from Crossway1“This is the law of the guilt offering. It is most holy. (Le 5:1; Le 6:17; Le 6:25; Le 7:37)2In the place where they kill the burnt offering they shall kill the guilt offering, and its blood shall be thrown against the sides of the altar. (Le 6:25)3And all its fat shall be offered, the fat tail, the fat that covers the entrails, (Ex 29:13; Ex 29:22; Le 3:3; Le 3:9; Le 3:14; Le 4:8)4the two kidneys with the fat that is on them at the loins, and the long lobe of the liver that he shall remove with the kidneys. (Le 3:4)5The priest shall burn them on the altar as a food offering to the Lord; it is a guilt offering.6Every male among the priests may eat of it. It shall be eaten in a holy place. It is most holy. (Le 6:18; Le 6:29; Le 7:1)7The guilt offering is just like the sin offering; there is one law for them. The priest who makes atonement with it shall have it. (Le 6:25; Le 14:13)8And the priest who offers any man’s burnt offering shall have for himself the skin of the burnt offering that he has offered.9And every grain offering baked in the oven and all that is prepared on a pan or a griddle shall belong to the priest who offers it. (Le 2:3; Le 2:5; Le 2:7; Le 2:10; Le 6:21; Nu 18:9; Eze 44:29)10And every grain offering, mixed with oil or dry, shall be shared equally among all the sons of Aaron.11“And this is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings that one may offer to the Lord.12If he offers it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the thanksgiving sacrifice unleavened loaves mixed with oil, unleavened wafers smeared with oil, and loaves of fine flour well mixed with oil. (Le 2:4; Le 6:21; Nu 6:15)13With the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving he shall bring his offering with loaves of leavened bread. (Am 4:5)14And from it he shall offer one loaf from each offering, as a gift to the Lord. It shall belong to the priest who throws the blood of the peace offerings. (Ex 29:27; Nu 18:8; Nu 18:11; Nu 18:19)15And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving shall be eaten on the day of his offering. He shall not leave any of it until the morning. (Le 22:29)16But if the sacrifice of his offering is a vow offering or a freewill offering, it shall be eaten on the day that he offers his sacrifice, and on the next day what remains of it shall be eaten. (Le 19:6; Le 22:21)17But what remains of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day shall be burned up with fire.18If any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offering is eaten on the third day, he who offers it shall not be accepted, neither shall it be credited to him. It is tainted, and he who eats of it shall bear his iniquity. (Le 19:7)19“Flesh that touches any unclean thing shall not be eaten. It shall be burned up with fire. All who are clean may eat flesh,20but the person who eats of the flesh of the sacrifice of the Lord’s peace offerings while an uncleanness is on him, that person shall be cut off from his people. (Le 15:3; Le 22:3)21And if anyone touches an unclean thing, whether human uncleanness or an unclean beast or any unclean detestable creature, and then eats some flesh from the sacrifice of the Lord’s peace offerings, that person shall be cut off from his people.” (Le 11:10; Le 11:24)22The Lord spoke to Moses, saying,23“Speak to the people of Israel, saying, You shall eat no fat, of ox or sheep or goat. (Le 3:16)24The fat of an animal that dies of itself and the fat of one that is torn by beasts may be put to any other use, but on no account shall you eat it. (Ex 22:31; Le 17:15; Le 22:8; De 14:21; Eze 4:14; Eze 44:31)25For every person who eats of the fat of an animal of which a food offering may be made to the Lord shall be cut off from his people.26Moreover, you shall eat no blood whatever, whether of fowl or of animal, in any of your dwelling places. (Le 3:17)27Whoever eats any blood, that person shall be cut off from his people.”28The Lord spoke to Moses, saying,29“Speak to the people of Israel, saying, Whoever offers the sacrifice of his peace offerings to the Lord shall bring his offering to the Lord from the sacrifice of his peace offerings. (Le 3:1)30His own hands shall bring the Lord’s food offerings. He shall bring the fat with the breast, that the breast may be waved as a wave offering before the Lord. (Ex 29:24; Le 3:3; Le 3:9; Le 3:14)31The priest shall burn the fat on the altar, but the breast shall be for Aaron and his sons. (Le 3:5; Le 3:11; Le 3:16; Le 9:21; Nu 6:20)32And the right thigh you shall give to the priest as a contribution from the sacrifice of your peace offerings. (Le 7:31)33Whoever among the sons of Aaron offers the blood of the peace offerings and the fat shall have the right thigh for a portion.34For the breast that is waved and the thigh that is contributed I have taken from the people of Israel, out of the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and have given them to Aaron the priest and to his sons, as a perpetual due from the people of Israel. (Ex 29:28; Le 7:31; Nu 18:18)35This is the portion of Aaron and of his sons from the Lord’s food offerings, from the day they were presented to serve as priests of the Lord.36The Lord commanded this to be given them by the people of Israel, from the day that he anointed them. It is a perpetual due throughout their generations.” (Ex 40:13; Le 8:12; Le 8:30)37This is the law of the burnt offering, of the grain offering, of the sin offering, of the guilt offering, of the ordination offering, and of the peace offering, (Ex 29:1; Le 6:9; Le 6:14; Le 6:20; Le 6:25; Le 7:1; Le 7:11)38which the Lord commanded Moses on Mount Sinai, on the day that he commanded the people of Israel to bring their offerings to the Lord, in the wilderness of Sinai. (Le 1:2)
1‘ “These are the regulations for the guilt offering, which is most holy:2the guilt offering is to be slaughtered in the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered, and its blood is to be splashed against the sides of the altar.3All its fat shall be offered: the fat tail and the fat that covers the internal organs,4both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the long lobe of the liver, which is to be removed with the kidneys.5The priest shall burn them on the altar as a food offering presented to the Lord. It is a guilt offering.6Any male in a priest’s family may eat it, but it must be eaten in the sanctuary area; it is most holy.7‘ “The same law applies to both the sin offering[1] and the guilt offering: they belong to the priest who makes atonement with them.8The priest who offers a burnt offering for anyone may keep its hide for himself.9Every grain offering baked in an oven or cooked in a pan or on a griddle belongs to the priest who offers it,10and every grain offering, whether mixed with olive oil or dry, belongs equally to all the sons of Aaron.
The fellowship offering
11‘ “These are the regulations for the fellowship offering anyone may present to the Lord:12‘ “If they offer it as an expression of thankfulness, then along with this thank-offering they are to offer thick loaves made without yeast and with olive oil mixed in, thin loaves made without yeast and brushed with oil, and thick loaves of the finest flour well-kneaded and with oil mixed in.13Along with their fellowship offering of thanksgiving they are to present an offering with thick loaves of bread made with yeast.14They are to bring one of each kind as an offering, a contribution to the Lord; it belongs to the priest who splashes the blood of the fellowship offering against the altar.15The meat of their fellowship offering of thanksgiving must be eaten on the day it is offered; they must leave none of it till morning.16‘ “If, however, their offering is the result of a vow or is a freewill offering, the sacrifice shall be eaten on the day they offer it, but anything left over may be eaten on the next day.17Any meat of the sacrifice left over till the third day must be burned.18If any meat of the fellowship offering is eaten on the third day, the one who offered it will not be accepted. It will not be reckoned to their credit, for it has become impure; the person who eats any of it will be held responsible.19‘ “Meat that touches anything ceremonially unclean must not be eaten; it must be burned. As for other meat, anyone ceremonially clean may eat it.20But if anyone who is unclean eats any meat of the fellowship offering belonging to the Lord, they must be cut off from their people.21Anyone who touches something unclean – whether human uncleanness or an unclean animal or any unclean creature that moves along the ground[2] – and then eats any of the meat of the fellowship offering belonging to the Lord must be cut off from their people.” ’
Eating fat and blood forbidden
22The Lord said to Moses,23‘Say to the Israelites: “Do not eat any of the fat of cattle, sheep or goats.24The fat of an animal found dead or torn by wild animals may be used for any other purpose, but you must not eat it.25Anyone who eats the fat of an animal from which a food offering may be[3] presented to the Lord must be cut off from their people.26And wherever you live, you must not eat the blood of any bird or animal.27Anyone who eats blood must be cut off from their people.” ’
The priests’ share
28The Lord said to Moses,29‘Say to the Israelites: “Anyone who brings a fellowship offering to the Lord is to bring part of it as their sacrifice to the Lord.30With their own hands they are to present the food offering to the Lord; they are to bring the fat, together with the breast, and wave the breast before the Lord as a wave offering.31The priest shall burn the fat on the altar, but the breast belongs to Aaron and his sons.32You are to give the right thigh of your fellowship offerings to the priest as a contribution.33The son of Aaron who offers the blood and the fat of the fellowship offering shall have the right thigh as his share.34From the fellowship offerings of the Israelites, I have taken the breast that is waved and the thigh that is presented and have given them to Aaron the priest and his sons as their perpetual share from the Israelites.” ’35This is the portion of the food offerings presented to the Lord that were allotted to Aaron and his sons on the day they were presented to serve the Lord as priests.36On the day they were anointed, the Lord commanded that the Israelites give this to them as their perpetual share for the generations to come.37These, then, are the regulations for the burnt offering, the grain offering, the sin offering, the guilt offering, the ordination offering and the fellowship offering,38which the Lord gave Moses at Mount Sinai in the Desert of Sinai on the day he commanded the Israelites to bring their offerings to the Lord.
1‘ “Here are some more rules for guilt offerings. The guilt offering is very holy.2You must kill the animal for the guilt offering where you kill the animal for the burnt offering. Splash its blood against the sides of the altar.3Offer all its fat. It must include the fat tail and the fat that covers the inside parts.4It must include both kidneys with the fat on them next to the lower back muscles. It must also include the long part of the liver. Remove all of it together with the kidneys.5The priest must burn all of it on the altar. It is a food offering presented to the LORD. It is a guilt offering.6Any male in a priest’s family can eat it. But he must eat it in the holy area. It is very holy.7‘ “The same law applies to the sin offering and the guilt offering. Both of them belong to the priest who offers them to pay for sin.8The priest who offers a burnt offering for anyone can keep its hide for himself.9Every grain offering baked in an oven belongs to the priest who offers it. So does every grain offering cooked in a pan or on a metal plate.10Every grain offering belongs equally to all the priests in Aaron’s family line. That is true whether it is mixed with olive oil or it is dry.
More rules for friendship offerings
11‘ “Here are some more rules for friendship offerings anyone may bring to the LORD.12‘ “Suppose they offer a friendship offering to show they are thankful. Then together with the thank-offering they must offer thick loaves of bread. They must make them without yeast. They must mix them with olive oil. Or they must offer thin loaves of bread made without yeast. They must spread olive oil on them. Or they must offer thick loaves of bread made out of the finest flour. They must add olive oil to it. They must work the flour and prepare it well.13They must bring another friendship offering along with their thank-offering. It should be thick loaves of bread made with yeast.14They must bring one of each kind of bread as an offering. One kind is made with yeast. The other is not. Both of them are a gift to the LORD. They belong to the priest who splashes the blood of the friendship offering against the altar.15The person must eat the meat from their thank-offering on the day they offer it. They must not leave any of it until morning.16‘ “But suppose they bring a friendship offering to keep a promise they have made. Or suppose they bring an offering they choose to give. Then they must eat the sacrifice on the day they offer it. But if anything is left over, they may eat it the next day.17They must burn up any meat from the sacrifice left over until the third day.18Suppose they eat any meat from the friendship offering on the third day. Then the LORD will not accept the offering. He will not accept it as a gift from them. It is not pure. If they eat any of it, they will be held responsible for it.19‘ “They must not eat meat that touches anything ‘unclean’. They must burn it up. Anyone ‘clean’ may eat any other meat.20But suppose an ‘unclean’ person eats any meat from the friendship offering that belongs to the LORD. Then they will be separated from their people.21Suppose someone touches something ‘unclean’. It does not matter whether it comes from a human being who is not ‘clean’. It does not matter whether it comes from an ‘unclean’ animal. It does not matter whether it comes from something hated and ‘unclean’. And suppose they eat any of the meat from the friendship offering that belongs to the LORD. Then they will be separated from their people.” ’
Israel must not eat fat or blood
22The LORD spoke to Moses. He said,23‘Speak to the Israelites. Tell them, “Do not eat any of the fat of cattle, sheep or goats.24Do not eat the fat of any animal found dead. Do not eat the fat of an animal that wild animals have torn apart. But you can use the fat for any other purpose.25Suppose an animal has been sacrificed as a food offering to the LORD. No one may eat its fat. If they do, they will be separated from their people.26No matter where you live, do not eat the blood of any bird or animal.27Anyone who eats blood must be separated from their people.” ’
The share that belongs to the priests
28The LORD spoke to Moses. He said,29‘Speak to the Israelites. Tell them, “Suppose someone brings a friendship offering to the LORD. Then they must bring part of it as their special gift to the LORD.30They must bring it with their own hands. It is a food offering presented to the LORD. They must bring the fat together with the breast. They must lift the breast up and wave it in front of the LORD as a wave offering.31The priest will burn the fat on the altar. But the breast belongs to Aaron and the priests in his family line.32Give the right thigh from your friendship offerings to the priest as a gift.33The priest who offers the blood and fat from the friendship offering must be given the right thigh. It is his share.34I, the LORD, have taken the breast that is waved and the thigh that is given. I have taken them from the friendship offerings of the Israelites. And I have given them to Aaron the priest and the priests in his family line. The offerings will be their share from the Israelites for all time to come.” ’35That is the part of the food offerings presented to the LORD. It is given to Aaron and the priests in his family line. It was given to Aaron and his sons on the day they were set apart to serve the LORD as priests.36On the day they were anointed, the LORD commanded the Israelites to give that part to them. For all time to come, it will be the share of Aaron and the priests in his family line.37These are the rules for burnt offerings, grain offerings, sin offerings, guilt offerings and friendship offerings. They are also the rules for the offerings that are given when priests are being prepared to serve the LORD.38They are the rules the LORD gave Moses on Mount Sinai. He gave them on the day he commanded the Israelites to bring their offerings to the LORD. That took place in the Sinai Desert.