Leviticus 7

1 And this [is] the law of the ram for the trespass-offering; it is most holy.

“These are the regulations for the guilt offering, it is most holy.

2 In the place where they kill the whole burnt offering, they shall kill the ram of the trespass-offering before the Lord, and he shall pour out the blood at the bottom of the altar round about.

The guilt offering is to be killed where the burnt offering is killed, and the priest shall sprinkle its blood on all sides of the altar.

3 And he shall offer all the fat from it; and the loins, and all the fat that covers the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards,

All the fat from it shall be offered: the fat tail, the fat that covers the insides,

4 and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, that which is upon the thighs, and the caul upon the liver with the kidney, he shall take them away.

both kidneys with the fat on them by the loins, and the best part of the liver, which the priest is to remove together with the kidneys.

5 And the priest shall offer them on the altar a burnt offering to the Lord; it is for trespass.

He shall burn them on the altar as a food offering to the Lord; it is a guilt offering.

6 Every male of the priest shall eat them, in the holy place they shall eat them: they are most holy.

Any male among the priests may eat it. It must be eaten in a holy place, it is most holy.

7 As the sin-offering, so also [is] the trespass-offering. There is one law of them; the priest who shall make atonement with it, his it shall be.

The guilt offering is like the sin offering; the regulations are the same for both. The priest who presents the offering that ‘makes things right’ is to have it.

8 And [as for] the priest who offers a man's whole burnt offering, the skin of the whole burnt offering which he offers, shall be his.

In the case of ordinary burnt offerings, the priest shall have the animal's skin.

9 And every sacrifice which shall be prepared in the oven, and every one which shall be prepared on the hearth, or on a frying-pan, it is the property of the priest that offers it; it shall be his.

In the same way all grain offerings that are baked in an oven or cooked in a pan or on a griddle is for the priest who presents it,

10 And every sacrifice made up with oil, or not made up [with oil], shall belong to the sons of Aaron, an equal portion to each.

and all grain offerings, whether they mixed with olive oil or dry, are for all of Aaron descendants.

11 This [is] the law of the sacrifice of peace-offering, which they shall bring to the Lord.

These are the regulations for the peace offering that you may present to the Lord.

12 If a man should offer it for praise, then shall he bring, for the sacrifice of praise, loaves of fine flour made up with oil, and unleavened cakes anointed with oil, and fine flour kneaded with oil.

If you offer it in a spirit of thanks, then along with the sacrifice of thanksgiving, you must offer bread, wafers, and well-kneaded cakes of the best flour all made without yeast and mixed or coated with olive oil.

13 With leavened bread he shall offer his gifts, with the peace-offering of praise.

In addition your peace offering of thanksgiving of breads made without yeast, you shall present an offering of breads made with yeast.

14 And he shall bring one of all his gifts, a separate offering to the Lord: it shall belong to the priest who pours forth the blood of the peace-offering.

Present one of each kind of bread of the offering as a contribution to the Lord. It is for the priest who sprinkles the blood of the peace offering.

15 And the flesh of the sacrifice of the peace-offering of praise shall be his, and it shall be eaten in the day in which it is offered: they shall not leave of it till the morning.

The meat of the sacrifice of your peace offering of thanksgiving must be eaten the same day you offer it. Don't leave any of it until the morning.

16 And if it be a vow, or he offer his gift of his own will, on whatever day he shall offer his sacrifice, it shall be eaten, and on the morrow.

If the sacrifice you're offering is to pay a vow or a freewill offering, it shall be eaten on the day you present your sacrifice, but what's left can be eaten the next day.

17 And that which is left of the flesh of the sacrifice till the third day, shall be consumed with fire.

However, any meat of the sacrifice still remaining on the third day must be burned.

18 And if he do at all eat of the flesh on the third day, it shall not be accepted for him that offers: it shall not be reckoned to him, it is pollution; and whatever soul shall eat of it, shall bear his iniquity.

If you eat any of the meat from your peace offering on the third day, it won't be accepted. You won't receive credit for offering it. In fact it will be treated as something disgusting, and anyone who eats it will bear responsibility for their guilt.

19 And whatever flesh shall have touched any unclean thing, it shall not be eaten, it shall be consumed with fire; every one that is clean shall eat the flesh.

If this meat touches anything unclean it must not be eaten; it must be burned. This meat may be eaten by those who are ceremonially clean.

20 And whatever soul shall eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of the peace-offering which is the Lord's, and his uncleanness be upon him, that soul shall perish from his people.

If anyone who is unclean eats meat from the peace offering given to the Lord, they must be expelled from their people.

21 And whatever soul shall touch any unclean thing, either of the uncleanness of a man, or of unclean quadrupeds, or any unclean abominable thing, and shall eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of the peace-offering, which is the Lord's, that soul shall perish from his people.

Anyone who touches anything unclean, whether it's from a person, an unclean animal, or an unclean revolting thing, and then eats meat from the peace offering given to the Lord, they must be expelled from their people.”

22 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

The Lord told Moses,

23 Speak to the children of Israel, saying, You shall eat no fat of oxen or sheep or goats.

“Give these instructions to the Israelites. Tell them, ‘You must not eat any of the fat of a bull, a sheep, or a goat.

24 And the fat of such animals as have died of themselves, or have been seized of beasts, may be employed for any work; but it shall not be eaten for food.

You can use the fat of an animal found dead or killed by wild beasts for whatever purpose you want, but you must not eat it.

25 Every one that eats fat off the beasts, from which he will bring a burnt offering to the Lord—that soul shall perish from his people.

Anyone who eats the fat of an animal from a food offering presented to the Lord must be expelled from their people.

26 You shall eat no blood in all your habitations, either of beasts or of birds.

You must not eat the blood of any bird or animal in any of your homes.

27 Every soul that shall eat blood, that soul shall perish from his people.

Anyone who eats blood must be expelled from their people.’”

28 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

The Lord told Moses,

29 You shall also speak to the children of Israel, saying, He that offers a sacrifice of peace-offering, shall bring his gift to the Lord also from the sacrifice of peace-offering.

“Give these instructions to the Israelites. Tell them that if you present a peace offering to the Lord you must bring part of it as a special gift to the Lord.

30 His hands shall bring the burnt offerings to the Lord; the fat which is on the breast and the lobe of the liver, he shall bring them, so as to set them for a gift before the Lord.

You must personally bring the food offerings to the Lord; bring the fat as well as the breast, and wave the breast as a wave offering before the Lord.

31 And the priest shall offer the fat upon the altar, and the breast shall be Aaron's and his sons,

The priest shall burn the fat on the altar, but the breast is for Aaron and his sons.

32 and you shall give the right shoulder for a choice piece to the priest of your sacrifices of peace-offering.

Give the right thigh to the priest as a contribution from your peace offering.

33 He that offers the blood of the peace-offering, and the fat, of the sons of Aaron, his shall be the right shoulder for a portion.

The priest as a descendant of Aaron who offers the blood and fat of the peace offering has the right thigh as his share.

34 For I have taken the wave-breast and shoulder of separation from the children of Israel from the sacrifices of your peace-offerings, and I have given them to Aaron the priest and his sons, a perpetual ordinance [due] from the children of Israel.

I have required from the Israelites the breast of the wave offering and the contribution of the thigh from their peace offerings, and I have given them to Aaron the priest and his sons as their share from the Israelites for all time.”

35 This is the anointing of Aaron, and the anointing of his sons, [their portion] of the burnt offerings of the Lord, in the day in which he brought them forward to minister as priests to the Lord;

This is the share of the food offerings given to the Lord that belongs to Aaron and his sons since the day they were appointed to serve the Lord as priests.

36 as the Lord commanded to give to them in the day in which he anointed them of the sons of Israel, a perpetual statute through their generations.

From the time they were anointed, the Lord ordered that this be given them by the sons of Israel. It is their share for future generations.

37 This [is] the law of the whole burnt offerings, and of sacrifice, and of sin-offering, and of offering for transgression, and of the sacrifice of consecration, and of the sacrifice of peace-offering;

These are the regulations regarding of the burnt offering, the grain offering, the sin offering, the guilt offering, the ordination offering, and the peace offering.

38 as the Lord commanded Moses in the mount Sina, in the day in which he commanded the children of Israel to offer their gifts before the Lord in the wilderness of Sina.

The Lord gave these to Moses on Mount Sinai at the time he ordered the Israelites to give their offerings to him in the Wilderness of Sinai.