The Bible in Basic English BBE
Good News Translation GNT
1 And if his offering is given for a peace-offering; if he gives of the herd, male or female, let him give it without any mark on it, before the Lord.
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When any of you offer one of your cattle as a fellowship offering, it is to be a bull or a cow without any defects.
2 And he is to put his hand on the head of his offering and put it to death at the door of the Tent of meeting; and Aaron's sons, the priests, are to put some of the blood on and round the altar.
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You shall put your hand on the head of the animal and kill it at the entrance of the Tent of the Lord's presence. The Aaronite priests shall throw the blood against all four sides of the altar
3 And he is to give of the peace-offering, as an offering made by fire to the Lord; the fat covering the inside parts and all the fat on the inside parts,
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and present the following parts of the animal as a food offering to the Lord: all the fat on the internal organs,
4 And the two kidneys, and the fat on them, which is by the top part of the legs, and the fat joining the liver and the kidneys, he is to take away;
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the kidneys and the fat on them, and the best part of the liver.
5 That it may be burned by Aaron's sons on the altar, on the burned offering which is on the wood on the fire: it is an offering made by fire of a sweet smell to the Lord.
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The priests shall burn all this on the altar along with the burnt offerings. The odor of this food offering is pleasing to the Lord.
6 And if what he gives for a peace-offering to the Lord is of the flock, let him give a male or female, without any mark on it.
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If a sheep or goat is used as a fellowship offering, it may be male or female, but it must be without any defects.
7 If his offering is a lamb, then let it be placed before the Lord:
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If you offer a sheep,
8 And he is to put his hand on the head of his offering and put it to death before the Tent of meeting; and Aaron's sons are to put some of its blood on and round the altar.
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you shall put your hand on its head and kill it in front of the Tent. The priests shall throw its blood against all four sides of the altar
9 And of the peace-offering, let him give an offering made by fire to the Lord; the fat of it, all the fat tail, he is to take away near the backbone; and the fat covering the inside parts and all the fat on the inside parts,
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and present the following parts of the animal as a food offering to the Lord: the fat, the entire fat tail cut off near the backbone, all the fat covering the internal organs,
10 And the two kidneys, with the fat on them, which is by the top part of the legs, and the fat joining the liver and the kidneys, he is to take away;
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the kidneys and the fat on them, and the best part of the liver.
11 That it may be burned by the priest on the altar; it is the food of the offering made by fire to the Lord.
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The officiating priest shall burn all this on the altar as a food offering to the Lord.
12 And if his offering is a goat, then let it be placed before the Lord,
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If you offer a goat,
13 And let him put his hand on the head of it and put it to death before the Tent of meeting; and the sons of Aaron are to put some of its blood on and round the altar.
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you shall put your hand on its head and kill it in front of the Tent. The priests shall throw its blood against all four sides of the altar
14 And of it let him make his offering, an offering made by fire to the Lord; the fat covering the inside parts and all the fat on the inside parts,
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and present the following parts as a food offering to the Lord: all the fat on the internal organs,
15 And the two kidneys, with the fat on them, which is by the top part of the legs, and the fat joining the liver and the kidneys, let him take away;
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the kidneys and the fat on them, and the best part of the liver.
16 That it may be burned by the priest on the altar; it is the food of the offering made by fire for a sweet smell: all the fat is the Lord's.
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The priest shall burn all this on the altar as a food offering pleasing to the Lord. All the fat belongs to the Lord.
17 Let it be an order for ever, through all your generations, in all your houses, that you are not to take fat or blood for food.
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No Israelite may eat any fat or any blood; this is a rule to be kept forever by all Israelites wherever they live.
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Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.