Bible in 90 Days
Burnt Gifts on the Altar
1 The Lord called to Moses and spoke to him from the meeting tent, saying, 2 “Speak to the people of Israel. Tell them, ‘When any of you bring a gift in worship to the Lord, bring your gift of animals from the herd or the flock. 3 If his gift is a burnt gift from the cattle, he should bring a male that is perfect. He should give it at the door of the meeting tent, so he will be pleasing to the Lord. 4 He will lay his hand on the head of the burnt gift and it will be received to take away his sins. 5 He will kill the young bull before the Lord. Then Aaron’s sons, the religious leaders, will take the blood and put it around on the altar that is at the door of the meeting tent. 6 He will skin the burnt gift and cut it into pieces. 7 The sons of Aaron the religious leader will put fire on the altar and lay wood on the fire. 8 Then Aaron’s sons, the religious leaders, will lay the pieces, the head and the fat on the wood that is on the altar fire. 9 But he will wash its legs and inside parts with water. Then the religious leader will burn all of it on the altar as a burnt gift. It will be a gift by fire, a pleasing smell to the Lord.
10 ‘If his gift is a burnt gift from the sheep or the goats of the flock, he should give a male that is perfect. 11 He should kill it on the north side of the altar before the Lord. Aaron’s sons, the religious leaders, will put its blood around on the altar. 12 Then he will cut it into pieces with its head and its fat. And the religious leader will lay them on the wood that is on the altar fire. 13 But he will wash the legs and inside parts with water. The religious leader will burn all of it on the altar as a burnt gift. It will be a gift by fire, a pleasing smell to the Lord.
14 ‘If his gift is a burnt gift of birds, he should bring his gift from the turtle-doves or young pigeons. 15 The religious leader will bring it to the altar and take off its head. Then he will burn it on the altar. Its blood will flow down on the side of the altar. 16 He will take the part of its body where the food it eats is kept and with its feathers throw them on the ashes on the east side of the altar. 17 Then he will tear it by its wings, but not divide it. And the religious leader will burn it on the altar as a burnt gift. It will be a gift by fire, a pleasing smell to the Lord.
Grain Gifts
2 ‘When anyone gives a grain gift to the Lord, it should be of fine flour. He should pour oil on it and put special perfume on it. 2 Then he will take it to Aaron’s sons, the religious leaders. The religious leader will fill his hand with the fine flour, oil and special perfume and will burn it on the altar as a part to be remembered. It will be a gift by fire, a pleasing smell to the Lord. 3 The rest of the grain gift will belong to Aaron and his sons. It is a most holy part of the gifts by fire to the Lord.
4 ‘When you bring a gift of grain that has been baked, it should be loaves of fine flour without yeast and mixed with oil, or hard bread without yeast and spread with oil. 5 If your gift of grain has been cooked on top of the stove, it should be of fine flour without yeast and mixed with oil. 6 Break it into pieces and pour oil on it. It is a grain gift. 7 If your gift of grain has been cooked in a pot, it should be made of fine flour with oil. 8 Bring the grain gift that is made of these things to the Lord. It will be given to the religious leader, and he will bring it to the altar. 9 The religious leader will take the part to be remembered from the grain gift and burn it on the altar. It will be a gift by fire, a pleasing smell to the Lord. 10 The rest of the grain gift belongs to Aaron and his sons. It is a most holy part of the gifts by fire to the Lord.
11 ‘No grain gift that you bring to the Lord will be made with yeast. For you must never burn yeast or honey in any gift by fire to the Lord. 12 You may bring them to the Lord as a gift of first-fruits, but not for a pleasing smell upon the altar. 13 You should add salt to all your grain gifts. The salt of the agreement of your God must be in your grain gift. Give salt with all your gifts.
14 ‘If you give a grain gift of first-fruits to the Lord, give crushed new grain from new plants, dried by fire. 15 Put oil and special perfume on it. It is a grain gift. 16 The religious leader will burn part of its crushed grain and oil with all its special perfume, as its part to be remembered. It is a gift by fire to the Lord.
Peace Gifts
3 ‘If this gift given on the altar is a peace gift taken from the herd, male or female, he should give one to the Lord that is perfect. 2 He will lay his hand on the head of his gift, and kill it at the door of the meeting tent. Aaron’s sons, the religious leaders, will put the blood around on the altar. 3 And from the peace gift, a gift by fire to the Lord, he will give all the fat that covers and is upon the inside parts, 4 and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, and the part that is on the liver, which he will take away with the kidneys. 5 Then Aaron’s sons will burn it on the altar, on the burnt gift that is on the wood of the fire. It is a gift by fire, a pleasing smell to the Lord. 6 If his peace gift to the Lord is from the flock, male or female, he will give one that is perfect. 7 If he gives a lamb, then he will give it to the Lord. 8 He will lay his hand on the head of his gift, and kill it in front of the meeting tent. Aaron’s sons will put its blood around on the altar. 9 And from the peace gifts he will bring as a gift by fire to the Lord, its fat, the whole fat tail, taking it off close to the backbone, and the fat that covers and is upon the inside parts, 10 and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, and the part that is on the liver, which he will take away with the kidneys. 11 Then the religious leader will burn them on the altar, a food gift by fire to the Lord.
12 ‘If his gift is a goat, then he will give it to the Lord. 13 He will lay his hand on its head, and kill it in front of the meeting tent. The sons of Aaron will put its blood around on the altar. 14 Then he will give from it as his gift by fire to the Lord, the fat that covers and is on the inside parts, 15 and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, and the part that is on the liver, which he will take away with the kidneys. 16 The religious leader will burn them on the altar, a food gift by fire for a pleasing smell. All fat is the Lord’s. 17 It will be a Law forever for all your people in all your houses, that you do not eat any fat or any blood.’”
Gifts Given When a Person Sins without Meaning To
4 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Say to the people of Israel, ‘If a person sins without meaning to, by not obeying what the Lord has told us to do, these are the rules he must follow. 3 If the chosen religious leader sins and so brings guilt on the people, let him give to the Lord a bull that is perfect. It is a sin gift for the sin he has done. 4 He will bring the bull to the door of the meeting tent before the Lord. He will lay his hand on the head of the bull, and kill the bull before the Lord. 5 Then the chosen religious leader is to take some of the bull’s blood and bring it to the meeting tent. 6 The religious leader will put his finger in the blood and put some of the blood seven times before the Lord and in front of the curtain of the holy place. 7 And the religious leader will put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of sweet-smelling perfume in the meeting tent before the Lord. Then he will pour out all of the bull’s blood at the base of the altar of burnt gifts at the door of the meeting tent. 8 He will take from it all the fat of the bull of the sin gift, the fat that covers the inside parts, and all the fat that is on the inside parts, 9 and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, and the part on the liver, which he will take off with the kidneys, 10 just as these are taken from the bull of the peace gift. The religious leader is to burn them on the altar of burnt gifts. 11 But the bull’s skin and all its flesh, its head, legs, inside parts and its waste, 12 all the rest of the bull, he is to bring to a clean place away from the tents, where the ashes are poured out. There he will burn it on wood with fire. It will be burned where the ashes are poured out.
13 ‘If all the people of Israel sin and do not obey what the Lord has told them, without meaning to and without knowing about it, they are guilty. 14 When their sin becomes known, the people will give a bull from the herd for a sin gift. They will bring it in front of the meeting tent. 15 Then the leaders of the people will lay their hands on the bull’s head before the Lord. And the bull will be killed before the Lord. 16 The chosen religious leader will take some of the bull’s blood to the meeting tent. 17 There the religious leader will put his finger in the blood and put it seven times before the Lord and in front of the curtains. 18 He will put some of the blood on the horns of the altar before the Lord in the meeting tent. And he will pour out all the blood at the base of the altar of burnt gifts at the door of the meeting tent. 19 He will take all its fat from it and burn it on the altar. 20 He will do the same with the bull as he did with the bull of the sin gift. So the religious leader will pay for their sins. And they will be forgiven. 21 Then he will bring the bull away from the tents and burn it as he burned the first bull. It is the sin gift for all the people.
22 ‘When a leader sins without meaning to, by doing any of all the things the Lord God has told us not to do, he becomes guilty. 23 If his sin is made known to him, he will bring for his gift a male goat that is perfect. 24 He will lay his hand on the head of the male goat, and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt gifts before the Lord. It is a sin gift. 25 Then the religious leader will take some of the blood of the sin gift with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt gifts. He will pour out the rest of its blood at the base of the altar of burnt gifts. 26 He will burn all its fat on the altar like the fat of the peace gifts. So the religious leader will pay the price for the man’s sin. And he will be forgiven.
27 ‘If anyone among the people of the land sins without meaning to, by doing any of the things the Lord said not to do, he becomes guilty. 28 If his sin is made known to him, he will bring for his gift a female goat that is perfect, for the sin he has done. 29 He will lay his hand on the head of the sin gift, and kill the sin gift at the place of burnt gifts. 30 The religious leader will take some of its blood with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt gifts. He will pour out all the rest of its blood at the base of the altar. 31 Then he will take all its fat, just as the fat was taken from the peace gifts. And the religious leader will burn it on the altar for a pleasing smell to the Lord. So the religious leader will pay for his sin. And he will be forgiven.
32 ‘If he brings a lamb for a sin gift, he will bring a female lamb that is perfect. 33 He will lay his hand on the head of the sin gift, and kill it for a sin gift in the place where they kill the burnt gifts. 34 The religious leader will take some of the blood of the sin gift with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt gifts. He will pour out all the rest of its blood at the base of the altar. 35 Then he will take all its fat, just as the lamb’s fat is taken from the peace gifts. The religious leader will burn it on the altar, on the gifts by fire to the Lord. So the religious leader will pay for him the price for the sin he has done. And he will be forgiven.
5 ‘If a person sins by saying nothing when he is told in court to tell what he knows or what he has seen, he will become guilty. 2 If a person touches anything that is unclean, the dead body of a wild animal, or of cattle, or of anything that moves on the earth that is unclean, even without knowing it, then he will be unclean and will be guilty. 3 Or if he touches a human who is unclean for whatever reason, without knowing it, when he learns about it, he will be guilty. 4 If a person without thinking swears he will do something, whether bad or good, any foolish promise a person may swear, when he learns about it, he will be guilty. 5 When a person is guilty in any of these, he should tell of the sin he has done. 6 He should bring his guilt gift to the Lord for the sin he has done, a female from the flock, a lamb or a goat, for a sin gift. And the religious leader will pay the price for him for his sin.
7 ‘But if he does not have enough money for a lamb, he should bring to the Lord as his guilt gift for his sin two turtle-doves or two young pigeons. One will be for a sin gift, and the other for a burnt gift. 8 He will bring them to the religious leader, who will give the sin gift first. He will break its neck without taking off its head. 9 Then he will put some of the blood of the sin gift on the side of the altar. He will pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar. It is a sin gift. 10 Then he will make the second bird ready for a burnt gift, by following the Law. So the religious leader will pay the price for him for the sin he has done. And he will be forgiven.
11 ‘But if he does not have enough money for two turtle-doves or two young pigeons, he should bring one- tenth part of a basket of fine flour for a sin gift. He should not put oil or special perfume on it, for it is a sin gift. 12 He will bring it to the religious leader, who will take a handful of it as a part to be remembered. And he will burn this part of the flour on the altar with the gifts made by fire to the Lord. It is a sin gift. 13 So the religious leader will pay the price for him for the sin he has done in any of these things. And he will be forgiven. The rest of the flour will be for the religious leader, as in the grain gift.’”
Making Things Right
14 The Lord said to Moses, 15 “If a person is not faithful and sins against the holy things of the Lord without meaning to, he should bring his guilt gift to the Lord. It should be a ram that is perfect from the flock, worth money the same as the weight of silver decided upon for the holy place. It is a guilt gift. 16 He should pay for his sin against the holy thing, and add one-fifth part to it, and give it to the religious leader. Then the religious leader will give for his sin the ram of the guilt gift as the price for his sin. And he will be forgiven.
17 “If a person sins by doing any of the things the Lord has told him not to do, even without meaning to, he is guilty and must pay for his sin. 18 He will bring to the religious leader a ram that is perfect from the flock, that is decided to be the right price for a guilt gift. So the religious leader will pay the price for him for the sin he had done without meaning to. And he will be forgiven. 19 It is a guilt gift. For sure he has sinned against the Lord.”
6 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “If a person is not faithful and sins against the Lord by lying to his neighbor about money given to him for safe-keeping, or by stealing, or by false ways, 3 or by finding what was lost and lying about it before God, if a man does any of the things that men sin by doing, 4 he will become guilty. Then he should return what he took by stealing, or what he got by false ways, or the money which was given to him for safe-keeping, or the lost thing which he found, 5 or anything that he lied about. He should pay for it in full, and add to it one-fifth part more. He should give it to whom it belongs on the day he gives his guilt gift. 6 Then he will bring to the religious leader his guilt gift to the Lord, a ram that is perfect from the flock, that you decide to be the right price for a guilt gift. 7 Before the Lord the religious leader will pay the price for him for whatever he did that made him guilty. And he will be forgiven.”
The Law of the Burnt Gift
8 The Lord said to Moses, 9 “Tell Aaron and his sons, ‘This is the Law for the burnt gift. The burnt gift should stay on the altar all night until the morning, and the fire should be kept burning on the altar. 10 Then the religious leader will put on the clothing next to his flesh, and the long linen clothing over that. And he will take the ashes that are left from the fire of the burnt gift on the altar, and put them beside the altar. 11 Then he will change his clothes and carry the ashes to a clean place away from the tents. 12 The fire should be kept burning on the altar. It should not go out. The religious leader should burn wood on it every morning. He will lay the burnt gifts on it, and burn the fat parts of the peace gifts on it. 13 Fire should always be kept burning on the altar. It is not to go out.
The Law of the Grain Gift
14 ‘This is the Law of the grain gift. The sons of Aaron will give it to the Lord in front of the altar. 15 One of them will fill his hand with the fine flour of the grain gift, with its oil and all the special perfume that is on it, and burn it on the altar to be remembered as a pleasing smell to the Lord. 16 Aaron and his sons are to eat what is left of it. It will be eaten as loaves without yeast in a holy place. They will eat it in the open space of the meeting tent. 17 It will not be baked with yeast. I have given it as their share from My gifts by fire. It is most holy, like the sin gift and the guilt gift. 18 Every male among the sons of Aaron may eat it. It is a Law forever for all your people, from the gifts by fire to the Lord. Whoever touches them will become holy.’”
19 The Lord said to Moses, 20 “This is the gift which Aaron and his sons are to give to the Lord on the day when he is set apart: The tenth part of a basket of fine flour for a grain gift each day, half of it in the morning and half of it in the evening. 21 It should be cooked with oil on top of a stove. Bring it when it is mixed well, and give the grain gift in baked pieces as a pleasing smell to the Lord. 22 The religious leader among Aaron’s sons, who is chosen to be in his place, will give it. By a Law forever, all of it will be burned and given to the Lord. 23 Every grain gift of the religious leader will be all burned. It will not be eaten.”
The Law of the Sin Gift
24 The Lord said to Moses, 25 “Tell Aaron and his sons, ‘This is the Law of the sin gift. The sin gift will be killed before the Lord in the place where the burnt gift is killed. It is most holy. 26 The religious leader who gives it for sin will eat it. It will be eaten in a holy place, in the open space of the meeting tent. 27 Anyone who touches its flesh will become holy. When any of its blood gets on a piece of clothing, wash the blood from the clothing in a holy place. 28 The clay pot in which it was made ready should be broken. But if it was made ready in a brass pot, it should be well cleaned with water. 29 Every male among the religious leaders may eat of it. It is most holy. 30 But no sin gift should be eaten from which any blood is brought into the meeting tent to pay for sins in the holy place. It should be burned with fire.
The Law of the Guilt Gift
7 ‘This is the Law of the guilt gift. It is most holy. 2 They are to kill the guilt gift in the place where they kill the burnt gift. And the religious leader should put its blood around on the altar. 3 Then he will give all its fat, the fat tail, the fat that covers the inside parts, 4 the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, and the part that is on the liver which he will take away with the kidneys. 5 The religious leader will burn them on the altar as a gift by fire to the Lord. It is a guilt gift. 6 Every male among the religious leaders may eat of it. It will be eaten in a holy place. It is most holy. 7 The guilt gift is like the sin gift. There is one Law for them. It belongs to the religious leader who pays the price for sin with it. 8 And the religious leader who gives any man’s burnt gift will keep for himself the skin of the burnt gift he has given. 9 Every grain gift that is baked in a stove and everything that is cooked in a pot or on top of a stove will belong to the religious leader who gives it. 10 And every grain gift, mixed with oil or dry, will belong to all the sons of Aaron, to all the same.
The Law of the Peace Gift
11 ‘This is the Law of giving peace gifts in worship to the Lord. 12 If he gives it because he is thankful, then with the thank gift he will give bread mixed with oil and without yeast, hard bread spread with oil and without yeast, and loaves of fine flour well mixed with oil. 13 With loaves of bread with yeast he will give his thank gift with the peace gifts. 14 Out of each gift he will give a part as a gift to the Lord. It will belong to the religious leader who puts the blood on the peace gifts.
15 ‘The flesh of the thank gift, given as a peace gift, will be eaten on the day it is given. None of it is to be left until morning. 16 But if his gift is for a promise or is given only because he wants to give it, it will be eaten the same day he gives his gift. And whatever is left may be eaten the next day. 17 But what is left of the flesh of the gift until the third day will be burned with fire. 18 If any of the flesh of his gift is eaten on the third day, then the one who brought it will not be received and it will not do him any good. It will be a sin. And the person who eats of it must suffer for his own sin.
19 ‘The flesh that touches anything that is unclean must not be eaten. It will be burned with fire. Anyone who is clean may eat other flesh. 20 But the person who is unclean, who eats the flesh of the peace gifts which belong to the Lord, will be kept away from his people. 21 And a person will be kept away from his people when he touches anything that is unclean, a human, animal or thing that is unclean, and then eats of the flesh of the peace gifts that belong to the Lord.’”
Fat and Blood Not to Be Eaten
22 The Lord said to Moses, 23 “Say to the people of Israel, ‘Do not eat any fat from a bull, sheep or goat. 24 The fat of an animal that dies, and the fat of an animal torn by wild animals, may be used in other ways. But for sure you must not eat it. 25 For whoever eats the fat of the animal from which a gift is given by fire to the Lord will be kept away from his people. 26 Do not eat any blood, of bird or animal, in any of your houses. 27 Whoever eats any blood will be kept away from his people.’”
The Part for Aaron and His Sons
28 The Lord said to Moses, 29 “Say to the people of Israel, ‘Whoever gives his peace gift to the Lord will bring a part of it as a special gift to the Lord. 30 With his own hands he will bring the gift given to the Lord by fire. He will bring the fat with the breast so the breast may be given as a wave gift before the Lord. 31 The religious leader will burn the fat on the altar. But the breast will belong to Aaron and his sons. 32 And you will give the right thigh to the religious leader as his part of your peace gift. 33 The son of Aaron who gives the blood and the fat of the peace gift will have the right thigh for his share. 34 For I have taken the breast of the wave gift and the right thigh out of the peace gifts given by the people of Israel. And I have given them to Aaron the religious leader and to his sons as their share forever from the people of Israel.
35 ‘This is the share for Aaron and his sons from the gifts made by fire to the Lord. It was set apart for them on the day they were set apart to work as religious leaders for the Lord. 36 The Lord said that this should be given to them by the people of Israel on the day they were set apart. It is their share forever.’”
37 This is the Law of the burnt gift, the grain gift, the sin gift, the guilt gift, the gift when the religious leader is set apart for the Lord’s work, and the peace gift. 38 The Lord gave this Law to Moses on Mount Sinai on the day that He told the people of Israel to give their gifts to the Lord in the Desert of Sinai.
Aaron and His Sons Set Apart for Their Work
8 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Take Aaron and his sons, and the clothing, the oil for holy use, the bull for the sin gift, the two rams and the basket of bread without yeast. 3 And gather together all the people at the door of the meeting tent.” 4 So Moses did just as the Lord told him. The people were gathered together at the door of the meeting tent. 5 Moses said to the people, “This is what the Lord has said to do.”
6 Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and washed them with water. 7 He dressed him with the coat, the belt, the long piece of clothing, and the linen vest. He tied the well-made rope of the linen vest, to keep his clothing in place. 8 Then he put the breast-piece on him. And he put the Urim and the Thummim into the breast-piece. 9 He put the head covering on his head. And on the front of it he put the gold plate, the holy crown, just as the Lord had told Moses.
10 Then Moses took the oil for holy use and poured it on the meeting tent and all that was in it, and made them holy. 11 He put some of it on the altar seven times. He poured this oil on the altar and all its objects, and the washing pot and its base, to make them holy. 12 And he poured some of the oil for holy use on Aaron’s head, to make him holy. 13 Then Moses had Aaron’s sons come near and dressed them with coats, belts and head coverings, just as the Lord had told Moses.
14 Moses brought the bull of the sin gift. And Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the bull of the sin gift. 15 Then Moses killed it. He took some of the blood, and put it around on the horns of the altar with his finger, to make the altar clean. He poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar to make it holy. 16 He took all the fat that was on the inside parts, and the part that was on the liver, and the two kidneys and their fat. And Moses burned them on the altar. 17 But the bull and its skin, its meat and its waste, he burned in the fire away from the tents, just as the Lord had told Moses.
18 Moses brought the ram of the burnt gift. And Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the sheep. 19 Then Moses killed it and put the blood around on the altar. 20 He cut the ram into pieces. And Moses burned the head, the pieces, and the fat. 21 After he had washed the inside parts and the legs with water, Moses burned the whole ram on the altar. It was a burnt gift for a pleasing smell. It was a gift by fire to the Lord, just as the Lord had told Moses. 22 Then Moses brought the ram, the ram for setting them apart. Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram. 23 And Moses killed it, took some of its blood, and put it on the bottom of Aaron’s right ear, the thumb of his right hand, and the big toe of his right foot. 24 Then he had Aaron’s sons come near. Moses put some of the blood on the bottom of their right ear, the thumb of their right hand, and the big toe of their right foot. Then Moses put the rest of the blood around on the altar. 25 He took the fat, the fat tail, all the fat that was on the inside parts, the part that is on the liver, the two kidneys and their fat, and the right thigh. 26 From the basket of bread made without yeast that was before the Lord, he took one loaf without yeast, and one loaf of bread mixed with oil, and one piece of hard bread. And he put them on the fat parts and the right thigh. 27 He put all these on the hands of Aaron and his sons, and waved them for a wave gift before the Lord. 28 Then Moses took these things from their hands and burned them on the altar with the burnt gift. It was a gift to set them apart. It was a pleasing smell, a gift by fire to the Lord. 29 Moses took the breast of the ram also. He gave it as a wave gift before the Lord. It was Moses’ part of the ram for setting Aaron and his sons apart, just as the Lord had told Moses.
30 Moses took some of the oil for holy use and some of the blood that was on the altar. He put it on Aaron and his clothing, and on his sons and their clothing. So Aaron and his clothing and his sons and their clothing were set apart.
31 Then Moses said to Aaron and his sons, “Boil the meat at the door of the meeting tent. And eat it there with the bread which is in the basket that was set apart as an offering. Just as I said, ‘Aaron and his sons will eat it.’ 32 Burn in the fire what is left of the flesh and the bread. 33 Do not go outside the door of the meeting tent for seven days, until the time is over for you to be set apart. For it will take seven days to set you apart. 34 The Lord has told us to do what has been done today, to take away your sins. 35 Stay day and night at the door of the meeting tent for seven days. Do what the Lord has told you to do, so you will not die. For this is what I have been told.” 36 So Aaron and his sons did all that the Lord had told them to do by Moses.
The Religious Leaders Begin Their Work
9 On the eighth day Moses called Aaron and his sons and the leaders of Israel. 2 He said to Aaron, “Take a bull calf for a sin gift and a ram for a burnt gift, both of them perfect. And give them to the Lord. 3 Then say to the people of Israel, ‘Take a male goat for a sin gift, and a calf and a lamb, both a year old and perfect, for a burnt gift, 4 and a bull and a ram for peace gifts. Give them to the Lord with a grain gift mixed with oil. For today the Lord will show Himself to you.’” 5 So they brought to the front of the meeting tent what Moses had told them. All the people came near and stood before the Lord. 6 Moses said, “This is what the Lord has told you to do. And the shining-greatness of the Lord will be shown to you.” 7 Then Moses said to Aaron, “Come to the altar and give your sin gift and burnt gift to pay for the sins of yourself and for the people. Then give the gift for the people, to pay for their sins, just as the Lord has said.”
8 So Aaron came to the altar and killed the calf of the sin gift, which was for himself. 9 The sons of Aaron gave the blood to him. He put his finger in the blood and put some on the horns of the altar. He poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar. 10 But he burned on the altar the fat and the kidneys and the part that is on the liver from the sin gift, just as the Lord had told Moses. 11 He burned the flesh and the skin away from the tents.
12 Then he killed the burnt gift. Aaron’s sons handed the blood to him and he put it around on the altar. 13 They gave the burnt gift to him in pieces, with the head. And he burned them on the altar. 14 He washed the inside parts and legs and burned them on the altar with the burnt gift.
15 Then he gave the people’s gift. He took the goat of the sin gift which was for the people. And he killed it and gave it for sin, like the first sin gift. 16 He gave the burnt gift. He gave it just the way the Law said. 17 Next he gave the grain gift. He filled his hand with some of the grain and burned it on the altar beside the burnt gift of the morning.
18 Then he killed the bull and the ram, the peace gifts which were for the people. Aaron’s sons handed the blood to him and he put it around on the altar. 19 The fat parts from the bull and ram, the fat tail, the fat around the inside parts, the kidneys and the part that is on the liver, 20 all the fat parts they put on the breasts. And they burned the fat parts on the altar. 21 But Aaron gave the breasts and the right thigh as a wave gift before the Lord, just as Moses had said.
22 Then Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people and prayed that good would come to them. After giving the sin gift, the burnt gift and the peace gifts, he came down. 23 Moses and Aaron went into the meeting tent. When they came out and prayed that good would come to the people, the shining-greatness of the Lord was shown to all the people. 24 Then fire came from the Lord and burned up the burnt gift and the fat parts on the altar. When the people saw it, they cried out and bowed down with their faces to the ground.
The Sin of Nadab and Abihu
10 Aaron’s sons, Nadab and Abihu, each took his fire pan, put fire in it, and put special perfume on it. They gave a fire that was not holy to the Lord because the Lord had not told them to do this. 2 So the Lord sent out fire that burned them up and they died before the Lord. 3 Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord meant when He said, ‘I will show Myself holy among those who are near Me. I will be honored in front of all the people.’” And Aaron said nothing. 4 Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel, the brother of Aaron’s father. He said to them, “Come, carry your brothers away from the holy place and away from the tents.” 5 So they came and carried them in their coats away from the tents, as Moses had said. 6 Then Moses said to Aaron and his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, “Do not take the covering off your heads and do not tear your clothes, so you will not die and God will not be angry with all the people. But your brothers, the whole house of Israel, will cry in sorrow because of the burning the Lord has done. 7 Do not even go out the door of the meeting tent, so you will not die. For the holy oil of the Lord is upon you.” And they did what Moses said.
How the Religious Leaders Were to Act
8 The Lord said to Aaron, 9 “Do not drink wine or strong drink, you or your sons, when you come into the meeting tent, so you will not die. It is a Law forever for all your people. 10 You are to know the difference between what is holy and what is not, and between what is clean and what is not. 11 You are to teach the people of Israel all the Laws which the Lord has told them by Moses.” 12 Then Moses said to Aaron and his sons who were left, Eleazar and Ithamar, “Take the grain gift that is left from the gifts by fire to the Lord. And eat it without yeast beside the altar, for it is most holy. 13 Eat it in a holy place, because it is yours and your sons’, from the gifts by fire to the Lord. For so I have been told. 14 But you and your sons and daughters may eat in a clean place the breast of the wave gift and the thigh that is given. For they are given to you as your right and your sons’ right, from the peace gifts of the people of Israel. 15 They will bring the thigh that is given and the breast of the wave gift, with the gifts by fire of the fat. They will wave them before the Lord for a wave gift. They will be yours and your sons’, as your right forever, as the Lord has said.”
16 But Moses looked and looked for the goat of the sin gift, and found that it had been burned up! So he was angry with Aaron’s sons who were left, Eleazar and Ithamar, saying, 17 “Why have you not eaten the sin gift in the holy place? For it is most holy and He gave it to you to take away the guilt of the people, to take away their sins before the Lord. 18 See, its blood has not been brought inside the holy place. You should have been sure to eat it in the holy place, as I told you.” 19 But Aaron said to Moses, “See, today they have given their sin gift and their burnt gift to the Lord. When things like these happened to me, if I had eaten a sin gift today, would it have been good in the eyes of the Lord?” 20 And when Moses heard that, he was not angry any more.
Foods That Could Be Eaten
11 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, 2 “Say to the people of Israel, ‘These are the living things which you may eat among all the animals on the earth. 3 You may eat any animal that has hard and divided feet and chews its food again. 4 But among those which chew their food again or have feet that are hard and divided, do not eat the camel. For it chews its food again, but does not have feet that are hard and divided. It is unclean to you. 5 Do not eat the rock badger. For it chews its food again, but does not have feet that are hard and divided. It is unclean to you. 6 Do not eat the rabbit. For it chews its food again, but does not have feet that are hard and divided. It is unclean to you. 7 And do not eat the pig. For it has feet that are hard and divided, but it does not chew its food again. It is unclean to you. 8 Do not eat their flesh or touch their dead bodies. They are unclean to you.
9 ‘These you may eat, of all that are in the water. You may eat everything in the water that has fins and scales, in the seas or in the rivers. 10 But whatever is in the seas and rivers that does not have fins and scales, among all the living things moving in the water, are to be hated by you. 11 You will hate them. You may not eat their meat, and you will hate their dead bodies. 12 Whatever in the water does not have fins and scales will be hated by you.
13 ‘These you will hate among the birds. They are hated and not to be eaten: the eagle, the vulture, the buzzard, 14 the kite, every kind of falcon, 15 every kind of raven, 16 the ostrich, the owl, the sea gull, every kind of hawk, 17 the little owl, the cormorant, the big owl, 18 the white owl, the pelican, the vulture that eats dead flesh, 19 the stork, every kind of heron, the hoopoe and the bat.
20 ‘All bugs with wings and that walk on all fours are to be hated by you. 21 But you may eat, among all the bugs with wings and that walk on all fours, those which have legs above their feet that allow them to jump on the ground. 22 You may eat every kind of locust, every kind of destroying locust, every kind of cricket, and every kind of grasshopper. 23 But you are to hate all other bugs with wings and four feet.
24 ‘If you touch these you will be unclean. Whoever touches their dead bodies will be unclean until evening. 25 And whoever picks up any of their dead bodies will wash his clothes and be unclean until evening. 26 Every animal that has a parted foot but not a divided foot, or that does not eat its food again, is unclean to you. Whoever touches them will be unclean. 27 Whatever walks on its soft feet, among all the animals that walk on all fours, are unclean to you. Whoever touches their dead bodies will be unclean until evening. 28 And he who picks up their dead bodies will wash his clothes and be unclean until evening. They are unclean to you.
29 ‘These animals that move on the earth are unclean to you: the mole, the mouse, every kind of big lizard, 30 the gecko, the crocodile, the lizard, the sand lizard, and the chameleon. 31 These animals that move on the earth are unclean to you. Whoever touches their dead bodies will be unclean until evening. 32 And anything on which one of them may fall when they are dead will be unclean. Each piece of wood or clothing or skin or bag or anything used as you work, must be put in water. It will be unclean until evening. Then it will be clean. 33 If any falls into a clay pot, whatever is in the pot will be unclean. You should break the pot. 34 Any food that could be eaten but has water from such a pot on it will be unclean. And anything which could be drunk from any such pot will be unclean. 35 Everything on which part of their dead body may fall will be unclean. A stove or a place for pots must be broken. They are unclean to you. 36 But a well or a place holding water will be clean. But whoever touches a dead body will be unclean. 37 If a part of their dead body falls on any seed which is to be planted, it is clean. 38 But if water is put on the seed, and a body falls on it, it is unclean to you.
39 ‘If one of the animals dies which you have for food, the one who touches its dead body will be unclean until evening. 40 He who eats some of the dead body will wash his clothes and be unclean until evening. And he who picks up its dead body will wash his clothes and be unclean until evening.
41 ‘Anything that moves around on the ground in large numbers is hated and is not to be eaten. 42 You should not eat whatever moves on its stomach, or goes on four feet, or has many feet, among all the things that move around on the ground in large numbers. For they are hated. 43 Do not make yourselves unclean by any of the small living things that move together on the ground, so you become unclean. 44 For I am the Lord your God. So set yourselves apart, and be holy. For I am holy. Do not make yourselves unclean with any of the small living things that move together in large numbers on the ground. 45 For I am the Lord Who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God. So be holy, because I am holy.’”
46 This is the Law of the animal, the bird, every living thing that moves in the water, and everything that moves on the ground. 47 It is so you know the difference between those that are clean and those that are unclean, and between the animal that may be eaten and the animal that may not be eaten.
Women after Childbirth
12 Then the Lord said to Moses, 2 “Say to the people of Israel, ‘When a woman gives birth to a male child, she will be unclean for seven days as during her time each month. 3 On the eighth day the child is to go through the religious act of becoming a Jew. 4 The mother will be unclean for thirty-three days, until her blood stops flowing. She will not touch any holy thing or go into the holy place, until the days for making her clean are finished. 5 If she gives birth to a female child, she will be unclean for two weeks, as during the time she is unclean each month. She will be unclean for sixty-six days, until her blood stops flowing.
6 ‘When the days for making her clean are finished, for a son or for a daughter, she will bring her gifts to the religious leader at the door of the meeting tent. She will bring a one year old lamb for a burnt gift, and a young pigeon or a turtle-dove for a sin gift. 7 Then he will give it to the Lord and pay for her sins. She will be made clean from the flow of her blood. This is the Law for her who gives birth to a son or daughter. 8 But if she does not have enough money for a lamb, then she will take two turtle-doves or two young pigeons, one for a burnt gift and the other for a sin gift. The religious leader will pay for her sins and she will be clean.’”
Laws about a Bad Skin Disease
13 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, 2 “When a man has a sore spot on his skin, an open sore or a bright spot, and it becomes a bad skin disease, he should be brought to the religious leader, to Aaron or one of his sons. 3 The religious leader will look at the mark on his skin of the body. If the hair in the spot has become white and the disease looks deeper than his skin, it is a bad skin disease. The religious leader will look at him, and will say that he is unclean. 4 But the spot may be white on his skin, and not seem to be deeper than the skin, and the hair on it not white. Then the religious leader will keep the sick man away from other people for seven days. 5 The religious leader will look at him on the seventh day. If he finds that the disease has not changed and has not spread on the skin, the religious leader will keep him away from other people for seven more days. 6 The religious leader will look at him again on the seventh day. If the spot is not as bright and has not spread on the skin, the religious leader will say he is clean. It is only what is left of a sore. He will wash his clothes and be clean.
7 “But if what is left of the sore spreads farther on the skin, after he has been seen by the religious leader as being clean, he must show himself to the religious leader again. 8 And the religious leader will look, and if the sore has spread on the skin, the religious leader will say that he is unclean. It is a bad skin disease.
9 “When a man has a bad skin disease, he will be brought to the religious leader. 10 The religious leader will look at it. If there is a white sore on the skin that has made the hair white, and there are open sores growing on the flesh, 11 it is an old and deep skin disease on his body. The religious leader will say he is unclean. He will not keep him away from others, for he already is unclean. 12 But the disease may spread farther on the skin, and cover all the skin of him who has the disease from head to foot, everywhere the religious leader looks. 13 If the religious leader sees that the skin disease has covered all his body, he will say he is clean from the disease, because the skin has all become white and he is clean. 14 But when open sores in the flesh show on him, he will be unclean. 15 The religious leader will look at the open sores in the flesh, and he will say he is unclean. The open sores in the flesh are unclean. It is a bad skin disease. 16 If the flesh with open sores changes again and becomes white, he will come to the religious leader. 17 If the religious leader sees that the disease has become white, the religious leader will say that he who had the disease is clean; he is clean.
18 “When there is a sore on the skin of the body that has been healed, 19 and in the place of the sore there is a white, growing spot or a light-red, bright spot, it must be shown to the religious leader. 20 If the religious leader finds that it is under the skin and that the hair on it has become white, the religious leader will say he is unclean. It is the bad skin disease. It has broken out in the sore. 21 But the religious leader may find there are no white hairs in it, and that it is not under the skin and not as dark. Then the religious leader will keep him away from other people for seven days. 22 If it spreads farther on the skin, the religious leader will say he is unclean. It is a spreading disease. 23 But if the bright spot stays in one place and does not spread, it is only what is left of the sore. The religious leader will say he is clean.
24 “If the body has a burn on its skin, and the open sore of the burned flesh becomes a bright spot, light-red or white, 25 the religious leader must look at it. If the hair in the bright spot has become white and it shows to be deeper than the skin, it is a bad skin disease. It has broken out in the burn. So the religious leader will say he is unclean. It is a bad skin disease. 26 But the religious leader may find there is no white hair in the bright spot, and that it is not under the skin and not as dark. Then the religious leader will keep him away from other people for seven days. 27 On the seventh day the religious leader will look at him. If it has spread farther in the skin, the religious leader will say he is unclean. It is a bad skin disease. 28 But if the bright spot stays in one place and has not spread in the skin and is not as dark, it is only what is left of the burn. The religious leader will say he is clean. For it is what is left of the burn.
29 “When a man or woman has a sore on the head or in the hair of the face, 30 the religious leader will look at the sore. If it looks like it is under the skin, with yellow, fine hair in it, the religious leader will say he is unclean. It is a bad skin disease of the head or hair of the face. 31 But the religious leader may find that the skin disease is not under the skin and there is no black hair in it. Then the religious leader will keep the person with the disease away from other people for seven days. 32 On the seventh day the religious leader will look at the disease. If the sore has not spread, and no yellow hair has grown in it, and it does not look like it is under the skin, 33 then the sick man will cut off his hair. But he will not cut the hair from the sore. The religious leader will keep the person with the disease away from other people seven more days. 34 On the seventh day the religious leader will look at the disease. If the disease has not spread and looks like it is not under the skin, the religious leader will say he is clean. And he will wash his clothes and be clean. 35 But if the disease spreads farther in the skin after he was to have been clean, 36 then the religious leader will look at him. If the disease has spread in the skin, the religious leader does not need to look for yellow hair. He is unclean. 37 But if he finds that the disease has stayed in one place and black hair has grown in it, the disease has healed. He is clean. And the religious leader will say he is clean.
38 “When a man or woman has very white spots on the skin of their body, 39 then the religious leader will look at them. If the white spots on the skin are not very bright, it is not a bad disease that has broken out on the skin. He is clean.
40 “If a man’s hair has fallen out and he has no hair on his head, he is clean. 41 If the hair has fallen from the front part of his head so that he has no hair there, he is clean. 42 But if a red and white sore is on the head where there is no hair, it is a bad skin disease breaking out on his head. 43 Then the religious leader will look at him. If the sore is red and white on the head where there is no hair, looking like a bad disease in the skin of the body, 44 he is a man with a bad skin disease. He is unclean. The religious leader will say he is unclean. His disease is on his head.
Laws about Clothing
45 “The person who has the bad skin disease will wear torn clothes and not cover the hair of his head. He will cover his mouth and cry out, ‘Unclean! Unclean!’ 46 He will be unclean as long as he has the disease. He is unclean. He will live alone. His home will be away from the tents. 47 When a mark of a bad skin disease is in a piece of clothing, wool or linen, 48 in the cloth of linen or wool, or in leather or anything made of leather, 49 if the mark is green or red in the clothing or leather, in the cloth or in anything made of leather, it is the mark of a bad skin disease. It will be shown to the religious leader. 50 The religious leader will look at the mark, and will keep the piece of clothing away from people for seven days. 51 He will look at the mark again on the seventh day. If the mark has spread in the clothing, in the cloth or leather or anything made of leather, the mark is a bad disease. It is unclean. 52 So he will burn the clothing if the disease is in the cloth, in wool or linen or in anything made of leather, for it is a very bad disease. It will be burned in the fire.
53 “But the religious leader may look and find that the mark has not spread in the clothing, in the cloth or anything made of leather. 54 Then the religious leader will tell them to wash the thing that has the mark of disease. And he will keep it away from people for seven more days. 55 After the piece of cloth or leather with the mark has been washed, the religious leader will look at it again. If the mark has not changed, even if the mark has not spread, it is unclean. You will burn it in the fire, if the mark of disease is on the back or the front.
56 “But the religious leader may find that the mark is not as easy to see after it is washed. Then he will tear it out of the clothing, leather or cloth. 57 If it is seen again in the clothing, in cloth or anything made of leather, it is spreading. The thing that has the mark will be burned in the fire. 58 But if the clothing, cloth or anything made of leather, had the mark washed out of it, it will then be washed a second time. And it will be clean.”
59 This is the law for the mark of a very bad disease in clothing of wool or linen, in cloth or in anything made of leather, for deciding if it is clean or not.
Laws about Skin Diseases
14 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “This is the law of the person with a bad skin disease when he is made clean. He will be brought to the religious leader. 3 The religious leader will go away from the tents and look at him. If the sick person has been healed of the bad skin disease, 4 the religious leader must have two live clean birds, cedar wood, a red string and hyssop brought for the one who is to be made clean. 5 The religious leader will have one of the birds killed in a clay pot over flowing water. 6 Then he will take the living bird with the cedar wood, the red string and the hyssop. He will put them and the live bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the flowing water. 7 He will put blood seven times on the one who is to be made clean from the bad skin disease. And he will say he is clean. Then he will let the live bird go free over the open field. 8 The one to be made clean will wash his clothes, cut off all his hair, wash himself in water, and be clean. After that he may go among the tents. But he must stay outside his tent for seven days. 9 On the seventh day he will cut off his hair. He will cut the hair from his head and face, all his hair. Then he will wash his clothes and wash himself in water, and be clean.
10 “On the eighth day he is to take two male lambs that are perfect, a year old female lamb that is perfect, three-tenths part of a basket of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain gift, and one jar of oil. 11 The religious leader who makes him clean will set the man who is to be made clean and these things before the Lord at the door of the meeting tent. 12 Then the religious leader will take the one male lamb and bring it for a guilt gift with the jar of oil. He will give them as a wave gift before the Lord. 13 He will kill the lamb in the holy place where they kill the sin gifts and the burnt gifts. For the guilt gift belongs to the religious leader like the sin gift. It is most holy. 14 Then the religious leader will take some of the blood of the guilt gift. He will put it on the bottom part of the right ear of the person to be made clean. And he will put it on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot. 15 Then the religious leader will take some of the oil in the jar and pour it into his left hand. 16 The religious leader will put a finger of his right hand into the oil that is in his left hand seven times before the Lord. 17 Then the religious leader will put some of the rest of the oil upon the blood of the guilt gift on the bottom part of the right ear, the thumb of the right hand and the big toe of the right foot of the person to be made clean. 18 The rest of the oil in the religious leader’s hand will be put on the head of the person to be made clean. So the religious leader will pay for the person’s sins before the Lord. 19 The religious leader will then give the sin gift to pay for the sins of the person to be made clean. After that he will kill the burnt gift. 20 The religious leader will give the burnt gift and the grain gift on the altar. So the religious leader will pay for the person’s sins, and he will be clean.
21 “But if he is poor and does not have enough money for so much, he will take one male lamb for a guilt gift, a wave gift, to pay for his sins. And he will take one-tenth part of a basket of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain gift, a jar of oil, 22 and two turtle-doves or two young pigeons, whatever he is able to buy. One will be a sin gift and the other a burnt gift. 23 On the eighth day he will bring them to the religious leader at the door of the meeting tent before the Lord so he can be made clean. 24 The religious leader will take the lamb of the guilt gift and the jar of oil. And the religious leader will wave them as the wave gift before the Lord. 25 Then he will kill the lamb of the guilt gift. The religious leader will take some of the blood of the guilt gift and put it on the bottom part of the right ear, the thumb of the right hand and the big toe of the right foot of the person to be made clean. 26 The religious leader will pour some of the oil into his left hand. 27 The religious leader will put a finger of his right hand into the oil that is in the left hand seven times before the Lord. 28 Then the religious leader will put some of the oil in his hand on the bottom part of the right ear, the thumb of the right hand and the big toe of the right foot of the person to be made clean. It will be put on the place where he has put the blood of the guilt gift. 29 The rest of the oil in the religious leader’s hand will be put on the head of the person to be made clean, to pay for his sins before the Lord. 30 Then he will give one of the turtle-doves or young pigeons that he was able to buy. 31 He will give what he is able to give, one for a sin gift and the other for a burnt gift, together with the grain gift. So the religious leader will pay for the sins of the person to be made clean before the Lord. 32 This is the law for him who had a bad skin disease and is not able to buy what is needed for making him clean.”
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