Regler om de forskellige ofre, henvendt til præsterne
1Herren sagde videre til Moses: 2„Gør Aron og hans sønner bekendt med følgende regler for brændofrene:
Ilden skal holdes ved lige, og brændofferet skal blive liggende på alteret hele natten. 3Næste morgen skal præsten tage sit linnedundertøj og sine linnedbukser på, hvorefter han skal tage asken fra alteret og lægge den i en bunke ved siden af alteret. 4Så skal han skifte tøj og bære asken uden for lejren til det indviede sted. 5Men alterilden skal brænde hele tiden, den må under ingen omstændigheder gå ud. Hver morgen skal præsten lægge nyt brænde på ilden og placere det daglige brændoffer ovenpå, og han skal brænde fedtet som et takoffer. 6Husk at ilden altid skal brænde på alteret, for den må aldrig slukkes.
7De følgende regler gælder afgrødeofferet:
Efter at præsterne har bragt offeret til Herrens alter, 8skal ypperstepræsten tage en håndfuld af det fintmalede mel med olivenolien og røgelsen i og brænde det på alteret som et lifligt afgrødeoffer. 9Resten af melet skal tilhøre Aron og hans sønner, og det brød, de tilbereder af melet, skal laves uden surdej, og det skal spises i åbenbaringsteltets forgård. 10Hvis det drejer sig om ovnbagt brød, gælder samme regel: Der må ikke bruges surdej til brødet. Det er præsternes andel af de ofre, der brændes for mig på alteret, men deres andel er for mig lige så hellig som den del, der brændes på alteret. Det samme gælder synd- og skyldofre. 11Deres del af brændofrene må dog kun spises af præsterne selv, de mandlige efterkommere af Aron, fra generation til generation. Kun de indviede må røre ved det.”
12Derpå sagde Herren til Moses: 13„Samme dag Aron og hans sønner bliver salvet og indsat i deres præsteembede, skal de bringe Herren et almindeligt afgrødeoffer: to liter fintmalet mel. Den ene halvdel skal ofres om morgenen, og den anden halvdel skal ofres om aftenen. 14Det skal tilberedes på bageplade med olivenolie, og efter at brødet er gennembagt, skal det brækkes i stykker og bringes som et lifligt afgrødeoffer. 15Den af Arons efterkommere, der er indsat som ypperstepræst, skal forestå ceremonien. Dette er en permanent lov. 16Og for disse afgrødeofre fra præsterne gælder det, at hele offeret skal brændes. Intet af det må spises.”
17Herren fortsatte: 18„Gør Aron og hans sønner bekendt med følgende regler for syndofrene:
Ethvert dyr, der bringes som syndoffer, er indviet til mig. Dyret skal slagtes samme sted, hvor I slagter brændofferdyrene. 19Den præst, som udfører offerceremonien, skal sørge for, at kødet kun bliver spist i åbenbaringsteltets forgård. 20Kun indviede præster må røre ved kødet, og hvis der kommer blodstænk på deres tøj, skal de vaske tøjet på det sted, der er indviet til det. 21Hvis kødet bliver kogt i en gryde af ler, skal gryden knuses bagefter. Men hvis det er en gryde af bronze, der bruges, skal den skures og skylles grundigt med vand bagefter. 22Kun mænd af præsteslægten må spise af offerkødet, for det er et helligt offer. 23Men hvis syndofferdyrets blod er blevet båret ind i åbenbaringsteltet og brugt som sonoffer i helligdommen, må dets kød ikke spises. I den slags tilfælde skal kødet brændes.
1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the LORD, and lie unto his neighbour in that which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship, or in a thing taken away by violence, or hath deceived his neighbour;6.2 in fellowship: or, in dealing6.2 fellowship: Heb. putting of the hand 3Or have found that which was lost, and lieth concerning it, and sweareth falsely; in any of all these that a man doeth, sinning therein: 4Then it shall be, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took violently away, or the thing which he hath deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the lost thing which he found, 5Or all that about which he hath sworn falsely; he shall even restore it in the principal, and shall add the fifth part more thereto, and give it unto him to whom it appertaineth, in the day of his trespass offering.6.5 in the day…: or, in the day of his being found guilty: Heb. in the day of his trespass 6And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD, a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest: 7And the priest shall make an atonement for him before the LORD: and it shall be forgiven him for any thing of all that he hath done in trespassing therein.
8¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 9Command 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.6.9 because…: or, for the burning 10And 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. 11And he shall put off his garments, and put on other garments, and carry forth the ashes without the camp unto a clean place. 12And 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. 13The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never go out.
14¶ And this is the law of the meat offering: the sons of Aaron shall offer it before the LORD, before the altar. 15And 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. 16And 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. 17It 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. 18All 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.
19¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 20This 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. 21In 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. 22And 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. 23For every meat offering for the priest shall be wholly burnt: it shall not be eaten.
24¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 25Speak 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. 26The 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. 27Whatsoever 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. 28But 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. 29All the males among the priests shall eat thereof: it is most holy. 30And 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.
