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And as for the fat portions from the ox and from the ram (the fat tail and the layer of fat and the kidneys and the lobe of the liver),

Then a fire went out from before Yahweh, and it consumed the burnt offering and the fat portions on the altar. And all the people saw it, so they shouted for joy, and they fell on their faces.

"You and your sons with you may not drink wine or strong drink when you come to the tent of assembly, so that you will not die—it is a lasting statute for your generations—

Then Moses spoke to Aaron and to his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, "As for the remaining parts, take the remainder of the grain offering from Yahweh's offerings made by fire and eat it, the unleavened bread, beside the altar, because it is a most holy thing.

And you shall eat it in a holy place, because it is your allotted portion and the allotted portion of your sons from Yahweh's offerings made by fire, for so I have been commanded.

They must bring the thigh of the contribution offering and the breast section of the wave offering in addition to the offerings made by fire, consisting of the fat portions, to wave as a wave offering before Yahweh; and it will be for you and for your sons with you as a lasting rule, just as Yahweh had commanded."

Then Moses sought all over for the goat of the sin offering and behold, it was burned up. So he was angry with Aaron's remaining sons Eleazar and Ithamar, saying,

"Why did you not eat the sin offering on the sanctuary's site, because it is a most holy thing? And he gave it to you to remove the community's guilt, to make atonement for them before Yahweh.

However, these you may not eat from those that chew the cud and from those that have a divided hoof: the camel, because it is a chewer of cud but it does not have a hoof that is divided—it is unclean for you;

and the coney, because it is a chewer of cud but it does not have a hoof that is divided—it is unclean for you;

and the hare, because it is a chewer of cud but it does not have a hoof that is divided—it is unclean for you;

and the pig, because it has a divided hoof and has a split cleft in the hoof but it does not chew cud—it is unclean for you.

You must not eat from their meat, and you must not touch their dead body—they are unclean for you.

Only this may you eat from any of the winged insects that walk on all fours—that which has jointed legs above its feet for leaping upon the land.

"‘With regard to any animal that has a divided hoof but does not split the hoof, or does not have a cud for chewing—they are unclean for you; anyone who touches them shall become unclean.

And anything that walks upon its paws among any of the animals that walks on all fours—they are unclean for you; anyone who touches their dead body shall become unclean until the evening,

and the one who carries their dead body must wash his garments, and he shall be unclean until the evening—they are unclean for you.

"‘And these are the unclean for you among the swarmers that swarm on the land: the weasel and the mouse and the thorn-tailed lizard according to its kind,

These are the unclean for you among all the swarmers; anyone who touches them at their death shall become unclean until the evening.

And anything on which one of their dead bodies falls shall become unclean: an oven or a stove must be broken—they are unclean and shall be unclean for you.