Leviticus 6

Laws for Guilt Offerings

1 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying: 2 "If a person sins and a commits a trespass against the LORD by b lying 1 to his neighbor about c what was delivered to him for safekeeping, or about 2 a pledge, or about a robbery, or if he has d extorted from his neighbor, 3 "or if he e has found what was lost and lies concerning it, and f swears falsely - in any one of these things that a man may do in which he sins: 4 "then it shall be, because he has sinned and is guilty, that he shall 3 restore g what he has stolen, or the thing which he has extorted, or what was delivered to him for safekeeping, or the lost thing which he found, 5 "or all that about which he has sworn falsely. He shall h restore its full value, add one-fifth more to it, and give it to whomever it belongs, on the day of his trespass offering. 6 "And he shall bring his trespass offering to the LORD, i a ram without blemish from the flock, with your 4 valuation, as a trespass offering, to the priest. 7 j "So the priest shall make atonement for him before the LORD, and he shall be forgiven for any one of these things that he may have done in which he trespasses."

The Priests and the Offerings

8 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 9 "Command Aaron and his sons, saying, 'This is the k law of the burnt offering: The burnt offering shall be on the hearth upon the altar all night until morning, and the fire of the altar shall be kept burning on it. 10 l 'And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linen trousers he shall put on his body, and take up the ashes of the burnt offering which the fire has consumed on the altar, and he shall put them m beside the altar. 11 'Then n he shall take off his garments, put on other garments, and carry the ashes outside the camp o to a clean place. 12 'And the fire on the altar shall be kept burning on it; it shall not be put out. And the priest shall burn wood on it every morning, and lay the burnt offering in order on it; and he shall burn on it p the fat of the peace offerings. 13 'A fire shall always be burning on the q altar; it shall never go out.

14 'This is the law of the grain offering: The sons of Aaron shall offer it on the altar before the LORD. 15 'He shall take from it his handful of the fine flour of the grain offering, with its oil, and all the frankincense which is on the grain offering, and shall burn it on the altar for a sweet aroma, as a memorial to the LORD. 16 'And the remainder of it Aaron and his sons shall eat; with unleavened bread it shall be eaten in a holy place; in the court of the tabernacle of meeting they shall eat it. 17 'It shall not be baked with leaven. I have given it as their 5 portion of My offerings made by fire; it is most holy, like the sin offering and the r trespass offering. 18 s 'All the males among the children of Aaron may eat it. t It shall be a statute forever in your generations concerning the offerings made by fire to the LORD. u Everyone who touches them must be holy.' "

19 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 20 v "This is the offering of Aaron and his sons, which they shall offer to the LORD, beginning on the day when he is anointed: one-tenth of an w ephah of fine flour as a daily grain offering, half of it in the morning and half of it at night. 21 "It shall be made in a x pan with oil. When it is mixed, you shall bring it in. The baked pieces of the grain offering you shall offer for a 6 sweet aroma to the LORD. 22 "The priest from among his sons, y who is anointed in his place, shall offer it. It is a statute forever to the LORD. z It shall be 7 wholly burned. 23 "For every grain offering for the priest shall be wholly burned. It shall not be eaten."

24 Also the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 25 "Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, 'This is the law of the sin offering: a In the place where the burnt offering is killed, the sin offering shall be killed before the LORD. It is most holy. 26 b 'The priest who offers it for sin shall eat it. In a holy place it shall be eaten, in the court of the tabernacle of meeting. 27 c 'Everyone who touches its flesh 8 must be holy. And when its blood is sprinkled on any garment, you shall wash that on which it was sprinkled, in a holy place. 28 'But the earthen vessel in which it is boiled d shall be broken. And if it is boiled in a bronze pot, it shall be both scoured and rinsed in water. 29 'All the males among the priests may eat it. It is most holy. 30 e 'But no sin offering from which any of the blood is brought into the tabernacle of meeting, to make atonement in 9 the holy f place, 9 shall be g eaten. It shall be h burned in the fire.

  1. Cross References
    Numbers 5:6
    Speak to the children of Israel: 'When a man or woman commits any sin that men commit in unfaithfulness against the LORD, and that person is guilty.
  2. Cross References
    Leviticus 19:11
    You shall not steal, nor deal falsely, nor lie to one another.
    Acts 5:4
    "While it remained, was it not your own? And after it was sold, was it not in your own control? Why have you conceived this thing in your heart? You have not lied to men but to God."
    Colossians 3:9
    Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old man with his deeds.
  3. Cross References
    Exodus 22:7
    If a man delivers to his neighbor money or articles to keep, and it is stolen out of the man's house, if the thief is found, he shall pay double.
    Exodus 22:10
    If a man delivers to his neighbor a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any animal to keep, and it dies, is hurt, or driven away, no one seeing it.
  4. Cross References
    Proverbs 24:28
    Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause, For would you deceive with your lips?
  5. Cross References
    Exodus 23:4
    If you meet your enemy's ox or his donkey going astray, you shall surely bring it back to him again.
    Deuteronomy 22:1 - 4
    You shall not see your brother's ox or his sheep going astray, and hide yourself from them; you shall certainly bring them back to your brother.
  6. Cross References
    Exodus 22:11
    Then an oath of the LORD shall be between them both, that he has not put his hand into his neighbor's goods; and the owner of it shall accept that, and he shall not make it good.
    Leviticus 19:12
    And you shall not swear by My name falsely, nor shall you profane the name of your God: I am the LORD.
    Jeremiah 7:9
    Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods whom you do not know.
    Zechariah 5:4
    "I will send out the curse, " says the LORD of hosts; "It shall enter the house of the thief And the house of the one who swears falsely by My name. It shall remain in the midst of his house And consume it, with its timber and stones."
  7. Cross References
    Leviticus 24:18
    Whoever kills an animal shall make it good, animal for animal.
    Leviticus 24:21
    And whoever kills an animal shall restore it; but whoever kills a man shall be put to death.
  8. Cross References
    Leviticus 5:16
    And he shall make restitution for the harm that he has done in regard to the holy thing, and shall add one-fifth to it and give it to the priest. So the priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering, and it shall be forgiven him.
    Numbers 5:7
    Then he shall confess the sin which he has committed. He shall make restitution for his trespass in full, plus one-fifth of it, and give it to the one he has wronged.
    Numbers 5:8
    But if the man has no relative to whom restitution may be made for the wrong, the restitution for the wrong must go to the LORD for the priest, in addition to the ram of the atonement with which atonement is made for him.
    2 Samuel 12:6
    "And he shall restore fourfold for the lamb, because he did this thing and because he had no pity."
  9. Cross References
    Leviticus 1:3
    If his offering is a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish; he shall offer it of his own free will at the door of the tabernacle of meeting before the LORD.
    Leviticus 5:15
    If a person commits a trespass, and sins unintentionally in regard to the holy things of the LORD, then he shall bring to the LORD as his trespass offering a ram without blemish from the flocks, with your valuation in shekels of silver according to the shekel of the sanctuary, as a trespass offering.
  10. Cross References
    Leviticus 4:26
    And he shall burn all its fat on the altar, like the fat of the sacrifice of the peace offering. So the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin, and it shall be forgiven him.
  11. Cross References
    Exodus 29:38 - 42
    Now this is what you shall offer on the altar: two lambs of the first year, day by day continually.
    Numbers 28:3 - 10
    And you shall say to them, 'This is the offering made by fire which you shall offer to the LORD: two male lambs in their first year without blemish, day by day, as a regular burnt offering.
  12. Cross References
    Exodus 28:39 - 43
    You shall skillfully weave the tunic of fine linen thread, you shall make the turban of fine linen, and you shall make the sash of woven work.
    Leviticus 16:4
    He shall put the holy linen tunic and the linen trousers on his body; he shall be girded with a linen sash, and with the linen turban he shall be attired. These are holy garments. Therefore he shall wash his body in water, and put them on.
    Ezekiel 44:17
    And it shall be, whenever they enter the gates of the inner court, that they shall put on linen garments; no wool shall come upon them while they minister within the gates of the inner court or within the house.
    Ezekiel 44:18
    They shall have linen turbans on their heads and linen trousers on their bodies; they shall not clothe themselves with anything that causes sweat.
  13. Cross References
    Leviticus 1:16
    And he shall remove its crop with its feathers and cast it beside the altar on the east side, into the place for ashes.
  14. Cross References
    Ezekiel 44:19
    When they go out to the outer court, to the outer court to the people, they shall take off their garments in which they have ministered, leave them in the holy chambers, and put on other garments; and in their holy garments they shall not sanctify the people.
  15. Cross References
    Leviticus 4:12
    The whole bull he shall carry outside the camp to a clean place, where the ashes are poured out, and burn it on wood with fire; where the ashes are poured out it shall be burned.
  16. Cross References
    Leviticus 3:3
    Then he shall offer from the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire to the LORD. The fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails.
    Leviticus 3:5
    And Aaron's sons shall burn it on the altar upon the burnt sacrifice, which is on the wood that is on the fire, as an offering made by fire, a sweet aroma to the LORD.
    Leviticus 3:9
    Then he shall offer from the sacrifice of the peace offering, as an offering made by fire to the LORD, its fat and the whole fat tail which he shall remove 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 his offering, as an offering made by fire to the LORD. The fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails.
  17. Cross References
    Leviticus 1:7
    The sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire on the altar, and lay the wood in order on the fire.
  18. Cross References
    Leviticus 7:7
    The trespass offering is like the sin offering; there is one law for them both: the priest who makes atonement with it shall have it.
  19. Cross References
    Leviticus 6:29
    All the males among the priests may eat it. It is most holy.
    Leviticus 7:6
    Every male among the priests may eat it. It shall be eaten in a holy place. It is most holy.
    Numbers 18:10
    In a most holy place you shall eat it; every male shall eat it. It shall be holy to you.
    1 Corinthians 9:13
    Do you not know that those who minister the holy things eat of the things of the temple, and those who serve at the altar partake of the offerings of the altar?
  20. Cross References
    Leviticus 3:17
    ' This shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings: you shall eat neither fat nor blood.'"
  21. Cross References
    Exodus 29:37
    Seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and sanctify it. And the altar shall be most holy. Whatever touches the altar must be holy.
    Leviticus 22:3 - 7
    Say to them: 'Whoever of all your descendants throughout your generations, who goes near the holy things which the children of Israel dedicate to the LORD, while he has uncleanness upon him, that person shall be cut off from My presence: I am the LORD.
    Numbers 4:15
    And when Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, when the camp is set to go, then the sons of Kohath shall come to carry them; but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die. These are the things in the tabernacle of meeting which the sons of Kohath are to carry.
    Haggai 2:11 - 13
    Thus says the LORD of hosts: 'Now, ask the priests concerning the law, saying.
  22. Cross References
    Exodus 29:2
    And unleavened bread, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil (you shall make them of wheat flour).
  23. Cross References
    Exodus 16:36
    Now an omer is one-tenth of an ephah.
  24. Cross References
    Leviticus 2:5
    But if your offering is a grain offering baked in a pan, it shall be of fine flour, unleavened, mixed with oil.
    Leviticus 7:9
    Also every grain offering that is baked in the oven and all that is prepared in the covered pan, or in a pan, shall be the priest's who offers it.
  25. Cross References
    Leviticus 4:3
    If the anointed priest sins, bringing guilt on the people, then let him offer to the LORD for his sin which he has sinned a young bull without blemish as a sin offering.
  26. Cross References
    Exodus 29:25
    You shall receive them back from their hands and burn them on the altar as a burnt offering, as a sweet aroma before the LORD. It is an offering made by fire to the LORD.
  27. Cross References
    Leviticus 1:1
    Now the LORD called to Moses, and spoke to him from the tabernacle of meeting, saying.
    Leviticus 1:3
    If his offering is a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish; he shall offer it of his own free will at the door of the tabernacle of meeting before the LORD.
    Leviticus 1:5
    He shall kill the bull before the LORD; and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall bring the blood and sprinkle the blood all around on the altar that is by the door of the tabernacle of meeting.
    Leviticus 1:11
    He shall kill it on the north side of the altar before the LORD; and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall sprinkle its blood all around on the altar.
  28. Cross References
    Leviticus 10:17
    Why have you not eaten the sin offering in a ho...
    Leviticus 10:18
    "See! Its blood was not brought inside the holy...
    Numbers 18:9
    This shall be yours of the most holy things res...
    Numbers 18:10
    In a most holy place you shall eat it; every ma...
    Ezekiel 44:28
    It shall be, in regard to their inheritance, th...
    Ezekiel 44:29
    They shall eat the grain offering, the sin offe...
  29. Cross References
    Exodus 29:37
    Seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and sanctify it. And the altar shall be most holy. Whatever touches the altar must be holy.
    Numbers 4:15
    And when Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, when the camp is set to go, then the sons of Kohath shall come to carry them; but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die. These are the things in the tabernacle of meeting which the sons of Kohath are to carry.
    Haggai 2:11 - 13
    Thus says the LORD of hosts: 'Now, ask the priests concerning the law, saying.
  30. Cross References
    Leviticus 11:33
    Any earthen vessel into which any of them falls you shall break; and whatever is in it shall be unclean:
    Leviticus 15:12
    The vessel of earth that he who has the discharge touches shall be broken, and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.
  31. Cross References
    Leviticus 4:7
    And the priest shall put some of the blood on t...
    Leviticus 4:11
    But the bull's hide and all its flesh, with its...
    Leviticus 4:12
    The whole bull he shall carry outside the camp ...
    Leviticus 4:18
    And he shall put some of the blood on the horns...
    Leviticus 4:21
    Then he shall carry the bull outside the camp, ...
    Leviticus 10:18
    "See! Its blood was not brought inside the holy...
    Leviticus 16:27
    The bull for the sin offering and the goat for ...
    Hebrews 13:11
    For the bodies of those animals, whose blood is...
    Hebrews 13:12
    Therefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify th...
  32. Cross References
    Exodus 26:33
    And you shall hang the veil from the clasps. Then you shall bring the ark of the Testimony in there, behind the veil. The veil shall be a divider for you between the holy place and the Most Holy.
  33. Cross References
    Leviticus 6:16
    And the remainder of it Aaron and his sons shall eat; with unleavened bread it shall be eaten in a holy place; in the court of the tabernacle of meeting they shall eat it.
    Leviticus 6:23
    "For every grain offering for the priest shall be wholly burned. It shall not be eaten."
    Leviticus 6:26
    The priest who offers it for sin shall eat it. In a holy place it shall be eaten, in the court of the tabernacle of meeting.
  34. Cross References
    Leviticus 16:27
    The bull for the sin offering and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the Holy Place, shall be carried outside the camp. And they shall burn in the fire their skins, their flesh, and their offal.
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