¹⁶ The priest shall burn them on the altar^(A) as a food offering,^(B) a pleasing aroma.^(C) All the fat^(D) is the Lord’s.^(E)

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

⁸ Regard them as holy,^(A) because they offer up the food of your God.^(B) Consider them holy, because I the Lord am holy—I who make you holy.^(C)

¹⁷ “Say to Aaron: ‘For the generations to come none of your descendants who has a defect^(A) may come near to offer the food of his God.^(B)

²¹ No descendant of Aaron the priest who has any defect^(A) is to come near to present the food offerings to the Lord.^(B) He has a defect; he must not come near to offer the food of his God.^{(C) 22} He may eat the most holy food of his God,^(D) as well as the holy food;

²⁵ and you must not accept such animals from the hand of a foreigner and offer them as the food of your God.^(A) They will not be accepted on your behalf, because they are deformed and have defects.^(B)’”

⁵ Your threshing will continue until grape harvest and the grape harvest will continue until planting, and you will eat all the food you want^(A) and live in safety in your land.^(B)

²⁴ In this way present the food offering every day for seven days as an aroma pleasing to the Lord;^(A) it is to be offered in addition to the regular burnt offering and its drink offering.