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"‘This law will continue for people from now on, wherever you live: You must not eat any fat or blood.'"

"‘If the appointed priest sins so that he brings guilt on the people, then he must offer a young bull to the Lord , one that has nothing wrong with it, as a sin offering for the sin he has done.

Then the priest must carry the bull outside the camp and burn it, just as he did with the first bull. This is the sin offering for the whole community.

When the person learns about his sin, he must bring a female goat that has nothing wrong with it as an offering for his sin.

"‘If this person brings a lamb as his offering for sin, he must bring a female that has nothing wrong with it.

Then the priest must remove all the lamb's fat in the same way that the lamb's fat is removed from the fellowship offerings. He must burn the pieces on the altar on top of the offerings made by fire for the Lord . In this way the priest will remove that person's sins so he will belong to the Lord , and the Lord will forgive him.

He must bring an offering to the Lord as a penalty for sin; it must be a female lamb or goat from the flock. The priest will perform the acts to remove that person's sin so he will belong to the Lord .

"‘But if the person cannot afford a lamb, he must bring two doves or two young pigeons to the Lord as the penalty for his sin. One bird must be for a sin offering, and the other must be for a whole burnt offering.

He must bring them to the priest, who will first offer the one for the sin offering. He will pull the bird's head from its neck, but he will not pull it completely off.

"‘If the person cannot afford two doves or two pigeons, he must bring about two quarts of fine flour as an offering for sin. He must not put oil or incense on the flour, because it is a sin offering.

That person must pay for the sin he did against the holy thing, adding one-fifth to its value. Then he must give it all to the priest. In this way the priest will remove the person's sin so he will belong to the Lord , by using the male sheep as the penalty offering. And the Lord will forgive the person.

"If a person sins and does something the Lord has commanded not to be done, even if he does not know it, he is still guilty. He is responsible for his sin.

"A person might sin against the Lord by doing one of these sins: He might lie about what happened to something he was taking care of for someone else, or he might lie about a promise he made. He might steal something or cheat someone.

If he does any of these things, he is guilty of sin. He must bring back whatever he stole or whatever he took by cheating. He must bring back the thing he took care of for someone else. He must bring back what he found and lied about

Then the priest will perform the acts to remove that person's sin so he will belong to the Lord , and the Lord will forgive him for the sins that made him guilty."

"This is the offering Aaron and the priests must bring to the Lord on the day they appoint Aaron as high priest: They must bring two quarts of fine flour for a continual grain offering, half of it in the morning and half in the evening.

"‘The penalty offering is like the sin offering in that the teachings are the same for both. The priest who offers the sacrifice to remove sins will get the meat for food.

One of each kind of offering will be for the Lord ; it will be given to the priest who sprinkles the blood of the fellowship offering.

Any meat of the fellowship offering eaten on the third day will not be accepted, nor will the sacrifice count for the person who offered it. It will become unclean, and anyone who eats the meat will be guilty of sin.

If an animal is found dead or torn by wild animals, you may use its fat for other things, but you must not eat it.