Additional Laws for Burnt Offerings

^{1 1} Then² Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

1. Leviticus 6:1–30 in the English Bible is 5:20–6:23 in the Hebrew Bible
2. Or “And”

² “When a person¹ ⌞displays infidelity⌟² against Yahweh and he deceives his fellow citizen regarding³ something entrusted or ⌞a pledge⌟⁴ or stealing or he exploits his fellow citizen,

1. Or “a soul”
2. Literally “acts unfaithfully infidelity” or “is unfaithful in unfaithfulness”
3. Literally “in”
4. Literally “a pledge of a hand”

³ or he finds lost property and lies about it and swears ⌞falsely⌟¹ ⌞in regard to⌟² any one of these things by which ⌞a person⌟³ might commit sin,

1. Literally “in accordance with deception”
2. Literally “on” or “upon”
3. Literally “the man”

⁴ ⌞and when⌟¹ he sins and is guilty, then² he shall bring back ⌞the things he had stolen⌟³ or ⌞what he had extorted⌟⁴ or ⌞something with which he had been entrusted⌟⁵ or the lost property that he had found,

1. Literally “and it will be when”
2. Or “and”
3. Literally “the robbed things that he had stolen”
4. Literally “the extortion that he had extorted”
5. Literally “something entrusted that had been entrusted to him”

⁵ or ⌞regarding⌟¹ anything about which he has sworn ⌞falsely⌟,² then³ he shall repay it ⌞according to⌟⁴ its value and shall add one-fifth of its value to it—he must give it ⌞to whom it belongs⌟⁵ on the day of his guilt offering.

1. Literally “from”
2. Literally “in accordance with deception”
3. Or “and”
4. Literally “in”
5. Literally “to whom it is to him”

⁶ And he must bring as his guilt offering to Yahweh a ram without defect from the flock¹ by your valuation² as a guilt offering to the priest,

1. The Hebrew term refers collectively to both sheep and goats (small livestock animals)
2. See 5:15 and 18

⁷ and the priest shall make atonement for him ⌞before⌟¹ Yahweh, and he shall be forgiven ⌞anything⌟² from all that he might do ⌞by which he might incur guilt⌟.”³

1. Literally “to the faces of”
2. Literally “one”
3. Literally “which he might do for incurring guilt by it”

⁸ Then¹ Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

1. Or “And”

⁹ “Command Aaron and his sons, saying, ‘This is the regulation of the burnt offering: ⌞The burnt offering must remain on the hearth⌟¹ on the altar all night until the morning, and the altar’s fire must be kept burning on it.

1. Literally “It shall be the burnt offering on a hearth”

¹⁰ And the priest shall put on his linen robe, and he must put his linen undergarments on his body, and he shall take away the fatty ashes of the burnt offering that the fire has consumed on the altar, and he shall place them¹ beside the altar.

1. Hebrew “him/it”—plural required by the English “fatty ashes”

¹¹ And he shall take off his garments and put on other garments, and he shall bring out the fatty ashes ⌞outside the camp⌟¹ to a ceremonially clean place,

1. Literally “to from an outside place of the camp”

¹² but¹ the fire on the altar must be kept burning on it; it must not be quenched. And the priest must burn wood ⌞every morning⌟² on it,³ and he shall arrange the burnt offering on it,⁴ and he shall turn into smoke the fat portions of the fellowship offerings on it.⁵

1. Or “and”
2. Literally “in the morning in the morning”
3. Antecedent for this 3fs suffix is “fire” (“altar” is ms)
4. Antecedent for this 3fs suffix is “fire” (“altar” is ms)
5. Antecedent for this 3fs suffix is “fire” (“altar” is ms)

¹³ A perpetual fire must be kept burning on the altar; it must not be quenched.

Additional Laws for Grain Offerings

¹⁴ “ ‘And this is the regulation of the grain offering. Aaron’s sons shall present it ⌞before⌟¹ Yahweh ⌞in front of⌟² the altar,

1. Literally “to the faces of”
2. Literally “to the faces of”

¹⁵ and he¹ in his fist shall take away from it ⌞some of⌟² the grain offering’s finely milled flour, and ⌞some of⌟³ its oil and all of the frankincense that is on the grain offering, and he shall turn into smoke its token portion on the altar as an appeasing fragrance to Yahweh.

1. That is, the priest; understood by context and 3ms verb
2. Literally “from”
3. Literally “from”

¹⁶ And Aaron and his sons must eat the remainder of it; they must eat it as unleavened bread in a holy place—in the tent of assembly’s courtyard they must eat it.

¹⁷ It must not be baked with yeast. I have given it as their share from my offerings made by fire. It is ⌞a most holy thing⌟,¹ like the sin offering and like the guilt offering.

1. Literally “a holiness of holinesses”

¹⁸ Every male among Aaron’s sons may eat it as a lasting rule among your generations from the offerings made by fire ⌞belonging to⌟¹ Yahweh. Anything that² touches them will become holy.’ ”

1. Literally “of”
2. Or “Everyone who”

¹⁹ Then¹ Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

1. Or “And”

²⁰ “This is the offering of Aaron and his sons that they shall present to Yahweh on the day of his being anointed: a tenth of an¹ ephah of finely milled flour as a perpetual grain offering, half of it in the morning and half of it in the evening.

1. Hebrew “the”

²¹ It must be made¹ in² oil on a flat baking pan; you³ must bring it well-mixed; you must present pieces of a grain offering’s baked goods⁴ as an appeasing fragrance to Yahweh.

1. Or “prepared”
2. Or “with”
3. Singular masculine
4. Or “broken bits” (JPS, NET, NIV)

²² And the anointed priest taking his place from among his sons must do it. As a lasting rule, it must be turned into smoke totally for Yahweh.

²³ And every grain offering of a priest must be a whole burnt offering; it must not be eaten.”

Additional Laws for Sin Offerings

²⁴ Then¹ Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

1. Or “And”

²⁵ “Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying, ‘This is the regulation of the sin offering: In the place where the sin offering is slaughtered, the sin offering must be slaughtered ⌞before⌟¹ Yahweh; it is ⌞a most holy thing⌟.²

1. Literally “to the faces of”
2. Literally “a holiness of holinesses”

²⁶ The priest ⌞who offers the sin offering⌟¹ must eat it in a holy place—in the tent of assembly’s courtyard.

1. Literally “one who offers it a sin offering”

²⁷ Anything that¹ touches its flesh will become holy, and when ⌞some of⌟² its blood spatters on a³ garment, what was spattered on it you⁴ shall wash in a holy place.

1. Or “Everyone who”
2. Literally “from”
3. Hebrew “the”
4. Singular masculine

²⁸ And a clay vessel in which it was boiled must be broken, but¹ if it was boiled in a bronze vessel, then² it shall be thoroughly scoured and rinsed with water.

1. Or “and”
2. Or “and”

²⁹ Any male among the priests may eat it; it is ⌞a most holy thing⌟.¹

1. Literally “a holiness of holinesses”

³⁰ But¹ any sin offering from which ⌞some of⌟² its blood is brought to the tent of assembly to make atonement in the sanctuary must not be eaten; it must be burned in the fire.’ ”

1. Or “And”
2. Literally “from”