Leviticus 6
1 locutus est Dominus ad Mosen dicens
Yahweh also said to Moses/me,
2 anima quae peccaverit et contempto Domino negaverit depositum proximo suo quod fidei eius creditum fuerat vel vi aliquid extorserit aut calumniam fecerit
“If any one of you you sins against me by deceiving someone—if you refuse to return what someone has lent you, or if you steal something of his, or if you find something and claim that you do not have it,
3 sive rem perditam invenerit et infitians insuper peierarit et quodlibet aliud ex pluribus fecerit in quibus peccare solent homines
you are guilty. You must return to its owner what you have stolen or what someone has lent you and you have not returned, or what you found that someone else had lost,
4 convicta delicti reddet
or whatever you lied about.
5 omnia quae per fraudem voluit obtinere integra et quintam insuper partem domino cui damnum intulerat
You must not only return anything like that to its owner, but you must also pay to the owner one-fifth of its value.
6 pro peccato autem suo offeret arietem inmaculatum de grege et dabit eum sacerdoti iuxta aestimationem mensuramque delicti
You must also bring to the Supreme Priest a ram to be an offering to me in order that you will no longer be guilty. The ram that you bring must be one that has no defects, one that has the value that has been officially determined.
7 qui rogabit pro eo coram Domino et dimittetur illi pro singulis quae faciendo peccaverit
Then he will offer that ram to be a sacrifice that will cause you to no longer be guilty, and you will be forgiven for the wrong things that you did.”
8 locutus est Dominus ad Mosen dicens
Yahweh also said to Moses/me,
9 praecipe Aaron et filiis eius haec est lex holocausti cremabitur in altari tota nocte usque mane ignis ex eodem altari erit
“Tell this to Aaron and his sons: These are the regulations concerning the offerings that will be completely burned [on the altar]: The offering must remain on the altar all during the night, and the fire on the altar must always be kept burning.
10 vestietur sacerdos tunica et feminalibus lineis tolletque cineres quos vorans ignis exusit et ponens iuxta altare
[The next morning] the priest must put on his linen under-clothes and linen outer clothes. Then he must remove the ashes of the offering from the fire and put them beside the altar.
11 spoliabitur prioribus vestimentis indutusque aliis efferet eos extra castra et in loco mundissimo usque ad favillam consumi faciet
Then he must take off those clothes and put on other clothes, and take the ashes outside the camp, to a place that is acceptable to me.
12 ignis autem in altari semper ardebit quem nutriet sacerdos subiciens ligna mane per singulos dies et inposito holocausto desuper adolebit adipes pacificorum
The fire on the altar must always be kept burning; the priest must not allow it to (go out/quit burning). Each morning the priest must put more firewood on the fire. Then he must arrange more offerings on the fire, and burn on the altar the fat of the offerings to be burned to maintain fellowship [with me].
13 ignis est iste perpetuus qui numquam deficiet in altari
The fire on the altar must be kept burning continually; the priest must not allow it to go out.”
14 haec est lex sacrificii et libamentorum quae offerent filii Aaron coram Domino et coram altari
“These are the regulations concerning the offerings made from grain: Aaron’s sons must bring them to me in front of the altar.
15 tollet sacerdos pugillum similae quae conspersa est oleo et totum tus quod super similam positum est adolebitque illud in altari in monumentum odoris suavissimi Domino
The priest must take a handful of fine flour mixed with olive oil and incense and burn that on the altar. That handful will signify that the whole offering truly belongs to me. And the aroma while it burns will be pleasing to me.
16 reliquam autem partem similae comedet Aaron cum filiis suis absque fermento et comedet in loco sancto atrii tabernaculi
Aaron and his sons may eat the remaining part of the grain offering. But they must eat it in a holy place, in the courtyard of the Sacred Tent.
17 ideo autem non fermentabitur quia pars eius in Domini offertur incensum sanctum sanctorum erit sicut pro peccato atque delicto
It must not have yeast mixed with it. Like the offerings for sin and the offerings to cause people to no longer be guilty of sin, that offering is very holy.
18 mares tantum stirpis Aaron comedent illud legitimum ac sempiternum est in generationibus vestris de sacrificiis Domini omnis qui tetigerit illa sanctificabitur
Any male descendants of Aaron are permitted to eat it, because it is forever their regular share of the offerings given to me and burned in the fire [on the altar]. Anyone else who touches those offerings made from grain will be punished by God.”
19 et locutus est Dominus ad Mosen dicens
Yahweh also said to Moses/me,
20 haec est oblatio Aaron et filiorum eius quam offerre debent Domino in die unctionis suae decimam partem oephi offerent similae in sacrificio sempiterno medium eius mane et medium vespere
“Tell Aaron and his sons that this is the offering that they must bring to Yahweh on the day that any of them (is ordained/becomes a priest): That person must bring two quarts/liters of fine flour as an offering made from grain. He must bring half of it in the morning and half of it in the evening.
21 quae in sartagine oleo conspersa frigetur offeret autem eam calidam in odorem suavissimum Domino
He must mix it well with olive oil and bake it in a shallow pan. He must then break it into small pieces to be burned [on the altar]. And the aroma while it burns will be pleasing to Yahweh.
22 sacerdos qui patri iure successerit et tota cremabitur in altari
I have commanded that the descendants of Aaron who are appointed in turn to become the Supreme Priests after Aaron dies are the ones who must prepare those things. These offerings must be completely burned [on the altar] to be sacrifices to me, Yahweh.
23 omne enim sacrificium sacerdotum igne consumetur nec quisquam comedet ex eo
Every offering that a priest gives that is made from grain must be completely burned; none of it is to be eaten.”
24 locutus est Dominus ad Mosen dicens
Yahweh also said to Moses/me,
25 loquere Aaron et filiis eius ista est lex hostiae pro peccato in loco ubi offertur holocaustum immolabitur coram Domino sanctum sanctorum est
“Tell Aaron and his sons: These are the regulations concerning the offerings that people must bring to me so that I will forgive the people for the sins they have committed:
26 sacerdos qui offert comedet eam in loco sancto in atrio tabernaculi
The animals must be slaughtered in my presence in the same place that the animals that are to be completely burned [on the altar] are slaughtered, in the courtyard in front of the Sacred Tent.
27 quicquid tetigerit carnes eius sanctificabitur si de sanguine illius vestis fuerit aspersa lavabitur in loco sancto
Any other person who touches any of its meat will be punished by God. And if its blood is splattered on your clothes, you must wash the clothes in a holy place.
28 vas autem fictile in quo cocta est confringetur quod si vas aeneum fuerit defricabitur et lavabitur aqua
If the meat is cooked in a clay pot, the pot must be broken [afterwards]. But if it is cooked in a bronze pot, the pot must be scoured [afterwards] and rinsed with water.
29 omnis masculus de genere sacerdotali vescetur carnibus eius quia sanctum sanctorum est
Any male in a priest’s family may eat some of the cooked meat; that meat is very holy.
30 hostia enim quae caeditur pro peccato cuius sanguis infertur in tabernaculum testimonii ad expiandum in sanctuario non comedetur sed conburetur igni
But if the blood of those sin offerings is brought into the Sacred Tent to enable the people to be forgiven for having sinned, the meat of those animals must not be eaten. The meat must be completely burned.”
