¹⁶ Then the priest will burn the food on the altar, as a food offering for a pleasing aroma.^[a]

“All fat belongs to the Lord.

⁶ They are to be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God.^(A) For they present the food offerings to the Lord, the food of their God, and they must be holy.

⁸ You are to consider him holy since he presents the food of your God. He will be holy to you because I, the Lord who sets you apart, am holy.

¹⁷ “Tell Aaron: None of your descendants throughout your generations who has a physical defect^(A) is to come near to present the food^(B) of his God.

²¹ No descendant of the priest Aaron who has a defect is to come near to present the food offerings to the Lord. He has a defect and is not to come near to present the food of his God. ²² He may eat the food of his God from what is especially holy as well as from what is holy.