5"If you are called to testify about something you have seen or that you know about, it is sinful to refuse to testify, and you will be punished for your sin.H5315H2398H8085H6963H423H5707H176H7200H3045H5046H5375H57712"Or suppose you unknowingly touch something that is ceremonially unclean, such as the carcass of an unclean animal. When you realize what you have done, you must admit your defilement and your guilt. This is true whether it is a wild animal, a domestic animal, or an animal that scurries along the ground.H5315H5060H2931H1697H5038H2931H2416H5038H2931H929H5038H2931H8318H5956H2931H8163"Or suppose you unknowingly touch something that makes a person unclean. When you realize what you have done, you must admit your guilt.H5060H2932H120H2932H2930H5956H3045H8164"Or suppose you make a foolish vow of any kind, whether its purpose is for good or for bad. When you realize its foolishness, you must admit your guilt.H5315H7650H981H8193H7489H3190H120H981H7621H5956H3045H816H2595"When you become aware of your guilt in any of these ways, you must confess your sin.H816H259H3034H23986Then you must bring to the LORD as the penalty for your sin a female from the flock, either a sheep or a goat. This is a sin offering with which the priest will purify you from your sin, making you right with the LORD.H935H817H3068H2403H2398H5347H6629H3776H8166H5795H2403H3548H3722H24037"But if you cannot afford to bring a sheep, you may bring to the LORD two turtledoves or two young pigeons as the penalty for your sin. One of the birds will be for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering.H3027H1767H5060H7716H935H854H817H2398H8147H8449H8147H1121H3123H3068H259H2403H259H59308You must bring them to the priest, who will present the first bird as the sin offering. He will wring its neck but without severing its head from the body.H935H3548H7126H2403H7223H4454H7218H4136H6203H9149Then he will sprinkle some of the blood of the sin offering against the sides of the altar, and the rest of the blood will be drained out at the base of the altar. This is an offering for sin.H5137H1818H2403H7023H4196H7604H1818H4680H3247H4196H240310The priest will then prepare the second bird as a burnt offering, following all the procedures that have been prescribed. Through this process the priest will purify you from your sin, making you right with the LORD, and you will be forgiven.H6213H8145H5930H4941H3548H3722H2403H2398H554511"If you cannot afford to bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons, you may bring two quarts of choice flour for your sin offering. Since it is an offering for sin, you must not moisten it with olive oil or put any frankincense on it.H3027H5381H8147H8449H8147H1121H3123H2398H935H7133H6224H374H5560H2403H7760H8081H5414H3828H240312Take the flour to the priest, who will scoop out a handful as a representative portion. He will burn it on the altar on top of the special gifts presented to the LORD. It is an offering for sin.H935H3548H3548H7061H4393H7062H234H6999H4196H801H3068H240313Through this process, the priest will purify those who are guilty of any of these sins, making them right with the LORD, and they will be forgiven. The rest of the flour will belong to the priest, just as with the grain offering."H3548H3722H2403H2398H259H5545H3548H4503
Procedures for the Guilt Offering
14Then the LORD said to Moses,H3068H1696H4872H55915"If one of you commits a sin by unintentionally defiling the LORD's sacred property, you must bring a guilt offering to the LORD. The offering must be your own ram with no defects, or you may buy one of equal value with silver, as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel.H5315H4603H4604H2398H7684H6944H3068H935H817H3068H352H8549H6629H6187H8255H3701H8255H6944H81716You must make restitution for the sacred property you have harmed by paying for the loss, plus an additional 20 percent. When you give the payment to the priest, he will purify you with the ram sacrificed as a guilt offering, making you right with the LORD, and you will be forgiven.H7999H2398H6944H3254H2549H5414H3548H3548H3722H352H817H554517"Suppose you sin by violating one of the LORD's commands. Even if you are unaware of what you have done, you are guilty and will be punished for your sin.H5315H2398H6213H259H6213H4687H3068H3045H816H5375H577118For a guilt offering, you must bring to the priest your own ram with no defects, or you may buy one of equal value. Through this process the priest will purify you from your unintentional sin, making you right with the LORD, and you will be forgiven.H935H352H8549H6629H6187H817H3548H3548H3722H7684H7683H3045H554519This is a guilt offering, for you have been guilty of an offense against the LORD."H817H816H816H3068
Leviticus 6
Sins Requiring a Guilt Offering
6Then 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 him, and you will be forgiven for any of these sins you have committed."H3548H3722H6440H3068H5545H259H6213H819
Further Instructions for the Burnt Offering
8Then 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 Tabernacle.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 quarts 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 slice this grain offering and present it as a pleasing aroma to the LORD.H4227H6213H8081H7246H935H8601H6595H4503H7126H5207H7381H306822In each generation, the high priest 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 purification in the Holy Place. It must be completely burned with fire.H2403H1818H935H168H4150H3722H6944H398H8313H784
Leviticus 7
Further Instructions for the Guilt Offering
7"These are the instructions for the guilt offering. It is most holy.H8451H817H6944H69442The animal sacrificed as a guilt offering must be slaughtered at the place where the burnt offerings are slaughtered, and its blood must be splattered against all sides of the altar.H4725H7819H5930H7819H817H1818H2236H5439H41963The priest will then offer all its fat on the altar, including the fat of the broad tail, the fat around the internal organs,H7126H2459H451H2459H3680H71304the two kidneys and the fat around them near the loins, and the long lobe of the liver. These are to be removed with the kidneys,H8147H3629H2459H3689H3508H3516H3629H54935and the priests will burn them on the altar as a special gift presented to the LORD. This is the guilt offering.H3548H6999H4196H801H3068H8176Any male from a priest's family may eat the meat. It must be eaten in a sacred place, for it is most holy.H2145H3548H398H398H6918H4725H6944H69447"The same instructions apply to both the guilt offering and the sin offering. Both belong to the priest who uses them to purify someone, making that person right with the LORD.H2403H817H259H8451H3548H37228In the case of the burnt offering, the priest may keep the hide of the sacrificed animal.H3548H7126H376H5930H3548H5785H5930H71269Any grain offering that has been baked in an oven, prepared in a pan, or cooked on a griddle belongs to the priest who presents it.H4503H644H8574H6213H4802H4227H3548H712610All other grain offerings, whether made of dry flour or flour moistened with olive oil, are to be shared equally among all the priests, the descendants of Aaron.H4503H1101H8081H2720H1121H175H376H251
Further Instructions for the Peace Offering
11"These are the instructions regarding the different kinds of peace offerings that may be presented to the LORD.H8451H2077H8002H7126H306812If you present your peace offering as an expression of thanksgiving, the usual animal sacrifice must be accompanied by various kinds of bread made without yeast—thin cakes mixed with olive oil, wafers spread with oil, and cakes made of choice flour mixed with olive oil.H7126H8426H7126H2077H8426H4682H2471H1101H8081H4682H7550H4886H8081H2471H1101H8081H5560H724613This peace offering of thanksgiving must also be accompanied by loaves of bread made with yeast.H2471H7126H7133H2557H3899H2077H8426H800214One of each kind of bread must be presented as a gift to the LORD. It will then belong to the priest who splatters the blood of the peace offering against the altar.H7126H259H7133H8641H3068H3548H2236H1818H800215The meat of the peace offering of thanksgiving must be eaten on the same day it is offered. None of it may be saved for the next morning.H1320H2077H8002H8426H398H3117H7133H3240H124216"If you bring an offering to fulfill a vow or as a voluntary offering, the meat must be eaten on the same day the sacrifice is offered, but whatever is left over may be eaten on the second day.H2077H7133H5088H5071H398H3117H7126H2077H4283H3498H39817Any meat left over until the third day must be completely burned up.H3498H1320H2077H7992H3117H8313H78418If any of the meat from the peace offering is eaten on the third day, the person who presented it will not be accepted by the LORD. You will receive no credit for offering it. By then the meat will be contaminated; if you eat it, you will be punished for your sin.H1320H2077H8002H398H398H7992H3117H7521H2803H7126H6292H5315H398H5375H577119"Meat that touches anything ceremonially unclean may not be eaten; it must be completely burned up. The rest of the meat may be eaten, but only by people who are ceremonially clean.H1320H5060H2931H398H8313H784H1320H2889H39820If you are ceremonially unclean and you eat meat from a peace offering that was presented to the LORD, you will be cut off from the community.H5315H398H1320H2077H8002H3068H2932H5315H3772H597121If you touch anything that is unclean (whether it is human defilement or an unclean animal or any other unclean, detestable thing) and then eat meat from a peace offering presented to the LORD, you will be cut off from the community."H5315H5060H2932H2932H120H2931H929H8263H2931H398H1320H2077H8002H3068H5315H3772H5971
The Forbidden Blood and Fat
22Then the LORD said to Moses,H3068H1696H4872H55923"Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. You must never eat fat, whether from cattle, sheep, or goats.H1696H1121H3478H559H398H2459H7794H3775H579524The fat of an animal found dead or torn to pieces by wild animals must never be eaten, though it may be used for any other purpose.H2459H5038H2459H2966H6213H4399H398H39825Anyone who eats fat from an animal presented as a special gift to the LORD will be cut off from the community.H398H2459H929H7126H801H3068H5315H398H3772H597126No matter where you live, you must never consume the blood of any bird or animal.H398H1818H5775H929H418627Anyone who consumes blood will be cut off from the community."H5315H398H3605H1818H5315H3772H5971
A Portion for the Priests
28Then the LORD said to Moses,H3068H1696H4872H55929"Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. When you present a peace offering to the LORD, bring part of it as a gift to the LORD.H1696H1121H3478H559H7126H2077H8002H3068H935H7133H3068H2077H800230Present it to the LORD with your own hands as a special gift to the LORD. Bring the fat of the animal, together with the breast, and lift up the breast as a special offering to the LORD.H3027H935H801H3068H801H2459H2373H935H2373H5130H8573H6440H306831Then the priest will burn the fat on the altar, but the breast will belong to Aaron and his descendants.H3548H6999H2459H4196H2373H175H112132Give the right thigh of your peace offering to the priest as a gift.H3225H7785H5414H3548H8641H2077H800233The right thigh must always be given to the priest who offers the blood and the fat of the peace offering.H1121H175H7126H1818H8002H2459H3225H7785H449034For I have reserved the breast of the special offering and the right thigh of the sacred offering for the priests. It is the permanent right of Aaron and his descendants to share in the peace offerings brought by the people of Israel.H8573H2373H8641H7785H3947H1121H3478H2077H8002H5414H175H3548H1121H2706H5769H1121H347835This is their rightful share. The special gifts presented to the LORD have been reserved for Aaron and his descendants from the time they were set apart to serve the LORD as priests.H4888H175H4888H1121H801H3068H801H3117H7126H3068H354736On the day they were anointed, the LORD commanded the Israelites to give these portions to the priests as their permanent share from generation to generation."H3068H6680H5414H1121H3478H3117H4886H2708H5769H175537These are the instructions for the burnt offering, the grain offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering, as well as the ordination offering and the peace offering.H8451H5930H4503H2403H817H4394H2077H800238The LORD gave these instructions to Moses on Mount Sinai when he commanded the Israelites to present their offerings to the LORD in the wilderness of Sinai.H3068H6680H4872H2022H5514H3117H6680H1121H3478H7126H7133H3068H4057H5514
Psalms 31
31[For the choir director: A psalm of David.] O LORD, I have come to you for protection; don't let me be disgraced. Save me, for you do what is right.H5329H4210H1732H3068H2620H408H5769H954H6403H66662Turn your ear to listen to me; rescue me quickly. Be my rock of protection, a fortress where I will be safe.H5186H241H5337H4120H4581H6697H1004H4686H34673You are my rock and my fortress. For the honor of your name, lead me out of this danger.H5553H4686H8034H5148H50954Pull me from the trap my enemies set for me, for I find protection in you alone.H3318H7568H2098H2934H45815I entrust my spirit into your hand. Rescue me, LORD, for you are a faithful God.H3027H6485H7307H6299H3068H410H5716I hate those who worship worthless idols. I trust in the LORD.H8130H8104H7723H1892H982H30687I will be glad and rejoice in your unfailing love, for you have seen my troubles, and you care about the anguish of my soul.H1523H8055H2617H7200H6040H3045H5315H68698You have not handed me over to my enemies but have set me in a safe place.H5462H3027H341H5975H7272H48009Have mercy on me, LORD, for I am in distress. Tears blur my eyes. My body and soul are withering away.H2603H3068H6887H5869H6244H3708H5315H99010I am dying from grief; my years are shortened by sadness. Sin has drained my strength; I am wasting away from within.H2416H3615H3015H8141H585H3581H3782H5771H6106H624411I am scorned by all my enemies and despised by my neighbors—even my friends are afraid to come near me. When they see me on the street, they run the other way.H2781H6887H3966H7934H6343H3045H7200H2351H507412I am ignored as if I were dead, as if I were a broken pot.H7911H4191H3820H6H362713I have heard the many rumors about me, and I am surrounded by terror. My enemies conspire against me, plotting to take my life.H8085H1681H7227H4032H5439H3245H3162H2161H3947H531514But I am trusting you, O LORD, saying, "You are my God!"H982H3068H559H43015My future is in your hands. Rescue me from those who hunt me down relentlessly.H6256H3027H5337H3027H341H729116Let your favor shine on your servant. In your unfailing love, rescue me.H6440H215H5650H3467H261717Don't let me be disgraced, O LORD, for I call out to you for help. Let the wicked be disgraced; let them lie silent in the grave.H954H3068H7121H7563H954H1826H758518Silence their lying lips—those proud and arrogant lips that accuse the godly.H8267H8193H481H1696H6277H1346H937H666219How great is the goodness you have stored up for those who fear you. You lavish it on those who come to you for protection, blessing them before the watching world.H7227H2898H6845H3373H6466H2620H1121H12020You hide them in the shelter of your presence, safe from those who conspire against them. You shelter them in your presence, far from accusing tongues.H5641H5643H6440H7407H376H6845H5521H7379H395621Praise the LORD, for he has shown me the wonders of his unfailing love. He kept me safe when my city was under attack.H1288H3068H6381H2617H4692H589222In panic I cried out, "I am cut off from the LORD!" But you heard my cry for mercy and answered my call for help.H559H2648H1629H5048H5869H403H8085H6963H8469H776823Love the LORD, all you godly ones! For the LORD protects those who are loyal to him, but he harshly punishes the arrogant.H157H3068H2623H3068H5341H539H3499H7999H1346H621324So be strong and courageous, all you who put your hope in the LORD!H2388H553H3824H3176H3068
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