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Numbers 15:1-21

Numbers 15:1-21 NCV

The LORD said to Moses, “Speak to the Israelites and say to them, ‘When you enter the land that I am giving you as a home, give the LORD offerings made by fire. These may be from your herds or flocks, as a smell pleasing to the LORD. These may be burnt offerings or sacrifices for special promises, or as gifts to him, or as festival offerings. The one who brings the offering shall also give the LORD a grain offering. It should be two quarts of fine flour mixed with one quart of olive oil. Each time you offer a lamb as a burnt offering or sacrifice, also prepare a quart of wine as a drink offering. “ ‘If you are giving a male sheep, also prepare a grain offering of four quarts of fine flour mixed with one and one-fourth quarts of olive oil. Also prepare one and one-fourth quarts of wine as a drink offering. Its smell will be pleasing to the LORD. “ ‘If you prepare a young bull as a burnt offering or sacrifice, whether it is for a special promise or a fellowship offering to the LORD, bring a grain offering with the bull. It should be six quarts of fine flour mixed with two quarts of olive oil. Also bring two quarts of wine as a drink offering. This offering is made by fire, and its smell will be pleasing to the LORD. Prepare each bull or male sheep, lamb or young goat this way. Do this for every one of the animals you bring. “ ‘All citizens must do these things in this way, and the smell of their offerings by fire will be pleasing to the LORD. From now on if foreigners who live among you want to make offerings by fire so the smell will be pleasing to the LORD, they must offer them the same way you do. The law is the same for you and for foreigners, and it will be from now on; you and the foreigners are alike before the LORD. The teachings and rules are the same for you and for the foreigners among you.’ ” The LORD said to Moses, “Tell the Israelites: ‘You are going to another land, where I am taking you. When you eat the food there, offer part of it to the LORD. Offer a loaf of bread from the first of your grain, which will be your offering from the threshing floor. From now on offer to the LORD the first part of your grain.