Leviticus 7:1-6 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

1. The sacrifice to make things right is very sacred.

2. The animal must be killed in the same place where the sacrifice to please me is killed, and the animal's blood must be splattered against the four sides of the bronze altar.

3. Offer all the animal's fat, including the fat on its tail and on its insides,

4. as well as the lower part of the liver and the two kidneys with their fat.

5. One of the priests will lay these pieces on the altar and send them up in smoke to me.

6. This sacrifice for making things right is very holy. Only the priests may eat it, and they must eat it in a holy place.

17-18. but any that is left must be destroyed. If you eat any after the second day, your sacrifice will be useless and unacceptable, and you will be both disgusting and guilty.

20-21. But don't eat any of this meat if you have become unclean by touching something unclean from a human or an animal or from any other creature. If you do, you will no longer belong to the community of Israel.

29-30. to say to the people of Israel:If you want to offer a sacrifice to ask my blessing, you must bring the part to be burnt and lay it on the bronze altar. But you must first lift up the choice ribs with their fat to show that the offering is dedicated to me.

32-33. The upper joint of the right hind leg is for the priest who offers the blood and the fat of the animal.

Leviticus 7