Leviticus 6:1-13 ▼

1 The LORD spoke to Moses:

2 “ When someone sins and offends the LORD by deceiving his neighbor in regard to a deposit, a security, or a robbery; or defrauds his neighbor;

3 or finds something lost and lies about it; or swears falsely about any of the sinful things a person may do —

4 once he has sinned and acknowledged his guilt  — he must return what he stole or defrauded, or the deposit entrusted to him, or the lost item he found,

5 or anything else about which he swore falsely . He must make full restitution for it and add a fifth of its value to it. He is to pay it to its owner on the day he acknowledges his guilt.

6 Then he must bring his restitution offering to the LORD : an unblemished ram from the flock according to your assessment of its value as a restitution offering to the priest.

7 In this way the priest will make atonement on his behalf before the LORD , and he will be forgiven for anything he may have done to incur guilt.”

8 The LORD spoke to Moses:

9 “ Command Aaron and his sons: This is the law of the burnt offering; the burnt offering itself must remain on the altar’s hearth all night until morning, while the fire of the altar is kept burning on it.

10 The priest is to put on his linen robe and linen undergarments. He is to remove the ashes of the burnt offering the fire has consumed on the altar, and place them beside the altar.

11 Then he must take off his garments, put on other clothes, and bring the ashes outside the camp to a ceremonially clean place.

12 The fire on the altar is to be kept burning; it must not go out. Every morning the priest will burn wood on the fire. He is to arrange the burnt offering on the fire and burn the fat portions from the fellowship offerings on it.

13 Fire must be kept burning on the altar continually; it must not go out.