43:22 “On the second day, you will offer a male goat without blemish for a sin offering. They will purify the altar just as they purified it with the bull. 43:23 When you have finished purifying it, you will offer an unblemished young bull and an unblemished ram from the flock. 43:24 You will present them before the Lord, and the priests will scatter salt on them 1 and offer them up as a burnt offering to the Lord.
43:25 “For seven days you will provide every day a goat for a sin offering; a young bull and a ram from the flock, both without blemish, will be provided. 43:26 For seven days they will make atonement for the altar and cleanse it, so they will consecrate it. 2 43:27 When the prescribed period is over, 3 on the eighth day and thereafter the priests will offer up on the altar your burnt offerings and your peace offerings; 4 I will accept you, declares the sovereign Lord.”
1 sn It is likely that salt was used with sacrificial meals (Num 18:19; 2 Chr 13:5).
2 tn Heb “fill its hands.”
3 tn Heb “and they will complete the days.”
4 sn The people also could partake of the food of the peace offering (Lev 3).