and assemble the whole congregation at the entrance of the Meeting Tent.”

“‘By these you defile yourselves; anyone who touches their carcass will be unclean until the evening,

and anyone who carries their carcass must wash his clothes and will be unclean until the evening.

Any means of riding the man with a discharge rides on will be unclean.

In the fourth year all its fruit will be holy, praise offerings to the Lord.

You must not do any regular work, but you must present a gift to the Lord.’”

“‘If a man beats any person to death, he must be put to death.

your cattle, and the wild animals that are in your land – all its produce will be for you to eat.

But any creatures that do not have both fins and scales, whether in the seas or in the streams, from all the swarming things of the water and from all the living creatures that are in the water, are detestable to you.

Also, anything they fall on when they die will become unclean – any wood vessel or garment or article of leather or sackcloth. Any such vessel with which work is done must be immersed in water and will be unclean until the evening. Then it will become clean.

Any bed she lies on all the days of her discharge will be to her like the bed of her menstruation, any furniture she sits on will be unclean like the impurity of her menstruation,

“Speak to Aaron, his sons, and all the Israelites and tell them, ‘When any man from the house of Israel or from the foreigners in Israel presents his offering for any of the votive or freewill offerings which they present to the Lord as a burnt offering,

“‘Surely anything which a man permanently dedicates to the Lord from all that belongs to him, whether from people, animals, or his landed property, must be neither sold nor redeemed; anything permanently dedicated is most holy to the Lord.

Aaron is to lay his two hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the iniquities of the Israelites and all their transgressions in regard to all their sins, and thus he is to put them on the head of the goat and send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a man standing ready.

Then the priest must offer its memorial portion up in smoke – some of its crushed bits, some of its olive oil, in addition to all of its frankincense – it is a gift to the Lord.

Then the priest must offer them up in smoke on the altar as a food gift for a soothing aroma – all the fat belongs to the Lord.

But the hide of the bull, all its flesh along with its head and its legs, its entrails, and its dung –

Every grain offering of a priest must be a whole offering; it must not be eaten.”

Any male among the priests may eat it. It is most holy.

Then the one making the offering must present all its fat: the fatty tail, the fat covering the entrails,