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L EVITICUS 8
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grain offerings, whether made of dry flour or
flour moistened with olive oil, are to be shared
equally among all the priests, the descendants
of Aaron.
Further Instructions for the Peace Offering
11 “These are the instructions regarding the different kinds of peace offerings that may be presented to the Lord. 12 If you present your peace
offering as an expression of thanksgiving,
the usual animal sacrifice must be accompanied by various kinds of bread made without
yeast—thin cakes mixed with olive oil, wafers
spread with oil, and cakes made of choice
flour mixed with olive oil. 13 This peace offering of thanksgiving must also be accompanied
by loaves of bread made with yeast. 14 One of
each kind of bread must be presented as a gift
to the Lord. It will then belong to the priest
who splatters the blood of the peace offering
against the altar. 15 The meat of the peace offering of thanksgiving must be eaten on the same
day it is offered. None of it may be saved for the
next morning.
16 “If you bring an offering to fulfill a vow or as
a voluntary offering, the meat must be eaten on
the same day the sacrifice is offered, but whatever is left over may be eaten on the second day.
17 Any meat left over until the third day must be
completely burned up. 18 If any of the meat from
the peace offering is eaten on the third day, the
person who presented it will not be accepted by
the Lord. You will receive no credit for offering
it. By then the meat will be contaminated; if you
eat it, you will be punished for your sin.
19 “Meat that touches anything ceremonially
unclean may not be eaten; it must be completely
burned up. The rest of the meat may be eaten,
but only by people who are ceremonially clean.
20 If you are ceremonially unclean and you eat
meat from a peace offering that was presented
to the Lord, you will be cut off from the community. 21 If you touch anything that is unclean
(whether it is human defilement or an unclean
animal or any other unclean, detestable thing)
and then eat meat from a peace offering presented to the Lord, you will be cut off from the
community.”
The Forbidden Blood and Fat
22 Then the Lord said to Moses, 23 “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. You
must never eat fat, whether from cattle, sheep,
or goats. 24 The fat of an animal found dead or
torn to pieces by wild animals must never be
eaten, though it may be used for any other purpose. 25 Anyone who eats fat from an animal presented as a special gift to the Lord will be cut
off from the community. 26 No matter where you
live, you must never consume the blood of any
8:3 Hebrew Tent of Meeting; also in 8:4, 31, 33, 35.
bird or animal. 27 Anyone who consumes blood
will be cut off from the community.”
A Portion for the Priests
28 Then the Lord said to Moses, 29 “Give the
following instructions to the people of Israel.
When you present a peace offering to the Lord,
bring part of it as a gift to the Lord. 30 Present it
to the Lord with your own hands as a special
gift to the Lord. Bring the fat of the animal, together with the breast, and lift up the breast as
a special offering to the Lord. 31 Then the priest
will burn the fat on the altar, but the breast will
belong to Aaron and his descendants. 32 Give the
right thigh of your peace offering to the priest as
a gift. 33 The right thigh must always be given to
the priest who offers the blood and the fat of the
peace offering. 34 For I have reserved the breast
of the special offering and the right thigh of the
sacred offering for the priests. It is the permanent right of Aaron and his descendants to share
in the peace offerings brought by the people of
Israel. 35 This is their rightful share. The special
gifts presented to the Lord have been reserved
for Aaron and his descendants from the time
they were set apart to serve the Lord as priests.
36 On the day they were anointed, the Lord commanded the Israelites to give these portions to
the priests as their permanent share from generation to generation.”
37 These are the instructions for the burnt offering, the grain offering, the sin offering, and
the guilt offering, as well as the ordination offering and the peace offering. 38 The Lord gave these
instructions to Moses on Mount Sinai when he
commanded the Israelites to present their offerings to the Lord in the wilderness of Sinai.
Ordination of the Priests
Then the Lord said to Moses, 2 “Bring Aaron
and his sons, along with their sacred garments, the anointing oil, the bull for the sin offering, the two rams, and the basket of bread
made without yeast, 3 and call the entire community of Israel together at the entrance of the
Tabernacle.*”
4 So Moses followed the Lord’s instructions,
and the whole community assembled at the
Tabernacle entrance. 5 Moses announced to
them, “This is what the Lord has commanded
us to do!” 6 Then he presented Aaron and his
sons and washed them with water. 7 He put the
official tunic on Aaron and tied the sash around
his waist. He dressed him in the robe, placed the
ephod on him, and attached the ephod securely
with its decorative sash. 8 Then Moses placed
the chestpiece on Aaron and put the Urim and
the Thummim inside it. 9 He placed the turban
on Aaron’s head and attached the gold medallion—the badge of holiness—to the front of the
turban, just as the Lord had commanded him.
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