Lev 1-7 | ESV | STEP | The Lord called Moses and spoke to him from the tent of meeting , saying ,

1 ^aThe Lord called Moses and spoke to him ^bfrom the tent of meeting, saying, 2 “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, ^cWhen any one of you brings an offering to the Lord, you shall bring your offering of livestock from the herd or from the flock.

3 “If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he shall offer ^da male without blemish. He shall bring it to the entrance of the tent of meeting, that he may be accepted before the Lord. 4 ^eHe shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it shall be ^faccepted for him ^gto make atonement for him. 5 Then he shall kill the bull before the Lord, and Aaron’s sons the priests shall bring the blood ^hand throw the blood against the sides of the altar that is at the entrance of the tent of meeting. 6 Then he shall flay the burnt offering and cut it into pieces, 7 and the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire on the altar and ⁱarrange wood on the fire. 8 And Aaron’s sons the priests shall arrange the pieces, the head, and the fat, on the wood that is on the fire on the altar; 9 but its entrails and its legs he shall wash with water. And the priest shall burn all of it on the altar, as ^ja burnt offering, a food offering ^{▼▼Or an offering by fire; so throughout Leviticus} with a ^lpleasing aroma to the Lord.

10 “If his gift for a burnt offering is from the flock, from the sheep or goats, he shall bring a male without blemish, 11 ^mand he shall kill it on the north side of the altar before the Lord, and Aaron’s sons the priests shall throw its blood against the sides of the altar. 12 And he shall cut it into pieces, with its head and its fat, and the priest shall arrange them on the wood that is on the fire on the altar, 13 but the entrails and the legs he shall wash with water. And the priest shall offer all of it and burn it on the altar; it is ⁿa burnt offering, a food offering with ^oa pleasing aroma to the Lord.

14 “If his offering to the Lord is a burnt offering of birds, then he shall bring his offering of ^pturtledoves or pigeons. 15 And the priest shall bring it to the altar and wring off its head and burn it on the altar. Its blood shall be drained out on the side of the altar. 16 He shall remove its crop with its contents ^{▼▼Or feathers} and cast it ^rbeside the altar on the east side, in the place for ashes. 17 He shall tear it open by its wings, but ^sshall not sever it completely. And the priest shall burn it on the altar, on the wood that is on the fire. It is a burnt offering, a food offering with a pleasing aroma to the Lord.

Leviticus 2

Laws for Grain Offerings

1 “When anyone brings a ^tgrain offering as an offering to the Lord, his offering shall be of fine flour. ^uHe shall pour oil on it and put frankincense on it 2 and bring it to Aaron’s sons the priests. And he shall take from it a handful of the fine flour and oil, with all of its frankincense, and the priest shall burn this as its ^vmemorial portion on the altar, a food ^woffering with a pleasing aroma to the Lord. 3 But the ^xrest of the grain offering shall be for Aaron and his sons; ^yit is a most holy part of the Lord’s food offerings.

4 “When you bring a grain offering baked in the oven as an offering, it shall be ^zunleavened loaves of fine flour mixed with oil or unleavened wafers smeared with oil. 5 And if your offering is a grain offering ^aabaked on a griddle, it shall be of fine flour unleavened, mixed with oil. 6 You shall break it in pieces and pour oil on it; it is a grain offering. 7 And if your offering is a grain offering cooked in a pan, it shall be made of fine flour with oil. 8 And you shall bring the grain offering that is made of these things to the Lord, and when it is presented to the priest, he shall bring it to the altar. 9 And the priest shall take from the grain offering its memorial portion and burn this on the altar, a food ^aboffering with a ^acpleasing aroma to the Lord. 10 But the ^adrest of the grain offering shall be for Aaron and his sons; ^aeit is a most holy part of the Lord’s food offerings.

11 “No grain offering that you bring to the Lord shall be made with ^afleaven, for you shall burn no leaven nor any honey as a food offering to the Lord. 12 ^agAs an offering of firstfruits you may bring them to the Lord, but they shall not be offered on the altar for a pleasing aroma. 13 You ^ahshall season all your grain offerings with salt. You shall not let the ^aisalt of the covenant with your God be missing from your grain offering; ^ajwith all your offerings you shall offer salt.

14 “If you offer a grain offering of firstfruits to the Lord, you shall offer for the grain offering of your firstfruits fresh ^akears, roasted with fire, crushed new grain. 15 And ^alyou shall put oil on it and lay frankincense on it; it is a grain offering. 16 And the priest shall burn as its ^ammemorial portion some of the crushed grain and some of the oil with all of its frankincense; it is a food offering to the Lord.

Leviticus 3

Laws for Peace Offerings

1 “If his offering is ^ana sacrifice of peace offering, if he offers an animal from the herd, male or female, ^aohe shall offer it ^apwithout blemish before the Lord. 2 And ^aqhe shall lay his hand on the head of his offering and kill it at the entrance of the tent of meeting, and Aaron’s sons the priests shall throw the blood against the sides of the altar. 3 And from the sacrifice of the peace offering, as a food offering to the Lord, he shall offer ^arthe fat covering the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails, 4 ^asand 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. 5 Then Aaron’s sons ^atshall 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.

6 “If his offering for a sacrifice of peace offering to the Lord is an animal from the flock, male or female, he shall offer it ^auwithout blemish. 7 If he offers a lamb for his offering, then he shall offer it before the Lord, 8 lay his hand on the head of his offering, and kill it in front of the tent of meeting; and Aaron’s sons shall throw its blood against the sides of the altar. 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 ^avfat tail, cut off close to the backbone, and the fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails 10 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 ^awwith the kidneys. 11 And the priest shall burn it on the altar as ^axa food offering to the Lord.

12 “If his offering is a goat, then he shall offer it before the Lord 13 and lay his hand on its head and kill it in front of the tent of meeting, and the sons of Aaron shall throw its blood against the sides of the altar. 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 15 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 ^aywith the kidneys. 16 And the priest shall burn them on the altar as a ^azfood offering with a pleasing aroma. ^baAll fat is the Lord’s. 17 It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations, in all your dwelling places, that you eat neither ^bbfat nor ^bcblood.”

Leviticus 4

Laws for Sin Offerings

1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to the people of Israel, saying, ^bdIf anyone sins unintentionally ^{▼▼Or by mistake; so throughout Leviticus} in any of the Lord’s commandments ^bfabout things not to be done, and does any one of them, 3 if it is the anointed priest who ^bgsins, thus bringing guilt on the people, then he shall offer for the sin that he has committed ^bha bull from the herd without blemish to the Lord for a sin offering. 4 He shall bring the bull to the ^bientrance of the tent of meeting before the Lord and lay his hand on the head of the bull and kill the bull before the Lord. 5 And the anointed priest ^bjshall take some of the blood of the bull and bring it into the tent of meeting, 6 and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood and ^bksprinkle part of the blood seven times before the Lord in front of the veil of the sanctuary. 7 And the priest ^blshall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of fragrant incense before the Lord that is in the tent of meeting, and ^bmall the rest of the blood of the bull he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering that is at the entrance of the tent of meeting. 8 And all the fat of the bull of the sin offering he shall remove from it, ^bnthe fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails 9 ^boand 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 10 (just as these are taken from the ox of the sacrifice of the peace offerings); and the priest shall burn them on the altar of burnt offering. 11 But ^bpthe skin of the bull and all its flesh, with its head, its legs, its entrails, and its dung— 12 all the rest of the bull—he shall carry ^bqoutside the camp to a clean place, to the ash heap, and shall ^brburn it up on a fire of wood. On the ash heap it shall be burned up.

13 ^bs“If the whole congregation of Israel sins unintentionally ^{▼▼Or makes a mistake} and ^buthe thing is hidden from the eyes of the assembly, and they do any one of the things that by the Lord’s commandments ought not to be done, and they realize their guilt, ^{▼▼Or suffer for their guilt, or are guilty; also verses 22, 27, and chapter 5} 14 ^bwwhen the sin which they have committed becomes known, the assembly shall offer a bull from the herd for a sin offering and bring it in front of the tent of meeting. 15 And the elders of the congregation ^bxshall lay their hands on the head of the bull before the Lord, and the bull shall be killed before the Lord. 16 Then ^bythe anointed priest shall bring some of the blood of the bull into the tent of meeting, 17 and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle it seven times before the Lord in front of the veil. 18 And he shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar that is in the tent of meeting before the Lord, and the rest of the blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering that is at the entrance of the tent of meeting. 19 And all its fat he shall take from it and burn on the altar. 20 Thus shall he do with the bull. As he did ^bzwith the bull of the sin offering, so shall he do with this. ^caAnd the priest shall make atonement for them, and they shall be forgiven. 21 And he shall carry the bull ^cboutside the camp and burn it up as he burned the first bull; it is the sin offering for the assembly.

22 “When a leader sins, ^ccdoing unintentionally any one of all the things that by the commandments of the Lord his God ought not to be done, and realizes his guilt, 23 or ^cdthe sin which he has committed is made known to him, he shall bring as his offering a goat, a male without blemish, 24 and ^ceshall lay his hand on the head of the goat and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt offering before the Lord; it is a sin offering. 25 ^cfThen the priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering and pour out the rest of its blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering. 26 And all its fat he shall burn on the altar, like ^cgthe fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings. So ^chthe priest shall make atonement for him for his sin, and he shall be forgiven.

27 “If ^cianyone of the common people sins unintentionally in doing any one of the things that by the Lord’s commandments ought not to be done, and realizes his guilt, 28 ^cjor the sin which he has committed is made known to him, he shall bring for his offering a goat, a female without blemish, for his sin which he has committed. 29 ^ckAnd he shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and kill the sin offering in the place of burnt offering. 30 And the priest shall take some of its blood with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering and pour out all the rest of its blood at the base of the altar. 31 And ^clall its fat he shall remove, ^cmas the fat is removed from the peace offerings, and the priest shall burn it on the altar for a ^cnpleasing aroma to the Lord. ^coAnd the priest shall make atonement for him, and he shall be forgiven.

32 “If he brings a lamb as his offering for a sin offering, he shall bring ^cpa female without blemish 33 ^cqand lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and kill it for a sin offering in the place where they kill the burnt offering. 34 Then the priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering and pour out all the rest of its blood at the base of the altar. 35 And all its fat he shall remove ^cras the fat of the lamb is removed from the sacrifice of peace offerings, and the priest shall burn it on the altar, on top of the Lord’s food offerings. ^csAnd the priest shall make atonement for him for the sin which he has committed, and he shall be forgiven.

Leviticus 5

1 “If anyone sins in that he hears a public ^ctadjuration to testify, and though he is a witness, whether he has seen or come to know the matter, yet does not speak, he shall ^cubear his iniquity; 2 or ^cvif anyone touches an unclean thing, whether a carcass of an unclean wild animal or a carcass of unclean livestock or a carcass of unclean swarming things, and it is hidden from him and he has become unclean, and he realizes his guilt; 3 or if he touches ^cwhuman uncleanness, of whatever sort the uncleanness may be with which one becomes unclean, and it is hidden from him, when he comes to know it, and realizes his guilt; 4 or if anyone utters with his lips a ^cxrash oath to do evil or to do good, any sort of rash oath that people ^cyswear, and it is hidden from him, when he comes to know it, and he realizes his guilt in any of these; 5 when he realizes his guilt in any of these and ^czconfesses the sin he has committed, 6 he shall bring to the Lord as his compensation ^{▼▼Hebrew his guilt penalty; so throughout Leviticus} for the sin that he has committed, a female from the flock, a lamb or a goat, for a sin offering. And the priest shall make atonement for him for his sin.

7 “But ^dbif he cannot afford a lamb, then he shall bring to the Lord as his compensation for the sin that he has committed two ^dcturtledoves or two pigeons, ^{▼▼Septuagint two young pigeons; also verse 11} one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. 8 He shall bring them to the priest, who shall offer first the one for the sin offering. He shall ^dewring its head from its neck ^dfbut shall not sever it completely, 9 and he shall sprinkle some of the blood of the sin offering on the side of the altar, while ^dgthe rest of the blood shall be drained out ^dhat the base of the altar; it is a sin offering. 10 Then he shall offer the second for a burnt offering according to the rule. ^diAnd the priest shall make atonement for him for the sin that he has committed, and he shall be forgiven.

11 “But if he cannot afford two turtledoves or two pigeons, then he shall bring as his offering for the sin that he has committed a ^djtenth of an ephah ^{▼▼An ephah was about 3/5 bushel or 22 liters} of fine flour for a sin offering. He ^dlshall put no oil on it and shall put no frankincense on it, for it is a sin offering. 12 And he shall bring it to ^dmthe priest, and the priest shall take a handful of it as its memorial portion and ^dnburn this on the altar, on the Lord’s food offerings; it is a sin offering. 13 Thus ^dothe priest shall make atonement for him for the sin which he has committed in any one of these things, and he shall be forgiven. And the remainder ^{▼▼Septuagint; Hebrew it} shall be for the priest, as in the grain offering.”

Laws for Guilt Offerings

14 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 15 ^dq“If anyone commits a breach of faith and sins unintentionally in any of the holy things of the Lord, ^drhe shall bring to the Lord as his compensation, a ram without blemish out of the flock, valued ^{▼▼Or flock, or its equivalent} in silver shekels, ^{▼▼A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams} according to the ^dushekel of the sanctuary, for a guilt offering. 16 He shall also make restitution for what he has done amiss in the holy thing and ^dvshall add a fifth to it and give it to the priest. ^dwAnd the priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the guilt offering, and he shall be forgiven.

17 ^dx“If anyone sins, doing any of the things that by the Lord’s commandments ought not to be done, ^dythough he did not know it, then realizes his guilt, he shall bear his iniquity. 18 ^dzHe shall bring to the priest a ram without blemish out of the flock, or its equivalent, for a guilt offering, and ^eathe priest shall make atonement for him for the mistake that he made unintentionally, and he shall be forgiven. 19 It is a guilt offering; he has indeed incurred guilt before ^{▼▼Or he has paid full compensation to} the Lord.”

Leviticus 6

1 ^{▼▼Ch 5:20 in Hebrew} The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “If anyone sins and ^edcommits a breach of faith against the Lord by ^eedeceiving his neighbor in ^efa matter of deposit or security, or through robbery, or ^egif he has oppressed his neighbor 3 or ^ehhas found something lost and lied about it, ^eiswearing falsely—in any of all the things that people do and sin thereby— 4 if he has sinned and has realized his guilt and will restore ^ejwhat he took by robbery or what he got by oppression or the deposit that was committed to him or the lost thing that he found 5 or anything about which he has sworn falsely, he shall ^ekrestore it in full and shall add a fifth to it, and give it to him to whom it belongs on the day he realizes his guilt. 6 And he shall bring to the priest as his compensation to the Lord ^ela ram without blemish out of the flock, or its equivalent, for a guilt offering. 7 ^emAnd the priest shall make atonement for him before the Lord, and he shall be forgiven for any of the things that one may do and thereby become guilty.”

The Priests and the Offerings

8 ^{▼▼Ch 6:1 in Hebrew} The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 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. 10 And ^eothe priest shall put on his linen garment and put his linen undergarment on his body, and he shall take up the ashes to which the fire has reduced the burnt offering on the altar and put them ^epbeside the altar. 11 Then ^eqhe shall take off his garments and put on other garments and carry the ashes ^eroutside the camp to a clean place. 12 The fire on the altar shall be kept burning on it; it shall not go out. The priest shall burn wood on it every morning, and he shall arrange the burnt offering on it and shall burn on it ^esthe fat of the peace offerings. 13 Fire shall be kept burning on the altar continually; it shall not go out.

14 “And this is the law of ^etthe grain offering. The sons of Aaron shall offer it before the Lord in front of the altar. 15 And one shall take from it a handful of the fine flour of the grain offering and its oil and all the frankincense that is on the grain offering and burn this as its ^eumemorial portion on the altar, a pleasing aroma to the Lord. 16 And ^evthe rest of it Aaron and his sons shall eat. It shall be eaten unleavened ^ewin a holy place. In the court of the tent of meeting they shall eat it. 17 ^exIt shall not be baked with leaven. ^eyI have given it as their portion of my food offerings. ^ezIt is a thing most holy, like the sin offering and the guilt offering. 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.”

19 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 20 ^fa“This is the offering that Aaron and his sons shall offer to the Lord on the day when he is anointed: a ^fbtenth of an ephah ^{▼▼An ephah was about 3/5 bushel or 22 liters} of fine flour as a regular grain offering, half of it in the morning and half in the evening. 21 It shall be made with oil ^fdon a griddle. You shall bring it ^fewell mixed, in baked ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain} pieces like a grain offering, and offer it for a pleasing aroma to the Lord. 22 The priest from among Aaron’s sons, who is anointed to succeed him, shall offer it to the Lord as decreed forever. ^fgThe whole of it shall be burned. 23 Every grain offering of a priest shall be wholly burned. It shall not be eaten.”

24 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 25 “Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying, ^fhThis is the law of the sin offering. ^fiIn the place where the burnt offering is killed shall the sin offering be killed before the Lord; ^fjit is most holy. 26 ^fkThe priest who offers it for sin shall eat it. ^flIn a holy place it shall be eaten, in the court of the tent of meeting. 27 Whatever touches its flesh shall be holy, and when any of its blood is splashed on a garment, you shall wash that on which it was splashed in a holy place. 28 And ^fmthe earthenware vessel in which it is boiled ^fnshall be broken. But if it is boiled in a bronze vessel, that shall be scoured and rinsed in water. 29 Every male among the priests may eat of it; ^foit is most holy. 30 ^fpBut no sin offering shall be eaten from which any blood is brought into the tent of meeting to make atonement in the Holy Place; it shall be burned up with fire.

Leviticus 7

1 ^fq“This is the law of the ^frguilt offering. ^fsIt is most holy. 2 ^ftIn 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 ^fuall 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 ^fvwith the kidneys. 5 The priest shall burn them on the altar as a food offering to the Lord; it is a guilt offering. 6 ^fwEvery male among the priests may eat of it. It shall be eaten in a holy place. ^fxIt is most holy. 7 The ^fyguilt 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 ^fzevery grain offering baked ^gain the oven and all that is prepared ^gbon 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 ^gcunleavened loaves mixed with oil, unleavened wafers smeared with oil, and loaves of fine flour ^gdwell mixed with oil. 13 ^geWith 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 ^gfgift to the Lord. ^ggIt shall belong to the priest who throws the blood of the peace offerings. 15 And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings ^ghfor thanksgiving shall be eaten on the day of his offering. He shall not leave any of it until the morning. 16 But ^giif 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 ^gjtainted, 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 ^gkwhile an uncleanness is on him, that person shall be cut off from his people. 21 And if anyone touches an unclean thing, whether ^glhuman uncleanness or an ^gmunclean beast or any ^gnunclean 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, ^goYou shall eat no fat, of ox or sheep or goat. 24 The fat of an animal ^gpthat 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, ^gqyou 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, ^grWhoever 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 ^gsHis own hands shall bring the Lord’s food offerings. He shall bring the fat with ^gtthe breast, that the breast may be waved as a wave offering before the Lord. 31 ^guThe priest shall burn the fat on the altar, but ^gvthe breast shall be for Aaron and his sons. 32 And ^gwthe 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 ^gxwaved and the thigh that is ^gycontributed I have taken from the people of Israel, out of the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and ^gzhave 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, ^hafrom the day that he anointed them. It is a perpetual due throughout their generations.”

37 This is the law ^hbof the burnt offering, of the grain offering, of the sin offering, ^hcof the guilt offering, ^hdof the ordination offering, and ^heof the peace offering, 38 which the Lord commanded Moses on Mount Sinai, on the day that he commanded the people of Israel ^hfto bring their offerings to the Lord, in the wilderness of Sinai.