Leviticus 6

Leviticus 6:1 Yahveh spoke to Moses, and this is what he said,

Leviticus 6:2 “If any throat fails and commits an act of betrayal against Yahveh by deceiving his associate in a matter of deposit or security, or through robbery, or if he has exploited his associate

Leviticus 6:3 or has found something lost and lied about it, swearing falsely — in any of all the things that a human does and fails thereby —

Leviticus 6:4 if he has failed and has realized his offence and will restore what he took by robbery or what he got by exploitation or the deposit that was committed to him or the lost thing that he found

Leviticus 6:5 or anything about which he has sworn falsely, he will restore it in full and will add a fifth to it and give it to him to whom it belongs on the day he realizes his need for reparation.

Leviticus 6:6 And he will bring to the priest as his reparation to Yahveh a perfect ram out of the flock, or its equivalent for a reparation offering.

Leviticus 6:7 And the priest will provide reconciliation for him to Yahveh’s face, and he will be forgiven for any of the things that he may do and thereby bringing the need for reparation upon himself.”

Leviticus 6:8 Yahveh spoke to Moses, and this is what he said,

Leviticus 6:9 “Command Aaron and his sons, and this is what you should say, this is the instruction[1] about the ascending offering. The ascending offering will be on the hearth on the altar all night until the morning, and the fire of the altar will be kept burning on it.

Leviticus 6:10 And the priest will put on his linen uniform and put his linen undergarment over his skin, and he will take up the ashes to which the fire has reduced the ascending offering on the altar and put them beside the altar.

Leviticus 6:11 Then he will take off his clothes and put on other clothes and carry the ashes outside the camp to a pure place.

Leviticus 6:12 The fire on the altar will be kept burning on it; it will not go out. The priest will burn wood on it every morning, and he will arrange the ascending offering on it and will burn on it the fat of the offerings for healthy relationships.

Leviticus 6:13 Fire will be kept burning on the altar continually;[2] it will not go out.

Leviticus 6:14 “And this is the instruction of the tribute offering. The sons of Aaron will offer it to Yahveh’s face in the face of the altar.

Leviticus 6:15 And one will take from it a handful of the fine flour of the tribute offering and its oil and all the frankincense that is on the tribute offering and burn this as its reminiscence on the altar, a pacifying aroma to Yahveh.

Leviticus 6:16 And the rest of it Aaron and his sons will eat. It will be eaten unleavened in a sacred place. In the court of the conference tent, they will eat it.

Leviticus 6:17 It will not be baked with leaven. I have given it as their portion of my fire offerings. It is a thing most sacred, like the failure offering and the reparation offering.

Leviticus 6:18 Every male among the children of Aaron may eat of it, as a permanent prescription throughout your generations, from Yahveh’s fire offerings. Whatever touches them will become sacred.”

Leviticus 6:19 Yahveh spoke to Moses, and this is what he said,

Leviticus 6:20 “This is the offering that Aaron and his sons will offer to Yahveh on the day when he is anointed: a tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a continual tribute offering, half of it in the morning and half in the evening.

Leviticus 6:21 It will be made with oil on a griddle. You will bring it well mixed, in baked pieces like a tribute offering, and offer it for a pacifying aroma to Yahveh.

Leviticus 6:22 The priest from among Aaron’s sons, who is anointed to succeed him, will offer it to Yahveh as a permanent prescription. The whole of it will be burned.

Leviticus 6:23 Every tribute offering of a priest will be wholly burned. It will not be eaten.”

Leviticus 6:24 Yahveh spoke to Moses, and this is what he said,

Leviticus 6:25 “Speak to Aaron and his sons, and this is what you should say, this is the instruction of the failure offering. In the place where the ascending offering is killed will the failure offering be killed to Yahveh’s face; it is most sacred.

Leviticus 6:26 The priest who offers it for a failure will eat it. In a sacred place it will be eaten, in the court of the conference tent.

Leviticus 6:27 Anyone who touches its meat must be sacred, and when any of its blood is splashed on clothing, you will wash that on which it was splashed in a sacred place.

Leviticus 6:28 And the clay pottery container in which it is boiled will be broken. But if it is boiled in a bronze container, that will be scoured and rinsed in water.

Leviticus 6:29 Every male among the priests may eat of it; it is most sacred.

Leviticus 6:30 But no failure offering will be eaten from which any blood is brought into the conference tent to provide reconciliation in the Sacred Place; it will be burned up with fire.

[1] תּוֹרָה= instruction. Leviticus 6:9, 14, 25; 7:1, 7, 11, 37; 11:46; 12:7; 13:59; 14:2, 32, 54, 57; 15:32; 26:46.

[2] תָּמִיד = continual(ly). Leviticus 6:13, 20; 24:2, 3, 4, 8.

Leviticus 6 quotes:

“As a part of the ritual, Aaron pronounces a priestly blessing on the people (see Numbers 6:22-27). Then he and Moses enter the Most Holy Place in the tent of meeting, the place reserved for the high priest alone. Upon their return, the glory of the Lord appears to all the people, as Moses has promised. It takes the form of fire, kindling the perpetual fire on the altar (Leviticus 6:9-13).

Schoville, Keith N. Exodus and Leviticus. Graded Press, 1988. p. 109.

“When one compares the order of sacrifices in Leviticus 1-5 with the order in Leviticus 6-7 one immediately notices a difference. In these latter chapters the regular daily sacrifices, the burnt offering and the accompanying grain offering, are listed first. These are followed by the sin offering which was required only at certain festivals or after someone had sinned. Next mentioned is the guilt offering which was not offered on a regular basis but was necessary following certain sins. Finally the fellowship offering, generally an optional sacrifice, is discussed. Thus it appears that in Leviticus 6 and 7 the sacrifices are arranged in the order of the frequency of their use.”

Lenz, Mark J. Leviticus. Northwestern Pub. House, 1988. p. 56.

“Now that the tabernacle was there among the people, sacrifices had to be instituted to provide access to the presence of God and to remove the defilements arising from Israel’s sin (Leviticus 1-5). Priests had to be given instructions on their role in presenting the sacrifices (Leviticus 6-7).”

Poythress, Vern S. The Shadow of Christ in the Law of Moses. P & R Pub., 1991. p. 42.