them, “What I am now about to do is what theLordhas commanded.”

6 Moses brought Aaron and his sons forward and had them take a ritual bath.

7 He put the shirt and the robe on Aaron and the sash around his waist. He put the ephodon him and fastened it by putting its finely woven belt around his waist.

8 He put the breastpiece on him and put the Urim and Thummimin it.

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 theLordhad commanded him.

10 Then Moses took the anointing oil and put it on the Tent of theLord’s presence and everything that was in it, and in this way he dedicated it all to theLord.

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 theLord.

12 He ordained Aaron by pouring some of the anointing oil on his head.

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 theLordhad commanded.

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

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.

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.

17 He took the rest of the bull, including its skin, flesh, and intestines, and burned it outside the camp, just as theLordhad commanded.

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

19 Moses killed it and threw the blood on all four sides of the altar.

20-21 He cut the ram in pieces, washed the internal organs and the hind legs with water, and burned the head, the fat, and all the rest of the ram on the altar, just as theLordhad commanded. This burnt offering was a food offering, and its odor was pleasing to theLord.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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 theLord.

29 Then Moses took the breast and presented it as a special gift to theLord. It was Moses’ part of the ordination ram. Moses did everything just as theLordhad commanded.

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 theLord.

31 Moses said to Aaron and his sons, “Take the meat to the entrance of the Tent of theLord’s presence, boil it, and eat it there with the bread that is in the basket of ordination offerings, just as theLordcommanded.

32 Burn up any meat or bread that is left over.

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

34 TheLordcommanded us to do what we have done today, in order to take away your sin.

35 You must stay at the entrance of the Tent day and night for seven days, doing what theLordhas commanded. If you don’t, you will die. This is what theLordhas commanded me.”

36 So Aaron and his sons did everything that theLordhad commanded through Moses.

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Aaron Offers Sacrifices

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

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

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,

4 and a bull and a ram for a fellowship offering. They are to sacrifice them to theLordwith the grain offering mixed with oil. They must do this because theLordwill appear to them today.”

5 They brought to the front of the Tent everything that Moses had commanded, and the whole community assembled there to worship theLord.

6 Moses said, “TheLordhas commanded you to do all this, so that the dazzling light of his presence can appear to you.”

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 theLordcommanded.”

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

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.

10 Then he burned on the altar the fat, the kidneys, and the best part of the liver, just as theLordhad commanded Moses.

11 But he burned the meat and the skin outside the camp.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.)

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.

19 Aaron put the fat parts of the bull and the ram

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

21 and presented the breasts and the right hind legs as the special gift to theLordfor the priests, as Moses had commanded.

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

23 Moses and Aaron went into the Tent of theLord’s presence, and when they came out, they blessed the people, and the dazzling light of theLord’s presence appeared to all the people.

24 Suddenly theLordsent 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.

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