Leviticus 7

Likewise this is the law of the trespass offering: it is most holy.

1This is the rule for the guilt offering. It is a very holy gift.

2In the place where they kill the burnt offering shall they kill the trespass offering: and the blood thereof shall he sprinkle round about upon the altar.

2The animal is killed where the burnt offering is killed. Then the priest sprinkles its blood on all sides of the altar.

3And he shall offer of it all the fat thereof; the rump, and the fat that covereth the inwards,

3All of its fat is given to God. That means the fat tail and the fat covering the insides.

4And the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the flanks, and the caul that is above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away:

4The two kidneys and the fat on them are taken out too. So is the fat part over the liver.

5And the priest shall burn them upon the altar for an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is a trespass offering.

5The priest burns these on the altar as a fire gift to the LORD. It is a guilt offering.

6Every male among the priests shall eat thereof: it shall be eaten in the holy place: it is most holy.

6Any man in the priests' families may eat some of it. It must be eaten in a holy place. It is very holy.

7As the sin offering is, so is the trespass offering: there is one law for them: the priest that maketh atonement therewith shall have it.

7The guilt offering follows the same rule as the sin offering. The priest who offers it gets the meat.

8And the priest that offereth any man’s burnt offering, even the priest shall have to himself the skin of the burnt offering which he hath offered.

8When a priest offers a burnt offering for someone, he keeps the animal's skin for himself.

9And all the meat offering that is baken in the oven, and all that is dressed in the fryingpan, and in the pan, shall be the priest’s that offereth it.

9Every grain offering baked in an oven belongs to the priest who offers it. So does one cooked in a pan or on a griddle.

NoteThe KJV calls this a "meat offering," but no meat is in it. In 1611 "meat" meant any food. This gift is bread or flour, so it is called a grain offering here.

10And every meat offering, mingled with oil, and dry, shall all the sons of Aaron have, one as much as another.

10Every other grain offering, dry or mixed with oil, is shared. All of Aaron's sons get the same amount.

11And this is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which he shall offer unto the LORD.

11Here is the rule for the peace offering, a gift that is shared as a meal with the LORD.

12If he offer it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and cakes mingled with oil, of fine flour, fried.

12If it is a thank-you gift, he brings bread too. He brings flat cakes mixed with oil, thin flat wafers brushed with oil, and cakes of fine flour mixed with oil.

13Besides the cakes, he shall offer for his offering leavened bread with the sacrifice of thanksgiving of his peace offerings.

13With his thank-you peace offering he also brings loaves of bread made with yeast.

14And of it he shall offer one out of the whole oblation for an heave offering unto the LORD, and it shall be the priest’s that sprinkleth the blood of the peace offerings.

14He gives one loaf of each kind to the LORD. That bread goes to the priest who sprinkles the blood.

15And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving shall be eaten the same day that it is offered; he shall not leave any of it until the morning.

15The meat of a thank-you peace offering must be eaten that same day. None of it may be left until morning.

16But if the sacrifice of his offering be a vow, or a voluntary offering, it shall be eaten the same day that he offereth his sacrifice: and on the morrow also the remainder of it shall be eaten:

16If the gift is for a promise, or is simply a free gift, eat it that day. What is left may also be eaten the next day.

17But the remainder of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day shall be burnt with fire.

17Any meat still left on the third day must be burned up in the fire.

18And if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings be eaten at all on the third day, it shall not be accepted, neither shall it be imputed unto him that offereth it: it shall be an abomination, and the soul that eateth of it shall bear his iniquity.

18If someone eats it on the third day, God will not accept the gift. It will not count for the man who brought it. It is a hated thing. The one who eats it must carry the blame.

19And the flesh that toucheth any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire: and as for the flesh, all that be clean shall eat thereof.

19Meat that touches anything unclean must not be eaten. It must be burned. Anyone who is clean may eat the rest of the meat.

20But the soul that eateth of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, that pertain unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.

20Suppose a person is unclean and eats meat from the LORD's peace offering. That person must be cut off from his people.

Note"Cut off from his people" means the person is put out of the group and no longer counted as part of Israel.

21Moreover the soul that shall touch any unclean thing, as the uncleanness of man, or any unclean beast, or any abominable unclean thing, and eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which pertain unto the LORD, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.

21Suppose someone touches something unclean. It may be from a person, or an unclean animal, or any unclean thing. If he then eats the LORD's peace offering meat, he must be cut off from his people.

22And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

22Then the LORD spoke to Moses. He said:

23Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Ye shall eat no manner of fat, of ox, or of sheep, or of goat.

23Tell the people of Israel this. You must not eat any fat from a cow, a sheep, or a goat.

24And the fat of the beast that dieth of itself, and the fat of that which is torn with beasts, may be used in any other use: but ye shall in no wise eat of it.

24Fat from an animal that died by itself, or was torn by wild animals, may be used other ways. But you must never eat it.

25For whosoever eateth the fat of the beast, of which men offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD, even the soul that eateth it shall be cut off from his people.

25Anyone who eats the fat of an animal given to the LORD by fire must be cut off from his people.

26Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings.

26You must not eat blood, from birds or animals, anywhere you live.

27Whatsoever soul it be that eateth any manner of blood, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.

27Anyone at all who eats blood must be cut off from his people.

28And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

28Then the LORD spoke to Moses again. He said:

29Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, He that offereth the sacrifice of his peace offerings unto the LORD shall bring his oblation unto the LORD of the sacrifice of his peace offerings.

29Tell the people of Israel this. Whoever brings a peace offering to the LORD must bring part of it himself.

30His own hands shall bring the offerings of the LORD made by fire, the fat with the breast, it shall he bring, that the breast may be waved for a wave offering before the LORD.

30He carries the fire gift with his own hands. He brings the fat and the breast. The breast is waved before the LORD as a special gift.

Note"Waved" and "heaved" describe how the priest lifted and moved the meat in front of the altar to show it was being given to God.

31And the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar: but the breast shall be Aaron’s and his sons’.

31The priest burns the fat on the altar. The breast belongs to Aaron and his sons.

32And the right shoulder shall ye give unto the priest for an heave offering of the sacrifices of your peace offerings.

32You must also give the right thigh of your peace offering to the priest as a gift.

33He among the sons of Aaron, that offereth the blood of the peace offerings, and the fat, shall have the right shoulder for his part.

33The son of Aaron who offers the blood and the fat gets that right thigh as his share.

34For the wave breast and the heave shoulder have I taken of the children of Israel from off the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and have given them unto Aaron the priest and unto his sons by a statute for ever from among the children of Israel.

34God says, I have taken the waved breast and the lifted thigh from Israel's peace offerings. I have given them to Aaron the priest and his sons. This rule lasts for all time.

35This is the portion of the anointing of Aaron, and of the anointing of his sons, out of the offerings of the LORD made by fire, in the day when he presented them to minister unto the LORD in the priest’s office;

35This is the share Aaron and his sons get from the fire gifts. It started the day they began to serve the LORD as priests.

36Which the LORD commanded to be given them of the children of Israel, in the day that he anointed them, by a statute for ever throughout their generations.

36On the day they were anointed with oil, the LORD said Israel must give them this. It is their share for all time.

37This is the law of the burnt offering, of the meat offering, and of the sin offering, and of the trespass offering, and of the consecrations, and of the sacrifice of the peace offerings;

37These are the rules for the burnt offering, the grain offering, the sin offering, the guilt offering, the offering that makes priests, and the peace offering.

38Which the LORD commanded Moses in mount Sinai, in the day that he commanded the children of Israel to offer their oblations unto the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai.

38The LORD gave these rules to Moses on Mount Sinai. It was the day He told Israel to bring their gifts, out in the desert of Sinai.