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Sins Requiring a Guilt Offering

aThen the LORD said to Moses,

Laws About the Burnt Offering, the Grain Offering, and the Sin Offering

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

“Suppose one of you sins against your associate and is unfaithful to the LORD. Suppose you cheat in a deal involving a security deposit, or you steal or commit fraud,

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“If a person sins and commits a trespass against the Lord by lying[a] to his neighbor about what was delivered to him for safekeeping, or about [b]a pledge, or about a robbery, or if he has extorted from his neighbor,

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or you find lost property and lie about it, or you lie while swearing to tell the truth, or you commit any other such sin.

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or if he has found what was lost and lies concerning it, and swears falsely — in any one of these things that a man may do in which he sins:

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If you have sinned in any of these ways, you are guilty. You must give back whatever you stole, or the money you took by extortion, or the security deposit, or the lost property you found,

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then it shall be, because he has sinned and is guilty, that he shall [c]restore what he has stolen, or the thing which he has extorted, or what was delivered to him for safekeeping, or the lost thing which he found,

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or anything obtained by swearing falsely. You must make restitution by paying the full price plus an additional 20 percent to the person you have harmed. On the same day you must present a guilt offering.

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or all that about which he has sworn falsely. He shall restore its full value, add one-fifth more to it, and give it to whomever it belongs, on the day of his trespass offering.

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As a guilt offering to the LORD, you must bring to the priest your own ram with no defects, or you may buy one of equal value.

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And he shall bring his trespass offering to the Lord, a ram without blemish from the flock, with your [d]valuation, as a trespass offering, to the priest.

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Through this process, the priest will purify you before the LORD, making you right with him,b and you will be forgiven for any of these sins you have committed.”

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So the priest shall make atonement for him before the Lord, and he shall be forgiven for any one of these things that he may have done in which he trespasses.”

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Further Instructions for the Burnt Offering

cThen the LORD said to Moses,

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The Law of the Burnt Offering

Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

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“Give Aaron and his sons the following instructions regarding the burnt offering. The burnt offering must be left on top of the altar until the next morning, and the fire on the altar must be kept burning all night.

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“Command Aaron and his sons, saying, ‘This is the law of the burnt offering: The burnt offering shall be on the hearth upon the altar all night until morning, and the fire of the altar shall be kept burning on it.

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In the morning, after the priest on duty has put on his official linen clothing and linen undergarments, he must clean out the ashes of the burnt offering and put them beside the altar.

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And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linen trousers he shall put on his body, and take up the ashes of the burnt offering which the fire has consumed on the altar, and he shall put them beside the altar.

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Then he must take off these garments, change back into his regular clothes, and carry the ashes outside the camp to a place that is ceremonially clean.

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Then he shall take off his garments, put on other garments, and carry the ashes outside the camp to a clean place.

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Meanwhile, the fire on the altar must be kept burning; it must never go out. Each morning the priest will add fresh wood to the fire and arrange the burnt offering on it. He will then burn the fat of the peace offerings on it.

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And the fire on the altar shall be kept burning on it; it shall not be put out. And the priest shall burn wood on it every morning, and lay the burnt offering in order on it; and he shall burn on it the fat of the peace offerings.

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Remember, the fire must be kept burning on the altar at all times. It must never go out.

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A fire shall always be burning on the altar; it shall never go out.

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Further Instructions for the Grain Offering

“These are the instructions regarding the grain offering. Aaron’s sons must present this offering to the LORD in front of the altar.

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The Law of the Grain Offering

‘This is the law of the grain offering: The sons of Aaron shall offer it on the altar before the Lord.

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The priest on duty will take from the grain offering a handful of the choice flour moistened with olive oil, together with all the frankincense. He will burn this representative portion on the altar as a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

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He shall take from it his handful of the fine flour of the grain offering, with its oil, and all the frankincense which is on the grain offering, and shall burn it on the altar for a sweet aroma, as a memorial to the Lord.

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Aaron and his sons may eat the rest of the flour, but it must be baked without yeast and eaten in a sacred place within the courtyard of the Tabernacle.d

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And the remainder of it Aaron and his sons shall eat; with unleavened bread it shall be eaten in a holy place; in the court of the tabernacle of meeting they shall eat it.

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Remember, it must never be prepared with yeast. I have given it to the priests as their share of the special gifts presented to me. Like the sin offering and the guilt offering, it is most holy.

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It shall not be baked with leaven. I have given it as their [e]portion of My offerings made by fire; it is most holy, like the sin offering and the trespass offering.

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Any of Aaron’s male descendants may eat from the special gifts presented to the LORD. This is their permanent right from generation to generation. Anyone or anything that touches these offerings will become holy.”

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All the males among the children of Aaron may eat it. It shall be a statute forever in your generations concerning the offerings made by fire to the Lord. Everyone who touches them must be holy.’ ”

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Procedures for the Ordination Offering

Then the LORD said to Moses,

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And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

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“On the day Aaron and his sons are anointed, they must present to the LORD the standard grain offering of two quartse of choice flour, half to be offered in the morning and half to be offered in the evening.

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“This is the offering of Aaron and his sons, which they shall offer to the Lord, beginning on the day when he is anointed: one-tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a daily grain offering, half of it in the morning and half of it at night.

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It must be carefully mixed with olive oil and cooked on a griddle. Then slicef this grain offering and present it as a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

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It shall be made in a pan with oil. When it is mixed, you shall bring it in. The baked pieces of the grain offering you shall offer for a [f]sweet aroma to the Lord.

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In each generation, the high priestg who succeeds Aaron must prepare this same offering. It belongs to the LORD and must be burned up completely. This is a permanent law.

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The priest from among his sons, who is anointed in his place, shall offer it. It is a statute forever to the Lord. It shall be [g]wholly burned.

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All such grain offerings of a priest must be burned up entirely. None of it may be eaten.”

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For every grain offering for the priest shall be wholly burned. It shall not be eaten.”

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Further Instructions for the Sin Offering

Then the LORD said to Moses,

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The Law of the Sin Offering

Also the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

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“Give Aaron and his sons the following instructions regarding the sin offering. The animal given as an offering for sin is a most holy offering, and it must be slaughtered in the LORD’s presence at the place where the burnt offerings are slaughtered.

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“Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, ‘This is the law of the sin offering: In the place where the burnt offering is killed, the sin offering shall be killed before the Lord. It is most holy.

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The priest who offers the sacrifice as a sin offering must eat his portion in a sacred place within the courtyard of the Tabernacle.

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The priest who offers it for sin shall eat it. In a holy place it shall be eaten, in the court of the tabernacle of meeting.

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Anyone or anything that touches the sacrificial meat will become holy. If any of the sacrificial blood spatters on a person’s clothing, the soiled garment must be washed in a sacred place.

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Everyone who touches its flesh [h]must be holy. And when its blood is sprinkled on any garment, you shall wash that on which it was sprinkled, in a holy place.

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If a clay pot is used to boil the sacrificial meat, it must then be broken. If a bronze pot is used, it must be scoured and thoroughly rinsed with water.

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But the earthen vessel in which it is boiled shall be broken. And if it is boiled in a bronze pot, it shall be both scoured and rinsed in water.

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Any male from a priest’s family may eat from this offering; it is most holy.

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All the males among the priests may eat it. It is most holy.

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But the offering for sin may not be eaten if its blood was brought into the Tabernacle as an offering for purificationh in the Holy Place. It must be completely burned with fire.

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But no sin offering from which any of the blood is brought into the tabernacle of meeting, to make atonement in [i]the holy place, shall be eaten. It shall be burned in the fire.

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Leviticus 6

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