New International Reader s Version - NIrV - 1996
Leviticus 6
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The Lord spoke to Moses. He said,
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"Suppose a person sins by not being faithful to me. He does it by tricking his neighbors. He tricks them in connection with something they have placed in his care. He steals from them. Or he cheats them.
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Or he finds something they have lost and then tells a lie about it. Or he goes to court. He takes an oath and tells a lie when he witnesses about it. Or he commits any other sin like those sins.
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"When he sins in any of those ways, he becomes guilty. He must return what he stole. He must give back what he took by cheating his neighbors. He must return what they placed in his care. He must return the lost property he found.
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He must return anything he told a lie about when he witnessed in court. He must pay back everything in full. He must add a fifth of its value to it. He must give all of it to the owner on the day he brings his guilt offering.
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"He must bring his guilt offering to the priest to pay for his sin. It is an offering to me. He must bring a ram from the flock. It must not have any flaws. It must be worth the required amount of money.
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"The priest will sacrifice the ram to pay for the person's sin. He will do it in my sight. And the person will be forgiven for any of the things he did that made him guilty."
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The Lord spoke to Moses. He said,
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"Give Aaron and the priests who are in his family line a command. Tell them, 'Here are some more rules for burnt offerings. The burnt offering must remain on the altar through the whole night. The fire on the altar must be kept burning until morning.
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" 'The priest must put on his linen clothes. He must put on linen underwear next to his body. He must remove the ashes of the burnt offering that the fire has burned up on the altar. He must place them beside the altar.
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Parallel theme
Leviticus 16:4
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Then he must take his clothes off and put others on. He must carry the ashes outside the camp to a place that is "clean."
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" 'The fire on the altar must be kept burning. It must not go out. Every morning the priest must add more wood to the fire. He must place the burnt offering on the fire. He must burn the fat of the friendship offerings on it.
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The fire must be kept burning on the altar all the time. It must not go out.
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" 'Here are some more rules for grain offerings. The priests who are in Aaron's family line must bring the grain offering to the Lord in front of the altar.
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Sacrifice
Numbers 15:4
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" 'The priest must take a handful of fine flour and olive oil. He must add to it all of the incense that is on the grain offering. He must burn that part on the altar. It will remind him that all good things come from the Lord. It gives a smell that is pleasant to the Lord.
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" 'Aaron and the priests who are in his family line will eat the rest of it. But they must eat it without yeast in a holy place. They must eat it in the courtyard of the Tent of Meeting.
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It must not be baked with yeast. The Lord has given it to the priests as their share of the offerings that are made to him with fire. It is very holy, just like the sin offering and the guilt offering.
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" 'Any priests who are in Aaron's family line can eat it. It is their regular share of the offerings that are made to the Lord with fire. It is their share for all time to come. Anyone who touches those offerings will become holy.' "
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The Lord spoke to Moses. He said,
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"On the day each high priest who is in Aaron's family line is anointed, he must bring an offering to me. He must bring eight cups of fine flour as a regular grain offering. He must bring half of it in the morning. He must bring the other half in the evening.
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Mix it with olive oil. Grill it on a metal plate. Break it in pieces. Bring it as a grain offering. It gives a smell that is pleasant to me.
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"The son of Aaron who will become the next high priest after him will prepare the grain offering. It is my regular share. It must be completely burned up.
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Every grain offering a high priest offers must be completely burned up. It must not be eaten."
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The Lord spoke to Moses. He said,
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"Speak to Aaron and the priests who are in his family line. Tell them, 'Here are some more rules for sin offerings. You must kill the animal for the sin offering in the sight of the Lord. Kill it in the place where the burnt offering is killed. It is very holy.
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Holy
Leviticus 6:17
Sacrifice
Leviticus 1:11
Leviticus 1:3
Leviticus 1:5
Sin
Leviticus 4:24
Leviticus 4:29
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The priest who offers it will eat it. He must eat it in a holy place. He must eat it in the courtyard of the Tent of Meeting.
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" 'Anyone who touches any of its meat will become holy. Suppose some of the blood is spilled on someone's clothes. Then you must wash them in a holy place.
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Holy
Exodus 29:37
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Break the clay pot the meat is cooked in. But suppose you cook it in a bronze pot. Then you must scrub the pot and rinse it with water.
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" 'Any male in a priest's family can eat the meat. It is very holy.
Summary of Leviticus 6
Leviticus 6 continues to discuss offerings and the duties of the priests. It begins with descriptions of various acts of deceit towards another person, then proceeds to details about the burnt offering and the meat offering. The sins which were brought to the priests are particularly emphasized. The instructions also describe how Aaron and his sons were to deal with the offerings brought to the Lord.
The first section of Leviticus 6 discusses a person who practiced falsehood towards another person. Such a person might lie about his possession for which he has been given responsibility to keep. He might steal something from another, deceive another, or find something that belonged to another and lie about the finding. A person might make a false statement about something that belonged to another. The person who practiced falsehood towards another was said to be guilty before the Lord.
The person who was guilty needed to bring back what he had taken or retained dishonestly. He needed to return what he had taken by stealing or deceiving and restore what he had mistakenly found and falsely claimed as his own.
The guilty person also had to add to whatever he had dishonestly taken or retained, the fifth part of its value. The person was not able to simply return whatever he had gained dishonestly and then leave it at that. He had to give more as restitution from what the person had stolen or wrongly gained. He then brought a ram without blemish to the Lord for a trespass offering. The priest made atonement for him, and he was forgiven.
Leviticus 6:1-7 discusses how a person's relationships with people were intertwined with his relationship with God. One was not able to come before the Lord claiming to be righteous if that person practiced falsehood towards another person and retained that which belonged to another. When dealing with falsehood and retaining another person's property, the person was to take practical steps to correct the situation.
Leviticus 6:8-13 describes the instructions concerning the burnt offering. The Lord directed that there always was to be fire on the altar. The priests were responsible for keeping this fire burning, and each morning they placed wood upon the fire and laid the burnt offering thereon, including the fat of the peace offerings.
The fire on the altar was to burn continually, and the priests were responsible for tending it. The priests were to remove the ashes when they became too much, and they did this wearing linen garments. When the ashes were removed from the altar, the priests had to change into clean garments before going away with the ashes.
The instructions make it clear that the duties of the priests at the altar were not occasional ones. They had to be performed regularly, and the priests were responsible for keeping the altar prepared to receive the sacrifices brought by the Israelites.
Leviticus 6:14-18 then discusses the meat offering. The sons of Aaron were to bring the meat offering before the Lord to the altar. From this offering a part of the fine flour and oil was to be burned as a memorial upon the altar, and the remainder of the offering was to be eaten by Aaron and his sons.
The priests were to eat this part of the offering in the holy place and within the court of the tabernacle. The offering was considered most holy, and the priests were to treat it with due reverence.
Leviticus 6:19-23 gives a special instruction concerning the meat offering that Aaron and his sons were to bring when Aaron was anointed. They were to bring fine flour mixed with oil and offer half of it in the morning and half of it in the evening. This was different from a regular meat offering in that the whole of it was to be burned and the priests were not able to eat any of it.
Leviticus 6 returns to a discussion of the sin offering. The Lord instructed that the priest who offered the sin offering was to eat the flesh of the animal in the holy place, and anyone who touched the flesh became holy. The clothes that had touched some of the blood of the offering were to be washed in the holy place.
If the blood of the offering was brought into the tabernacle to make atonement in the holy place, the flesh was not to be eaten. Instead, the whole of the animal was to be burned with fire. This was dependent upon how the blood of the sacrifice was used.
Leviticus 6:19-23 states that every male among the priests could eat from the holy offerings. These offerings were to be given to the priests since they had been brought to the Lord.
Leviticus 6:24-30 contains instructions concerning the clay pot in which the flesh of the sin offering was boiled. If the flesh of the sin offering was boiled in a clay vessel, the vessel had to be broken. If it was boiled in a brass pot, the pot had to be scoured and rinsed with water. This was done to distinguish between ordinary utensils and those that had been used in connection with holy offerings.
The last verses of Leviticus 6 return once more to the discussion of the sin offering. It is stated that no sin offering whose blood had been brought into the tabernacle to make atonement was to be eaten, but it was to be burned with fire. This is again a distinguishing factor for the priests.
Leviticus 6 provides a close look at the responsibilities connected with the various offerings. The priests had to take care of the altar, making sure that there was always fire there. They had to remove the ashes and prepare the various offerings in accordance with the directions given. They were to eat those parts of the offerings that were given to them, treating them as holy since they had been given to the Lord. In addition, the priests had to follow the instructions concerning those who had sinned and had to make restitution for what they had taken or retained dishonestly. The person was not able to come to the Lord with just a sacrifice; he had to right the wrong that he had done to another person.
Leviticus 6 thus continues the sacrificial laws given and places more responsibility on the priests. It discusses various aspects of the offerings and explains to the priests what they were to do in order to deal properly with them. It also reminds the Israelites that they were to bring more than just gifts to the Lord. If a person had caused harm to another person, he was to make things right. Leviticus 6 gives a set of instructions concerning the altar, the offerings, the priests, and the people in the tabernacle.
The first section of Leviticus 6 discusses a person who practiced falsehood towards another person. Such a person might lie about his possession for which he has been given responsibility to keep. He might steal something from another, deceive another, or find something that belonged to another and lie about the finding. A person might make a false statement about something that belonged to another. The person who practiced falsehood towards another was said to be guilty before the Lord.
The person who was guilty needed to bring back what he had taken or retained dishonestly. He needed to return what he had taken by stealing or deceiving and restore what he had mistakenly found and falsely claimed as his own.
The guilty person also had to add to whatever he had dishonestly taken or retained, the fifth part of its value. The person was not able to simply return whatever he had gained dishonestly and then leave it at that. He had to give more as restitution from what the person had stolen or wrongly gained. He then brought a ram without blemish to the Lord for a trespass offering. The priest made atonement for him, and he was forgiven.
Leviticus 6:1-7 discusses how a person's relationships with people were intertwined with his relationship with God. One was not able to come before the Lord claiming to be righteous if that person practiced falsehood towards another person and retained that which belonged to another. When dealing with falsehood and retaining another person's property, the person was to take practical steps to correct the situation.
Leviticus 6:8-13 describes the instructions concerning the burnt offering. The Lord directed that there always was to be fire on the altar. The priests were responsible for keeping this fire burning, and each morning they placed wood upon the fire and laid the burnt offering thereon, including the fat of the peace offerings.
The fire on the altar was to burn continually, and the priests were responsible for tending it. The priests were to remove the ashes when they became too much, and they did this wearing linen garments. When the ashes were removed from the altar, the priests had to change into clean garments before going away with the ashes.
The instructions make it clear that the duties of the priests at the altar were not occasional ones. They had to be performed regularly, and the priests were responsible for keeping the altar prepared to receive the sacrifices brought by the Israelites.
Leviticus 6:14-18 then discusses the meat offering. The sons of Aaron were to bring the meat offering before the Lord to the altar. From this offering a part of the fine flour and oil was to be burned as a memorial upon the altar, and the remainder of the offering was to be eaten by Aaron and his sons.
The priests were to eat this part of the offering in the holy place and within the court of the tabernacle. The offering was considered most holy, and the priests were to treat it with due reverence.
Leviticus 6:19-23 gives a special instruction concerning the meat offering that Aaron and his sons were to bring when Aaron was anointed. They were to bring fine flour mixed with oil and offer half of it in the morning and half of it in the evening. This was different from a regular meat offering in that the whole of it was to be burned and the priests were not able to eat any of it.
Leviticus 6 returns to a discussion of the sin offering. The Lord instructed that the priest who offered the sin offering was to eat the flesh of the animal in the holy place, and anyone who touched the flesh became holy. The clothes that had touched some of the blood of the offering were to be washed in the holy place.
If the blood of the offering was brought into the tabernacle to make atonement in the holy place, the flesh was not to be eaten. Instead, the whole of the animal was to be burned with fire. This was dependent upon how the blood of the sacrifice was used.
Leviticus 6:19-23 states that every male among the priests could eat from the holy offerings. These offerings were to be given to the priests since they had been brought to the Lord.
Leviticus 6:24-30 contains instructions concerning the clay pot in which the flesh of the sin offering was boiled. If the flesh of the sin offering was boiled in a clay vessel, the vessel had to be broken. If it was boiled in a brass pot, the pot had to be scoured and rinsed with water. This was done to distinguish between ordinary utensils and those that had been used in connection with holy offerings.
The last verses of Leviticus 6 return once more to the discussion of the sin offering. It is stated that no sin offering whose blood had been brought into the tabernacle to make atonement was to be eaten, but it was to be burned with fire. This is again a distinguishing factor for the priests.
Leviticus 6 provides a close look at the responsibilities connected with the various offerings. The priests had to take care of the altar, making sure that there was always fire there. They had to remove the ashes and prepare the various offerings in accordance with the directions given. They were to eat those parts of the offerings that were given to them, treating them as holy since they had been given to the Lord. In addition, the priests had to follow the instructions concerning those who had sinned and had to make restitution for what they had taken or retained dishonestly. The person was not able to come to the Lord with just a sacrifice; he had to right the wrong that he had done to another person.
Leviticus 6 thus continues the sacrificial laws given and places more responsibility on the priests. It discusses various aspects of the offerings and explains to the priests what they were to do in order to deal properly with them. It also reminds the Israelites that they were to bring more than just gifts to the Lord. If a person had caused harm to another person, he was to make things right. Leviticus 6 gives a set of instructions concerning the altar, the offerings, the priests, and the people in the tabernacle.