Leviticus 7
7
Instructions for the Guilt Offering
1 ⌞The Lord continued,⌟ “These are the instructions for the guilt offering. It is very holy. 2It must be slaughtered in the same place where the burnt offering is slaughtered. ⌞A priest⌟ will throw the blood against the altar on all sides. 3He will offer all the fat, the fat from the tail, the fat covering the internal organs, 4and the two kidneys with the fat on them. He will also remove the lobe of the liver along with the kidneys. 5The priest will burn them on the altar. It is a guilt offering by fire to the Lord. 6Any male among the priests may eat it. It will be eaten in a holy place. It is very holy.
7“The same instructions apply to the offering for sin and the guilt offering. Both offerings belong to the priest to make peace with the Lord. 8The skin of the burnt offering belongs to the priest who sacrifices it. 9Every grain offering, whether baked in an oven or prepared in a skillet or a frying pan, belongs to the priest who offers it. 10Every grain offering, whether mixed with olive oil or dry, will be shared equally by all of Aaron’s sons.
Instructions for the Fellowship Offering of Thanksgiving
11“These are the instructions for the fellowship offering that you must bring to the Lord. 12If you offer it as a thank offering, you must also bring rings of unleavened bread mixed with olive oil, wafers of unleavened bread brushed with olive oil, and loaves made from flour mixed well with olive oil. 13In addition to these rings of bread, you must bring bread with yeast along with your fellowship offering of thanksgiving. 14From every offering you must bring one loaf to the Lord as a ⌞special⌟ contribution. It will belong to the priest who throws the blood of the fellowship offering.
15“The meat from your fellowship offering of thanksgiving must be eaten on the day it is offered. Never leave any of it until morning.
Instructions for Other Fellowship Offerings
16“If your sacrificial offering is something you vowed or a freewill offering, it must be eaten the day you offer it or the next day. 17However, on the third day any meat left over from the sacrifice must be burned. 18You will not be accepted if any meat from the fellowship offering is eaten on the third day. You will not receive credit for it. It is repulsive to God. The person who eats any of it must be punished.
19“Meat that touches anything unclean must not be eaten. It must be burned. Anyone who is clean may eat from these sacrifices. 20Those who eat meat from the Lord’s fellowship offering while unclean must be excluded from the people. 21Those who touch anything unclean, human or animal, or any other disgusting uncleanness and still eat the Lord’s fellowship offering must be excluded from the people.”
No Fat or Blood May Be Eaten
22The Lord spoke to Moses, 23“Tell the Israelites: Never eat any fat from bulls, sheep, or goats. 24The fat from an animal that dies naturally or is killed by wild animals you may use for any other purpose, but you must never eat it. 25Those who eat the fat from an animal which they sacrificed by fire to the Lord must be excluded from the people.
26“Never eat the blood of any bird or animal no matter where you live. 27Those who eat any blood must be excluded from the people.”
Dividing the Fellowship Offering between the People and the Priests
28The Lord spoke to Moses, 29“Tell the Israelites: Anyone who offers the Lord a fellowship offering must bring a part of that sacrifice as a gift to the Lord. 30Bring the sacrifices by fire made to the Lord yourself. Bring the fat with the breast. Take the breast and present it to the Lord.
31“The priest will burn the fat on the altar. However, the breast will belong to Aaron and his sons. 32You will also give the priest the right thigh as a contribution. 33When any of Aaron’s sons offer the blood and fat of the fellowship offering, the right thigh will belong to him as his share. 34From the fellowship offerings of the Israelites, I have taken the breast that was presented ⌞to me⌟ and the thigh from the contribution offering. I have given them to the priest Aaron and his sons. This is a permanent law for generations to come.
35“This is the share for Aaron and his sons from the sacrifices by fire made to the Lord. It was given to them on the day Moses ordained them to serve the Lord as priests. 36The Lord commanded the Israelites to give it to them on the day he anointed them. This is a permanent law for generations to come.”
Summary of Offerings
37These are the instructions for the burnt offering, the grain offering, the offering for sin, the guilt offering, the ordination offering, and the fellowship offering. 38On Mount Sinai the Lord gave Moses commands about these offerings at the same time that he commanded the Israelites to bring their offerings to him in the Sinai Desert.
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Leviticus 7
7
Additional Laws for Guilt Offerings
1“ ‘And this is the regulation of the guilt offering; it is a most holy thing.#Literally “a holiness of holinesses” 2In the place where they slaughter the burnt offering,#Or, taking the verb as an indefinite (thus passive) imperfect 3mp, “the sin offering is slaughtered” they must slaughter the guilt offering,#Or, taking the verb as an indefinite (thus passive) imperfect 3mp, “the guilt offering must be slaughtered” and he#That is, the priest; understood by context and 3ms verb must sprinkle its blood upon the altar all around. 3And he must present all of its fat:#Hebrew “all of its fat from it” the fat tail and the fat that covers the inner parts,#Or “entrails” 4and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is on the loins, and he must remove the lobe on the liver in addition to the kidneys. 5And the priest shall turn it into smoke it on the altar as a food offering made by fire for Yahweh; it is a guilt offering. 6Every male among the priests may eat it; it must be eaten in a holy place; it is a most holy thing.#Literally “a holiness of holinesses” 7The instruction is the same for the guilt offering as for the sin offering;#Literally “as the sin offering as the guilt offering one for them” it belongs to#Literally “for him it shall be” or “it will become his” the priest, who makes atonement with it.
Portions for the Priests
8“ ‘And#Or “As for” the priest who presents a person’s#Literally “of a man” burnt offering, to that#Hebrew “the” priest belongs#Literally “to/for him it shall be” the skin of the burnt offering that he presented. 9And every grain offering that is baked in the oven and all that is prepared in a#Hebrew “the” cooking pan or#Or “and” on a flat baking pan belongs to#Literally “for him it shall be” or “it will become his” the priest who presented it. 10And every grain offering, whether mixed with oil or dry, shall be for all of Aaron’s sons equally.#Literally “each as his brother”
Additional Laws for Fellowship Offerings
11“ ‘And this is the regulation of the fellowship offerings that he must present to Yahweh: 12If he presents it for thanksgiving, in addition to the thanksgiving sacrifice he shall present ring-shaped unleavened bread mixed with oil and unleavened bread wafers smeared with oil and well-mixed ring-shaped bread cakes of finely milled flour mixed with oil. 13In addition to ring-shaped cakes of bread with yeast, he must present his grain#Implied by v. 12 offering together with#Or “in addition to” his sacrifice of thanksgiving peace offerings. 14And he shall present one of each kind of grain#Implied by v. 12 offering as a contribution for Yahweh; it belongs to#Literally “for him it shall be” or “it will become his” the priest who sprinkles the fellowship offerings’ blood. 15And the meat of the sacrifice of his thanksgiving fellowship offerings must be eaten on the day of his offering; he must not leave it until morning.
16“ ‘But#Or “And” if his sacrifice is for a vow or as a freewill offering, it must be eaten on the day of his presenting his sacrifice, and on the next day the remainder#Or “and the remainder” from it may be eaten, 17but#Or “and” the remainder from the sacrifice’s meat must be burned up in the fire on the third day. 18And if indeed some of the meat of his fellowship offerings’ sacrifice is eaten on the third day, it will not be accepted; it will not be considered of benefit for the one who presented it—it shall be unclean meat, and the person#Or “soul” who eats it shall bear his guilt. 19And the meat that touches anything unclean must not be eaten; it must be burned with fire, and as for the clean#Understood by context meat, anyone who is clean may eat the meat. 20And the person#Or “the soul” who eats meat from the fellowship offerings’ sacrifice, which is for Yahweh, and whose uncleanness is upon him—that person#Or “the soul” shall be cut off from his people. 21And when a person#Or “a soul” touches anything unclean, whether human uncleanness or an unclean animal or any unclean detestable thing, and he eats from the meat of the fellowship offerings’ sacrifice, which is for Yahweh, then#Or “and” that person#Or “the soul” shall be cut off from his people.’ ”
Instructions for the People
22Then#Or “And” Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 23“Speak to the Israelites,#Literally “sons/children of Israel” saying, ‘You#Plural must not eat any fat of ox, or#Or “and” sheep, or#Or “and” goat; 24and a dead body’s fat or#Or “and” mangled carcass’s fat may be used for any purpose,#Literally “work” but#Or “and” you#Plural certainly must not eat it. 25When anyone eats fat from the domestic animal from which he presented an offering made by fire for Yahweh, then#Or “and” that person#Or “the soul” who ate shall be cut off from his people. 26And in any of your#Plural dwellings, you must not eat any blood belonging to#Literally “to/of” birds#Hebrew “the bird”; generic article with a collective noun or#Or “and” domestic animals.#Hebrew “the domestic animal”; generic article with a collective noun 27Any person#Or “any soul” or “all soul(s)” who eats any blood, that person#Or “and that soul” shall be cut off from his people.’ ”
Portions of Fellowship Offerings for Priests
28Then#Or “And” Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 29“Speak to the Israelites,#Literally “sons/children of Israel” saying, ‘The one who presents his fellowship offerings’ sacrifice for Yahweh shall bring his offering to Yahweh from his fellowship offerings’ sacrifice. 30His own hands must bring Yahweh’s offerings made by fire. He must bring the fat in addition to the breast section to wave the breast section as a wave offering before Yahweh, 31and the priest shall turn the fat into smoke on the altar, and the breast section shall be for Aaron and his#Hebrew “for his” sons. 32And the right upper thigh you#Plural must give as a contribution for the priest from your#Plural fellowship offerings’ sacrifice. 33As for the one from Aaron’s sons who presents the blood of the fellowship offerings and the fat, the right upper thigh shall belong to him#Literally “for him it shall be” as his share, 34because I have taken the wave offering’s breast section and the contribution offering’s upper thigh from the Israelites#Literally “sons/children of Israel” out of their fellowship offerings’ sacrifices, and I have given them to Aaron the priest and his#Hebrew “to his” sons from the Israelites#Literally “sons/children of Israel” as a lasting rule.’ ”
35This is Aaron’s allotted portion and his sons’ allotted portion from Yahweh’s offerings made by fire when#Literally “in a day” he brought them forward to serve as priests for Yahweh. 36This is what Yahweh commanded to give them from the Israelites#Literally “sons/children of Israel” on the day of his anointing them; it is a lasting statute for their generations.
Concluding Summary Concerning the Offerings
37This is the regulation for the burnt offering, for the grain offering and for the sin offering and for the guilt offering and for the consecration offering and for the fellowship offerings’ sacrifice, 38which Yahweh commanded Moses on Mount Sinai#Literally “the mountain of Sinai” on the day of his commanding the Israelites#Literally “sons/children of Israel” to present their offerings to Yahweh in the desert of Sinai.
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