VayikraAnd he called

1Reading 1 Leviticus 1:1–13Chapter page with footnotes →

Laws for Burnt Offerings

^1:1And he called to Moses, and the LORD spoke to him from the tent of appointed time (mo-ed), saying: ²Speak to the sons of Israel, and you shall say to them: When a man of you brings near an offering to the LORD, from the beast, from the herd or from the flock you shall bring near your offering.

³If his offering be a burnt offering from the herd, a male without blemish he shall bring him near; to the entrance of the tent of appointed time (mo-ed) he shall bring him near, for his acceptance before the LORD. ⁴And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the burnt offering, and it shall be accepted for him, to make atonement for him.

⁵And he shall slaughter the son of the herd before the LORD; and the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall bring near the blood, and dash the blood upon the altar round about, which is at the entrance of the tent of appointed time (mo-ed). ⁶And he shall flay the burnt offering, and cut him into his pieces.

⁷And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire upon the altar, and arrange wood upon the fire. ⁸And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall arrange the pieces, the head, and the suet, upon the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar. ⁹And its inwards and its legs he shall wash with water; and the priest shall make the whole smoke on the altar, a burnt offering, a fire-offering, a soothing aroma to the LORD.

¹⁰And if his offering be from the flock, from the sheep or from the goats, for a burnt offering, a male without blemish he shall bring it near. ¹¹And he shall slaughter him on the side of the altar northward before the LORD; and the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall dash his blood upon the altar round about. ¹²And he shall cut him into his pieces, with his head and his suet; and the priest shall arrange them upon the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar. ¹³But the inwards and the legs he shall wash with water; and the priest shall bring the whole near and make it smoke on the altar; it is a burnt offering, a fire-offering, a soothing aroma to the LORD.

2Reading 2 Leviticus 1:14–2:6Chapter page with footnotes →

^1:14And if from the fowl be his burnt offering to the LORD, then he shall bring near his offering from the turtledoves, or from the sons of the dove. ¹⁵And the priest shall bring him near to the altar, and pinch off his head, and make him smoke on the altar; and his blood shall be drained out on the wall of the altar. ¹⁶And he shall remove its crop with its feathers, and cast it beside the altar eastward, to the place of the ashes. ¹⁷And he shall split him by his wings, but he shall not divide him asunder; and the priest shall make him smoke on the altar, upon the wood that is upon the fire; it is a burnt offering, a fire-offering, a soothing aroma to the LORD.

Laws for Grain Offerings

^2:1And a soul, when it brings near an offering of a meal offering to the LORD, fine flour shall be his offering; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense upon it. ²And he shall bring it to the sons of Aaron the priests; and he shall grasp from there the fullness of his handful, from its fine flour and from its oil, with all its frankincense; and the priest shall make its memorial-portion smoke on the altar, a fire-offering, a soothing aroma to the LORD. ³And that which is left of the meal offering shall be for Aaron and for his sons; it is a holy of holies from the fire-offerings of the LORD.

⁴And when you bring near an offering of a meal offering baked in an oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil.

⁵And if your offering be a meal offering upon the griddle, it shall be fine flour mingled with oil, unleavened. ⁶Break it into pieces, and pour oil upon it; it is a meal offering.

3Reading 3 Leviticus 2:7–16Chapter page with footnotes →

^2:7And if your offering be a meal offering of the pan, it shall be made of fine flour with oil.

⁸And you shall bring the meal offering that is made of these to the LORD; and he shall bring it near to the priest, and he shall present it to the altar. ⁹And the priest shall lift up from the meal offering its memorial-portion, and make it smoke on the altar, a fire-offering, a soothing aroma to the LORD. ¹⁰And that which is left of the meal offering shall be for Aaron and for his sons; it is a holy of holies from the fire-offerings of the LORD.

¹¹Every meal offering which you bring near to the LORD shall not be made of leaven; for all leaven and all honey, you shall not make them smoke as a fire-offering to the LORD. ¹²An offering of firstfruits you shall bring them near to the LORD; but upon the altar they shall not go up for a soothing aroma. ¹³And every offering of your meal offering you shall season with salt; and you shall not let the salt of the covenant of your God cease from upon your meal offering; upon all your offering you shall bring near salt.

¹⁴And if you bring near a meal offering of firstfruits to the LORD, fresh ears parched with fire, crushed grain of the fresh ear, you shall bring near as the meal offering of your firstfruits. ¹⁵And you shall put oil upon it, and lay frankincense upon it; it is a meal offering. ¹⁶And the priest shall make its memorial-portion smoke, from its crushed grain and from its oil, with all its frankincense; it is a fire-offering to the LORD.

4Reading 4 Leviticus 3:1–17Chapter page with footnotes →

Laws for Peace Offerings

^3:1And if his offering be a sacrifice of peace offerings, if he brings near from the herd, whether male or whether female, without blemish he shall bring it near before the LORD. ²And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and slaughter him at the entrance of the tent of appointed time (mo-ed); and the sons of Aaron the priests shall dash the blood upon the altar round about.

³And he shall bring near from the sacrifice of the peace offerings a fire-offering to the LORD: the fat that covers the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, ⁴and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the loins, and the lobe upon the liver, which with the kidneys he shall remove. ⁵And the sons of Aaron shall make it smoke on the altar, upon the burnt offering which is upon the wood that is on the fire; it is a fire-offering, a soothing aroma to the LORD.

⁶And if his offering for a sacrifice of peace offerings to the LORD be from the flock, male or female, without blemish he shall bring it near.

⁷If he brings near a lamb for his offering, then he shall bring him near before the LORD. ⁸And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and slaughter him before the tent of appointed time (mo-ed); and the sons of Aaron shall dash his blood upon the altar round about.

⁹And he shall bring near from the sacrifice of the peace offerings a fire-offering to the LORD: its fat, the whole fat tail, close by the backbone he shall remove it; and the fat that covers the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, ¹⁰and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the loins, and the lobe upon the liver, which with the kidneys he shall remove. ¹¹And the priest shall make it smoke on the altar; it is the bread of a fire-offering to the LORD.

¹²And if his offering be a goat, then he shall bring him near before the LORD. ¹³And he shall lay his hand upon his head, and slaughter him before the tent of appointed time (mo-ed); and the sons of Aaron shall dash his blood upon the altar round about.

¹⁴And he shall bring near from it his offering, a fire-offering to the LORD: the fat that covers the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, ¹⁵and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the loins, and the lobe upon the liver, which with the kidneys he shall remove. ¹⁶And the priest shall make them smoke on the altar; it is the bread of a fire-offering, for a soothing aroma; all the fat is the LORD's.

¹⁷An everlasting statute throughout your generations, in all your dwellings: all fat and all blood you shall not eat.

5Reading 5 Leviticus 4:1–26Chapter page with footnotes →

Laws for Sin Offerings

^4:1And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying: ²"Speak to the sons of Israel, saying: A soul, when it sins through error from any of the commandments of the LORD which shall not be done, and does one of them—

³if the anointed priest sins for the guilt of the people, then he shall bring near for his sin which he sinned a bull, a son of the herd, without blemish, to the LORD for a sin offering. ⁴And he shall bring the bull to the opening of the tent of appointed time (mo-ed) before the LORD, and he shall lay his hand upon the head of the bull, and slaughter the bull before the LORD. ⁵And the anointed priest shall take from the blood of the bull, and bring it to the tent of appointed time (mo-ed). ⁶And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle from the blood seven times before the LORD, before the face of the veil of the holy place. ⁷And the priest shall put from the blood upon the horns of the altar of the incense of spices before the LORD, which is in the tent of appointed time (mo-ed); and all the blood of the bull he shall pour out at the base of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the opening of the tent of appointed time (mo-ed). ⁸And all the fat of the bull of the sin offering he shall lift up from it: the fat that covers the entrails, and all the fat that is upon the entrails, ⁹and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is upon the loins, and the lobe upon the liver, by the kidneys he shall remove it, ¹⁰as it is lifted up from the ox of the sacrifice of the peace offerings; and the priest shall make them smoke upon the altar of the burnt offering. ¹¹And the skin of the bull, and all its flesh, with its head, and with its legs, and its entrails, and its dung, ¹²even the whole bull he shall bring out to the outside of the camp, to a clean place, to the place of the pouring out of the ashes, and burn him upon wood with fire; upon the pouring out of the ashes he shall be burned.

¹³And if the whole congregation of Israel errs, and the matter is hidden from the eyes of the assembly, and they do one from any of the commandments of the LORD which shall not be done, and become guilty; ¹⁴when the sin which they sinned concerning it becomes known, then the assembly shall bring near a bull, a son of the herd, for a sin offering, and bring him before the tent of appointed time (mo-ed). ¹⁵And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon the head of the bull before the LORD, and he shall slaughter the bull before the LORD. ¹⁶And the anointed priest shall bring from the blood of the bull to the tent of appointed time (mo-ed). ¹⁷And the priest shall dip his finger from the blood, and sprinkle seven times before the LORD, before the face of the veil. ¹⁸And from the blood he shall put upon the horns of the altar which is before the LORD, which is in the tent of appointed time (mo-ed); and all the blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the opening of the tent of appointed time (mo-ed). ¹⁹And all its fat he shall lift up from it, and make it smoke upon the altar. ²⁰And he shall do to the bull as he did to the bull of the sin offering, so shall he do to him; and the priest shall make atonement for them, and it shall be forgiven to them. ²¹And he shall bring out the bull to the outside of the camp, and burn it as he burned the first bull; it is the sin offering of the assembly.

²²When a leader sins, and does one from all the commandments of the LORD his God which shall not be done, through error, and becomes guilty; ²³or his sin which he sinned in it is made known to him, then he shall bring his offering, a male goat of the goats, a male without blemish. ²⁴And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat, and slaughter him in the place where he slaughters the burnt offering before the LORD; it is a sin offering. ²⁵And the priest shall take from the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of the burnt offering, and its blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar of the burnt offering. ²⁶And all its fat he shall make smoke upon the altar, like the fat of the sacrifice of the peace offerings; and the priest shall make atonement for him from his sin, and it shall be forgiven to him.

6Reading 6 Leviticus 4:27–5:10Chapter page with footnotes →

^4:27And if one soul sins through error from the people of the land, in its doing one from the commandments of the LORD which shall not be done, and becomes guilty; ²⁸or his sin which he sinned is made known to him, then he shall bring his offering, a female goat of the goats, without blemish, a female, for his sin which he sinned. ²⁹And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slaughter the sin offering in the place of the burnt offering. ³⁰And the priest shall take from its blood with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of the burnt offering, and all its blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar. ³¹And all its fat he shall remove, as the fat is removed from upon the sacrifice of the peace offerings; and the priest shall make it smoke upon the altar for a soothing aroma to the LORD; and the priest shall make atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven to him.

³²And if he brings a lamb as his offering for a sin offering, a female without blemish he shall bring it. ³³And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slaughter her for a sin offering in the place where he slaughters the burnt offering. ³⁴And the priest shall take from the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of the burnt offering, and all its blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar. ³⁵And all its fat he shall remove, as the fat of the lamb is removed from the sacrifice of the peace offerings; and the priest shall make them smoke upon the altar, upon the fire offerings of the LORD; and the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin which he sinned, and it shall be forgiven to him.

Sins Requiring a Sin Offering

^5:1And a soul, when it sins, and it heard the voice of an oath, and he is a witness, or he saw or knew—if he does not tell it, then he shall bear his iniquity;

²or a soul which touches any unclean thing, or the carcass of an unclean living thing, or the carcass of unclean cattle, or the carcass of an unclean swarming thing, and it is hidden from him, and he is unclean, and becomes guilty;

³or when he touches the uncleanness of man, of any of his uncleanness by which he becomes unclean, and it is hidden from him, and he knew, and becomes guilty;

⁴or a soul, when it swears, speaking rashly with the lips to do evil or to do good, of anything that the man speaks rashly with an oath, and it is hidden from him, and he knew, and becomes guilty in one of these;

⁵and it shall be, when he becomes guilty in one of these, that he shall confess that in which he has sinned; ⁶and he shall bring his guilt offering to the LORD for his sin which he sinned, a female from the flock, a ewe-lamb or a female goat, for a sin offering; and the priest shall make atonement for him from his sin.

⁷And if his hand does not reach enough for a sheep, then he shall bring his guilt offering, which he sinned, two turtledoves or two sons of a dove, to the LORD: one for a sin offering, and one for a burnt offering. ⁸And he shall bring them to the priest, and he shall bring near that which is for the sin offering first, and pinch off its head from the front of its neck, but he shall not divide it. ⁹And he shall sprinkle from the blood of the sin offering upon the wall of the altar, and that which remains of the blood shall be drained out at the base of the altar; it is a sin offering. ¹⁰And the second he shall make a burnt offering, according to the judgment; and the priest shall make atonement for him from his sin which he sinned, and it shall be forgiven to him.

7Reading 7 Leviticus 5:11–26Chapter page with footnotes →

^5:11And if his hand does not reach to two turtledoves or to two sons of a dove, then he shall bring his offering, which he sinned, a tenth of the ephah of fine flour for a sin offering; he shall not put upon it oil, and he shall not place upon it frankincense, for it is a sin offering. ¹²And he shall bring it to the priest, and the priest shall grasp from it the fullness of his fist, its memorial portion, and make it smoke upon the altar, upon the fire offerings of the LORD; it is a sin offering. ¹³And the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin which he sinned from one of these, and it shall be forgiven to him; and it shall be for the priest, like the grain offering."

Laws for Guilt Offerings

¹⁴And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying: ¹⁵"A soul, when it commits a trespass, and sins through error against the holy things of the LORD, then he shall bring his guilt offering to the LORD, a ram without blemish from the flock, by your valuation in silver of shekels, by the shekel of the holy place, for a guilt offering. ¹⁶And that which he sinned from the holy thing he shall repay, and its fifth he shall add upon it, and give it to the priest; and the priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the guilt offering, and it shall be forgiven to him.

¹⁷And if a soul sins, and does one from all the commandments of the LORD which shall not be done, though he did not know, yet he is guilty, and he shall bear his iniquity. ¹⁸And he shall bring a ram without blemish from the flock, by your valuation, for a guilt offering, to the priest; and the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his error which he erred, though he did not know it, and it shall be forgiven to him. ¹⁹It is a guilt offering; he is surely guilty to the LORD."

Sins Requiring a Guilt Offering

²⁰And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying: ²¹"A soul, when it sins, and commits a trespass against the LORD, and deals falsely with his fellow concerning a deposit, or a pledge of the hand, or robbery, or has oppressed his fellow; ²²or has found a lost thing, and deals falsely concerning it, and swears to a falsehood; concerning one from all these that the man does, sinning in them; ²³then it shall be, when he sins and becomes guilty, that he shall return the robbed thing which he robbed, or the oppression which he oppressed, or the deposit which was deposited with him, or the lost thing which he found, ²⁴or anything from all about which he swears to a falsehood, then he shall repay it in its head, and its fifths he shall add upon it; to him to whom it belongs he shall give it, on the day of his guilt. ²⁵And his guilt offering he shall bring to the LORD, a ram without blemish from the flock, by your valuation, for a guilt offering, to the priest. ²⁶And the priest shall make atonement for him before the LORD, and it shall be forgiven to him, concerning one from all that he does to become guilty in it."

PIsaiah 43:21–44:23Chapter page with footnotes →

^43:21the people whom I formed for myself; they shall declare my praise.

Israel’s Unfaithfulness

²²But you have not called upon me, O Jacob; for you have been weary of me, O Israel.

²³You have not brought me the lamb of your burnt offerings, nor honored me with your sacrifices; I have not made you serve with a meal offering, nor wearied you with frankincense.

²⁴You have bought me no sweet cane with money, nor satisfied me with the fat of your sacrifices; but you have made me serve with your sins, you have wearied me with your iniquities.

²⁵I, even I, am he that blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and your sins I will not remember.

²⁶Put me in remembrance; let us enter into judgment together; declare, you, that you may be justified.

²⁷Your first father sinned, and your mediators have transgressed against me.

²⁸And I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and I have given Jacob to the ban, and Israel to reviling.

The LORD Has Chosen Israel

^44:1And now hear, O Jacob my servant, and Israel, whom I have chosen.

²Thus says the LORD, your maker, and your former from the womb, who helps you: Fear not, my servant Jacob, and Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.

³For I will pour water upon the thirsty, and streams upon the dry ground; I will pour my spirit upon your seed, and my blessing upon your offspring.

⁴And they shall spring up among the grass, like willows by streams of water.

⁵This one shall say, "I am the LORD's," and that one shall call by the name of Jacob; and another shall write with his hand, "The LORD's," and surname himself by the name of Israel.

⁶Thus says the LORD, King of Israel, and his Redeemer, the LORD of hosts: I am the first and I am the last, and besides me there is no God.

⁷And who, like me, can call—let him declare it, and set it in order for me—since I appointed the people of old? And the things coming, and that which shall come, let them declare to them.

⁸Fear not, neither be afraid; have I not from of old made you hear, and declared it? And you are my witnesses. Is there a God besides me? There is no Rock; I know none.

⁹The fashioners of a carved image, all of them are emptiness, and their delightful things do not profit; and their witnesses—they themselves—see not, nor know, that they may be ashamed.

¹⁰Who has formed a god, or cast an image, that profits for nothing?

¹¹Behold, all his companions shall be ashamed, and the craftsmen, they are of man; let them all gather together, let them stand; they shall fear, they shall be ashamed together.

¹²The craftsman of iron makes an axe and works in the coal, and with hammers he fashions it, and works it with the arm of his strength; yes, he is hungry, and there is no strength; he has not drunk water, and he is faint.

¹³The craftsman of wood stretches out a line; he marks it out with a stylus; he makes it with planes, and with the compass he marks it out, and makes it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of man, to dwell in a house.

¹⁴He cuts down for himself cedars, and takes a holm tree and an oak, and strengthens for himself among the trees of the forest; he plants, and the rain makes it grow.

¹⁵And it becomes for man to burn; and he takes from them and warms himself; yes, he kindles and bakes bread; yes, he makes a god and bows down; he makes it a carved image and falls down to it.

¹⁶Half of it he has burned in the fire; upon the half of it he eats meat, he roasts a roast and is satisfied; yes, he warms himself and says, "Aha, I am warm, I have seen fire."

¹⁷And the remainder of it he makes into a god, his carved image; he falls down to it and worships, and prays to it, and says, "Deliver me, for you are my god."

¹⁸They do not know, nor do they understand; for their eyes are smeared shut from seeing, their hearts from understanding.

¹⁹And none brings it back to his heart, nor is there knowledge nor understanding to say, "Half of it I burned in the fire, and also I baked bread on its coals; I roast meat and eat; and shall I make its remainder an abomination? Shall I fall down to the stock of a tree?"

²⁰Feeding on ashes—a deceived heart has turned him aside—and he does not deliver his soul, nor say, "Is there not a falsehood in my right hand?"

Jerusalem to Be Restored

²¹Remember these things, O Jacob, and Israel, for you are my servant; I have formed you, you are a servant to me; O Israel, you shall not be forgotten by me.

²²I have blotted out, like a thick cloud, your transgressions, and like a cloud your sins; return to me, for I have redeemed you.

²³Sing, O heavens, for the LORD has done it; shout, O lower parts of the earth; break forth into singing, O mountains, O forest, and every tree in it; for the LORD has redeemed Jacob, and in Israel he glorifies himself.

AHebrews 10:1–10Chapter page with footnotes →

Messiah’s Perfect Sacrifice

^10:1For the law has but a shadow of the good things to come, not the true form of these realities, and it can never, by the same sacrifices that are offered continually every year, make perfect those who draw near. ²Otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered, since the worshipers, having once been cleansed, would no longer have any consciousness of sins?

³But in these sacrifices there is a reminder of sins every year, ⁴for it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins. ⁵Therefore, when Yeshua came into the world, He said, "Sacrifices and offerings you did not desire, but a body you have prepared for me;

⁶in burnt offerings and sin offerings you have taken no pleasure.

⁷Then I said, 'Behold, I have come — in the scroll of the book it is written of me — to do your will, O God.'"

⁸When He said above, "Sacrifices and offerings and burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not desire nor were you pleased with them" — these are offered according to the law — ⁹then He added, "Behold, I have come to do your will, O God"; He does away with the first in order to establish the second. ¹⁰And by that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Yeshua Messiah once for all.