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and the finely woven priestly clothes for Aaron and his sons.

Bring in the table and set on it those things that are made for it. Also bring in the lampstand and attach the lamps to it.

Set the altar for burning sacrifices in front of the entrance to my tent.

Surround the tent and the altar with the wall of curtains and hang the curtain that was made for the entrance.

Do the same thing with the altar for offering sacrifices and its equipment

The table for the sacred bread was put along the north wall of the holy place,

Then the altar for offering sacrifices was put in front of the tent, and animal sacrifices and gifts of grain were offered there.

The Lord spoke to Moses from the sacred tent and gave him instructions for the community of Israel to follow when they offered sacrifices. The Lord said: Sacrifices to please me must be completely burned on the bronze altar. Bulls or rams or goats are the animals to be used for these sacrifices. If the animal is a bull, it must not have anything wrong with it. Lead it to the entrance of the sacred tent, and I will let you know if it is acceptable to me.

Lay your hand on its head, and I will accept the animal as a sacrifice for taking away your sins.

If you offer a bird for this kind of sacrifice, it must be a dove or a pigeon.

The rest of this sacrifice is for the priests; it is very holy because it was offered to me.

If you bake bread in an oven for this sacrifice, use only your finest flour, but without any yeast. You may make the flour into a loaf mixed with olive oil, or you may make it into thin wafers and brush them with oil.

If you cook bread in a shallow pan for this sacrifice, use only your finest flour. Mix it with olive oil, but do not use any yeast.

The rest of this sacrifice is for the priests; it is very holy because it was offered to me.

One of the priests will lay these pieces on the altar and send them up in smoke as a food offering for me.

This is a sacrifice for sin. So he will lay his hand on the animal's head, before having it killed in my presence at the north side of the bronze altar.

If you offer a lamb instead of a goat as a sacrifice for sin, it must be a female that has nothing wrong with it.

Then you must bring a female sheep or goat to me as the price for your sin. A priest will sacrifice the animal, and you will be forgiven.

Then he will follow the proper rules for offering the other bird as a sacrifice to please me. You will be forgiven when the priest offers these sacrifices as the price for your sin.

By offering this sacrifice, the priest pays the price for any of these sins you may have committed. The priest gets the rest of the flour, just as he does with grain sacrifices.