1    ^note 2   The Lord spoke to Moses and said: When any person sins and commits a grievous fault against the Lord, whether he lies to a fellow-countryman about a deposit or contract, or a theft, or wrongs him by extortion, 3   or finds lost property and then lies about it, and swears a false oath in regard to any sin of this sort that he commits—if he does this, 4    thereby incurring guilt, he shall restore what he has stolen or gained by extortion, or the deposit left with him or the lost property which he found, or anything at all concerning which he swore a false oath. 5   He shall make full restitution, adding one fifth to it, and give it back to the aggrieved party on the day when he offers his guilt-offering. 6   He shall bring to the Lord as his guilt-offering a ram without blemish from the flock, valued by you, as a guilt-offering. ^note 7   The priest shall make expiation for his guilt before the Lord, and he shall be forgiven for any act which has brought guilt upon him.

8    ^note 9   The Lord spoke to Moses and said, Give this command to Aaron and his sons: This is the law of the whole-offering. The whole-offering

Laws concerning offerings and sacrifices shall remain on the altar-hearth all night till morning, and the altar-fire shall be kept burning there. 10   Then the priest, having donned his linen robe and put on linen drawers to cover himself, shall remove the ashes to which the fire reduces the whole-offering on the altar and put them beside the altar. 11   He shall then change into other garments and take the ashes outside the camp to a ritually clean place. 12   The fire shall be kept burning on the altar; it shall never go out. Every morning the priest shall have fresh wood burning thereon, arrange the whole-offering on it, and on top burn the fat from the shared-offerings. 13   Fire shall always be kept burning on the altar; it shall not go out.

14   This is the law of the grain-offering. The Aaronites shall present it before the Lord in front of the altar. 15   The priest shall set aside a handful of the flour from it, with the oil of the grain-offering, and all the frankincense on it. He shall burn this token of it on the altar as a soothing odour to the Lord. 16   The remainder Aaron and his sons shall eat. It shall be eaten in the form of unleavened cakes and in a holy place. 17   They shall eat it in the court of the Tent of the Presence. It shall not be baked with leaven. I have allotted this to them as their share of my food-offerings. Like the sin-offering and the guilt-offering, it is most sacred. 18   Any male descendant of Aaron may eat it, as a due from the food-offerings to the Lord, for generation after generation for all time. Whatever touches them is to be forfeit as sacred.

19    20   The Lord spoke to Moses and said: This is the offering which Aaron and his sons shall present to the Lord: ^note one tenth of an ephah of flour, the usual grain-offering, half of it in the morning and half in the evening. 21   It shall be cooked with oil on a griddle; you shall bring it well-mixed, and so present it crumbled ^note in small pieces as a grain-offering, a soothing odour to the Lord. 22   The anointed priest in the line of Aaron shall offer it. This is a rule binding for all time. It shall be burnt in sacrifice to the Lord as a complete offering. 23   Every grain-offering of a priest shall be a complete offering; it shall not be eaten.

24    25   The Lord spoke to Moses and said, Speak to Aaron and his sons in these words: This is the law of the sin-offering. The sin-offering shall be slaughtered before the Lord in the place where the whole-offering is slaughtered; it is most sacred. 26   The priest who officiates shall eat of the flesh; it shall be eaten in a sacred place, in the court of the Tent of the Presence. 27   Whatever touches its flesh is to be forfeit as sacred. If any of the blood is splashed on a garment, that shall be washed ^note in a sacred place. 28   An earthenware vessel in which the sin-offering is boiled shall be smashed. If it has been boiled in a copper vessel, that shall be scoured and rinsed with water. 29   Any male of priestly family may eat of this

Laws concerning offerings and sacrifices offering; it is most sacred. 30   If, however, part of the blood is brought to the Tent of the Presence to make expiation in the holy place, the sin-offering shall not be eaten; it shall be destroyed by fire.

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