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Leviticus 6

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1And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
1And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
2Charge Aaron and his sons, saying, This [is] the law of whole-burnt -offering; this is the whole-burnt -offering in its burning on the altar all the night till the morning; and the fire of the altar shall burn on it, it shall not be put out.
2Command Aaron and his sons, saying, This is the law of the burnt offering: It is the burnt offering, because of the burning upon the altar all night unto the morning, and the fire of the altar shall be burning in it.
3And the priest shall put on the linen tunic, and he shall put the linen drawers on his body; and shall take away that which has been thoroughly burnt, which the fire shall have consumed, even the whole-burnt -offering from the altar, and he shall put it near the altar.
3And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linen breeches shall he put upon his flesh, and take up the ashes which the fire hath consumed with the burnt offering on the altar, and he shall put them beside the altar.
4And he shall put off his robe, and put on another robe, and he shall take forth the offering that has been burnt without the camp into a clean place.
4And he shall put off his garments, and put on other garments, and carry forth the ashes without the camp unto a clean place.
5And the fire on the altar shall be kept burning on it, and shall not be extinguished; and the priest shall burn on it wood every morning, and shall heap on it the whole-burnt -offering, and shall lay on it the fat of the peace-offering.
5And the fire upon the altar shall be burning in it; it shall not be put out: and the priest shall burn wood on it every morning, and lay the burnt offering in order upon it; and he shall burn thereon the fat of the peace offerings.
6And the fire shall always burn on the altar; it shall not be extinguished.
6The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never go out.
7This is the law of the sacrifice, which the sons of Aaron shall bring near before the Lord, before the altar.
7And this is the law of the meat offering: the sons of Aaron shall offer it before the Lord, before the altar.
8And he shall take from it a handfulof the fine flour of the sacrifice with its oil , and with all its frankincense, which are upon the sacrifice; and he shall offer up on the altar a burnt-offering as a sweet-smelling savour, a memorial of it to the Lord.
8And he shall take of it his handful, of the flour of the meat offering, and of the oil thereof, and all the frankincense which is upon the meat offering, and shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savour, even the memorial of it, unto the Lord.
9And Aaron and his sons shall eat that which is left of it: it shall be eaten without leaven in a holy place, they shall eat it in the court of the tabernacle of witness.
9And the remainder thereof shall Aaron and his sons eat: with unleavened bread shall it be eaten in the holy place; in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation they shall eat it.
10It shall not be baked with leaven. I have given it as a portion to them of the burnt-offerings of the Lord: it is most holy, as the offering for sin , and as the offering for trespass .
10It shall not be baken with leaven. I have given it unto them for their portion of my offerings made by fire; it is most holy, as is the sin offering, and as the trespass offering.
11Every male of the priests shall eat it: it is a perpetual ordinance throughout your generations of the burnt-offerings of the Lord; whosoever shall touch them shall be hallowed.
11All the males among the children of Aaron shall eat of it. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations concerning the offerings of the Lord made by fire: every one that toucheth them shall be holy.
12And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
12And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
13This is the gift of Aaron and of his sons, which they shall offer to the Lord in the day in which thou shalt anoint him; the tenth of an ephah of fine flour for a sacrifice continually, the half of it in the morning, and the half of it in the evening.
13This is the offering of Aaron and of his sons, which they shall offer unto the Lord in the day when he is anointed; the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a meat offering perpetual, half of it in the morning, and half thereof at night.
14It shall be made with oil in a frying-pan; he shall offer it kneaded [and] in rolls, an offering of fragments, an offering of a sweet savour unto the Lord.
14In a pan it shall be made with oil; and when it is baken, thou shalt bring it in: and the baken pieces of the meat offering shalt thou offer for a sweet savour unto the Lord.
15The anointed priest who is in his place, [one] of his sons, shall offer it: it is a perpetual statute, it shall all be consumed.
15And the priest of his sons that is anointed in his stead shall offer it: it is a statute for ever unto the Lord; it shall be wholly burnt.
16And every sacrifice of a priest shall be thoroughly burnt, and shall not be eaten.
16For every meat offering for the priest shall be wholly burnt: it shall not be eaten.
17And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
17And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
18Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, This is the law of the sin -offering;—in the place where they slay the whole-burnt -offering, they shall slay the sin-offerings before the Lord: they are most holy.
18Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, saying, This is the law of the sin offering: In the place where the burnt offering is killed shall the sin offering be killed before the Lord: it is most holy.
19The priest that offers it shall eat it: in a holy place it shall be eaten, in the court of the tabernacle of witness.
19The priest that offereth it for sin shall eat it: in the holy place shall it be eaten, in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation.
20Every one that touches the flesh of it shall be holy, and on whosesoever garment any of its blood shall have been sprinkled, whosoever shall have it sprinkled, shall be washed in the holy place.
20Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof shall be holy: and when there is sprinkled of the blood thereof upon any garment, thou shalt wash that whereon it was sprinkled in the holy place.
21And the earthen vessel, in whichsoever it shall have been sodden, shall be broken; and if it shall have been sodden in a brazen vessel, he shall scour it and wash it with water.
21But the earthen vessel wherein it is sodden shall be broken: and if it be sodden in a brasen pot, it shall be both scoured, and rinsed in water.
22Every male among the priests shall eat it: it is most holy to the Lord.
22All the males among the priests shall eat thereof: it is most holy.
23And no offerings for sin , of whose blood there shall be brought any into the tabernacle of witness to make atonement in the holy place, shall be eaten: they shall be burned with fire.
23And no sin offering, whereof any of the blood is brought into the tabernacle of the congregation to reconcile withal in the holy place, shall be eaten: it shall be burnt in the fire.