The remainderof the grain offeringbelongs to Aaronand his sons:a thingmostholy,of the offeringsto the LORDby fire.
The governorsaidto them that they should not eatfrom the mostholythingsuntila prieststoodup with Urimand Thummim.
"For sevendaysyou shall makeatonementfor the altarand consecrateit; then the altarshall be mostholy,[and] whatevertouchesthe altarshall be holy.
"They shall eatthe grain offering,the sinofferingand the guiltoffering;and everydevotedthingin Israelshall be theirs.
He saidto me, "Thisis the placewherethe priestsshall boilthe guiltofferingand the sinoffering[and] wherethey shall bakethe grain offering,in order that they may not bring[them] out into the outercourtto transmitholinessto the people."
"The thighofferedby liftingup and the breastofferedby wavingthey shall bringalongwith the offeringsby fireof the portionsof fat,to presentas a waveofferingbeforethe LORD;so it shall be a thingperpetuallydueyou and your sonswith you, justas the LORDhas commanded."
"Next he shall slaughterthe malelambin the placewherethey slaughterthe sinofferingand the burntoffering,at the placeof the sanctuary--for the guiltoffering,like the sinoffering,belongs to the priest;it is mostholy.
The remainderof the grain offeringbelongs to Aaronand his sons:a thingmostholyof the offeringsto the LORDby fire.
He may eatthe foodof his God,[both] of the mostholyand of the holy,
So the priestshall makeatonementfor him concerninghis sinwhichhe has committedfrom oneof these,and it will be forgivenhim; then [the rest] shall becomethe priest's,like the grain offering.'"
The priestwho offersit for sinshall eatit. It shall be eatenin a holyplace,in the courtof the tentof meeting.
"CommandAaronand his sons,saying,'Thisis the lawfor the burntoffering:the burntofferingitself[shall remain] on the hearthon the altarallnightuntilthe morning,and the fireon the altaris to be kept burningon it.
The guiltofferingis like the sinoffering,there is onelawfor them; the priestwhomakesatonementwith it shall haveit.
Likewise, everygrain offeringthat is bakedin the ovenand everythingpreparedin a panor on a griddleshall belongto the priestwho presentsit.
"Thisshall be yours from the mostholy[gifts reserved] from the fire;everyofferingof theirs, even everygrain offeringand everysinofferingand everyguiltoffering,whichthey shall renderto Me, shall be mostholyfor you and for your sons.
Did I [not] choosethem from allthe tribesof Israelto be My priests,to goup to My altar,to burnincense,to carryan ephodbeforeMe; and did I [not] giveto the houseof your fatherallthe fire[offerings] of the sonsof Israel?
