Leviticus 7

The Priests and the Offerings

1 'Likewise a this is the law of the trespass offering (it is most holy): 2 'In the place where they kill the burnt offering they shall kill the trespass offering. And its blood he shall sprinkle all around on the altar. 3 'And he shall offer from it all its fat. The fat tail and the fat that covers the entrails, 4 'the two kidneys and the fat that is on them by the flanks, and the fatty lobe attached to the liver above the kidneys, he shall remove; 5 'and the priest shall burn them on the altar as an offering made by fire to the LORD. It is a trespass offering. 6 b 'Every male among the priests may eat it. It shall be eaten in a holy place. c It is most holy. 7 d '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. 8 'And the priest who offers anyone's burnt offering, that priest shall have for himself the skin of the burnt offering which he has offered. 9 'Also e every grain offering that is baked in the oven and all that is prepared in the covered pan, or 1 in a pan, shall be the priest's who offers it. 10 'Every grain offering, whether mixed with oil or dry, shall belong to all the sons of Aaron, to one as much as the other.

11 f 'This is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings which he shall offer to the LORD: 12 'If he offers it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer, with the sacrifice of thanksgiving, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, unleavened wafers g anointed with oil, or cakes of blended flour mixed with oil. 13 'Besides the cakes, as his offering he shall offer h leavened bread with the sacrifice of thanksgiving of his peace offering. 14 'And from it he shall offer one cake from each offering as a heave offering to the LORD. i It shall belong to the priest who sprinkles the blood of the peace offering. 15 j 'The flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offering for thanksgiving shall be eaten the same day it is offered. He shall not leave any of it until morning. 16 'But k if the sacrifice of his offering is a vow or a voluntary offering, it shall be eaten the same day that he offers his sacrifice; but on the next day the remainder of it also may be eaten; 17 'the remainder of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day must be burned with fire. 18 'And if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offering is eaten at all on the third day, it shall not be accepted, nor shall it be l imputed to him; it shall be an m abomination to him who offers it, and the person who eats of it shall bear 2 guilt.

19 'The flesh that touches any unclean thing shall not be eaten. It shall be burned with fire. And as for the clean flesh, all who are 3 clean may eat of it. 20 'But the person who eats the flesh of the sacrifice of the peace offering that belongs to the n LORD, o while he is unclean, that person p shall be cut off from his people. 21 'Moreover the person who touches any unclean thing, such as q human uncleanness, an r unclean animal, or any s abominable 4 unclean thing, and who eats the flesh of the sacrifice of the peace offering that belongs to the LORD, that person t shall be cut off from his people.' "

22 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 23 "Speak to the children of Israel, saying: u 'You shall not eat any fat, of ox or sheep or goat. 24 'And the fat of an animal that dies naturally, and the fat of what is torn by wild beasts, may be used in any other way; but you shall by no means eat it. 25 'For whoever eats the fat of the animal of which men offer an offering made by fire to the LORD, the person who eats it shall be cut off from his people. 26 v 'Moreover you shall not eat any blood in any of your dwellings, whether of bird or beast. 27 'Whoever eats any blood, that person shall be cut off from his people.' "

28 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 29 "Speak to the children of Israel, saying: w 'He who offers the sacrifice of his peace offering to the LORD shall bring his offering to the LORD from the sacrifice of his peace offering. 30 x 'His own hands shall bring the offerings made by fire to the LORD. The fat with the breast he shall bring, that the y breast may be waved as a wave offering before the LORD. 31 z 'And the priest shall burn the fat on the altar, but the a breast shall be Aaron's and his sons'. 32 b 'Also the right thigh you shall give to the priest as a heave offering from the sacrifices of your peace offerings. 33 'He among the sons of Aaron, who offers the blood of the peace offering and the fat, shall have the right thigh for his part. 34 'For c the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the heave offering I have taken from the children of Israel, from the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and I have given them to Aaron the priest and to his sons from the children of Israel by a statute forever.' " 35 This is the consecrated portion for Aaron and his sons, from the offerings made by fire to the LORD, on the day when Moses presented them to 5 minister to the LORD as priests. 36 The LORD commanded this to be given to them by the children of Israel, d on the day that He anointed them, by a statute forever throughout their generations.

37 This is the law e of the burnt offering, f the grain offering, g the sin offering, h the trespass offering, i the consecrations, and j the sacrifice of the peace offering, 38 which the LORD commanded Moses on Mount Sinai, on the day when He commanded the children of Israel k to offer their offerings to the LORD in the Wilderness of Sinai.

  1. Cross References
    Leviticus 5:14
    Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying:
    Leviticus 6:7
    "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."
  2. Cross References
    Leviticus 6:16 - 18
    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 6:29
    All the males among the priests may eat it. It is most holy.
    Numbers 18:9
    This shall be yours of the most holy things reserved from the fire: every offering of theirs, every grain offering and every sin offering and every trespass offering which they render to Me, shall be most holy for you and your sons.
  3. Cross References
    Leviticus 2:3
    The rest of the grain offering shall be Aaron's and his sons'. It is most holy of the offerings to the LORD made by fire.
  4. Cross References
    Leviticus 6:24 - 30
    Also the LORD spoke to Moses, saying.
    Leviticus 14:13
    Then he shall kill the lamb in the place where he kills the sin offering and the burnt offering, in a holy place; for as the sin offering is the priest's, so is the trespass offering. It is most holy.
  5. Cross References
    Leviticus 2:3
    The rest of the grain offering shall be Aaron's and his sons'. It is most holy of the offerings to the LORD made by fire.
    Leviticus 2:10
    And what is left of the grain offering shall be Aaron's and his sons'. It is most holy of the offerings to the LORD made by fire.
    Numbers 18:9
    This shall be yours of the most holy things reserved from the fire: every offering of theirs, every grain offering and every sin offering and every trespass offering which they render to Me, shall be most holy for you and your sons.
    Ezekiel 44:29
    They shall eat the grain offering, the sin offering, and the trespass offering; every dedicated thing in Israel shall be theirs.
  6. Cross References
    Leviticus 3:1
    When his offering is a sacrifice of a peace offering, if he offers it of the herd, whether male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before the LORD.
    Leviticus 22:18
    Speak to Aaron and his sons, and to all the children of Israel, and say to them: 'Whatever man of the house of Israel, or of the strangers in Israel, who offers his sacrifice for any of his vows or for any of his freewill offerings, which they offer to the LORD as a burnt offering -
    Leviticus 22:21
    And whoever offers a sacrifice of a peace offering to the LORD, to fulfill his vow, or a freewill offering from the cattle or the sheep, it must be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no defect in it.
    Ezekiel 45:15
    And one lamb shall be given from a flock of two hundred, from the rich pastures of Israel. These shall be for grain offerings, burnt offerings, and peace offerings, to make atonement for them," says the Lord GOD.
  7. Cross References
    Leviticus 2:4
    And if you bring as an offering a grain offering baked in the oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mixed with oil, or unleavened wafers anointed with oil.
    Numbers 6:15
    A basket of unleavened bread, cakes of fine flour mixed with oil, unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and their grain offering with their drink offerings.
  8. Cross References
    Leviticus 2:12
    As for the offering of the firstfruits, you shall offer them to the LORD, but they shall not be burned on the altar for a sweet aroma.
    Leviticus 23:17
    You shall bring from your dwellings two wave loaves of two-tenths of an ephah. They shall be of fine flour; they shall be baked with leaven. They are the firstfruits to the LORD.
    Leviticus 23:18
    And you shall offer with the bread seven lambs of the first year, without blemish, one young bull, and two rams. They shall be as a burnt offering to the LORD, with their grain offering and their drink offerings, an offering made by fire for a sweet aroma to the LORD.
    Amos 4:5
    Offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven, Proclaim and announce the freewill offerings; For this you love, You children of Israel!" Says the Lord GOD.
  9. Cross References
    Numbers 18:8
    And the LORD spoke to Aaron: "Here, I Myself have also given you charge of My heave offerings, all the holy gifts of the children of Israel; I have given them as a portion to you and your sons, as an ordinance forever.
    Numbers 18:11
    This also is yours: the heave offering of their gift, with all the wave offerings of the children of Israel; I have given them to you, and your sons and daughters with you, as an ordinance forever. Everyone who is clean in your house may eat it.
    Numbers 18:19
    "All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer to the LORD, I have given to you and your sons and daughters with you as an ordinance forever; it is a covenant of salt forever before the LORD with you and your descendants with you."
  10. Cross References
    Leviticus 22:29
    And when you offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the LORD, offer it of your own free will.
    Leviticus 22:30
    On the same day it shall be eaten; you shall leave none of it until morning: I am the LORD.
  11. Cross References
    Leviticus 19:5 - 8
    And if you offer a sacrifice of a peace offering to the LORD, you shall offer it of your own free will.
  12. Cross References
    Numbers 18:27
    And your heave offering shall be reckoned to you as though it were the grain of the threshing floor and as the fullness of the winepress.
  13. Cross References
    Leviticus 11:10
    But all in the seas or in the rivers that do not have fins and scales, all that move in the water or any living thing which is in the water, they are an abomination to you.
    Leviticus 11:11
    They shall be an abomination to you; you shall not eat their flesh, but you shall regard their carcasses as an abomination.
    Leviticus 11:41
    And every creeping thing that creeps on the earth shall be an abomination. It shall not be eaten.
    Leviticus 19:7
    And if it is eaten at all on the third day, it is an abomination. It shall not be accepted.
    Proverbs 15:8
    The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, But the prayer of the upright is His delight.
  14. Cross References
    Hebrews 2:17
    Therefore, in all things He had to be made like His brethren, that He might be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.
  15. Cross References
    Leviticus 5:3
    Or if he touches human uncleanness - whatever uncleanness with which a man may be defiled, and he is unaware of it - when he realizes it, then he shall be guilty.
    Leviticus 15:3
    And this shall be his uncleanness in regard to his discharge - whether his body runs with his discharge, or his body is stopped up by his discharge, it is his uncleanness.
    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 19:13
    Whoever touches the body of anyone who has died, and does not purify himself, defiles the tabernacle of the LORD. That person shall be cut off from Israel. He shall be unclean, because the water of purification was not sprinkled on him; his uncleanness is still on him.
    1 Corinthians 11:28
    But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup.
  16. Cross References
    Genesis 17:14
    "And the uncircumcised male child, who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that person shall be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant."
    Exodus 31:14
    You shall keep the Sabbath, therefore, for it is holy to you. Everyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death; for whoever does any work on it, that person shall be cut off from among his people.
  17. Cross References
    Leviticus 5:2
    Or if a person touches any unclean thing, whether it is the carcass of an unclean beast, or the carcass of unclean livestock, or the carcass of unclean creeping things, and he is unaware of it, he also shall be unclean and guilty.
    Leviticus 5:3
    Or if he touches human uncleanness - whatever uncleanness with which a man may be defiled, and he is unaware of it - when he realizes it, then he shall be guilty.
    Leviticus 5:5
    And it shall be, when he is guilty in any of these matters, that he shall confess that he has sinned in that thing.
  18. Cross References
    Leviticus 11:24
    By these you shall become unclean; whoever touches the carcass of any of them shall be unclean until evening.
    Leviticus 11:28
    Whoever carries any such carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening. It is unclean to you.
  19. Cross References
    Ezekiel 4:14
    So I said, "Ah, Lord GOD! Indeed I have never defiled myself from my youth till now; I have never eaten what died of itself or was torn by beasts, nor has abominable flesh ever come into my mouth.
  20. Cross References
    Leviticus 7:20
    But the person who eats the flesh of the sacrifice of the peace offering that belongs to the LORD, while he is unclean, that person shall be cut off from his people.
  21. 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.'"
    Leviticus 17:10 - 15
    And whatever man of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who dwell among you, who eats any blood, I will set My face against that person who eats blood, and will cut him off from among his people.
    Deuteronomy 14:21
    You shall not eat anything that dies of itself; you may give it to the alien who is within your gates, that he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner; for you are a holy people to the LORD your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.
    Ezekiel 4:14
    So I said, "Ah, Lord GOD! Indeed I have never defiled myself from my youth till now; I have never eaten what died of itself or was torn by beasts, nor has abominable flesh ever come into my mouth.
    Ezekiel 44:31
    The priests shall not eat anything, bird or beast, that died naturally or was torn by wild beasts.
  22. Cross References
    Genesis 9:4
    But you shall not eat flesh with its life, that...
    Leviticus 3:17
    ' This shall be a perpetual statute throughout ...
    Leviticus 17:10 - 16
    And whatever man of the house of Israel, or of ...
    Leviticus 19:26
    You shall not eat anything with the blood, nor ...
    Deuteronomy 12:23
    Only be sure that you do not eat the blood, for...
    1 Samuel 14:33
    Then they told Saul, saying, "Look, the people ...
    Ezekiel 33:25
    Therefore say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD:...
    Acts 15:20
    But that we write to them to abstain from thing...
    Acts 15:29
    That you abstain from things offered to idols, ...
  23. Cross References
    Leviticus 3:1
    When his offering is a sacrifice of a peace offering, if he offers it of the herd, whether male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before the LORD.
    Leviticus 22:21
    And whoever offers a sacrifice of a peace offering to the LORD, to fulfill his vow, or a freewill offering from the cattle or the sheep, it must be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no defect in it.
    Ezekiel 45:15
    And one lamb shall be given from a flock of two hundred, from the rich pastures of Israel. These shall be for grain offerings, burnt offerings, and peace offerings, to make atonement for them," says the Lord GOD.
  24. 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 3:4
    The two kidneys and the fat that is on them by the flanks, and the fatty lobe attached to the liver above the kidneys, he shall remove.
    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.
  25. Cross References
    Exodus 29:24
    And you shall put all these in the hands of Aaron and in the hands of his sons, and you shall wave them as a wave offering before the LORD.
    Exodus 29:27
    And from the ram of the consecration you shall consecrate the breast of the wave offering which is waved, and the thigh of the heave offering which is raised, of that which is for Aaron and of that which is for his sons.
    Leviticus 8:27
    And he put all these in Aaron's hands and in his sons' hands, and waved them as a wave offering before the LORD.
    Leviticus 9:21
    But the breasts and the right thigh Aaron waved as a wave offering before the LORD, as Moses had commanded.
    Numbers 6:20
    'and the priest shall wave them as a wave offering before the LORD; they are holy for the priest, together with the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the heave offering. After that the Nazirite may drink wine.'
  26. Cross References
    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 3:11
    And the priest shall burn them on the altar as food, an offering made by fire to the LORD.
    Leviticus 3:16
    And the priest shall burn them on the altar as food, an offering made by fire for a sweet aroma; all the fat is the LORD's.
  27. Cross References
    Numbers 18:11
    This also is yours: the heave offering of their gift, with all the wave offerings of the children of Israel; I have given them to you, and your sons and daughters with you, as an ordinance forever. Everyone who is clean in your house may eat it.
    Deuteronomy 18:3
    And this shall be the priest's due from the people, from those who offer a sacrifice, whether it is bull or sheep: they shall give to the priest the shoulder, the cheeks, and the stomach.
  28. Cross References
    Exodus 29:27
    And from the ram of the consecration you shall consecrate the breast of the wave offering which is waved, and the thigh of the heave offering which is raised, of that which is for Aaron and of that which is for his sons.
    Leviticus 7:34
    'For the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the heave offering I have taken from the children of Israel, from the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and I have given them to Aaron the priest and to his sons from the children of Israel by a statute forever.'"
    Leviticus 9:21
    But the breasts and the right thigh Aaron waved as a wave offering before the LORD, as Moses had commanded.
    Numbers 6:20
    'and the priest shall wave them as a wave offering before the LORD; they are holy for the priest, together with the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the heave offering. After that the Nazirite may drink wine.'
  29. Cross References
    Exodus 29:28
    It shall be from the children of Israel for Aar...
    Leviticus 10:14
    The breast of the wave offering and the thigh o...
    Leviticus 10:15
    "The thigh of the heave offering and the breast...
    Numbers 18:18
    And their flesh shall be yours, just as the wav...
    Numbers 18:19
    "All the heave offerings of the holy things, wh...
    Deuteronomy 18:3
    And this shall be the priest's due from the peo...
  30. Cross References
    Exodus 40:13 - 15
    You shall put the holy garments on Aaron, and anoint him and consecrate him, that he may minister to Me as priest.
    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 some of the blood which was on the altar, and sprinkled it on Aaron, on his garments, on his sons, and on the garments of his sons with him; and he consecrated Aaron, his garments, his sons, and the garments of his sons with him.
  31. 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 upon the altar all night until morning, and the fire of the altar shall be kept burning on it.
  32. Cross References
    Leviticus 6:14
    This is the law of the grain offering: The sons of Aaron shall offer it on the altar before the LORD.
  33. Cross References
    Leviticus 6:25
    Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, 'This is the law of the sin offering: In the place where the burnt offering is killed, the sin offering shall be killed before the LORD. It is most holy.
  34. Cross References
    Leviticus 7:1
    Likewise this is the law of the trespass offering (it is most holy):
  35. Cross References
    Exodus 29:1
    And this is what you shall do to them to hallow them for ministering to Me as priests: Take one young bull and two rams without blemish.
    Leviticus 6:20
    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 ephah of fine flour as a daily grain offering, half of it in the morning and half of it at night.
  36. Cross References
    Leviticus 7:11
    This is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings which he shall offer to the LORD:
  37. Cross References
    Leviticus 1:1
    Now the LORD called to Moses, and spoke to him from the tabernacle of meeting, saying.
    Leviticus 1:2
    Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: 'When any one of you brings an offering to the LORD, you shall bring your offering of the livestock - of the herd and of the flock.
    Deuteronomy 4:5
    Surely I have taught you statutes and judgments, just as the LORD my God commanded me, that you should act according to them in the land which you go to possess.
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