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The priest will then remove all of its fat, just as he does for the fellowship offerings. Then he will bring it to the altar as a sweet smell to the Lord . The priest will do this to make you pure, and God will forgive you.

He will then remove all the lamb's fat, just as he does for the fellowship offerings. Then he will bring it to the altar as a gift to the Lord . The priest will do this to make you pure, and God will forgive you.

Then he will offer the second bird according to the rules for a burnt offering. The priest will do this to make you pure from the sin you did, and God will forgive you.

The priest will do this to make you pure, and God will forgive you. The part that is left will belong to the priest, just as the regular grain offering."

You must give what you promised and add one-fifth of that amount as a fine. Give it to the priest and he will use the ram to make you pure, and God will forgive you.

You must bring a ram that has nothing wrong with it (or the same amount in silver) to the priest. The priest will offer the ram, and God will forgive you for the sin you did without knowing it.

Then the priest will go to the Lord to make you pure, and God will forgive you for whichever of these things you did that made you guilty."

People can bring fellowship offerings to show their thanks to God. If you bring your sacrifice to give thanks, you should also bring unleavened bread mixed with oil, wafers with oil poured over them, and loaves of fine flour mixed with oil.

The meat of the fellowship offering must be eaten on the same day it is offered as a way of showing thanks to God. None of the meat should remain until the next morning.

"If you bring a fellowship offering simply because you want to give a gift to God or because it is part of a special promise you made to him, the sacrifice should be eaten the same day you offer it. But if there is any left, it must be eaten the next day.

You must bring the fat and the breast of the animal to the priest. Then he will lift up the breast in front of the Lord to show it was presented to God.

"You, your sons, and your daughters may all eat the breast and thigh that were lifted up before the Lord as an offering. But you must eat these in a place that is clean because they come from the fellowship offerings. They are your share of those offerings that the Israelites give to God.

"Why did you not eat the sin offering in the holy area! That meat is very holy! God gave it to you to carry away the guilt of the people—to make the people pure before the Lord .

because I am the Lord your God. I am holy, so you should keep yourselves holy. Don't make yourselves unclean with these crawling things.

I, the Lord , brought you out of Egypt so that you could be my special people and I could be your God. I am holy, so you must be holy too."

The priest will take one of the lambs and the oil as a guilt offering. He will lift them in front of the Lord to show they were presented to God.

"A poor person might not be able to afford all these offerings. So that poor person can use one male lamb as a guilt offering. It will be presented to God so that the priest can make that person pure. The poor person must take 8 cups of fine flour mixed with oil. This flour will be used for a grain offering. The poor person must also take 2/3 of a pint of olive oil

"Tell the Israelites: I am the Lord your God.

You must obey my rules and follow my laws. Be sure to follow my rules because I am the Lord your God.

"You must not give any of your children through the fire to Molech. If you do this, you will show that you don't respect the name of your God. I am the Lord .