Leviticus 7

1 Likewise, this is the law of the sacrifice for a transgression. It is the Holy of holies.

“Now this is the law of the guilt offering, which is most holy:

2 Therefore, where the holocaust is immolated, the victim for a transgression shall also be slain. Its blood shall be poured out all around the altar.

The guilt offering must be slaughtered in the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered, and the priest shall sprinkle its blood on all sides of the altar.

3 They shall offer from it: the rump, and the fat that covers the vital organs,

And all the fat from it shall be offered: the fat tail, the fat that covers the entrails,

4 the two little kidneys, and the fat that is near the sides, and the mesh of the liver with the little kidneys.

both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the lobe of the liver, which is to be removed with the kidneys.

5 And the priest shall burn them upon the altar. It is the incense of the Lord on behalf of a transgression.

The priest shall burn them on the altar as an offering made by fire to the LORD; it is a guilt offering.

6 Every male of priestly descent shall feed on this flesh in a holy place, because it is the Holy of holies.

Every male among the priests may eat of it. It must be eaten in a holy place; it is most holy.

7 Just as the sacrifice for sin is offered, so also for a transgression; one law shall be for both sacrifices. It shall belong to the priest who offers it.

The guilt offering is like the sin offering; the same law applies to both. It belongs to the priest who makes atonement with it.

8 The priest who offers the victim of holocaust shall have its skin.

As for the priest who presents a burnt offering for anyone, the hide of that offering belongs to him.

9 And every sacrifice of fine wheat flour which is baked in the oven, and whatever is prepared on the oven grating or in the frying pan, shall be for the priest who offers it.

Likewise, every grain offering that is baked in an oven or cooked in a pan or on a griddle belongs to the priest who presents it,

10 Whether these will be sprinkled with oil, or left dry, an equal measure shall be divided to each one of the sons of Aaron.

and every grain offering, whether dry or mixed with oil, belongs equally to all the sons of Aaron.

11 This is the law of the victim of peace offerings, which is offered to the Lord.

Now this is the law of the peace offering that one may present to the LORD:

12 If the oblation will be an act for giving thanks, they shall offer bread without leaven sprinkled with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and fine wheat flour fried, and cakes sprinkled and mixed with oil,

If he offers it in thanksgiving, then along with the sacrifice of thanksgiving he shall offer unleavened cakes mixed with olive oil, unleavened wafers coated with oil, and well-kneaded cakes of fine flour mixed with oil.

13 and also, leavened bread with the sacrifice of thanksgiving, which is immolated for peace offerings.

Along with his peace offering of thanksgiving he is to present an offering with cakes of leavened bread.

14 Of these, one shall be offered to the Lord as the first-fruits, and one shall be for the priest who will pour out the blood of the victim.

From the cakes he must present one portion of each offering as a contribution to the LORD. It belongs to the priest who sprinkles the blood of the peace offering.

15 The flesh of it shall be eaten on the same day; neither shall any of it remain until morning.

The meat of the sacrifice of his peace offering of thanksgiving must be eaten on the day he offers it; none of it may be left until morning.

16 If anyone, by a vow or of his own accord, will have offered a sacrifice, it shall be eaten in a similar manner on the same day. But then if any of it will have remained until tomorrow, it is lawful to eat it.

If, however, the sacrifice he offers is a vow or a freewill offering, it shall be eaten on the day he presents his sacrifice, but the remainder may be eaten on the next day.

17 Then whatever will be found on the third day shall be consumed with fire.

But any meat of the sacrifice remaining until the third day must be burned up.

18 If anyone will have eaten from the flesh of the victim of peace offerings on the third day, the oblation will be nullified; neither will it benefit the one who offered it. But instead, whatever soul will contaminate itself with such foods will be guilty of a betrayal.

If any of the meat from his peace offering is eaten on the third day, it will not be accepted. It will not be credited to the one who presented it; it shall be an abomination, and the one who eats of it shall bear his iniquity.

19 The flesh that has touched anything unclean shall not be eaten, but it shall be burnt with fire. He that is clean will feed on it.

Meat that touches anything unclean must not be eaten; it is to be burned up. As for any other meat, anyone who is ceremonially clean may eat it.

20 If a soul which is polluted will have eaten from the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which is offered to the Lord, he shall perish from his people.

But if anyone who is unclean eats meat from the peace offering that belongs to the LORD, that person must be cut off from his people.

21 And whoever will have touched the uncleanness of man, or of beast, or of anything which is able to defile, and who will have eaten from this kind of flesh, shall be cut off from his people.

If one touches anything unclean, whether human uncleanness, an unclean animal, or any unclean, detestable thing, and then eats any of the meat of the peace offering that belongs to the LORD, that person must be cut off from his people.”

22 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

Then the LORD said to Moses,

23 Say to the sons of Israel: The fat of a sheep, and of an ox, and of a goat you shall not eat.

“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘You are not to eat any of the fat of an ox, a sheep, or a goat.

24 The fat of a carcass that has died on its own, or of an animal that has been seized by a wild beast, you shall have for various uses.

The fat of an animal found dead or mauled by wild beasts may be used for any other purpose, but you must not eat it.

25 If anyone will have eaten the fat which ought to be offered as a burnt sacrifice of the Lord, he shall perish from his people.

If anyone eats the fat of an animal from which an offering made by fire may be presented to the LORD, the one who eats it must be cut off from his people.

26 Likewise, you shall not take as food the blood of any animals at all, whether of birds or beasts.

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

27 Every soul that will have eaten blood shall perish from his people.

If anyone eats blood, that person must be cut off from his people.’”

28 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

Then the LORD said to Moses,

29 Speak to the sons of Israel, saying: Whoever offers a victim of peace offerings to the Lord, let him also offer at the same time a sacrifice, that is, its libations.

“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘Anyone who presents a peace offering to the LORD must bring it as his sacrifice to the LORD.

30 He shall hold in his hands the fat of the victim, and the breast. And when he will have offered and consecrated both to the Lord, he shall deliver them to the priest,

With his own hands he is to bring the offerings made by fire to the LORD; he shall bring the fat, together with the breast, and wave the breast as a wave offering before the LORD.

31 who shall burn the fat upon the altar. But the breast shall be for Aaron and his sons.

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

32 Likewise also, the right shoulder of the victim of peace offerings shall fall to the priest as first-fruits.

And you are to give the right thigh to the priest as a contribution from your peace offering.

33 Among the sons of Aaron, whoever will have offered the blood and the fat, the same one shall also have the right shoulder for his portion.

The son of Aaron who presents the blood and fat of the peace offering shall have the right thigh as a portion.

34 So then, the breast that is lifted up, and the shoulder that is separated, I have taken from the sons of Israel, from their victims of peace offerings, and I have given these to Aaron the priest and to his sons, as a law in perpetuity, from all the people of Israel.

I have taken from the sons of Israel the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the contribution of their peace offerings, and I have given them to Aaron the priest and his sons as a permanent portion from the sons of Israel.’”

35 This is the anointing of Aaron and his sons, by the ceremonies of the Lord, in the day when Moses offered them, so that they may fulfill the priesthood,

This is the portion of the offerings made by fire to the LORD for Aaron and his sons since the day they were presented to serve the LORD as priests.

36 and this is what the Lord instructed to be given to them by the sons of Israel, as a perpetual observance in their generations.

On the day they were anointed, the LORD commanded that this be given them by the sons of Israel. It is a permanent portion for the generations to come.

37 This is the law of the holocaust, and of the sacrifice for sin, and for transgression, and for consecration, and for the victims of peace offerings,

This is the law of the burnt offering, the grain offering, the sin offering, the guilt offering, the ordination offering, and the peace offering,

38 which the Lord appointed to Moses on mount Sinai, when he commanded the sons of Israel to offer their oblations to the Lord in the desert of Sinai.

which the LORD gave Moses on Mount Sinai on the day He commanded the Israelites to present their offerings to the LORD in the Wilderness of Sinai.