Sins Requiring a Guilt Offering (Leviticus 5:14–19; Leviticus 7:1–10)
1 CPDV The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: BSB BSB: And the LORD said to Moses,
2 CPDV The soul who will have sinned, and, despising the Lord, will have denied to his neighbor the deposit which he had entrusted to his safekeeping, or who will have extorted anything by force, or who will have made a false accusation, BSB BSB: “If someone sins and acts unfaithfully against the LORD by deceiving his neighbor in regard to a deposit or security entrusted to him or stolen, or if he extorts his neighbor
3 CPDV or who will have found a lost thing and then also withheld it by swearing falsely, or who will have done any other of the many things by which men usually sin: BSB BSB: or finds lost property and lies about it and swears falsely, or if he commits any such sin that a man might commit—
4 CPDV being convicted of the offense, he shall restore BSB BSB: once he has sinned and becomes guilty, he must return what he has stolen or taken by extortion, or the deposit entrusted to him, or the lost property he found,
5 CPDV all that he wanted to obtain by fraud, the whole plus an additional fifth part, to the owner against whom he brought the damage. BSB BSB: or anything else about which he has sworn falsely. He must make restitution in full, add a fifth of the value, and pay it to the owner on the day he acknowledges his guilt.
6 CPDV Then, on behalf of his sin, he shall offer an immaculate ram from the flock, and he shall give it to the priest, according to the estimation and measure of the offense. BSB BSB: Then he must bring to the priest his guilt offering to the LORD: an unblemished ram of proper value from the flock.
7 CPDV And he shall pray for him in the sight of the Lord, and he shall be released from any one of those things that he did when he sinned. BSB BSB: In this way the priest will make atonement for him before the LORD, and he will be forgiven for anything he may have done to incur guilt.”
The Burnt Offering (Leviticus 1:1–17)
8 CPDV And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: BSB BSB: Then the LORD said to Moses,
9 CPDV Instruct Aaron and his sons: This is the law of a holocaust. It shall be burned upon the altar, all night until morning. The fire shall be from the same altar. BSB BSB: “Command Aaron and his sons that this is the law of the burnt offering: The burnt offering is to remain on the hearth of the altar all night, until morning, and the fire must be kept burning on the altar.
10 CPDV The priest shall be vested with the tunic and the linen undergarments. And he shall take up the ashes of that which the devouring fire has consumed, and, placing them next to the altar, BSB BSB: And the priest shall put on his linen robe and linen undergarments, and he shall remove from the altar the ashes of the burnt offering that the fire has consumed and place them beside it.
11 CPDV he shall strip off his former vestments, and being clothed with others, he shall carry them beyond the camp, and he shall cause them to be consumed, even to glowing embers, in a very clean place. BSB BSB: Then he must take off his garments, put on other clothes, and carry the ashes outside the camp to a ceremonially clean place.
12 CPDV But the fire on the altar shall burn always, for the priest shall nourish it by placing wood under it each day in the morning. And, laying down the holocaust, he shall burn the fat of the peace offerings upon it. BSB BSB: The fire on the altar shall be kept burning; it must not be extinguished. Every morning the priest is to add wood to the fire, arrange the burnt offering on it, and burn the fat portions of the peace offerings on it.
13 CPDV This is the perpetual fire which shall never fail upon the altar. BSB BSB: The fire shall be kept burning on the altar continually; it must not be extinguished.
The Grain Offering (Leviticus 2:1–16)
14 CPDV This is the law of the sacrifice and the libations, which the sons of Aaron shall offer in the sight of the Lord, and before the altar. BSB BSB: Now this is the law of the grain offering: Aaron’s sons shall present it before the LORD in front of the altar.
15 CPDV The priest shall take a handful of fine wheat flour, which has been sprinkled with oil, and all the frankincense, which has been placed upon the flour, and he shall burn it upon the altar as a memorial of most sweet odor to the Lord. BSB BSB: The priest is to remove a handful of fine flour and olive oil, together with all the frankincense from the grain offering, and burn the memorial portion on the altar as a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
16 CPDV And the remaining portion of the flour, Aaron shall eat with his sons, without leaven. And he shall eat it in the holy place, in the atrium of the tabernacle. BSB BSB: Aaron and his sons are to eat the remainder. It must be eaten without leaven in a holy place; they are to eat it in the courtyard of the Tent of Meeting.
17 CPDV Yet for this reason, it shall not be leavened, because part of it is offered as an incense of the Lord. The Holy of holies shall it be, just as what is offered on behalf of sin and of transgression. BSB BSB: It must not be baked with leaven; I have assigned it as their portion of My food offerings. It is most holy, like the sin offering and the guilt offering.
18 CPDV Only the males of the stock of Aaron shall eat it. This shall be an everlasting ordinance in your generations concerning the sacrifices of the Lord. All who will touch these shall be sanctified. BSB BSB: Any male among the sons of Aaron may eat it. This is a permanent portion from the food offerings to the LORD for the generations to come. Anything that touches them will become holy.”
19 CPDV And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: BSB BSB: Then the LORD said to Moses,
20 CPDV This is the oblation of Aaron and of his sons, which they must offer to the Lord in the day of their anointing. They shall offer a tenth part of an ephah of fine wheat flour as a perpetual sacrifice, half of it in the morning, and half of it in the evening. BSB BSB: “This is the offering that Aaron and his sons must present to the LORD on the day he is anointed: a tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a regular grain offering, half of it in the morning and half in the evening.
21 CPDV It shall be sprinkled with oil and fried in a frying pan. Then it shall be offered hot, as a most sweet odor to the Lord, BSB BSB: It shall be prepared with oil on a griddle; you are to bring it well-kneaded and present it as a grain offering broken in pieces, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
22 CPDV by the priest who by law succeeds his father. And it shall be entirely burned on the altar. BSB BSB: The priest, who is one of Aaron’s sons and will be anointed to take his place, is to prepare it. As a permanent portion for the LORD, it must be burned completely.
23 CPDV For every sacrifice of the priest shall be consumed by fire; neither shall anyone eat from it. BSB BSB: Every grain offering for a priest shall be burned completely; it is not to be eaten.”
The Sin Offering (Leviticus 4:1–35; Leviticus 5:1–13)
24 CPDV Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: BSB BSB: And the LORD said to Moses,
25 CPDV Say to Aaron and his sons: This is the law of the victim for sin. In the place where the holocaust is offered, it shall be immolated in the sight of the Lord. It is the Holy of holies. BSB BSB: “Tell Aaron and his sons that this is the law of the sin offering: In the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered, the sin offering shall be slaughtered before the LORD; it is most holy.
26 CPDV The priest who offers it shall eat it in the holy place, in the atrium of the tabernacle. BSB BSB: The priest who offers it shall eat it; it must be eaten in a holy place, in the courtyard of the Tent of Meeting.
27 CPDV Whatever will touch its flesh shall be sanctified. If a garment will be sprinkled with its blood, it shall be washed in a holy place. BSB BSB: Anything that touches its flesh will become holy, and if any of the blood is spattered on a garment, you must wash it in a holy place.
28 CPDV Then the earthen vessel, in which it was soaked, shall be broken. But if the vessel will be of brass, it shall be scoured and washed with water. BSB BSB: The clay pot in which the sin offering is boiled must be broken; if it is boiled in a bronze pot, the pot must be scoured and rinsed with water.
29 CPDV Every male of priestly descent shall feed on its flesh, because it is the Holy of holies. BSB BSB: Any male among the priests may eat it; it is most holy.
30 CPDV For the victim that is slain for sin, whose blood is carried into the tabernacle of the testimony, for expiation in the Sanctuary, shall not be eaten, but it shall be consumed by fire. BSB BSB: But no sin offering may be eaten if its blood has been brought into the Tent of Meeting to make atonement in the Holy Place; it must be burned.