Vayikra ויקרא

[GOD] called to Moses and spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting, saying:

If your^ayour In this chapter, Heb. 3rd-person references to the offerer are rendered in the 2nd person, in accord with v. 2. offering is a burnt offering from the herd, you shall make your offering a male without blemish. You shall bring it to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting, for acceptance in your behalf before GOD.

The bull shall be slaughtered before GOD; and Aaron’s sons, the priests, shall offer the blood, dashing the blood against all sides of the altar that is at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting.

The sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire on the altar and lay out wood upon the fire;

Its entrails and legs shall be washed with water, and the priest shall turn the whole into smoke on the altar as a burnt offering, an offering by fire of pleasing odor to GOD.

It shall be slaughtered before GOD on the north side of the altar, and Aaron’s sons, the priests, shall dash its blood against all sides of the altar.

The entrails and the legs shall be washed with water; the priest shall offer up and turn the whole into smoke on the altar. It is a burnt offering, an offering by fire, of pleasing odor to GOD.

The priest shall bring it to the altar, pinch off its head, and turn it into smoke on the altar; and its blood shall be drained out against the side of the altar.

The priest shall tear it open by its wings, without severing it, and turn it into smoke on the altar, upon the wood that is on the fire. It is a burnt offering, an offering by fire, of pleasing odor to GOD.

and present it to Aaron’s sons, the priests. The priest shall scoop out of it a handful of its choice flour and oil, as well as all of its frankincense; and this token portion he shall turn into smoke on the altar, as an offering by fire, of pleasing odor to GOD.

When you present an offering of grain baked in the oven, [it shall be of] choice flour: unleavened cakes with oil mixed in, or unleavened wafers spread with oil.

Break it into bits and pour oil on it; it is a grain offering.

When you present to GOD a grain offering that is made in any of these ways, it shall be brought to the priest, who shall take it up to the altar.

And the remainder of the grain offering shall be for Aaron and his sons, a most holy portion from GOD’s offerings by fire.

You may bring them to GOD as an offering of choice products;^achoice products Exact meaning of Heb. reʼshith uncertain. but they shall not be offered up on the altar for a pleasing odor.

If you bring a grain offering of first fruits to GOD, you shall bring new ears parched with fire, grits of the fresh grain, as your grain offering of first fruits.

And the priest shall turn a token portion of it into smoke: some of the grits and oil, with all of the frankincense, as an offering by fire to GOD.

You shall lay a hand upon the head of your offering and slaughter it at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting; and Aaron’s sons, the priests, shall dash the blood against all sides of the altar.

the two kidneys and the fat that is on them, that is at the loins; and the protuberance on the liver, which you shall remove with the kidneys.

And if your offering for a sacrifice of well-being to GOD is from the flock, whether a male or a female, you shall offer one without blemish.

and lay a hand upon the head of your offering. It shall be slaughtered before the Tent of Meeting, and Aaron’s sons shall dash its blood against all sides of the altar.

the two kidneys and the fat that is on them, that is at the loins; and the protuberance on the liver, which you shall remove with the kidneys.

And if your offering is a goat, you shall bring it before GOD

Then present as your offering from it, as an offering by fire to GOD, the fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that is about the entrails;

The priest shall turn these into smoke on the altar as food, an offering by fire, of pleasing odor.
All fat is GOD’s.

GOD spoke to Moses, saying:

If it is the anointed priest who has incurred guilt, so that blame falls upon the people, he shall offer for the sin of which he is guilty a bull of the herd without blemish as a purgation offering to GOD.

and the anointed priest shall take some of the bull’s blood and bring it into the Tent of Meeting.

The priest shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of aromatic incense, which is in the Tent of Meeting, before GOD; and all the rest of the bull’s blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering, which is at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting.

the two kidneys and the fat that is on them, that is at the loins; and the protuberance on the liver, which he shall remove with the kidneys—

But the hide of the bull, and all its flesh, as well as its head and legs, its entrails and its dung—

If it is the whole community of Israel^awhole community of Israel Or the elders, on the community’s behalf; cf v. 15. that has erred and the matter escapes the notice of the congregation, so that they do any of the things that by GOD’s commandments ought not to be done, and they realize their guilt—

The elders of the community shall lay their hands upon the head of the bull before GOD, and the bull shall be slaughtered before GOD.

and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle of it seven times before GOD, in front of the curtain.

He shall remove all its fat and turn it into smoke on the altar.

He shall carry the bull outside the camp and burn it as he burned the first bull; it is the purgation offering of the congregation.

or the sin of which he is guilty is made known—he shall bring as his offering a male goat without blemish.

The priest shall take with his finger some of the blood of the purgation offering and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering; and the rest of its blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering.

If anyone from among the populace^cpopulace Lit. “people of the country.” unwittingly incurs guilt by doing any of the things that by GOD’s commandments ought not to be done, and realizes it—

They shall lay their hand upon the head of the purgation offering. The purgation offering shall be slaughtered at the place of the burnt offering.

The offerer shall remove all its fat, just as the fat is removed from the sacrifice of well-being; and the priest shall turn it into smoke on the altar, for a pleasing odor to GOD. Thus the priest shall make expiation on behalf of the offerer—who shall then be forgiven.

The offerer shall lay their hand upon the head of the purgation offering, and it shall be slaughtered as a purgation offering at the spot where the burnt offering is slaughtered.

And all its fat the offerer shall remove, just as the fat of the sheep of the sacrifice of well-being is removed; and this the priest shall turn into smoke on the altar, over GOD’s offering by fire. Thus for the sin that was committed, the priest shall make expiation on behalf of the offerer—who shall then be forgiven.

Or when a person touches any impure thing (be it the carcass of an impure beast or the carcass of impure cattle or the carcass of an impure creeping thing) but does not attend to it, and then, being impure, they realize their guilt;

Or when a person utters^butters Lit. “utters with his lips.” an oath to bad or good purpose (whatever a human being may utter in an oath) and, though knowing about it, does not attend to it, but later they realize their guilt in any of these matters—

And they shall bring as a penalty to GOD, for the sin of which they are guilty, a female from the flock—sheep or goat—as a purgation offering; and the priest shall make expiation for the sin, on their behalf.

These shall be brought to the priest, who shall offer first the bird for the purgation offering, pinching its head at the nape without severing it.

And the second bird he shall prepare as a burnt offering, according to regulation. For the sin of which [the person] is guilty, the priest shall thus make expiation on their behalf—and they shall be forgiven.

It shall be brought to the priest, and the priest shall scoop out of it a handful as a token portion and turn it into smoke on the altar, with GOD’s offerings by fire; it is a purgation offering.

And GOD spoke to Moses, saying:

Restitution shall be made for the remission regarding the sacred things, adding a fifth part to it and giving it to the priest. The priest shall make expiation with the ram of the reparation offering on their behalf—and they shall be forgiven.

They shall bring to the priest a ram without blemish from the flock, or the equivalent,^cthe equivalent In currency; cf. v. 15. as a reparation offering. For the error committed unwittingly, the priest shall make expiation on their behalf—and they shall be forgiven.

^dThis verse is labeled as 6.1 in some editions.GOD spoke to Moses, saying:

or by finding something lost and lying about it; if they swear falsely regarding any one of the various things that a person may do and sin thereby—

or anything else about which they swore falsely, they shall repay the principal amount and add a fifth part to it. It shall be paid to its owner upon realizing that guilt.

The priest shall make expiation before GOD on their behalf—and they shall be forgiven for whatever was done to draw blame thereby.