Leviticus 7

The Priests and the Offerings

1 j "This is the law of the k guilt offering. l It is most holy. 2 m In 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. 3 And n all its fat shall be offered, the fat tail, the fat that covers the entrails, 4 the two kidneys with the fat that is on them at the loins, and the long lobe of the liver that he shall remove o with the kidneys. 5 The priest shall burn them on the altar as a food offering to the Lord; it is a guilt offering. 6 p Every male among the priests may eat of it. It shall be eaten in a holy place. q It is most holy. 7 The r guilt offering is just like the sin offering; there is one law for them. The priest who makes atonement with it shall have it. 8 And the priest who offers any man's burnt offering shall have for himself the skin of the burnt offering that he has offered. 9 And s every grain offering baked t in the oven and all that is prepared u on a pan or a griddle shall belong to the priest who offers it. 10 And 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. 12 If he offers it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the thanksgiving sacrifice v unleavened loaves mixed with oil, unleavened wafers smeared with oil, and loaves of fine flour w well mixed with oil. 13 x With the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving he shall bring his offering with loaves of leavened bread. 14 And from it he shall offer one loaf from each offering, as a y gift to the Lord. z It shall belong to the priest who throws the blood of the peace offerings. 15 And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings a for thanksgiving shall be eaten on the day of his offering. He shall not leave any of it until the morning. 16 But b 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. 17 But what remains of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day shall be burned up with fire. 18 If 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 c tainted, and he who eats of it shall bear his iniquity.

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, 20 but the person who eats of the flesh of the sacrifice of the Lord's peace offerings d while an uncleanness is on him, that person shall be cut off from his people. 21 And if anyone touches an unclean thing, whether e human uncleanness or an f unclean beast or any g 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."

22 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 23 "Speak to the people of Israel, saying, h You shall eat no fat, of ox or sheep or goat. 24 The fat of an animal i 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. 25 For 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. 26 Moreover, j you shall eat no blood whatever, whether of fowl or of animal, in any of your dwelling places. 27 Whoever eats any blood, that person shall be cut off from his people."

28 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 29 "Speak to the people of Israel, saying, k 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. 30 l His own hands shall bring the Lord's food offerings. He shall bring the fat with m the breast, that the breast may be waved as a wave offering before the Lord. 31 n The priest shall burn the fat on the altar, but o the breast shall be for Aaron and his sons. 32 And o the right thigh you shall give to the priest as a contribution from the sacrifice of your peace offerings. 33 Whoever among the sons of Aaron offers the blood of the peace offerings and the fat shall have the right thigh for a portion. 34 For the breast that is o waved and the thigh that is o contributed I have taken from the people of Israel, out of the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and p have given them to Aaron the priest and to his sons, as a perpetual due from the people of Israel. 35 This 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. 36 The Lord commanded this to be given them by the people of Israel, q from the day that he anointed them. It is a perpetual due throughout their generations."

37 This is the law r of the burnt offering, of the grain offering, of the sin offering, s of the guilt offering, t of the ordination offering, and u of the peace offering, 38 which the Lord commanded Moses on Mount Sinai, on the day that he commanded the people of Israel v to bring their offerings to the Lord, in the wilderness of Sinai.

  1. Cross References
    Leviticus 5:1 - 6:7
    If anyone sins in that he hears a public adjuration to testify, and though he is a witness, whether he has seen or come to know the matter, yet does not speak, he shall bear his iniquity.
  2. Cross References
    Leviticus 7:37
    This 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.
  3. Cross References
    Leviticus 6:17
    It shall not be baked with leaven. I have given it as their portion of my food offerings. It is a thing most holy, like the sin offering and the guilt offering.
    Leviticus 6:25
    Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying, This is the law of the sin offering. In the place where the burnt offering is killed shall the sin offering be killed before the Lord ; it is most holy.
  4. Cross References
    Leviticus 6:25
    Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying, This is the law of the sin offering. In the place where the burnt offering is killed shall the sin offering be killed before the Lord ; it is most holy.
  5. Cross References
    Leviticus 3:3 - 4
    And from the sacrifice of the peace offering, a...
    Leviticus 3:9 - 10
    Then from the sacrifice of the peace offering h...
    Leviticus 3:14 - 16
    Then he shall offer from it, as his offering fo...
    Leviticus 4:8 - 9
    And all the fat of the bull of the sin offering...
    Exodus 29:13
    And you shall take all the fat that covers the ...
    Exodus 29:22
    You shall also take the fat from the ram and th...
  6. Cross References
    Leviticus 3:4
    And the 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.
  7. Cross References
    Leviticus 6:18
    Every male among the children of Aaron may eat of it, as decreed forever throughout your generations, from the Lord 's food offerings. Whatever touches them shall become holy.
    Leviticus 6:29
    Every male among the priests may eat of it; it is most holy.
  8. Cross References
    Leviticus 7:1
    This is the law of the guilt offering. It is most holy.
  9. Cross References
    Leviticus 6:25 - 26
    Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying, This is the law of the sin offering. In the place where the burnt offering is killed shall the sin offering be killed before the Lord ; it is most holy.
    Leviticus 14:13
    And he shall kill the lamb in the place where they kill the sin offering and the burnt offering, in the place of the sanctuary. For the guilt offering, like the sin offering, belongs to the priest; it is most holy.
  10. Cross References
    Leviticus 2:3
    But the rest of the grain offering shall be for Aaron and his sons; it is a most holy part of the Lord 's food offerings.
    Leviticus 2:10
    But the rest of the grain offering shall be for Aaron and his sons; it is a most holy part of the Lord 's food offerings.
    Numbers 18:9
    This shall be yours of the most holy things, reserved from the fire: every offering of theirs, every grain offering of theirs and every sin offering of theirs and every guilt offering of theirs, which they render to me, shall be most holy to you and to your sons.
    Ezekiel 44:29
    They shall eat the grain offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering, and every devoted thing in Israel shall be theirs.
  11. Cross References
    Leviticus 2:7
    And if your offering is a grain offering cooked in a pan, it shall be made of fine flour with oil.
  12. Cross References
    Leviticus 2:5
    And if your offering is a grain offering baked on a griddle, it shall be of fine flour unleavened, mixed with oil.
    Leviticus 6:21
    It shall be made with oil on a griddle. You shall bring it well mixed, in baked pieces like a grain offering, and offer it for a pleasing aroma to the Lord.
  13. Cross References
    Leviticus 2:4
    When you bring a grain offering baked in the oven as an offering, it shall be unleavened loaves of fine flour mixed with oil or unleavened wafers smeared with oil.
    Numbers 6:15
    And a basket of unleavened bread, loaves of fine flour mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers smeared with oil, and their grain offering and their drink offerings.
  14. Cross References
    Leviticus 6:21
    It shall be made with oil on a griddle. You shall bring it well mixed, in baked pieces like a grain offering, and offer it for a pleasing aroma to the Lord.
  15. Cross References
    Amos 4:5
    Offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving of that which is leavened, and proclaim freewill offerings, publish them; for so you love to do, O people of Israel!" declares the Lord God.
  16. Cross References
    Exodus 29:27 - 28
    And you shall consecrate the breast of the wave offering that is waved and the thigh of the priests' portion that is contributed from the ram of ordination, from what was Aaron's and his sons'.
  17. Cross References
    Numbers 18:8
    Then the Lord spoke to Aaron, "Behold, I have given you charge of the contributions made to me, all the consecrated things of the people of Israel. I have given them to you as a portion and to your sons as a perpetual due.
    Numbers 18:11
    This also is yours: the contribution of their gift, all the wave offerings of the people of Israel. I have given them to you, and to your sons and daughters with you, as a perpetual due. Everyone who is clean in your house may eat it.
    Numbers 18:19
    All the holy contributions that the people of Israel present to the Lord I give to you, and to your sons and daughters with you, as a perpetual due. It is a covenant of salt forever before the Lord for you and for your offspring with you.
  18. Cross References
    Leviticus 22:29 - 30
    And when you sacrifice a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the Lord, you shall sacrifice it so that you may be accepted.
  19. Cross References
    Leviticus 19:6 - 8
    It shall be eaten the same day you offer it or on the day after, and anything left over until the third day shall be burned up with fire.
    Leviticus 22:21
    And when anyone offers a sacrifice of peace offerings to the Lord to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering from the herd or from the flock, to be accepted it must be perfect; there shall be no blemish in it.
  20. Cross References
    Leviticus 19:7
    If it is eaten at all on the third day, it is tainted; it will not be accepted.
  21. Cross References
    Leviticus 15:3
    And this is the law of his uncleanness for a discharge: whether his body runs with his discharge, or his body is blocked up by his discharge, it is his uncleanness.
    Leviticus 22:3
    Say to them, 'If any one of all your offspring throughout your generations approaches the holy things that the people of Israel dedicate to the Lord, while he has an uncleanness, that person shall be cut off from my presence: I am the Lord.
  22. Cross References
    Leviticus 12:1
    The Lord spoke to Moses, saying.
    Leviticus 13:1
    The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying.
    Leviticus 15:1
    The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying.
  23. Cross References
    Leviticus 11:24 - 28
    And by these you shall become unclean. Whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening.
  24. Cross References
    Leviticus 11:10 - 23
    But anything in the seas or the rivers that has not fins and scales, of the swarming creatures in the waters and of the living creatures that are in the waters, is detestable to you.
  25. Cross References
    Leviticus 3:16 - 17
    And the priest shall burn them on the altar as a food offering with a pleasing aroma. All fat is the Lord 's.
  26. Cross References
    Leviticus 17:15
    And every person who eats what dies of itself o...
    Leviticus 22:8
    He shall not eat what dies of itself or is torn...
    Exodus 22:31
    You shall be consecrated to me. Therefore you s...
    Deuteronomy 14:21
    You shall not eat anything that has died natura...
    Ezekiel 4:14
    Then I said, "Ah, Lord God! Behold, I have neve...
    Ezekiel 44:31
    The priests shall not eat of anything, whether ...
  27. Cross References
    Leviticus 3:17
    It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations, in all your dwelling places, that you eat neither fat nor blood.
  28. Cross References
    Leviticus 3:1
    If his offering is a sacrifice of peace offering, if he offers an animal from the herd, male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before the Lord.
  29. Cross References
    Leviticus 3:3 - 4
    And from the sacrifice of the peace offering, as a food offering to the Lord, he shall offer the fat covering the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails.
    Leviticus 3:9
    Then from the sacrifice of the peace offering he shall offer as a food offering to the Lord its fat; he shall remove the whole fat tail, cut off close to the backbone, and the fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails
    Leviticus 3:14
    Then he shall offer from it, as his offering for a food offering to the Lord, the fat covering the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails
  30. Cross References
    Exodus 29:24
    You shall put all these on the palms of Aaron and on the palms of his sons, and wave them for a wave offering before the Lord.
  31. Cross References
    Leviticus 3:5
    Then Aaron's sons shall burn it on the altar on top of the burnt offering, which is on the wood on the fire; it is a food offering with a pleasing aroma to the Lord.
    Leviticus 3:11
    And the priest shall burn it on the altar as a food offering to the Lord.
    Leviticus 3:16
    And the priest shall burn them on the altar as a food offering with a pleasing aroma. All fat is the Lord 's.
  32. Cross References
    Leviticus 9:21
    But the breasts and the right thigh Aaron waved for a wave offering before the Lord, as Moses commanded.
    Numbers 6:20
    And the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the Lord. They are a holy portion for the priest, together with the breast that is waved and the thigh that is contributed. And after that the Nazirite may drink wine.
  33. Cross References
    Leviticus 7:31
    The priest shall burn the fat on the altar, but the breast shall be for Aaron and his sons.
  34. Cross References
    Leviticus 7:31
    The priest shall burn the fat on the altar, but the breast shall be for Aaron and his sons.
  35. Cross References
    Leviticus 7:31
    The priest shall burn the fat on the altar, but the breast shall be for Aaron and his sons.
  36. Cross References
    Exodus 29:28
    It shall be for Aaron and his sons as a perpetual due from the people of Israel, for it is a contribution. It shall be a contribution from the people of Israel from their peace offerings, their contribution to the Lord.
    Numbers 18:18 - 19
    But their flesh shall be yours, as the breast that is waved and as the right thigh are yours.
  37. Cross References
    Leviticus 8:12
    And he poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron's head and anointed him to consecrate him.
    Leviticus 8:30
    Then Moses took some of the anointing oil and of the blood that was on the altar and sprinkled it on Aaron and his garments, and also on his sons and his sons' garments. So he consecrated Aaron and his garments, and his sons and his sons' garments with him.
    Exodus 40:13 - 15
    And put on Aaron the holy garments. And you shall anoint him and consecrate him, that he may serve me as priest.
  38. Cross References
    Leviticus 6:9
    Command Aaron and his sons, saying, This is the law of the burnt offering. The burnt offering shall be on the hearth on the altar all night until the morning, and the fire of the altar shall be kept burning on it.
    Leviticus 6:14
    And this is the law of the grain offering. The sons of Aaron shall offer it before the Lord in front of the altar.
    Leviticus 6:25
    Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying, This is the law of the sin offering. In the place where the burnt offering is killed shall the sin offering be killed before the Lord ; it is most holy.
  39. Cross References
    Leviticus 7:1
    This is the law of the guilt offering. It is most holy.
  40. Cross References
    Leviticus 6:20
    This is the offering that Aaron and his sons shall offer to the Lord on the day when he is anointed: a tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a regular grain offering, half of it in the morning and half in the evening.
    Exodus 29:1
    Now this is what you shall do to them to consecrate them, that they may serve me as priests. Take one bull of the herd and two rams without blemish.
  41. Cross References
    Leviticus 7:11
    And this is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings that one may offer to the Lord.
  42. Cross References
    Leviticus 1:2
    Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When any one of you brings an offering to the Lord, you shall bring your offering of livestock from the herd or from the flock.
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