1Følgende regler gælder for skyldofferet, som er et meget helligt offer. 2Offerdyret skal slagtes på samme sted, hvor brændofferdyrene slagtes, og dets blod skal stænkes på siderne af alteret. 3Derefter skal præsten ofre dyrets fedt, også fedthalen og fedtet omkring indvoldene, 4begge nyrer, lændefedtet og fedtklumpen over leveren. 5Præsterne skal brænde nyrerne og fedtet på alteret som et skyldoffer for Herren. 6Kun mænd fra præsteslægten må spise det tiloversblevne kød, for det er indviet til mig, og det skal spises på et indviet sted.
7Samme regel gælder for syndofferet: Den præst, som udfører forsoningsceremonien, har ansvar for, at kun præsterne spiser af kødet. 8For brændofferet gælder det, at offerdyrets hud tilfalder den præst, som udfører offerhandlingen. 9De afgrødeofre, som består af mad, der er tilberedt i ovn, på pande eller på bageplade, tilfalder den præst, der udfører offerhandlingen. 10Alle andre afgrødeofre, både med og uden olivenolie i, skal fordeles ligeligt mellem alle præsterne.
11Følgende regler gælder for de takofre, som bringes til Herren:
12Hvis det drejer sig om et lovprisningsoffer, skal der sammen med offeret bringes rundbrød og fladbrød, blandet med olivenolie og bagt uden surdej. 13Offeret skal bringes til Herren sammen med et brød, bagt med surdej. 14Et brød af hver slags skal bæres frem for Herrens alter med en svingende bevægelse, hvorefter brødene tilfalder den præst, som stænker offerdyrets blod på alteret. 15Efter at offerdyrets bedste og fedeste dele er blevet ofret til Herren som en lovprisning, skal præsterne spise dyrets kød samme dag, for intet må levnes til næste dag.
16Men hvis nogen ønsker at bringe takofre af anden art, hvad enten det drejer sig om indfrielsen af et løfte til Herren eller frivillige ofre, må der gerne levnes noget, som så kan spises næste dag. 17Hvis noget derimod levnes til tredjedagen, skal det brændes, 18for hvis noget spises på tredjedagen, vil Herren ikke anerkende det som et gyldigt offer, og offeret gavner ikke den, som bragte det. Ligeledes regnes den præst, som spiser dette offer, for skyldig, for det er afskyeligt for Herren, og præsten kommer til at stå til regnskab for sin synd.
19Hvis kødet kommer i berøring med noget urent, må det ikke spises, men det skal brændes. Samtidig gælder det, at offerkød kun må spises af personer, der er rituelt rene. 20Den præst, som er uren, men som alligevel spiser af takofferet, skal dø. 21Den, som rører ved et urent dyr eller noget urent fra et menneske, og derefter spiser af takofferet, skal dø.”
22Derefter sagde Herren til Moses: 23„Sig til Israels folk, at de aldrig må spise fedt, hverken fra kvæg eller får eller geder. 24Fedtet fra et dyr, som dør af sygdom, eller som dræbes af vilde dyr, må heller ikke spises, men det må gerne bruges til andre formål. 25Enhver, der spiser fedt fra et offerdyr, skal dø.
26Spis aldrig blod, hverken fra fugle eller andre dyr. 27Enhver, som gør det, skal dø.”
28Herren fortsatte: 29„Sig til Israels folk, at de, der bringer Herren et takoffer, selv skal frembære deres offer. 30De skal personligt ofre dyrets fedt og bryststykke som en gave til Herren. Bryststykket skal svinges frem og tilbage foran alteret. 31Så skal præsten brænde fedtet på alteret, men bryststykket skal tilfalde præsterne, 32-33og det højre lår skal tilfalde den præst, som udfører offerhandlingen. 34Bryststykket og det højre lår skal være en gave fra Israels folk og skal altid tilfalde præsterne, for det er deres andel.” 35-36Den dag Aron og hans sønner blev salvet, befalede Herren, at Israels folk skulle give dem disse stykker af offerdyrene. Det er deres ret fra slægt til slægt.
37Dette er Herrens instrukser om brændofferet, afgrødeofferet, syndofferet, skyldofferet, indvielsesofferet og takofferet. 38Disse forskrifter gav Herren til Moses på Sinaibjerget, dengang Israels folk begyndte at bringe ofre til Herren ude i ørkenen.
The Guilt Offering
1“ ‘These are the regulations for the guilt offering, which is most holy: 2The guilt offering is to be slaughtered in the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered, and its blood is to be splashed against the sides of the altar. 3All its fat shall be offered: the fat tail and the fat that covers the internal organs, 4both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the long lobe of the liver, which is to be removed with the kidneys. 5The priest shall burn them on the altar as a food offering presented to the Lord. It is a guilt offering. 6Any male in a priest’s family may eat it, but it must be eaten in the sanctuary area; it is most holy.
7“ ‘The same law applies to both the sin offering7:7 Or purification offering; also in verse 37 and the guilt offering: They belong to the priest who makes atonement with them. 8The priest who offers a burnt offering for anyone may keep its hide for himself. 9Every grain offering baked in an oven or cooked in a pan or on a griddle belongs to the priest who offers it, 10and every grain offering, whether mixed with olive oil or dry, belongs equally to all the sons of Aaron.
The Fellowship Offering
11“ ‘These are the regulations for the fellowship offering anyone may present to the Lord:
12“ ‘If they offer it as an expression of thankfulness, then along with this thank offering they are to offer thick loaves made without yeast and with olive oil mixed in, thin loaves made without yeast and brushed with oil, and thick loaves of the finest flour well-kneaded and with oil mixed in. 13Along with their fellowship offering of thanksgiving they are to present an offering with thick loaves of bread made with yeast. 14They are to bring one of each kind as an offering, a contribution to the Lord; it belongs to the priest who splashes the blood of the fellowship offering against the altar. 15The meat of their fellowship offering of thanksgiving must be eaten on the day it is offered; they must leave none of it till morning.
16“ ‘If, however, their offering is the result of a vow or is a freewill offering, the sacrifice shall be eaten on the day they offer it, but anything left over may be eaten on the next day. 17Any meat of the sacrifice left over till the third day must be burned up. 18If any meat of the fellowship offering is eaten on the third day, the one who offered it will not be accepted. It will not be reckoned to their credit, for it has become impure; the person who eats any of it will be held responsible.
19“ ‘Meat that touches anything ceremonially unclean must not be eaten; it must be burned up. As for other meat, anyone ceremonially clean may eat it. 20But if anyone who is unclean eats any meat of the fellowship offering belonging to the Lord, they must be cut off from their people. 21Anyone who touches something unclean—whether human uncleanness or an unclean animal or any unclean creature that moves along the ground7:21 A few Hebrew manuscripts, Samaritan Pentateuch, Syriac and Targum (see 5:2); most Hebrew manuscripts any unclean, detestable thing—and then eats any of the meat of the fellowship offering belonging to the Lord must be cut off from their people.’ ”
Eating Fat and Blood Forbidden
22The Lord said to Moses, 23“Say to the Israelites: ‘Do not eat any of the fat of cattle, sheep or goats. 24The fat of an animal found dead or torn by wild animals may be used for any other purpose, but you must not eat it. 25Anyone who eats the fat of an animal from which a food offering may be7:25 Or offering is presented to the Lord must be cut off from their people. 26And wherever you live, you must not eat the blood of any bird or animal. 27Anyone who eats blood must be cut off from their people.’ ”
The Priests’ Share
28The Lord said to Moses, 29“Say to the Israelites: ‘Anyone who brings a fellowship offering to the Lord is to bring part of it as their sacrifice to the Lord. 30With their own hands they are to present the food offering to the Lord; they are to bring the fat, together with the breast, and wave the breast before the Lord as a wave offering. 31The priest shall burn the fat on the altar, but the breast belongs to Aaron and his sons. 32You are to give the right thigh of your fellowship offerings to the priest as a contribution. 33The son of Aaron who offers the blood and the fat of the fellowship offering shall have the right thigh as his share. 34From the fellowship offerings of the Israelites, I have taken the breast that is waved and the thigh that is presented and have given them to Aaron the priest and his sons as their perpetual share from the Israelites.’ ”
35This is the portion of the food offerings presented to the Lord that were allotted to Aaron and his sons on the day they were presented to serve the Lord as priests. 36On the day they were anointed, the Lord commanded that the Israelites give this to them as their perpetual share for the generations to come.
37These, then, are the regulations for the burnt offering, the grain offering, the sin offering, the guilt offering, the ordination offering and the fellowship offering, 38which the Lord gave Moses at Mount Sinai in the Desert of Sinai on the day he commanded the Israelites to bring their offerings to the Lord.
