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'You shall give to the Leviticalpriestswho are from the offspring of 1Zadok, who draw2near to Me to minister to Me,' declares the LordGOD, 'a 3youngbull for a 4sinoffering.
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'You shall takesome of its blood and put it on its four5horns and on the fourcorners of the 6ledge and on the borderroundabout; thus you shall 7cleanse it and makeatonement for it.
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'You shall also take the bull for the sinoffering, and it shall be 8burned in the appointedplace of the house, outside* the sanctuary.
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'On the secondday you shall offer a 9malegoatwithoutblemish for a sinoffering, and they shall 10cleanse the altar as they cleansed it with the bull.
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'When you have finishedcleansing it, you shall present a 11youngbullwithoutblemish and a 12ramwithoutblemish from the flock.
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'You shall present them before the LORD, and the priests shall throw13salt on them, and they shall offer them up as a burntoffering to the LORD.
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'14For sevendays you shall preparedaily a goat for a sinoffering; also a youngbull and a ram from the flock, withoutblemish, shall be prepared.
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'For sevendays they shall makeatonement for the altar and purify it; so shall they consecrate* it.
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'When they have completed the days, it shall be that on the 15eighthday and onward, the priests shall offer your burntofferings on the altar, and your 16peaceofferings; and I will 17accept you,' declares the LordGOD."