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17 `Wherefore have ye not eaten the sin-offering in the holy place, for it [is] most holy -- and it He hath given to you to take away the iniquity of the company, to make atonement for them before Jehovah?

18 lo, its blood hath not been brought in unto the holy place within; eating ye do eat it in the holy place, as I have commanded.'

19 And Aaron speaketh unto Moses, `Lo, to-day they have brought near their sin-offering and their burnt-offering before Jehovah; and [things] like these meet me, yet I have eaten a sin-offering to-day; is it good in the eyes of Jehovah?'

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17 “Why didn’t you eat the sin offering(A) in the sanctuary area? It is most holy; it was given to you to take away the guilt(B) of the community by making atonement for them before the Lord. 18 Since its blood was not taken into the Holy Place,(C) you should have eaten the goat in the sanctuary area, as I commanded.(D)

19 Aaron replied to Moses, “Today they sacrificed their sin offering and their burnt offering(E) before the Lord, but such things as this have happened to me. Would the Lord have been pleased if I had eaten the sin offering today?”

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