1. The Lord told Moses
2. to give the Israelites the following laws about offering sacrifices:
3. Bulls or rams or goats are the animals that you may burn on the altar as sacrifices to please me. You may also offer sacrifices voluntarily or because you made a promise, or because they are part of your regular religious ceremonies. The smell of the smoke from these sacrifices is pleasing to me.
4-5. If you sacrifice a young ram or goat, you must also offer a kilogramme of your finest flour mixed with a litre of olive oil as a grain sacrifice. A litre of wine must also be poured on the altar.
6-7. And if the animal is a full-grown ram, you must offer two kilogrammes of flour mixed with one and a half litres of olive oil. One and a half litres of wine must also be poured on the altar. The smell of this smoke is pleasing to me.
8. If a bull is offered as a sacrifice to please me or to ask my blessing,
9. you must offer three kilogrammes of flour mixed with two litres of olive oil.
10. Two litres of wine must also be poured on the altar. The smell of this smoke is pleasing to me.
11-13. If you are a native Israelite, you must obey these rules each time you offer a bull, a ram, or a goat as a sacrifice.
14. And the foreigners who live among you must also follow these rules.
15-16. This law will never change. I am the Lord, and I consider all people the same, whether they are Israelites or foreigners living among you.
17-19. When you eat food in the land that I am giving you, remember to set aside some of it as an offering to me.
20. From the first batch of bread dough that you make after each new grain harvest, make a loaf of bread and offer it to me, just as you offer grain.
21. All your descendants must follow this law and offer part of the first batch of bread dough.
22-23. The Lord also told Moses to tell the people what must be done if they ever disobey his laws:
24. If all of you disobey one of my laws without meaning to, you must offer a bull as a sacrifice to please me, together with a grain sacrifice, a wine offering, and a goat as a sacrifice for sin.