Good News Translation GNT
English Standard Version ESV
1 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.
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“If his offering is a sacrifice of peace offering, if he offers an animal from the herd, male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before the Lord.
2 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
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And he shall lay his hand on the head of his offering and kill it at the entrance of the tent of meeting, and Aaron’s sons the priests shall throw the blood against the sides of the altar.
3 and present the following parts of the animal as a food offering to the Lord: all the fat on the internal organs,
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And from the sacrifice of the peace offering, as a food offering to the Lord, he shall offer the fat covering the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails,
4 the kidneys and the fat on them, and the best part of the liver.
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and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them at the loins, and the long lobe of the liver that he shall remove with the kidneys.
5 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.
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Then Aaron’s sons shall burn it on the altar on top of the burnt offering, which is on the wood on the fire; it is a food offering with a pleasing aroma to the Lord.
6 If a sheep or goat is used as a fellowship offering, it may be male or female, but it must be without any defects.
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“If his offering for a sacrifice of peace offering to the Lord is an animal from the flock, male or female, he shall offer it without blemish.
7 If you offer a sheep,
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If he offers a lamb for his offering, then he shall offer it before the Lord,
8 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
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lay his hand on the head of his offering, and kill it in front of the tent of meeting; and Aaron’s sons shall throw its blood against the sides of the altar.
9 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,
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Then from the sacrifice of the peace offering he shall offer as a food offering to the Lord its fat; he shall remove the whole fat tail, cut off close to the backbone, and the fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails
10 the kidneys and the fat on them, and the best part of the liver.
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and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them at the loins and the long lobe of the liver that he shall remove with the kidneys.
11 The officiating priest shall burn all this on the altar as a food offering to the Lord.
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And the priest shall burn it on the altar as a food offering to the Lord.
12 If you offer a goat,
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“If his offering is a goat, then he shall offer it before the Lord
13 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
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and lay his hand on its head and kill it in front of the tent of meeting, and the sons of Aaron shall throw its blood against the sides of the altar.
14 and present the following parts as a food offering to the Lord: all the fat on the internal organs,
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Then he shall offer from it, as his offering for a food offering to the Lord, the fat covering the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails
15 the kidneys and the fat on them, and the best part of the liver.
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and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them at the loins and the long lobe of the liver that he shall remove with the kidneys.
16 The priest shall burn all this on the altar as a food offering pleasing to the Lord. All the fat belongs to the Lord.
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And the priest shall burn them on the altar as a food offering with a pleasing aroma. All fat is the Lord’s.
17 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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It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations, in all your dwelling places, that you eat neither fat nor blood. ”
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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