Leviticus 6

Berean Standard Bible

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The Lord gives instructions to Moses regarding restitution for sins involving deception, extortion, or dishonesty, requiring full repayment plus a fifth and an unblemished ram as a guilt offering to the priest. The Lord further details the laws for sacrifices, commanding that the fire on the altar for burnt offerings must be kept burning continually and not extinguished. Priests are instructed on managing the ashes, wearing linen garments, and carrying the ashes outside the camp to a clean place. The text outlines regulations for the grain offering presented by Aaron's sons, specifying which portions are to be burned on the altar and which parts may be eaten unleavened in the courtyard of the Tent of Meeting by male priests. Finally, the Lord outlines the specific grain offering required from Aaron and his sons on the day they are anointed, as well as the laws governing the slaughter, preparation, and consumption of the sin offering.

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¹And the LORD said to Moses, ²“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 ³or finds lost property and lies about it and swears falsely, or if he commits any such sin that a man might commit— ⁴once 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, ⁵or 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. ⁶Then he must bring to the priest his guilt offering to the LORD: an unblemished ram of proper value from the flock. ⁷In 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.” ⁸Then the LORD said to Moses, ⁹“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. ¹⁰And 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. ¹¹Then he must take off his garments, put on other clothes, and carry the ashes outside the camp to a ceremonially clean place. ¹²The 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. ¹³The fire shall be kept burning on the altar continually; it must not be extinguished. ¹⁴Now this is the law of the grain offering: Aaron’s sons shall present it before the LORD in front of the altar. ¹⁵The 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. ¹⁶Aaron 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. ¹⁷It 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. ¹⁸Any 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.” ¹⁹Then the LORD said to Moses, ²⁰“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. ²¹It 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. ²²The 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. ²³Every grain offering for a priest shall be burned completely; it is not to be eaten.” ²⁴And the LORD said to Moses, ²⁵“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. ²⁶The priest who offers it shall eat it; it must be eaten in a holy place, in the courtyard of the Tent of Meeting. ²⁷Anything 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. ²⁸The 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. ²⁹Any male among the priests may eat it; it is most holy. ³⁰But 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.

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