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'Also the earthenware vessel in which it was boiled shall be broken; and if it was boiled in a bronze vessel, then it shall be scoured and rinsed in water.

'The priest shall offer them up in smoke on the altar as an offering by fire to the LORD; it is a guilt offering.

'Every male among the priests may eat it. It shall be eaten in a holy place; it is most holy.

'Likewise, every grain offering that is baked in the oven and everything prepared in a pan or on a griddle shall belong to the priest who presents it.

'Of this he shall present one of every offering as a contribution to the LORD; it shall belong to the priest who sprinkles the blood of the peace offerings.

'But if the sacrifice of his offering is a vow or a voluntary offering, it shall be eaten on the day that he offers his sacrifice, and on the next day what is left of it may be eaten;

"Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'You shall not eat any fat from an ox, a sheep, or a goat.

'His own hands are to bring offerings by fire to the LORD. He shall bring the fat with the breast, so that the breast may be presented as a wave offering before the LORD.

'And you shall give the right thigh to the priest as a contribution from the sacrifices of your peace offerings.

After he had washed the entrails and the legs with water, Moses offered up the whole ram in smoke on the altar. It was a burnt offering for a soothing aroma; it was an offering by fire to the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

He then put all these on the hands of Aaron and on the hands of his sons, and presented them as a wave offering before the LORD.

Then Moses took them from their hands and offered them up in smoke on the altar with the burnt offering. They were an ordination offering for a soothing aroma; it was an offering by fire to the LORD.

Moses also took the breast and presented it as a wave offering before the LORD; it was Moses' portion of the ram of ordination, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

and he said to Aaron, "Take for yourself a calf, a bull, as a sin offering and a ram as a burnt offering, both without defect, and offer them before the LORD.

"Then you shall speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'Take a male goat as a sin offering, and a calf and a lamb, both one year old, without defect, as a burnt offering,

and an ox and a ram for peace offerings, to sacrifice before the LORD, and a grain offering mixed with oil; for today the LORD will appear to you.'"

But the breasts and the right thigh Aaron presented as a wave offering before the LORD, just as Moses had commanded.

"Do not drink wine or strong drink, neither you nor your sons with you, when you come into the tent of meeting, so that you do not die—it is a permanent statute throughout your generations—

and to make a distinction between the holy and the profane, and between the unclean and the clean,

"You shall eat it in a holy place, because it is your allotted portion and your sons' allotted portion from the LORD'S offerings by fire; for so I have been commanded.