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Leviticus 6
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Sins Requiring a Guilt Offering

6cThen the LORD said to Moses,H3068H1696H4872H5592"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,H5315H2398H4603H4604H3068H3584H5997H6487H8667H3027H1498H6231H59973or you find lost property and lie about it, or you lie while swearing to tell the truth, or you commit any other such sin.H4672H9H3584H7650H8267H259H120H6213H2398H20074If 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,H2398H816H7725H1500H1497H6233H6231H6487H853H6485H9H46725or 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.H7650H8267H7999H7218H3254H2549H3254H5414H3117H8196As 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.H935H817H3068H352H8549H6629H6187H817H35487Through this process, the priest will purify you before the LORD, making you right with himc, and you will be forgiven for any of these sins you have committed."H3548H3722H6440H3068H5545H259H6213H819

Further Instructions for the Burnt Offering

8cThen the LORD said to Moses,H3068H1696H4872H5599"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.H6680H175H1121H559H8451H5930H5930H4169H4196H3915H1242H784H4196H334410In 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.H3548H3847H906H4055H906H4370H3847H1320H7311H1880H784H398H5930H4196H7760H681H419611Then 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.H6584H899H3847H312H899H3318H1880H2351H4264H2889H472512Meanwhile, 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.H784H4196H3344H3518H3548H1197H6086H1242H5930H6186H6999H2459H800213Remember, the fire must be kept burning on the altar at all times. It must never go out.H784H8548H3344H4196H3518

Further Instructions for the Grain Offering

14"These are the instructions regarding the grain offering. Aaron's sons must present this offering to the LORD in front of the altar.H8451H4503H1121H175H7126H6440H3068H6440H419615The 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.H7311H7062H5560H4503H8081H3828H4503H6999H4196H5207H7381H234H306816Aaron 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 Tabernaclec.H3498H175H1121H398H4682H398H6918H4725H2691H168H4150H39817Remember, 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.H644H2557H5414H2506H801H6944H6944H2403H81718Any 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."H2145H1121H175H398H2706H5769H1755H801H3068H801H5060H6942

Procedures for the Ordination Offering

19Then the LORD said to Moses,H3068H1696H4872H55920"On the day Aaron and his sons are anointed, they must present to the LORD a grain offering of two quartsc of choice flour, half to be offered in the morning and half to be offered in the evening.H7133H175H1121H7126H3068H3117H4886H6224H374H5560H4503H8548H4276H1242H4276H615321It must be carefully mixed with olive oil and cooked on a griddle. Then slicec this grain offering and present it as a pleasing aroma to the LORD.H4227H6213H8081H7246H935H8601H6595H4503H7126H5207H7381H306822In each generation, the high priestc who succeeds Aaron must prepare this same offering. It belongs to the LORD and must be burned up completely. This is a permanent law.H3548H1121H4899H6213H2706H5769H3068H3632H699923All such grain offerings of a priest must be burned up entirely. None of it may be eaten."H4503H3548H3632H398

Further Instructions for the Sin Offering

24Then the LORD said to Moses,H3068H1696H4872H55925"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.H1696H175H1121H559H8451H2403H4725H5930H7819H2403H7819H6440H3068H6944H694426The priest who offers the sacrifice as a sin offering must eat his portion in a sacred place within the courtyard of the Tabernacle.H3548H2398H398H6918H4725H398H2691H168H415027Anyone 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.H5060H1320H6942H5137H1818H899H3526H5137H6918H472528If 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.H2789H3627H1310H7665H1310H5178H3627H4838H7857H432529Any male from a priest's family may eat from this offering; it is most holy.H2145H3548H398H6944H694430But the offering for sin may not be eaten if its blood was brought into the Tabernacle as an offering for purificationc in the Holy Place. It must be completely burned with fire.H2403H1818H935H168H4150H3722H6944H398H8313H784


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