Rules for the priests
8 The Lord said to Moses, 9 ‘Give this command to Aaron and his sons: “These are the rules about burnt offerings. The burnt offering must stay on the altar fire all night until the morning. The fire on the altar must continue to burn all night.
10 When the morning comes, the priest must dress himself in his linen robe. He must also wear linen trousers next to his skin. He must remove the ashes of the burnt offering that has burnt on the fire. He must put the ashes at the side of the altar. 11 Then he must dress himself in other clothes. He must carry the ashes outside the camp. He must put them in a special place that God has chosen. 12 The fire that is on the altar must always continue to burn. Every morning the priest must put more wood on the fire. He will put the animal for the burnt offering on top of the fire. He will also burn the fat of the friendship offerings on the fire. 13 The fire on the altar must always continue to burn. It must never stop burning.
14 These are the rules about grain offerings. Aaron's sons must take them in front of the altar to give them to the Lord. 15 A priest must take some of the pure flour and the olive oil in his hand. He must also take all the incense that is on the grain offering. He will burn this part of the offering on the altar as a gift to the Lord. The smell of the offering will give pleasure to the Lord.
16 Aaron and his sons may eat what remains of the friendship offerings. They must use it to make bread that has no yeast in it. Then they must eat it in a holy place, in the yard outside the Tent of Meeting. 17 The bread must not have any yeast in it. I have given this part of my offerings to the priests. It belongs to them. It is very holy, in the same way that the sin offerings and the guilt offerings are holy. 18 Any male descendant of Aaron may eat this part of the Lord's offerings. This rule will be true for all time. Anyone who touches these offerings will be holy.” ’
6:18Because the offerings were holy, only people who were holy could touch them. They had to be people that God had chosen to serve him, like the priests. If an ordinary person touched them, God would punish them. He might punish them with death and they would become holy in that way.
19 The Lord said to Moses, 20 ‘On the day when you anoint Aaron and his sons, they must bring an offering to the Lord. It must be a tenth of an ephah of the best flour. It will be a regular grain offering. They must bring half of it in the morning and half of it in the evening. 21 They must mix it carefully with olive oil and they must cook it on a flat plate. Then they must break it into pieces and offer it to the Lord. The smell of it will give pleasure to the Lord.
6:20A tenth of an ephah is about 2 litres, or 1 kilogram of flour.
22 The priest who must prepare the offering is Aaron's son that they anoint to take his father's place. This rule will continue for Aaron's descendants for all time. The priest must completely burn the whole offering as a gift to the Lord. 23 Every grain offering that a priest gives belongs to the Lord completely. Nobody may eat any of it.’
