The Guilt Offering (Leviticus 5:14–19; Leviticus 6:1–7)
1 DRA This also is the law of the sacrifice for a trespass, it is most holy: BSB BSB: “Now this is the law of the guilt offering, which is most holy:
2 DRA Therefore where the holocaust is immolated, the victim also for a trespass shall be slain: the blood thereof shall be poured round about the altar. BSB BSB: The guilt offering must be slaughtered in the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered, and the priest shall splatter its blood on all sides of the altar.
3 DRA They shall offer thereof the rump and the fat that covereth the entrails: BSB BSB: And all the fat from it shall be offered: the fat tail, the fat that covers the entrails,
4 DRA The two little kidneys, and the fat which is by the flanks, and the caul of the liver with the little kidneys. BSB BSB: both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the lobe of the liver, which is to be removed with the kidneys.
5 DRA And the priest shall burn them upon the altar: it is the burnt sacrifice of the Lord for a trespass. BSB BSB: The priest shall burn them on the altar as a food offering to the LORD; it is a guilt offering.
6 DRA Every male of the priestly race, shall eat this flesh in a holy place, because it is most holy. BSB BSB: Every male among the priests may eat of it. It must be eaten in a holy place; it is most holy.
7 DRA As the sacrifice for sin is offered, so is also that for a trespass: the same shall be the law of both these sacrifices: it shall belong to the priest that offereth it. BSB BSB: The guilt offering is like the sin offering; the same law applies to both. It belongs to the priest who makes atonement with it.
8 DRA The priest that offereth the victim of holocaust, shall have the skin thereof. BSB BSB: As for the priest who presents a burnt offering for anyone, the hide of that offering belongs to him.
9 DRA And every sacrifice of flour that is baked in the oven, and whatsoever is dressed on the gridiron, or in the fryingpan, shall be the priest’s that offereth it: BSB BSB: Likewise, every grain offering that is baked in an oven or cooked in a pan or on a griddle belongs to the priest who presents it,
10 DRA Whether they be tempered with oil, or dry, all the sons of Aaron shall have one as much as another. BSB BSB: and every grain offering, whether dry or mixed with oil, belongs equally to all the sons of Aaron.
The Peace Offering (Leviticus 3:1–17)
11 DRA This is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings that is offered to the Lord. BSB BSB: Now this is the law of the peace offering that one may present to the LORD:
12 DRA If the oblation be for thanksgiving, they shall offer leaves without leaven tempered with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and fine flour fried, and cakes tempered and mingled with oil: BSB BSB: If he offers it in thanksgiving, then along with the sacrifice of thanksgiving he shall offer unleavened cakes mixed with olive oil, unleavened wafers coated with oil, and well-kneaded cakes of fine flour mixed with oil.
13 DRA Moreover leaves of leavened bread with the sacrifice of thanks, which is offered for peace offerings: BSB BSB: Along with his peace offering of thanksgiving he is to present an offering with cakes of leavened bread.
14 DRA Of which one shall be offered to the Lord for firstfruits, and shall be the priest’s that shall pour out the blood of the victim. BSB BSB: From the cakes he must present one portion of each offering as a contribution to the LORD. It belongs to the priest who sprinkles the blood of the peace offering.
15 DRA And the flesh of it shall be eaten the same day, neither shall any of it remain until the morning. BSB BSB: The meat of the sacrifice of his peace offering of thanksgiving must be eaten on the day he offers it; none of it may be left until morning.
16 DRA If any man by vow, or of his own accord offer a sacrifice, it shall in like manner be eaten the same day: and if any of it remain until the morrow, it is lawful to eat it: BSB BSB: If, however, the sacrifice he offers is a vow or a freewill offering, it shall be eaten on the day he presents his sacrifice, but the remainder may be eaten on the next day.
17 DRA But whatsoever shall be found on the third day shall be consumed with fire. BSB BSB: But any meat of the sacrifice remaining until the third day must be burned up.
18 DRA If any man eat of the flesh of the victim of peace offerings on the third day, the oblation shall be of no effect, neither shall it profit the offerer: yea rather whatsoever soul shall defile itself with such meat, shall be guilty of transgression. BSB BSB: If any of the meat from his peace offering is eaten on the third day, it will not be accepted. It will not be credited to the one who presented it; it shall be an abomination, and the one who eats of it shall bear his iniquity.
19 DRA The flesh that hath touched any unclean thing, shall not be eaten, but shall be burnt with fire: he that is clean shall eat of it. BSB BSB: Meat that touches anything unclean must not be eaten; it is to be burned up. As for any other meat, anyone who is ceremonially clean may eat it.
20 DRA If any one that is defiled shall eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which is offered to the Lord, he shall be cut off from his people. BSB BSB: But if anyone who is unclean eats meat from the peace offering that belongs to the LORD, that person must be cut off from his people.
21 DRA And he that hath touched the uncleanness of man, or of beast, or of any thing that can defile, and shall eat of such kind of flesh, shall be cut off from his people. BSB BSB: If one touches anything unclean, whether human uncleanness, an unclean animal, or any unclean, detestable thing, and then eats any of the meat of the peace offering that belongs to the LORD, that person must be cut off from his people.”
Fat and Blood Forbidden 22 DRA And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: BSB BSB: Then the LORD said to Moses,
23 DRA Say to the children of Israel: The fat of a sheep, and of an ox, and of a goat you shall not eat. BSB BSB: “Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘You are not to eat any of the fat of an ox, a sheep, or a goat.
24 DRA The fat of a carcass that hath died of itself, and of a beast that was caught by another beast, you shall have for divers uses. BSB BSB: The fat of an animal found dead or mauled by wild beasts may be used for any other purpose, but you must not eat it.
25 DRA If any man eat the fat that should be offered for the burnt sacrifice of the Lord, he shall perish out of his people. BSB BSB: If anyone eats the fat of an animal from which a food offering may be presented to the LORD, the one who eats it must be cut off from his people.
26 DRA Moreover you shall not eat the blood of any creature whatsoever, whether of birds or beasts. BSB BSB: You must not eat the blood of any bird or animal in any of your dwellings.
27 DRA Every one that eateth blood, shall perish from among the people. BSB BSB: If anyone eats blood, that person must be cut off from his people.’”
The Priests’ Portion 28 DRA And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: BSB BSB: Then the LORD said to Moses,
29 DRA Speak to the children of Israel, saying: He that offereth a victim of peace offerings to the Lord, let him offer therewith a sacrifice also, that is, the libations thereof. BSB BSB: “Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘Anyone who presents a peace offering to the LORD must bring it as his sacrifice to the LORD.
30 DRA He shall hold in his hands the fat of the victim, and the breast: and when he hath offered and consecrated both to the Lord, he shall deliver them to the priest, BSB BSB: With his own hands he is to bring the food offerings to the LORD; he shall bring the fat, together with the breast, and wave the breast as a wave offering before the LORD.
31 DRA Who shall burn the fat upon the altar, but the breast shall be Aaron’s and his sons’. BSB BSB: The priest is to burn the fat on the altar, but the breast belongs to Aaron and his sons.
32 DRA The right shoulder also of the victims of peace offerings shall fall to the priest for firstfruits. BSB BSB: And you are to give the right thigh to the priest as a contribution from your peace offering.
33 DRA He among the sons of Aaron, that offereth the blood, and the fat, he shall have the right shoulder also for his portion. BSB BSB: The son of Aaron who presents the blood and fat of the peace offering shall have the right thigh as a portion.
34 DRA For the breast that is elevated and the shoulder that is separated I have taken of the children of Israel, from off their victims of peace offerings, and have given them to Aaron the priest, and to his sons, by a law for ever, from all the people of Israel. BSB BSB: I have taken from the sons of Israel the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the contribution of their peace offerings, and I have given them to Aaron the priest and his sons as a permanent portion from the sons of Israel.’”
35 DRA This is the anointing of Aaron and his sons, in the ceremonies of the Lord, in the day when Moses offered them, that they might do the office of priesthood, BSB BSB: This is the portion of the food offerings to the LORD for Aaron and his sons since the day they were presented to serve the LORD as priests.
36 DRA And the things that the Lord commanded to be given them by the children of Israel, by a perpetual observance in their generations. BSB BSB: On the day they were anointed, the LORD commanded that this be given them by the sons of Israel. It is a permanent portion for the generations to come.
37 DRA This is the law of holocaust, and of the sacrifice for sin, and for trespass, and for consecration, and the victims of peace offerings: BSB BSB: This is the law of the burnt offering, the grain offering, the sin offering, the guilt offering, the ordination offering, and the peace offering,
38 DRA Which the Lord appointed to Moses in mount Sinai, when he commanded the children of Israel, that they should offer their oblations to the Lord in the desert of Sinai. BSB BSB: which the LORD gave Moses on Mount Sinai on the day He commanded the Israelites to present their offerings to the LORD in the Wilderness of Sinai.