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When Moses went down from Mount Sinai carrying the Ten Commandments, his face was shining because he had been speaking with the Lord ; but he did not know it.

But Moses called them, and Aaron and all the leaders of the community went to him, and Moses spoke with them.

You have six days in which to do your work, but the seventh day is to be sacred, a solemn day of rest dedicated to me, the Lord . Anyone who does any work on that day is to be put to death.

They received from him all the offerings which the Israelites had brought for constructing the sacred Tent. But the people of Israel continued to bring Moses their offerings every morning.

If the offering is bread cooked on a griddle, it is to be made of flour mixed with olive oil but without yeast.

An offering of the first grain that you harvest each year shall be brought to the Lord , but it is not to be burned on the altar.

If a sheep or goat is used as a fellowship offering, it may be male or female, but it must be without any defects.

But he shall take its skin, all its flesh, its head, its legs, and its internal organs, including the intestines,

But if any of the blood is brought into the Tent and used in the ritual to take away sin, the animal must not be eaten; it must be burned.

Any male of the priestly families may eat it, but it must be eaten in a holy place, because it is very holy.

But all uncooked grain offerings, whether mixed with oil or dry, belong to all the Aaronite priests and must be shared equally among them.

If you bring a fellowship offering as fulfillment of a vow or as your own freewill offering, not all of it has to be eaten on the day it is offered, but any that is left over may be eaten on the following day.

If any of it is eaten on the third day, God will not accept your offering. The offering will not be counted to your credit but will be considered unclean, and whoever eats it will suffer the consequences.

If the meat comes into contact with anything ritually unclean, it must not be eaten, but must be burned. Any of you that are ritually clean may eat the meat,

but if any of you who are not clean eat it, you shall no longer be considered one of God's people.

The fat of an animal that has died a natural death or has been killed by a wild animal must not be eaten, but it may be used for any other purpose.

The priest shall burn the fat on the altar, but the breast shall belong to the priests.

But he burned the meat and the skin outside the camp.

Aaron's sons, Nadab and Abihu, each took his fire pan, put live coals in it, added incense, and presented it to the Lord . But this fire was not holy, because the Lord had not commanded them to present it.

Then Moses said to Aaron, "This is what the Lord was speaking about when he said, ‘All who serve me must respect my holiness; I will reveal my glory to my people.'" But Aaron remained silent.