This edition follows the Hebrew versification; the traditional number is given in brackets.
Instructions for the Priests: The Burnt Offering and the Grain Offering
1[6:8]Yahweh spoke to Moses. He said, 2[6:9]“Command Aaron and his sons: This is the law of the burnt offering. The burnt offering is to remain on the altar hearth all night until morning, and the fire of the altar must be kept burning on it. 3[6:10]The priest is to put on his linen garment, with linen undergarments next to his body, and remove the ashes of the burnt offering that the fire has consumed on the altar, placing them beside the altar. 4[6:11]Then he is to take off these garments, put on other clothes, and carry the ashes outside the camp to a clean place. 5[6:12]The fire on the altar must be kept burning; it must not go out. Every morning the priest is to add wood to it, arrange the burnt offering on it, and burn the fat of the peace offerings on it. 6[6:13]Fire must be kept burning on the altar continually; it must not go out. 7[6:14]This is the law of the grain offering: Aaron’s sons are to present it before Yahweh, in front of the altar. 8[6:15]The priest is to take a handful of fine flour and oil from the grain offering, together with all the frankincense on it, and burn this as its memorial portion on the altar, a pleasing aroma to Yahweh. 9[6:16]What remains of it Aaron and his sons are to eat; it must be eaten unleavened in a holy place — they are to eat it in the courtyard of the tent of meeting. 10[6:17]It must not be baked with yeast. I have given it to them as their portion of my fire offerings; it is most holy, like the sin offering and the guilt offering. 11[6:18]Every male among Aaron’s descendants may eat it. It is a permanent portion for your generations from the fire offerings of Yahweh; whatever touches these things becomes holy.”
The Priests’ Own Grain Offering
12[6:19]Yahweh spoke to Moses. He said, 13[6:20]“This is the offering Aaron and his sons are to present to Yahweh on the day 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. 14[6:21]It is to be prepared with oil on a griddle; bring it well-mixed and present the baked pieces of the grain offering as a pleasing aroma to Yahweh. 15[6:22]The priest among Aaron’s sons who is anointed to succeed him is to prepare it. It is a permanent portion for Yahweh; it must be entirely burned. 16[6:23]Every grain offering of a priest must be entirely burned; it must not be eaten.”
The Law of the Sin Offering
17[6:24]Yahweh spoke to Moses. He said, 18[6:25]“Speak to Aaron and his sons: This is the law of the sin offering. The sin offering is to be slaughtered before Yahweh at the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered; it is most holy. 19[6:26]The priest who offers it as a sin offering is to eat it; it must be eaten in a holy place, in the courtyard of the tent of meeting. 20[6:27]Whatever touches its flesh becomes holy, and if any of its blood spatters on a garment, you must wash the spattered part in a holy place. 21[6:28]A clay pot in which it is cooked must be broken; but if it is cooked in a bronze pot, that pot is to be scoured and rinsed with water. 22[6:29]Any male among the priests may eat it; it is most holy. 23[6:30]But no sin offering may be eaten if its blood is brought into the tent of meeting to make atonement in the sanctuary; it must be burned with fire.
