Norādījumi priesteriem par upurēšanu
1 Kungs sacīja Mozum: 2 “Pavēli Āronam un viņa dēliem: šī ir sadedzināmā upura kārtība. Sadedzināmais upuris lai paliek altāra pavardā visu nakti līdz rītam, un altārī lai kvēl uguns. 3 Priesteris lai apvelk linu drānas, lai uzvelk linu īsbikses uz miesas un izgrābj pelnus no tā, ko sadedzināmā upura uguns ir aprijusi uz altāra, un izber tos blakus altārim. 4 Tad lai viņš novelk drānas, uzvelk citas un iznes pelnus ārpus nometnes uz šķīstu vietu. 5 Uguns altārī lai kvēl un neapdziest, priesteris lai katru rītu dedzina tur malku, sakārto uz tās sadedzināmo upuri un kvēpina virs tā miera upura taukus. 6 Uguns vienmēr lai kvēl uz altāra, lai tā neapdziest.
7 Šis ir likums par labības dāvanu. Lai Ārona dēli pienes to Kungam altāra priekšā. 8 Lai ņem sauju labāko labības dāvanas miltu ar eļļu un vīraku, kas pār labības dāvanu, un kvēpina uz altāra par tīkamu smaržu, par piemiņas daļu Kungam. 9 Atlikumu lai ēd Ārons un viņa dēli – neraudzētu lai to ēd svētā vietā, lai ēd to Saiešanas telts pagalmā. 10 Lai to necep ar raugu! Es tiem esmu devis daļu no dedzināmajiem upuriem – tas ir svētumu svētums tāpat kā grēku upuris un vainas upuris. 11 Ikviens Ārona dēls lai ēd to, šis ir mūžīgs likums uz jūsu paaudzēm par Kunga dedzināmajiem upuriem – katrs, kas tiem pieskaras, top svēts!”
12 Un Kungs sacīja Mozum: 13 “Šī ir upurvelte, kas Āronam un viņa dēliem jāpienes tajā dienā, kad tie tiks svaidīti, – katru reizi desmito daļu ēfas labāko miltu par labības dāvanu, pusi rītā un pusi vakarā. 14 Lai to taisa uz plāts, iejautu eļļā, lai labības dāvanu cep, sadala gabalos un pienes par tīkamu smaržu Kungam. 15 Lai to dara svaidīts priesteris, kas pēc viņa nāks no viņa dēliem. Tas ir mūžīgs likums – tā visa jākvēpina Kungam. 16 Katra priestera labības dāvana lai tiek kvēpināta pilnīgi visa – to lai neēd!”
17 Un Kungs sacīja Mozum: 18 “Saki Āronam un viņa dēliem: šis ir likums par grēku upuri. Grēku upuri lai kauj Kunga priekšā tajā vietā, kur kauj sadedzināmo upuri, – tas ir svētumu svētums! 19 Priesteris, kas to upurē par grēkiem, lai ēd to svētā vietā, lai tas tiek ēsts Saiešanas telts pagalmā. 20 Katrs, kas pieskaras tā gaļai, top svēts, bet, ja uz drānām uzšļakstās asinis, uzšļakstītais tev jānomazgā svētā vietā. 21 Māla trauku, kur tas vārīts, lai sadauza, bet, ja tas vārīts vara traukā, lai to izberž un izskalo ar ūdeni. 22 Ikviens priesteris lai ēd to – tas ir svētumu svētums! 23 Bet nevienu grēku upuri, kura asinis ir nestas uz Saiešanas telti, lai veiktu izlīgumu par grēku svētvietā, nedrīkst ēst – to lai sadedzina ugunī!
Other Sins That Need Sacrifices or Payments
(Numbers 5.5-10)1-3 The Lord told Moses what the people must do when they commit other sins against the Lord:
You have sinned if you rob or cheat someone, if you keep back money or valuables left in your care, or if you find something and claim not to have it.
4 When this happens, you must return what doesn't belong to you 5 and pay the owner a fine of 20 percent. 6-7 In addition, you must either bring to the priest a ram that has nothing wrong with it or else pay him for one. The priest will then offer it as a sacrifice to make things right, and you will be forgiven for what you did wrong.
Daily Sacrifices
(Exodus 29.38-43Numbers 28.1-8)8-9 The Lord told Moses to tell Aaron and his sons how to offer the daily sacrifices that are sent up in smoke to please the Lord:
You must put the animal for the sacrifice on the altar in the evening and let it stay there all night. But make sure the fire keeps burning. 10 The next morning you will dress in your priestly clothes, including your linen underwear. Then clean away the ashes left by the sacrifices and pile them beside the altar. 11 Change into your everyday clothes, take the ashes outside the camp, and pile them in the special place.
12 The fire must never go out, so put wood on it each morning. After this, you are to lay an animal on the altar next to the fat that you sacrifice to ask my blessing. Then send it all up in smoke to me.
13 The altar fire must always be kept burning—it must never go out.
Sacrifices To Give Thanks to the Lord
The Lord said:
14 When someone offers a sacrifice to give thanks to me, the priests from Aaron's family must bring it to the front of the bronze altar, 15 where one of them will scoop up a handful of the flour and oil, together with all the incense on it. Then, to show that the whole offering belongs to me, he will lay all of this on the altar and send it up in smoke with a smell that pleases me. 16-17 The rest of it is to be baked without yeast and eaten by the priests in the sacred courtyard of the sacred tent. This bread is very holy, just like the sacrifices for sin or the sacrifices for making things right, and I have given this part to the priests from what is offered to me on the altar.
18 Only the men in Aaron's family are allowed to eat this bread, and they must go through a ceremony to be made holy before touching it. This law will never change.
When Priests Are Ordained
19 The Lord spoke to Moses 20 and told him what sacrifices the priests must offer on the morning and evening of the day they are ordained:
It is the same as the regular morning and evening sacrifices—half a kilogram of flour 21 mixed with olive oil and cooked in a shallow pan. The bread must then be crumbled into small pieces and sent up in smoke with a smell that pleases me. 22-23 Each of Aaron's descendants who is ordained as a priest must perform this ceremony and make sure that the bread is completely burned on the altar. None of it may be eaten!
Sacrifices for Sin
(Leviticus 4.1Leviticus 2)24 The Lord told Moses 25 how the priests from Aaron's family were to offer the sacrifice for sin:
This sacrifice is very sacred, and the animal must be killed in my presence at the north side of the bronze altar. 26 The priest who offers this sacrifice must eat it in the sacred courtyard of the sacred tent, 27 and anyone or anything that touches the meat will be holy. If any of the animal's blood is splattered on the clothes of the priest, they must be washed in a holy place. 28 If the meat was cooked in a clay pot, the pot must be destroyed, but if it was cooked in a bronze pot, the pot must be scrubbed and rinsed with water.
29 This sacrifice is very holy, and only the priests may have any part of it. 30 None of the meat may be eaten from the sacrifices for sin that require blood to be brought into the sacred tent. These sacrifices must be completely burned.
