January 31
Leviticus 1:1 —
4:35
Leviticus
1 And
Jehovah proceeded to call Moses and speak to him out of the tent of meeting,
saying:
2 “Speak
to the sons of Israel, and you must say to them, ‘In case some man of YOU would
present an offering to Jehovah from the domestic animals, YOU should present
YOUR offering from the herd and from the flock.
3 “‘If
his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, a male, a sound one, is what he
should present. At the entrance of the tent of meeting he should present it of
his own free will before Jehovah.
4 And
he must lay his hand upon the head of the burnt offering, and it must be
graciously accepted for him to make atonement for him.
5 “‘Then
the young bull must be slaughtered before Jehovah; and the sons of Aaron, the
priests, must present the blood and sprinkle the blood round about upon the
altar, which is at the entrance of the tent of meeting.
6 And
the burnt offering must be skinned and cut up into its parts.
7 And
the sons of Aaron, the priests, must put fire on the altar and set wood in order
on the fire.
8 And
the sons of Aaron, the priests, must set the pieces in order with the head and
the suet over the wood that is on the fire that is on the altar.
9 And
its intestines and its shanks will be washed with water; and the priest must
make all of it smoke on the altar as a burnt offering, an offering made by fire
of a restful odor to Jehovah.
10 “‘And
if his offering for a burnt offering is from the flock, from the young rams or
the goats, a male, a sound one, is what he will present.
11 And
it must be slaughtered at the side of the altar to the north before Jehovah, and
the sons of Aaron, the priests, must sprinkle its blood round about upon the
altar.
12 And
he must cut it up into its parts and its head and its suet, and the priest must
set them in order over the wood that is on the fire that is on the altar.
13 And
he will wash the intestines and the shanks with water; and the priest must
present all of it and make it smoke on the altar. It is a burnt offering, an
offering made by fire of a restful odor to Jehovah.
14 “‘However,
if his offering as a burnt offering to Jehovah is from the fowls, then he must
present his offering from the turtledoves or the young pigeons.
15 And
the priest must present it at the altar and nip off its head and make it smoke
upon the altar, but its blood must be drained out upon the side of the altar.
16 And
he must remove its crop with its feathers and throw it beside the altar, to the
east, to the place for the fatty ashes.
17 And
he must cleave it at its wings. He must not divide it. Then the priest must make
it smoke on the altar over the wood that is on the fire. It is a burnt offering,
an offering made by fire of a restful odor to Jehovah.
2
“‘Now
in case some soul would present as an offering a grain offering to Jehovah, his
offering should prove to be fine flour; and he must pour oil over it and put
frankincense upon it.
2 And
he must bring it to the sons of Aaron, the priests, and the priest must grasp
from it his handful of its fine flour and its oil along with all its
frankincense; and he must make it smoke as a remembrancer of it upon the altar,
as an offering made by fire of a restful odor to Jehovah.
3 And
what is left of the grain offering belongs to Aaron and his sons, as something
most holy from Jehovah’s offerings made by fire.
4 “‘And
in case you would present as an offering a grain offering in the way of
something baked in the oven, it should be of fine flour, unfermented ring-shaped
cakes moistened with oil or unfermented wafers smeared with oil.
5 “‘And
if your offering is a grain offering from off the griddle, it should prove to be
of fine flour moistened with oil, unfermented.
6 There
should be a breaking of it up into pieces, and you must pour oil upon it. It is
a grain offering.
7 “‘And
if your offering is a grain offering out of the deep-fat kettle, it should be
made of fine flour with oil.
8 And
you must bring the grain offering that was made of these to Jehovah; and it must
be presented to the priest and he must bring it near to the altar.
9 And
the priest must lift off some of the grain offering as a remembrancer of it and
must make it smoke on the altar, as an offering made by fire of a restful odor
to Jehovah.
10 And
what is left of the grain offering belongs to Aaron and his sons, as something
most holy of Jehovah’s offerings by fire.
11 “‘No
grain offering that YOU will present to Jehovah should be made a leavened thing,
because YOU must make no sourdough and no honey at all smoke as an offering made
by fire to Jehovah.
12 “‘As
an offering of the firstfruits, YOU will present them to Jehovah, and they must
not come up onto the altar for a restful odor.
13 “‘And
every offering of your grain offering you will season with salt; and you must
not allow the salt of the covenant of your God to be missing upon your grain
offering. Along with every offering of yours you will present salt.
14 “‘And
if you would present the grain offering of the first ripe fruits to Jehovah, you
should present green ears roasted with fire, the grits of new grain, as the
grain offering of your first ripe fruits.
15 And
you must put oil upon it and place frankincense upon it. It is a grain offering.
16 And
the priest must make the remembrancer of it smoke, that is, some of its grits
and oil, along with all its frankincense, as an offering made by fire to
Jehovah.
3
“‘And if his offering is a communion sacrifice, if he is presenting it from the
herd, whether a male or a female, a sound one is what he will present before
Jehovah.
2 And
he must lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and it must be slaughtered
at the entrance of the tent of meeting; and Aaron’s sons, the priests, must
sprinkle the blood round about upon the altar.
3 And
he must present some of the communion sacrifice as an offering made by fire to
Jehovah, namely, the fat that covers the intestines, even all the fat that is
over the intestines,
4 and
the two kidneys and the fat that is upon them, the same as that upon the loins.
And as for the appendage upon the liver, he will remove it along with the
kidneys.
5 And
Aaron’s sons must make it smoke on the altar, upon the burnt offering that is
over the wood that is on the fire, as an offering made by fire of a restful odor
to Jehovah.
6 “‘And
if his offering is from the flock for a communion sacrifice to Jehovah, a male
or a female, a sound one is what he will present.
7 If
he is presenting a young ram as his offering, then he must present it before
Jehovah.
8 And
he must lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and it must be slaughtered
before the tent of meeting; and Aaron’s sons must sprinkle its blood round about
upon the altar.
9 And
from the communion sacrifice he must present its fat as an offering made by fire
to Jehovah. The entire fatty tail is what he will remove near the backbone, and
the fat that covers the intestines, even all the fat that is upon the
intestines,
10 and
the two kidneys and the fat that is upon them, the same as that upon the loins.
And as for the appendage upon the liver, he will remove it along with the
kidneys.
11 And
the priest must make it smoke on the altar as food, an offering made by fire to
Jehovah.
12 “‘And
if his offering is a goat, then he must present it before Jehovah.
13 And
he must lay his hand upon its head, and it must be slaughtered before the tent
of meeting; and Aaron’s sons must sprinkle its blood round about upon the altar.
14 And
from it he must present as his offering, as an offering made by fire to Jehovah,
the fat that covers the intestines, even all the fat that is upon the
intestines,
15 and
the two kidneys and the fat that is upon them, the same as that upon the loins.
And as for the appendage upon the liver, he will remove it along with the
kidneys.
16 And
the priest must make them smoke upon the altar as food, an offering made by fire
for a restful odor. All the fat belongs to Jehovah.
17 “‘It
is a statute to time indefinite for YOUR generations, in all YOUR dwelling
places: YOU must not eat any fat or any blood at all.’”
4
And Jehovah went on to speak to Moses, saying:
2 “Speak
to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘In case a soul sins by mistake in any of the
things that Jehovah commands should not be done, and he actually does one of
them:
3 “‘If
the priest, the anointed one, sins so as to bring guiltiness upon the people,
then he must present for his sin that he has committed a sound young bull to
Jehovah as a sin offering.
4 And
he must bring the bull to the entrance of the tent of meeting before Jehovah and
must lay his hand upon the bull’s head, and he must slaughter the bull before
Jehovah.
5 And
the priest, the anointed one, must take some of the bull’s blood and bring it
into the tent of meeting;
6 and
the priest must dip his finger in the blood and spatter some of the blood seven
times before Jehovah in front of the curtain of the holy place.
7 And
the priest must put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar of perfumed
incense before Jehovah, which is in the tent of meeting, and all the rest of the
bull’s blood he will pour at the base of the altar of burnt offering, which is
at the entrance of the tent of meeting.
8 “‘As
to all the fat of the bull of the sin offering, he will lift up from it the fat
that covers over the intestines, even all the fat that is over the intestines,
9 and
the two kidneys and the fat that is upon them, the same as that upon the loins.
And as for the appendage upon the liver, he will remove it along with the
kidneys.
10 It
will be the same as what is lifted up of a bull of the communion sacrifice. And
the priest must make them smoke upon the altar of burnt offering.
11 “‘But
as for the skin of the bull and all its flesh along with its head and its shanks
and its intestines and its dung,
12 he
must have the entire bull taken out to the outskirts of the camp to a clean
place where the fatty ashes are poured out, and he must burn it upon wood in the
fire. Where the fatty ashes are poured out it should be burned.
13 “‘Now
if the entire assembly of Israel makes a mistake and the matter has been hidden
from the eyes of the congregation in that they have done one of all the things
that Jehovah commands should not be done and so have become guilty,
14 and
the sin that they have committed against it has become known, then the
congregation must present a young bull for a sin offering and must bring it
before the tent of meeting.
15 And
the older men of the assembly must lay their hands upon the bull’s head before
Jehovah, and the bull must be slaughtered before Jehovah.
16 “‘Then
the priest, the anointed one, must bring some of the bull’s blood into the tent
of meeting.
17 And
the priest must dip his finger into some of the blood and spatter it seven times
before Jehovah in front of the curtain.
18 And
he will put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar that is before
Jehovah, which is in the tent of meeting; and all the rest of the blood he will
pour at the base of the altar of burnt offering, which is at the entrance of the
tent of meeting.
19 And
he will lift up all its fat from it, and he must make it smoke on the altar.
20 And
he must do to the bull just as he did to the other bull of the sin offering.
That is the way he will do to it; and the priest must make an atonement for
them, and so it must be forgiven them.
21 And
he must have the bull taken out to the outskirts of the camp and must burn it,
just as he burned the first bull. It is a sin offering for the congregation.
22 “‘When
a chieftain sins and he does commit unintentionally one of all the things that
Jehovah his God commands should not be done, and so has become guilty,
23 or
his sin that he has committed against the commandment has been made known to
him, then he must bring as his offering a male kid of the goats, a sound one.
24 And
he must lay his hand upon the head of the young goat and slaughter it in the
place where the burnt offering is regularly slaughtered before Jehovah. It is a
sin offering.
25 And
the priest must take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger and
put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and he will pour the rest
of its blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering.
26 And
he will make all its fat smoke on the altar like the fat of the communion
sacrifice; and the priest must make an atonement for him for his sin, and so it
must be forgiven him.
27 “‘And
if any soul of the people of the land sins unintentionally by his doing one of
the things that Jehovah commands should not be done and he does become guilty,
28 or
his sin that he has committed has been made known to him, then he must bring as
his offering a female kid of the goats, a sound one, for his sin that he has
committed.
29 And
he must lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering and slaughter the sin
offering in the same place as the burnt offering.
30 And
the priest must take some of its blood with his finger and put it upon the horns
of the altar of burnt offering, and he will pour all the rest of its blood at
the base of the altar.
31 And
he will remove all its fat, just as the fat was removed from off the communion
sacrifice; and the priest must make it smoke on the altar as a restful odor to
Jehovah; and the priest must make an atonement for him, and so it must be
forgiven him.
32 “‘But
if he would bring a lamb as his offering for a sin offering, a sound female lamb
is what he should bring.
33 And
he must lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering and slaughter it as a sin
offering in the place where the burnt offering is regularly slaughtered.
34 And
the priest must take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger and
put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and he will pour all the
rest of its blood at the base of the altar.
35 And
he will remove all its fat the same as the fat of the young ram of the communion
sacrifice is regularly removed, and the priest must make them smoke on the altar
upon Jehovah’s offerings made by fire; and the priest must make an atonement for
him for his sin that he has committed, and so it must be forgiven him.