Everymaleamong the sonsof Aaronmay eatit; it is a permanentordinancethroughout your generations,from the offeringsby fireto the LORD.Whoevertouchesthem will becomeconsecrated.'"
"For sevendaysyou shall makeatonementfor the altarand consecrateit; then the altarshall be mostholy,[and] whatevertouchesthe altarshall be holy.
It is a perpetualstatutethroughout your generationsin allyour dwellings:you shall not eatanyfator anyblood.'"
He shall layhis handon the headof the malegoatand slayit in the placewherethey slaythe burntofferingbeforethe LORD;it is a sinoffering.
ifthe anointedpriestsinsso as to bringguilton the people,then let him offerto the LORDa bullwithoutdefectas a sinofferingfor the sinhe has committed.
He shall layhis handon the headof the sinofferingand slayit for a sinofferingin the placewherethey slaythe burntoffering.
The priestis to puton his linenrobe,and he shall puton undergarmentsnextto his flesh;and he shall takeup the ashes[to] whichthe firereducesthe burntofferingon the altarand placethem besidethe altar.
Then the LORDspoketo Moses,saying,
Anyonewhotouchesits fleshwill becomeconsecrated;and whenanyof its bloodsplasheson a garment,in a holyplaceyou shall washwhatwas splashedon.
Everymaleamong the priestsmay eatof it; it is mostholy.
Everymaleamong the priestsmay eatof it. It shall be eatenin a holyplace;it is mostholy.
"As the mostholy[gifts] you shall eatit; everymaleshall eatit. It shall be holyto you.
Then the LORDspoketo Aaron,"Now behold,I Myselfhave givenyou chargeof My offerings,even allthe holygifts of the sonsof IsraelI have giventhem to you as a portionand to your sonsas a perpetualallotment.
Do you not knowthat thosewho performsacred serviceseatthe [food] of the temple,[and] thosewho attend regularlyto the altarhave their sharefrom the altar?
becauseit is written,"YOU SHALL BE HOLY,FOR I AM HOLY."
But you are A CHOSENRACE,A royalPRIESTHOOD,A HOLYNATION,A PEOPLEFOR [God's] OWN POSSESSION,sothat you may proclaimthe excellenciesof Him who has calledyou out of darknessinto His marvelouslight;
