Leviticus/Wayyiqrah – 1-7 " Speak to the sons of Yisra'el, and say to them "

• The Covenant had been cut;
•  Israel had been born as a “nation” 
• with laws to govern its national life, 
• by a new Master,
  •  a Ruler who at the same time happens to be
  •  its Elo’hiym,
  •  the Creator Himself, 
  • the Revelator on Sinai, 
  • and everything else He “shall be” to His chosen.  

Now it is time to go into details of implementing His WAY of life for His people.  

The final chapters of Shemoth were devoted to  details of building the Tabernacle as the dwelling place of Israel’s God; now Leviticus/Wayyiqrah spells out what the people are obligated to do toward their God.

We have grouped together these first 7 chapters since they basically focus on —

• the types of offering (burnt, meal, peace, sin, guilt) 
• required of each category of people (high priest/priest, king, people, individual).

“Offering” is the preferred translation by the rabbis for the Hebrew word korban (instead of “sacrifice”) because it actually means ‘that which is brought near.” 

The instructions are, as usual, very specific, it reads like a manual for rituals. You wonder, since none of the listeners then had notepads to write details of what they hear, relying only on their memory banks, they had to carefully listen and remember and do as required. As you read through this portion of the 3rd book in the Pentateuch, test yourself how much you can recall of the instructions without writing them down.

Translation isEF/Everett Fox, The Five Books of Moses; commentary from AST/ArtScroll Tanach and Pentateuch & Haftorahs, ed. Dr. J. H. Hertz-–Admin1.]

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Leviticus/Wayyiqrah  1

1 Now he called to Moshe-

YHVH spoke to him from the Tent of Appointment, saying:
2 Speak to the Children of Israel and say to them:

Anyone-when (one) among you brings-near a near-offering for YHVH 

from domestic-animals: from the herd or from the flock you may bring-near your near-offering.
3 If an offering-up is his near-offering, from the herd, 

(then) male, wholly-sound, let him bring-it-near, 

to the entrance of the Tent of Appointment let him bring-it-near, 

as acceptance for him, before the presence of YHVH.

•  AST: If one’s offering is a burnt-offering . . .
• P&H: embodies the idea of the submission of the worshipper to the will of God in its most perfect form, as the entire animal was placed upon the Altar to be burnt.  The Heb. name for burnt-offering, olah, signifies ‘that which ascends’, symbolizing the ascent of the soul in worship. ‘By making the offering ascend to heaven, the one who offers it expresses his desire and intention to ascend himself to Heaven; i.e. to devote himself entirely to God and place it in the same class with sin and guilt offerings. Whatever its derivation, the burnt-offering is the oldest and commonest sacrifice for the community and individual, and it remained the chief spontaneous offering of the individual.

4 He is to lean his hand on the head of the offering-up, 

that there may be acceptance on his behalf, to effect-ransom for him.
5 He is to slay the herd-animal (for sacrifice) before the presence of YHVH, 

and the Sons of Aharon, the priests, are to bring-near the blood

and are to dash the blood against the slaughter-site, all around, 

that is at the entrance of the Tent of Appointment.
6 Then he is to flay the offering-up, and is to section it into its sections.
7 Now the Sons of Aharon the priest are to put fire upon the slaughter-site 

and are to arrange wood upon the fire.
8 The Sons of Aharon, the priests, are to arrange the sections, the head and the suet,

upon the wood that is upon the fire, that is upon the slaughter-site,
9 its innards and its shins he is to wash in water; 

and the priest is to turn all-of-it into smoke upon the slaughter-site,

for an offering-up, a fire-offering of soothing savor for YHVH.
10 Now if from the flock is his near-offering,

from the sheep or from the goats, for an offering-up, 

(then) male, wholly-sound, let him bring-it-near.
11 He is to slay it on the flank of the slaughter-site, northward, before the presence of YHVH, 

and the Sons of Aharon, the priests, are to dash its blood against the slaughter-site, all around.
12 Then he is to section it into its sections, with its head and with its suet, 

and the priest is to arrange them upon the wood that is upon the fire, that is upon the slaughter-site,
13 the innards and the shins he is to wash in water; 

and the priest is to bring all-of-it near and turn it into smoke upon the slaughter-site:

it is an offering-up,

a fire-offering of soothing savor for YHVH.
14 Now if from fowl is his offered-up near-offering for YHVH, 

he is to bring-near from turtledoves or from young pigeons as his near-offering.
15 The priest is to bring-it-near upon the slaughter-site 

and pinch off its head,

he is to turn it into smoke upon the slaughter-site, 

and its blood is to be drained out against the side-wall of the slaughter-site.
16 He is to remove its crissum by means of its plumage 

and is to fling it next to the slaughter-site, eastward,

into the place of the ashes.
17 He is to tear it open by its wings-he is not to divide (it)!- 

and the priest is to turn it into smoke upon the slaughter-site, upon the wood that is upon the fire:

it is an offering-up,

a fire-offering of soothing savor for YHVH.

Leviticus/Wayyiqrah 2

1 A person-when he brings-near a near-offering of a grain-gift for YHVH, 

of (proper) flour shall his near-offering be. 

He is to pour oil upon it and is to put frankincense upon it,

AST: When a person offers a meal offering to HaShem . . .

P&H: Heb. minchah; sacrifice, not involving the slaughter of an animal, but on that account not less ancient or important. Originally the term minchah was used in a wider sense and embraced any offering to God whether of animals or earth’s produce; Gen. IV, 3. The two constituent parts of this offering—flour and oil—were the common articles of food.  They are not natural products, but are obtained as the result of toil.  The meal-offering typified the consecration of man’s work to the service of God.

2 then he is to bring it to the Sons of Aharon, the priests.

He is to scoop from there a scoopful from its flour and from its oil, along with all its frankincense; the priest is to turn its reminder-portion into smoke upon the slaughter-site, 

a fire-offering of soothing savor for YHVH.
3 Now what is left of the grain-gift (is) Aharon’s and his sons’, 

a holiest holy-portion from the fire-offerings of YHVH.
4 When you bring-near a near-offering of a grain-gift baked in an oven, 

(it is to be) of flour: matza/unleavened cakes mixed with oil, matza wafers spread with oil.
5 And if a grain-gift on a griddle is your near-offering,

flour mixed with oil-unleavened shall it be.
6 Crumble it into crumbled-bits, and pour oil upon it,

it is a grain-gift.
7 And if a grain-gift in a frying-pan is your near-offering, 

of flour in oil shall it be made.
8 Should you bring a grain-gift that is made in (any of) these ways to YHVH,

it is to be brought-near to the priest, and he is to bring-it-close to the slaughter-site.
9 The priest is to set-aside from the grain-gift its reminder-portion

and is to turn it into smoke upon the slaughter-site;

a fire-offering of soothing savor for YHVH.
10 And what is left of the grain-gift is Aharon’s and his sons’, 

a holiest holy-portion from the fire-offerings of YHVH.
11 Every grain-gift that you bring-near to YHVH, it is not to be made leavened,

for any fermentation and any date-honey-you may not turn (any) of it into smoke as a fire-offering to YHVH;
12 as a near-offering of premier-fruits you may bring them near to YHVH,

but upon the slaughter-site they are not to offer them up as a soothing savor.
13 All your near-offerings of a grain-gift you are to salt with salt,

you are not to omit the salt of your God’s covenant from atop your grain-gift, 

atop all your near-offerings you are to bring-near salt.
14 Now if you bring-near a grain-gift of firstfruits to YHVH, 

budding-grain, parched with fire, grits of fresh-grain you are to bring-near as your grain-gift of firstfruits.
15 You are to put on it oil, 

you are to place on it frankincense, 

it is a grain-gift.
16 The priest is to turn the reminder-portion into smoke, from its grits and from its oil, along with all its frankincense, 

a fire-offering for YHVH.

Leviticus/Wayyiqrah 3

1 Now if a slaughter-offering of shalom is his near-offering: 

if it is from the herd that he brings-it-near, whether male or 

whether female, wholly-sound he is to bring-it-near, before the presence of YHVH.

AST: If his offering is a feast peace offering . . .

P&H: peace offerings. Or, ‘thank-offerings,’ Heb. zebach shelamim, or merely zebach or zebachim, sacrifice made in fulfillment of a vow, or in gratitude for benefits received or expected.  It would thus be an occasion when man seeks and obtains peace with his Creator.  In the peace-offering there was inherent a feeling of joyousness, either in celebrating a happy occasion in the people’s life (I Sam. XI,15), or some important even in connection with a family or individual (Gen. XXXI,54).  Unlike a burnt-offering, a peace-offering could be either male or female; and only a small part of the peace offering was burnt on the Altar.  All the rest, with the exception of portions reserved for the priests, was eaten by the offerer, his kinsmen and guests, at a solemn meal which followed the offering of the sacrifice.  ‘It promoted the feeling of solidarity in the nation or family, and also pointed to dependence upon God for protection and for all the blessings of life’ (Chapmann-Streane).

2 He is to lean his hand on the head of his near-offering, 

and he is to slay it at the entrance of the Tent of Appointment, 

and the Sons of Aharon, the priests, are to dash the blood against the slaughter-site, all around.
3 Then he is to bring-near from the slaughter-offering of shalom, a fire-offering to YHVH: 

the fat that covers the innards and all the fat that is about the innards,
4 the two kidneys and the fat that is about them, that is on the tendons, 

and the extension on the liver-along with the kidneys he is to remove it.
5 And the Sons of Aharon are to turn it (all) into smoke upon the slaughter-site, 

along with the offering-up that is upon the wood, that is upon the fire, 

-a fire-offering of soothing savor for YHVH.
6 Now if from the flock is his near-offering, 

as a slaughtered-offering of shalom for YHVH, 

male or female, wholly-sound he is to bring-it-near.
7 If it is a sheep that he brings-near as a near-offering, 

he is to bring-it-near before the presence of YHVH.
8 He is to lean his hand on the head of his near-offering, 

and he is to slay it in front of the Tent of Appointment, 

and the Sons of Aharon are to dash its blood against the slaughter-site, all around.
9 Then he is to bring-near, from the slaughtered-offering of shalom-as a fire-offering for YHVH- 

its fat: 

the whole thick tail, close to the backbone he is to remove it, 

the fat that covers the innards and all the fat that is about the innards,
10 the two kidneys and the fat that is on them, that is on the tendons, 

and the extension on the liver-along with the kidneys he is to remove it.
11 Then the priest is to turn it into smoke upon the slaughter-site 

as food, a fire-offering for YHVH.
12 Now if it is a goat that is his near-offering: 

he is to bring-it-near, before the presence of YHVH.
13 He is to lean his hand on its head 

and he is to slay it in front of the Tent of Appointment; 

and the Sons of Aharon are to dash its blood against the slaughter-site, all around.
14 Then he is to bring-near from it his near-offering-a fire-offering for YHVH: 

the fat that covers the innards and all the fat that is about the innards,
15 the two kidneys and the fat that is on them, that is on the tendons, 

and the extension on the liver-along with the kidneys he is to remove it.
16 The priest is to turn them into smoke upon the slaughter-site 

as food, a fire-offering of soothing savor, 

-all the fat is for YHVH,
17 a law for the ages, into your generations, throughout all your settlements: 

any fat, any blood,
you are not to eat!

Leviticus/Wayyiqrah 4

1 Now YHVH spoke to Moshe, saying:
2 Speak to the Children of Israel, saying:

(Any) person-when one sins in error 

regarding any of YHVH’S commandments that should not be done, 

by doing any one of them:

AST: When a person will sin unintentionally from among all the commandments of HaShem that may not be done, and he commits one of them . . .

P&H: The animal sacrificed varied according to the rank of the offender, provision being made for simpler offerings on the part of the poor. sin. This Heb. root means in its simplest form, ‘to miss the mark.’ The sinner misses the true aim of human living.  through error. Or, ‘unwittingly’ (RV text). The regulations here prescribed did not apply where the offence was committed deliberately.

3 if the Anointed Priest should sin, bringing-guilt upon the people,

he is to bring-near, for the sin that he has sinned,

a bull, a young of the herd, wholly-sound, for YHVH as a hattat/decontamination-offering.
4 He is to bring the bull to the entrance of the Tent of Appointment, before the presence of YHVH, 

he is to lean his hand on the head of the bull 

and he is to slay the bull before the presence of YHVH.
5 Then the Anointed Priest is to take some of the blood of the bull 

and is to bring it into the Tent of Appointment,
6 the priest is to dip his finger in the blood 

and is to sprinkle some of the blood seven times, before the presence of YHVH, 

in front of the curtain of the Holy-shrine.
7 Then the priest is to put some of the blood on the horns of the site of fragrant smoking-incense, before the presence of YHVH, 

that is in the Tent of Appointment; 

as for all the (rest of the) blood of the bull, he is to pour it out at the foundation of the slaughter-site of offering-up 

that is (at) the entrance of the Tent of Appointment.
8 As for all of the fat of the bull of the hattat-offering, he is to set it (all) aside from it:

the fat that covers the innards and all the fat that is about the innards,
9 the two kidneys and the fat that is about them, that is on the tendons, 

and the extension on the liver-along with the kidneys he is to remove it
10 just as it is set-aside from the ox of the slaughter-offering of shalom.

And the priest is to turn them into smoke on the slaughter-site of offering-up.
11 As for the skin of the bull, and all its flesh, 

along with its head, along with its shins, and its innards and its dung:
12 he is to take out all (the rest of) the bull, outside the camp, 

to a (ritually) pure place, to the ash dump, 

and he is to burn it upon pieces-of-wood, in fire; 

upon the ash dump it is to be burned.
13 Now if the entire community of Israel errs, 

and the matter is hidden from the eyes of the assembly 

so that they do one of any of the things (regarding) YHVH’S commandments that should not be done, 

and so incur-guilt:
14 when it becomes-known, the sin that they sinned, 

the assembly are to bring-near a bull, a young of the herd, as a hattat-offering;

they are to bring it before the Tent of Appointment.
15 The elders of the community are to lean their hands on the head of the bull, before the presence of YHVH, 

and one is to slay the bull before the presence of YHVH.
16 Then the Anointed Priest is to bring some of the blood of the bull into the Tent of Appointment;
17 the priest is to dip his finger in some of the blood 

and is to sprinkle (it) seven times before the presence of YHVH, 

in front of the curtain.
18 And some of the blood he is to put on the horns of the slaughter-site that is before the presence of YHVH

that is in the Tent of Appointment; 

as for all the (rest of the) blood, he is to pour it out at the foundation of the slaughter-site of offering-up

that is (at) the entrance of the Tent of Appointment.
19 As for all its fat, he is to set it (all) aside from it 

and turn it into smoke on the slaughter-site.
20 He is to do with the bull just as he did with the bull of the hattat-offering, thus is he to do with it; 

the priest shall effect-purgation on their behalf, and they shall be granted-pardon.
21 He is to take the bull outside the camp, 

and he is to burn it just as one burned the first bull; 

it is a hattat-offering for the assembly!
22 Where a leader sins,

by doing any one of (the things) regarding the commandments of YHVH his God that should not be done, in error, 

and so incurs-guilt,
23 or it is made known to him his sin that he has sinned: 

he is to bring (as) his near-offering: a hairy-one of goats, male, wholly-sound.
24 He is to lean his hand on the head of the hairy-one 

and it is to be slain at the place where the offering-up is slain, before the presence of YHVH;

it is a hattat-offering.
25 The priest is to take some of the blood of the hattat with his finger 

and is to put (it) on the horns of the slaughter-site of offering-up;

its blood he is to pour out at the foundation of the slaughter-site of offering-up.
26 All its fat he is to turn into smoke on the slaughter-site,

like the fat of the slaughter-offering of shalom,

thus the priest is to effect-purgation for him from his sin, 

and he shall be granted-pardon.
27 Now if any person sins in error, from among the people of the land,

by doing one (thing) regarding the commandments of YHVH that should not be done, 

and incurs-guilt,
28 or it is made known to him the sin that he sinned:

he is to bring as his near-offering a hairy-one of goats, wholly-sound, female, for the sin whereby he sinned.
29 He is to lean his hand on the head of the hattat-offering 

and is to slay the hattat-offering, at the place of the offering-up.
30 The priest is to take some of the blood of the hattat-offering with his finger 

and is to put (it) on the horns of the slaughter-site of offering-up; 

all (the rest of) its blood he is to pour out at the foundation of the slaughter-site of offering-up.
31 All of its fat, he is to remove, as was removed the fat from upon the slaughter-offering of shalom, 

and the priest is to turn it into smoke on the slaughter-site, 

as a soothing savor for YHVH; 

thus the priest is to effect-purgation for him, 

and he shall be granted-pardon.
32 If (it is) a sheep he brings as his near-offering for a hattat-offering, 

a female, wholly-sound, he is to bring.
33 He is to lean his hand on the head of the hattat-offering, 

and it is to be slain as a hattat-offering in the place where the offering-up is slain.
34 The priest is to take some of the blood of the hattat-offering with his finger 

and is to put (it) on the horns of the slaughter-site of offering-up; 

all (the rest) of its blood he is to pour out at the foundation of the slaughter-site of offering-up.
35 All of its fat he is to remove, as he removed the fat of the sheep from the slaughter-offering of shalom, 

and the priest is to turn them into smoke on the slaughter-site, along with the fire-offerings of YHVH. 

Thus the priest is to effect-purgation for him from his sin whereby he sinned; 

and he shall be granted-pardon.

Leviticus/Wayyiqrah’ 5

1 Now a person-when he sins: 

should he hear the public-voice (carrying) a threat 

and though he was a witness, either seeing or knowing,

he does not tell,

he is to bear his iniquity;
2 or a person that touches anything tamei, 

either the carcass of a tamei wild-animal or the carcass of a tamei domestic-animal or the carcass of a tamei swarming-creature, 

and though (the fact) is hidden from him, 

he has become-tamei, and so has incurred-guilt;
3 or when he touches human tum’a, including any tum’a whereby one can become-tamei- 

and though (the fact) is hidden from him, 

he (later) comes-to-know that he incurred-guilt;
4 or a person-when he swears rashly with his lips, to-do-ill or to-do-good, including whatever a human might say-rashly in swearing- 

and though (the fact) is hidden from him, 

he comes-to-know that he incurred-guilt in (any) one of these matters:
5 it shall be, when he incurs-guilt in (any) one of these, 

and confesses how he has sinned thereby,
6 then he is to bring his asham/guilt-offering to YHVH, for the sin whereby he has sinned: 

a female from the flock, a she-lamb or a hairy she-goat, as a hattat-offering, 

and the priest is to effect-purgation for him from his sin.
7 Now if his hand cannot reach enough (means) for a sheep, 

he is to bring as his asham-offering (for) what he sinned: 

two turtledoves or two young pigeons, to YHVH, one for a hattat-offering and 

one for an offering-up;
8 he is to bring them to the priest, 

and he is to bring-near the one for the hattat-offering first, 

pinching off its head opposite the back-of-the-neck-he is not to divide (it)!
9 He is to sprinkle some of the blood of the hattat-offering against the side-wall of the slaughter-site; 

what remains of the blood is to be drained out at the foundation of the slaughter-site,

it is a hattat-offering.
10 And the second-one he is to sacrifice as an offering-up, according to regulation, 

the priest is to effect-purgation on his behalf from the sin whereby he has sinned, 

and he shall be granted-pardon.
11 Now if his hand cannot reach two turtledoves or two young pigeons,

he is to bring as his near-offering (for) what he sinned 

a tenth of an efa of flour, for a hattat-offering; he is not to put on it (any) oil,

he is not to place on it (any) frankincense, for it is a hattat-offering.
12 He is to bring it to the priest,

the priest is to scoop out with his fist a fistful of some of it, as a reminder-portion, 

and is to turn it into smoke on the slaughter-site, along with the fire-offerings of YHVH, 

it is a hattat-offering.
13 So the priest is to effect-purgation for him for his sin whereby he sinned, in (any) one of these, and he shall be granted-pardon.

And it shall be for the priest, like the grain-gift.
14 YHVH spoke to Moshe, saying:
15 A person-when he breaks-faith, yes, faith, sinning in error regarding any of the holy-things of YHVH, 

he is to bring as his asham/penalty to YHVH: a ram, wholly-sound, from the flock,

by your assessment in silver shekels by the Holy-shrine shekel, as an asham.
16 For that whereby he sinned regarding the holy-things, he is to pay, and its fifth he is to add to it, giving it to the priest;

then the priest is to effect-purgation on his behalf with the ram of asham, 

and he shall be granted-pardon.
17 But if a person-when he sins,

by doing any one of the commandments of YHVH that are not to be done, 

(even) if he did not know that he incurred-guilt, 

he must bear his iniquity;
18 he is to bring a ram, wholly-sound, from the flock, 

by your assessment, as an asham-offering, to the priest;

the priest is to effect-purgation on his behalf for the error whereby he erred, (even) if he did not know, 

and he shall be granted-pardon.
19 It is an asham/guilt-offering-he incurred-guilt, yes, guilt before YHVH.
20 YHVH spoke to Moshe, saying:
21 A person-when one sins, breaking-faith, yes, faith against YHVH 

by denying his fellow’s (charges) regarding a deposit, or what is placed in one’s hand (for safekeeping), or robbery, 

or by withholding (property) from his fellow;
22 or by finding a lost-object and denying it, 

or by swearing falsely regarding one of anything that a human may do, to sin by the aforementioned-
23 it shall be, when he has sinned and realized-his-guilt,

he is to return the robbed-object that he robbed

or the withheld (property) that he withheld 

or the deposit that was deposited with him 

or the lost-object that he found,
24 or anything (else) about which he swore falsely; 

he is to repay it in its capital-amount, and its fifth he is to add to it.

To the one whose it is, he is to give it at the time of his being-proven-guilty.
25 And as his asham-offering he is to bring to YHVH: 

a ram, wholly-sound, from the flock, by your assessment, for an asham-offering, to the priest,
26 the priest is to effect-purgation for him, before the presence of YHVH, 

and he shall be granted-pardon, 

for (whichever) one of all (the things) that he may have done to incur-guilt thereby.

Leviticus/Wayyiqrah’ 6

P&H: Aaron and his sons.  The first five chapters were addressed to ‘the children of Israel’, and concerned the whole people.  Chapters VI and VII form a manual of sacrifice addressed to the priests. law. Heb. torah; lit. ‘direction, instruction’.  The phrase, ‘this is the torah of,’ frequently heads a section in Lev. concerning a special law or group of allied laws.

1 YHVH spoke to Moshe, saying:
2 Command Aharon and his sons, saying: 

This is the Instruction for the offering-up- 

that is what goes-up on the blazing-hearth on the slaughter-site all night, until daybreak, 

while the fire of the slaughter-site is kept-blazing on it:
3 The priest is to clothe himself in his wide-raiment of linen, 

with breeches of linen he is to clothe himself, over his “flesh”; 

he is to set-aside the ashes from which the fire has consumed the offering-up on the slaughter-site, 

and is to put them beside the slaughter-site.
4 Then he is to strip off his garments and clothe himself in other garments, 

and he is to bring the ashes outside the camp, to a ritually-pure place.
5 Now the fire on the slaughter-site is to be kept-blazing upon it-it must not go out!- 

and the priest is to stoke on it (pieces-of-)wood, in the morning, (every) morning, 

and he is to arrange on it the offering-up, 

and is to turn into smoke on it the fat-parts of the shalom-offering.
6 A regular fire is to be kept-blazing upon the slaughter-site-it is not to go out!
7 Now this is the Instruction for the grain-gift: 

Aharon’s sons must bring-it-near, before the presence of YHVH, 

in front of the slaughter-site.
8 There shall be set-aside from it, by the handful, some of the flour of the grain-gift and some of its oil, with all the frankincense that is upon the grain-gift, 

and it is to be turned into smoke on the slaughter-site, as a soothing savor, as its reminder-portion to YHVH.
9 What is left of it, Aharon and his sons are to eat, 

unleavened it is to be eaten, in a holy place,

in the courtyard of the Tent of Appointment they are to eat it.
10 It is not to be baked with leaven; 

as their portion I have given it from my fire-offerings 

-it is a holiest holy-portion, like the hattat-offering, like the asham-offering.
11 Any male among the Children of Aharon may eat it, 

(as) an allotment for the ages, throughout your generations, from the fire-offerings of YHVH; whatever touches it becomes holy (property).
12 YHVH spoke to Moshe, saying:
13 This is the near-offering of Aharon and his sons that they are to bring-near to YHVH at the time of his being-anointed: 

a tenth-measure of an efa of flour as a regular grain-gift, half of it in the morning and half of it in the evening.
14 On a griddle, with oil, it is to be made,

well-stirred are you to bring it, 

as baked crumbled-bits of grain you are to bring-it-near, 

a soothing savor for YHVH.
15 Thus shall the priest anointed in his stead, from (among) his sons, sacrifice it, 

a law for the ages, for YHVH: 

completely it is to be turned into smoke.
16 And every grain-gift of a priest, completely-offered shall it be; 

it is not to be eaten.
17 YHVH spoke to Moshe, saying:
18 Speak to Aharon and to his sons, saying:

This is the Instruction for the hattat-offering: 

in the place where the offering-up is slain, the hattat is to be slain, 

before the presence of YHVH;

it is a holiest holy-portion.
19 The priest who sacrifices-the-hattat-offering is to eat of it,

in a holy place it is to be eaten, in the courtyard of the Tent of Appointment.
20 Whatever touches its flesh becomes holy (property).

And if some of its blood is spattered on a garment, 

(the spot) on which it is spattered is to be scrubbed in a holy place.
21 Now a vessel of earthenware in which it was boiled is to be broken;

if (it was) in a copper vessel that it was boiled, it is to be scoured and rinsed with water.
22 Any male among the priests may eat it,

it is a holiest holy-portion.
23 But any hattat-offering from whose blood is brought to the Tent of Appointment, to effect-purgation in the Holy-shrine, shall not be eaten, 

in fire it is to be burned.

Leviticus/Wayyiqrah 7

1 Now this is the Instruction for the asham-offering:
 it is a holiest holy-portion.
2 In the place where they slay the offering-up, they are to slay the asham-offering, 
and its blood is to be dashed against the slaughter-site, all around.
3 Now from all its fat is to be brought-near: 
the thick tail and the fat that covers the innards,
4 the two kidneys and the fat that is about them (and) that is on the tendons, 
and the extension on the liver, along with the kidneys is to be removed.
5 The priest is to turn them into smoke on the slaughter-site, a fire-offering to YHVH,
 it is an asham-offering.
6 Any male among the priests may eat it, 
in a holy place it is to be eaten, 
it is a holiest holy-portion!
7 Like the hattat-offering, so the asham-offering- 
one Instruction for them; 
the priest who effects-purgation through it, his shall it be.
8 And the priest who brings-near the offering-up of a (lay)man, 
the skin of the offering-up that he brings-near is for the priest-his shall it be.
9 And any grain-gift that is baked in an oven, and any that is prepared in a frying pan or on a griddle,
 (it is) for the priest that brings-it-near-his shall it be.
10 But any grain-gift mixed with oil, or dry,
 for any of the Sons of Aharon shall it be, each-man like his brother.
11 Now this is the Instruction for the slaughter-offering of shalom that is brought-near for YHVH:
12 if (it is) on account of thanksgiving that he brings-it-near, 
he is to bring-near along with the slaughter-offering of thanksgiving: 
matza cakes, mixed with oil, matza wafers smeared with oil, 
and flour well-stirred into cakes, mixed with oil.
13 Along with cakes of leavened bread he is to bring-near his near-offering, 
along with his slaughter-offering of thanksgiving of shalom.
14 He is to bring-near from it one of each (kind of) near-offering as a contribution for YHVH, 
(it is) for the priest that dashes the blood of the shalom-offering-his shall it be.
15 As for the flesh of his slaughter-offering of thanksgiving of shalom, 
on the day of his bringing-it-near it is to be eaten, 
he may not leave (any) of it until morning.
16 Now if a vow-offering or a freewill-offering is his slaughtered near-offering, 
on the day of his bringing-near his slaughter-offering it is to be eaten, 
on the morrow, what is left of it may be eaten.
17 And what is left of the flesh of the slaughter-offering- 
on the third day, in fire it is to be burned.
18 Now should there be eaten, yes, eaten any of the flesh of his slaughter-offering of shalom on the third day, it is not acceptable (for) him that brings-it-near, it will not be reckoned to him. Tainted-meat shall it be (considered), 
and the person who eats of it-his iniquity he shall bear!
19 Flesh that touches anything tamei is not to be eaten, in fire it is to be burned.
 As for (other) flesh: anyone ritually-pure may eat the flesh.
20 But the person that eats flesh from the slaughter-offering of shalom that is YHVH’S 
while his tum’a is upon him, 
cut-off shall that person be from his kinspeople!
21 And a person-when he touches anything tamei, human tum’a or a tamei animal or any tamei detestable-creature, 
and eats from the flesh of the slaughter-offering of shalom that is YHVH’S,
 cut-off shall that person be from his kinspeople!
22 YHVH spoke to Moshe, saying:
23 Speak to the Children of Israel, saying: 
Any fat of an ox or a lamb or a goat, you are not to eat.
24 Now fat from a carcass, fat from a torn-animal may be used for any work-purpose,
 but eating-you are not to eat it!
25 For whoever eats fat from an animal from which a fire-offering may be brought-near for YHVH, cut-off shall the person be that eats (thus), from his kinspeople!
26 And any blood you are not to eat throughout all your settlements, (either) of fowl or of a domestic-animal.
27 Any person that eats any blood- 
cut-off shall that person be from his kinspeople!
28 YHVH spoke to Moshe, saying:
29 Speak to the Children of Israel, saying: 
He who brings-near his slaughter-offering of shalom for YHVH
 is to bring his near-offering (himself) to YHVH, from his slaughter-offering of shalom;
30 his (own) hands are to bring the fire-offerings for YHVH.
 The fat-along with the breast he is to bring it, 
the breast for elevating it as an elevation-offering, before the presence of YHVH.
31 And the priest is to turn the fat into smoke on the slaughter-site. 
And the breast is to be Aharon’s and his sons’.
32 Now the right thigh you are to give as a contribution to the priest, from your slaughter-offerings of shalom.
33 He who brings-near the blood of the shalom-offerings and the fat, from among the Sons of Aharon-his shall it be, 
the right thigh as a portion.
34 For the breast of the elevation-offering and the thigh of the contribution, I take from the Children of Israel, from their slaughter-offerings of shalom, 
and I give them to Aharon the priest and to his sons, as an allotment for the ages, from the Children of Israel.
35 This is the anointed-share of Aharon and the anointed-share of his sons from the fire-offerings of YHVH,
 from the time he brought-them-near to be-priests for YHVH,
36 which YHVH commanded to be given them from the time of his anointing them, from the Children of Israel- 
as a law for the ages, throughout their generations.
37 This is the Instruction 
concerning the offering-up, 
concerning the grain-gift, 
concerning the hattat-offering and concerning the asham-offering, concerning the mandate-offering and concerning the slaughter-offering of shalom
38 that YHVH commanded Moshe at Mount Sinai 
at the time of his commanding the Children of Israel to bring-near their near-offerings to YHVH,

in the wilderness of Sinai.