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6:8-7:38 Handling of the Offerings. This section focuses on issues related to the proper handling, eating, and disposal of the various sacrifices and offerings. The sacrifices and offerings are either "holy" or "most holy" and must therefore be treated with due respect. If this was not done, the offering would not count and the offender would be punished (cf. 7:18, 20-21).

6:8-13 The Burnt Offering. Cf. 1:3-17. This passage concerns the continual burnt offerings that were made every morning and every evening (Ex. 29:38-42). It explains how the ashes of this offering are to be handled each morning, which requires the proper attire for the activities both inside (Lev. 6:10) and outside (v. 11) the tabernacle complex. This passage also underscores that the fire on the altar shall be kept burning (vv. 9, 12-13); this requirement would in turn serve as a special exhortation to the priests to be faithful in their duties so that the worship of the Lord could continue without interruption.