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Leviticus 7
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Additional Laws for Guilt Offerings

7 “‘And this is the regulation of the guilt offering; it is a most holy thing.[a] 2 In the place where they slaughter the burnt offering,[b] they must slaughter the guilt offering,[c] and he[d] must sprinkle its blood upon the altar all around. 3 And he must present all of its fat:[e] the fat tail and the fat that covers the inner parts,[f] 4 and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is on the loins, and he must remove the lobe on the liver in addition to the kidneys. 5 And the priest shall turn it into smoke it on the altar as a food offering made by fire for Yahweh; it is a guilt offering. 6 Every male among the priests may eat it; it must be eaten in a holy place; it is a most holy thing.[g] 7 The instruction is the same for the guilt offering as for the sin offering;[h] it belongs to[i] the priest, who makes atonement with it.

Portions for the Priests

8 “‘And[j] the priest who presents a person’s[k] burnt offering, to that[l] priest belongs[m] the skin of the burnt offering that he presented. 9 And every grain offering that is baked in the oven and all that is prepared in a[n] cooking pan or[o] on a flat baking pan belongs to[p] the priest who presented it. 10 And every grain offering, whether mixed with oil or dry, shall be for all of Aaron’s sons equally.[q]

Additional Laws for Fellowship Offerings

11 “‘And this is the regulation of the fellowship offerings that he must present to Yahweh: 12 If he presents it for thanksgiving, in addition to the thanksgiving sacrifice he shall present ring-shaped unleavened bread mixed with oil and unleavened bread wafers smeared with oil and well-mixed ring-shaped bread cakes of finely milled flour mixed with oil. 13 In addition to ring-shaped cakes of bread with yeast, he must present his grain[r] offering together with[s] his sacrifice of thanksgiving peace offerings. 14 And he shall present one of each kind of grain[t] offering as a contribution for Yahweh; it belongs to[u] the priest who sprinkles the fellowship offerings’ blood. 15 And the meat of the sacrifice of his thanksgiving fellowship offerings must be eaten on the day of his offering; he must not leave it until morning.

16 “‘But[v] if his sacrifice is for a vow or as a freewill offering, it must be eaten on the day of his presenting his sacrifice, and on the next day the remainder[w] from it may be eaten, 17 but[x] the remainder from the sacrifice’s meat must be burned up in the fire on the third day. 18 And if indeed some of the meat of his fellowship offerings’ sacrifice is eaten on the third day, it will not be accepted; it will not be considered of benefit for the one who presented it—it shall be unclean meat, and the person[y] who eats it shall bear his guilt. 19 And the meat that touches anything unclean must not be eaten; it must be burned with fire, and as for the clean[z] meat, anyone who is clean may eat the meat. 20 And the person[aa] who eats meat from the fellowship offerings’ sacrifice, which is for Yahweh, and whose uncleanness is upon him—that person[ab] shall be cut off from his people. 21 And when a person[ac] touches anything unclean, whether human uncleanness or an unclean animal or any unclean detestable thing, and he eats from the meat of the fellowship offerings’ sacrifice, which is for Yahweh, then[ad] that person[ae] shall be cut off from his people.’”

Instructions for the People

22 Then[af] Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 23 “Speak to the Israelites,[ag] saying, ‘You[ah] must not eat any fat of ox, or[ai] sheep, or[aj] goat; 24 and a dead body’s fat or[ak] mangled carcass’s fat may be used for any purpose,[al] but[am] you[an] certainly must not eat it. 25 When anyone eats fat from the domestic animal from which he presented an offering made by fire for Yahweh, then[ao] that person[ap] who ate shall be cut off from his people. 26 And in any of your[aq] dwellings, you must not eat any blood belonging to[ar] birds[as] or[at] domestic animals.[au] 27 Any person[av] who eats any blood, that person[aw] shall be cut off from his people.’”

Portions of Fellowship Offerings for Priests

28 Then[ax] Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 29 “Speak to the Israelites,[ay] saying, ‘The one who presents his fellowship offerings’ sacrifice for Yahweh shall bring his offering to Yahweh from his fellowship offerings’ sacrifice. 30 His own hands must bring Yahweh’s offerings made by fire. He must bring the fat in addition to the breast section to wave the breast section as a wave offering before Yahweh, 31 and the priest shall turn the fat into smoke on the altar, and the breast section shall be for Aaron and his[az] sons. 32 And the right upper thigh you[ba] must give as a contribution for the priest from your[bb] fellowship offerings’ sacrifice. 33 As for the one from Aaron’s sons who presents the blood of the fellowship offerings and the fat, the right upper thigh shall belong to him[bc] as his share, 34 because I have taken the wave offering’s breast section and the contribution offering’s upper thigh from the Israelites[bd] out of their fellowship offerings’ sacrifices, and I have given them to Aaron the priest and his[be] sons from the Israelites[bf] as a lasting rule.’”

35 This is Aaron’s allotted portion and his sons’ allotted portion from Yahweh’s offerings made by fire when[bg] he brought them forward to serve as priests for Yahweh. 36 This is what Yahweh commanded to give them from the Israelites[bh] on the day of his anointing them; it is a lasting statute for their generations.

Concluding Summary Concerning the Offerings

37 This is the regulation for the burnt offering, for the grain offering and for the sin offering and for the guilt offering and for the consecration offering and for the fellowship offerings’ sacrifice, 38 which Yahweh commanded Moses on Mount Sinai[bi] on the day of his commanding the Israelites[bj] to present their offerings to Yahweh in the desert of Sinai.

Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 7:1 Literally “a holiness of holinesses”
  2. Leviticus 7:2 Or, taking the verb as an indefinite (thus passive) imperfect 3mp, “the sin offering is slaughtered”
  3. Leviticus 7:2 Or, taking the verb as an indefinite (thus passive) imperfect 3mp, “the guilt offering must be slaughtered”
  4. Leviticus 7:2 That is, the priest; understood by context and 3ms verb
  5. Leviticus 7:3 Hebrew “all of its fat from it”
  6. Leviticus 7:3 Or “entrails”
  7. Leviticus 7:6 Literally “a holiness of holinesses”
  8. Leviticus 7:7 Literally “as the sin offering as the guilt offering one for them”
  9. Leviticus 7:7 Literally “for him it shall be” or “it will become his”
  10. Leviticus 7:8 Or “As for”
  11. Leviticus 7:8 Literally “of a man”
  12. Leviticus 7:8 Hebrew “the”
  13. Leviticus 7:8 Literally “to/for him it shall be”
  14. Leviticus 7:9 Hebrew “the”
  15. Leviticus 7:9 Or “and”
  16. Leviticus 7:9 Literally “for him it shall be” or “it will become his”
  17. Leviticus 7:10 Literally “each as his brother”
  18. Leviticus 7:13 Implied by v. 12
  19. Leviticus 7:13 Or “in addition to”
  20. Leviticus 7:14 Implied by v. 12
  21. Leviticus 7:14 Literally “for him it shall be” or “it will become his”
  22. Leviticus 7:16 Or “And”
  23. Leviticus 7:16 Or “and the remainder”
  24. Leviticus 7:17 Or “and”
  25. Leviticus 7:18 Or “soul”
  26. Leviticus 7:19 Understood by context
  27. Leviticus 7:20 Or “the soul”
  28. Leviticus 7:20 Or “the soul”
  29. Leviticus 7:21 Or “a soul”
  30. Leviticus 7:21 Or “and”
  31. Leviticus 7:21 Or “the soul”
  32. Leviticus 7:22 Or “And”
  33. Leviticus 7:23 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  34. Leviticus 7:23 Plural
  35. Leviticus 7:23 Or “and”
  36. Leviticus 7:23 Or “and”
  37. Leviticus 7:24 Or “and”
  38. Leviticus 7:24 Literally “work”
  39. Leviticus 7:24 Or “and”
  40. Leviticus 7:24 Plural
  41. Leviticus 7:25 Or “and”
  42. Leviticus 7:25 Or “the soul”
  43. Leviticus 7:26 Plural
  44. Leviticus 7:26 Literally “to/of”
  45. Leviticus 7:26 Hebrew “the bird”; generic article with a collective noun
  46. Leviticus 7:26 Or “and”
  47. Leviticus 7:26 Hebrew “the domestic animal”; generic article with a collective noun
  48. Leviticus 7:27 Or “any soul” or “all soul(s)”
  49. Leviticus 7:27 Or “and that soul”
  50. Leviticus 7:28 Or “And”
  51. Leviticus 7:29 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  52. Leviticus 7:31 Hebrew “for his”
  53. Leviticus 7:32 Plural
  54. Leviticus 7:32 Plural
  55. Leviticus 7:33 Literally “for him it shall be”
  56. Leviticus 7:34 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  57. Leviticus 7:34 Hebrew “to his”
  58. Leviticus 7:34 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  59. Leviticus 7:35 Literally “in a day”
  60. Leviticus 7:36 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  61. Leviticus 7:38 Literally “the mountain of Sinai”
  62. Leviticus 7:38 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
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Leviticus 7
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The Guilt Offering

7 “‘These are the regulations for the guilt offering,(A) which is most holy: 2 The guilt offering is to be slaughtered in the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered, and its blood is to be splashed against the sides of the altar. 3 All its fat(B) shall be offered: the fat tail and the fat that covers the internal organs, 4 both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the long lobe of the liver, which is to be removed with the kidneys.(C) 5 The priest shall burn them on the altar(D) as a food offering presented to the Lord. It is a guilt offering. 6 Any male in a priest’s family may eat it,(E) but it must be eaten in the sanctuary area; it is most holy.(F)

7 “‘The same law applies to both the sin offering[a](G) and the guilt offering:(H) They belong to the priest(I) who makes atonement with them.(J) 8 The priest who offers a burnt offering for anyone may keep its hide(K) for himself. 9 Every grain offering baked in an oven(L) or cooked in a pan(M) or on a griddle(N) belongs to the priest who offers it, 10 and every grain offering, whether mixed with olive oil or dry, belongs equally to all the sons of Aaron.

The Fellowship Offering

11 “‘These are the regulations for the fellowship offering anyone may present to the Lord:

12 “‘If they offer it as an expression of thankfulness, then along with this thank offering(O) they are to offer thick loaves(P) made without yeast(Q) and with olive oil mixed in, thin loaves(R) made without yeast and brushed with oil,(S) and thick loaves of the finest flour well-kneaded and with oil mixed in. 13 Along with their fellowship offering of thanksgiving(T) they are to present an offering with thick loaves of bread made with yeast.(U) 14 They are to bring one of each kind as an offering, a contribution to the Lord; it belongs to the priest who splashes the blood of the fellowship offering against the altar. 15 The meat of their fellowship offering of thanksgiving must be eaten on the day it is offered; they must leave none of it till morning.(V)

16 “‘If, however, their offering is the result of a vow(W) or is a freewill offering,(X) the sacrifice shall be eaten on the day they offer it, but anything left over may be eaten on the next day.(Y) 17 Any meat of the sacrifice left over till the third day must be burned up.(Z) 18 If any meat of the fellowship offering(AA) is eaten on the third day, the one who offered it will not be accepted.(AB) It will not be reckoned(AC) to their credit, for it has become impure; the person who eats any of it will be held responsible.(AD)

19 “‘Meat that touches anything ceremonially unclean must not be eaten; it must be burned up. As for other meat, anyone ceremonially clean may eat it. 20 But if anyone who is unclean(AE) eats any meat of the fellowship offering belonging to the Lord, they must be cut off from their people.(AF) 21 Anyone who touches something unclean(AG)—whether human uncleanness or an unclean animal or any unclean creature that moves along the ground[b]—and then eats any of the meat of the fellowship offering belonging to the Lord must be cut off from their people.’”

Eating Fat and Blood Forbidden

22 The Lord said to Moses, 23 “Say to the Israelites: ‘Do not eat any of the fat of cattle, sheep or goats.(AH) 24 The fat of an animal found dead or torn by wild animals(AI) may be used for any other purpose, but you must not eat it. 25 Anyone who eats the fat of an animal from which a food offering may be[c] presented to the Lord must be cut off from their people. 26 And wherever you live, you must not eat the blood(AJ) of any bird or animal. 27 Anyone who eats blood(AK) must be cut off from their people.’”

The Priests’ Share

28 The Lord said to Moses, 29 “Say to the Israelites: ‘Anyone who brings a fellowship offering to the Lord is to bring part of it as their sacrifice to the Lord. 30 With their own hands they are to present the food offering to the Lord; they are to bring the fat, together with the breast, and wave the breast before the Lord as a wave offering.(AL) 31 The priest shall burn the fat on the altar,(AM) but the breast belongs to Aaron and his sons.(AN) 32 You are to give the right thigh of your fellowship offerings to the priest as a contribution.(AO) 33 The son of Aaron who offers the blood and the fat of the fellowship offering shall have the right thigh as his share. 34 From the fellowship offerings of the Israelites, I have taken the breast that is waved and the thigh(AP) that is presented and have given them to Aaron the priest and his sons(AQ) as their perpetual share from the Israelites.’”

35 This is the portion of the food offerings presented to the Lord that were allotted to Aaron and his sons on the day they were presented to serve the Lord as priests. 36 On the day they were anointed,(AR) the Lord commanded that the Israelites give this to them as their perpetual share for the generations to come.

37 These, then, are the regulations for the burnt offering,(AS) the grain offering,(AT) the sin offering, the guilt offering, the ordination offering(AU) and the fellowship offering, 38 which the Lord gave Moses(AV) at Mount Sinai(AW) in the Desert of Sinai on the day he commanded the Israelites to bring their offerings to the Lord.(AX)

Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 7:7 Or purification offering; also in verse 37
  2. Leviticus 7:21 A few Hebrew manuscripts, Samaritan Pentateuch, Syriac and Targum (see 5:2); most Hebrew manuscripts any unclean, detestable thing
  3. Leviticus 7:25 Or offering is
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