¹⁶ Then the priest will burn the food on the altar, as a fire offering for a pleasing aroma.^[a]

“All fat belongs to the Lord.

⁶ They are to be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God.^(A) For they present the fire offerings to Yahweh, the food of their God, and they must be holy.

⁸ You are to consider him holy since he presents the food of your God. He will be holy to you because I, Yahweh who sets you apart, am holy.

¹⁷ “Tell Aaron: None of your descendants throughout your generations who has a physical defect^(A) is to come near to present the food^(B) of his God.

²¹ No descendant of Aaron the priest who has a defect is to come near to present the fire offerings to the Lord. He has a defect and is not to come near to present the food of his God. ²² He may eat the food of his God from what is especially holy as well as from what is holy.

²⁵ Neither you nor^[a] a foreigner are to present food to your God from any of these animals. They will not be accepted for you because they are deformed and have a defect.”^(A)

⁵ Your threshing will continue until grape harvest, and the grape harvest will continue until sowing time; you will have plenty of food to eat and live securely in your land.^(A)

²⁴ You are to offer the same food each day for seven days as a fire offering,^(A) a pleasing aroma to the Lord. It is to be offered with its drink offering and the regular burnt offering.