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"‘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.

he will do the same thing with this bull that he did with the first bull of the sin offering. In this way the priest removes the sins of the people so they will belong to the Lord and be forgiven.

He must burn all the goat's fat on the altar in the same way he burns the fat of the fellowship offerings. In this way the priest removes the ruler's sin so he belongs to the Lord , and the Lord will forgive him.

Then the priest must remove all the goat's fat in the same way the fat is removed from the fellowship offerings. He must burn it on the altar as a smell pleasing to the Lord . In this way the priest will remove that person's sin so he will belong to the Lord , and the Lord will forgive him.

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 .

Then the priest must offer the second bird as a whole burnt offering, as the law says. In this way the priest will remove the person's sin so he will belong to the Lord , and the Lord will forgive him.

In this way the priest will remove the person's sins so he will belong to the Lord , and the Lord will forgive him. What is left of the sin offering belongs to the priest, like the grain 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.

He must bring the priest a male sheep from the flock, one that has nothing wrong with it and that is worth the correct amount. It will be a penalty offering. Though the person sinned without knowing it, with this offering the priest will remove the sin so the person will belong to the Lord , and the Lord will forgive him.

The person is guilty of doing wrong, so he must give the penalty offering to the Lord ."

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."

Any male in a priest's family may eat it. It is most holy, so it must be eaten in a holy place.

He put the inner robe on Aaron and tied the cloth belt around him. Then Moses put the outer robe on him and placed the holy vest on him. He tied the skillfully woven belt around him so that the holy vest was tied to Aaron.

Then Moses took them from their hands and burned them on the altar on top of the burnt offering. So this was the offering for appointing Aaron and his sons as priests. It was an offering made by fire to the Lord , and its smell was pleasing to him.

Then Moses said to Aaron and his sons, "I gave you a command, saying, ‘Aaron and his sons will eat these things.' So take the meat and basket of bread from the offering for appointing priests. Boil the meat at the door of the Meeting Tent, and eat it there with the bread.

The Lord commanded the things that were done today to remove your sins so you will belong to him.

So Aaron and his sons did everything the Lord had commanded through Moses.

So all the people came to the front of the Meeting Tent, bringing the things Moses had commanded them to bring, and they stood before the Lord .

Moses said, "You have done what the Lord commanded, so you will see the Lord 's glory."