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Leviticus 7: Thank Offerings and the Priests' Share

God gives more rules for the trespass offering and the peace offering, including the thanksgiving offering with bread. The meat must be eaten quickly, fat and blood must not be eaten, and the breast and right thigh are given to the priests.

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World English Bible · 38 verses

  1. 1 “‘This is the law of the trespass offering: It is most holy.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  2. 2 In the place where they kill the burnt offering, he shall kill the trespass offering; and its blood he shall sprinkle around on the altar.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  3. 3 He shall offer all of its fat: the fat tail, and the fat that covers the innards,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  4. 4 and he shall take away the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, and the cover on the liver, with the kidneys;This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  5. 5 and the priest shall burn them on the altar for an offering made by fire to Yahweh: it is a trespass offering.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  6. 6 Every male among the priests may eat of it. It shall be eaten in a holy place. It is most holy.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  7. 7 “‘As is the sin offering, so is the trespass offering; there is one law for them. The priest who makes atonement with them shall have it.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  8. 8 The priest who offers any man’s burnt offering shall have for himself the skin of the burnt offering which he has offered.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  9. 9 Every meal offering that is baked in the oven, and all that is prepared in the pan and on the griddle, shall be the priest’s who offers it.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  10. 10 Every meal offering, mixed with oil or dry, belongs to all the sons of Aaron, one as well as another.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  11. 11 “‘This is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which one shall offer to Yahweh:This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  12. 12 If he offers it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and cakes mixed with oil.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  13. 13 He shall offer his offering with the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving with cakes of leavened bread.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  14. 14 Of it he shall offer one out of each offering for a heave offering to Yahweh. It shall be the priest’s who sprinkles the blood of the peace offerings.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  15. 15 The flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving shall be eaten on the day of his offering. He shall not leave any of it until the morning.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  16. 16 “‘But if the sacrifice of his offering is a vow, or a free will offering, it shall be eaten on the day that he offers his sacrifice. On the next day what remains of it shall be eaten,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  17. 17 but what remains of the meat of the sacrifice on the third day shall be burned with fire.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  18. 18 If any of the meat of the sacrifice of his peace offerings is eaten on the third day, it will not be accepted, and it shall not be credited to him who offers it. It will be an abomination, and the soul who eats any of it will bear his iniquity.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  19. 19 “‘The meat that touches any unclean thing shall not be eaten. It shall be burned with fire. As for the meat, everyone who is clean may eat it;This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  20. 20 but the soul who eats of the meat of the sacrifice of peace offerings that belongs to Yahweh, having his uncleanness on him, that soul shall be cut off from his people.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  21. 21 When anyone touches any unclean thing, the uncleanness of man, or an unclean animal, or any unclean abomination, and eats some of the meat of the sacrifice of peace offerings which belong to Yahweh, that soul shall be cut off from his people.’”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  22. 22 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  23. 23 “Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘You shall eat no fat, of bull, or sheep, or goat.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  24. 24 The fat of that which dies of itself, and the fat of that which is torn of animals, may be used for any other service, but you shall in no way eat of it.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  25. 25 For whoever eats the fat of the animal which men offer as an offering made by fire to Yahweh, even the soul who eats it shall be cut off from his people.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  26. 26 You shall not eat any blood, whether it is of bird or of animal, in any of your dwellings.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  27. 27 Whoever it is who eats any blood, that soul shall be cut off from his people.’”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  28. 28 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  29. 29 “Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘He who offers the sacrifice of his peace offerings to Yahweh shall bring his offering to Yahweh out of the sacrifice of his peace offerings.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  30. 30 With his own hands he shall bring the offerings of Yahweh made by fire. He shall bring the fat with the breast, that the breast may be waved for a wave offering before Yahweh.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  31. 31 The priest shall burn the fat on the altar, but the breast shall be Aaron’s and his sons’.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  32. 32 The right thigh you shall give to the priest for a heave offering out of the sacrifices of your peace offerings.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  33. 33 He among the sons of Aaron who offers the blood of the peace offerings, and the fat, shall have the right thigh for a portion.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  34. 34 For the waved breast and the heaved thigh I have taken from the children of Israel out of the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and have given them to Aaron the priest and to his sons as their portion forever from the children of Israel.’”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  35. 35 This is the consecrated portion of Aaron, and the consecrated portion of his sons, out of the offerings of Yahweh made by fire, in the day when he presented them to minister to Yahweh in the priest’s office;This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  36. 36 which Yahweh commanded to be given them of the children of Israel, in the day that he anointed them. It is their portion forever throughout their generations.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  37. 37 This is the law of the burnt offering, the meal offering, the sin offering, the trespass offering, the consecration, and the sacrifice of peace offeringsThis verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  38. 38 which Yahweh commanded Moses in Mount Sinai in the day that he commanded the children of Israel to offer their offerings to Yahweh, in the wilderness of Sinai.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.

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Leviticus 7 · Preschool

A Thank-You Gift

Name Date

Color the bread and the family! People brought gifts to say thank You to God.

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Bible Verse

“If he offers it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and cakes mixed with oil.”

Leviticus 7:12 (WEB)

Prayer

Thank You, God, for making me!

Take It Home

Read the verse aloud. Say: Some offerings were just to say thank You to God. What can you thank God for today?

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