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¹“ ‘Vaajtswv Yawmsaub has le nuav tas, Lub qhov rooj tshaav puam saab huv kws tig rua saab nub tuaj yuav muab kaw rua rau nub kws ua num, mas nub Xanpatau⚓ yuav muab qheb hab thaus hli xab kuj muab qheb. ²Tug thawj yuav tuaj saab nrau tuaj rua ntawm zaaj qaab khaav lub qhov rooj saab huv, hab lug sawv rua ntawm tej puab rooj. Tej kws nwg coj tuaj ua kevcai hlawv xyeem hab ua kevcai xyeem sws raug zoo mas cov pov thawj yuav muab xyeem. Nwg yuav pe hawm Yawmsaub ntawm lub paws rooj, nwg le tawm moog, kuas yuav tsw kaw lub qhov rooj moog txug thaus tsaus ntuj. ³Cov pejxeem yuav pe hawm Yawmsaub ntawm txujkev kws moog rua huv lub qhov rooj hov rua nub Xanpatau hab nub hli xab. ⁴Tej kws tug thawj muab ua kevcai hlawv xyeem rua Yawmsaub rua nub Xanpatau yog rau tug mivnyuas yaaj kws tsw muaj chaw thuaj le hab ib tug txwv yaaj kws tsw muaj chaw thuaj le. ⁵Tej kws muab xyeem ua kevcai xyeem qoob loos nrug tug txwv yaaj hov yog ib efa⚓ moov, tej kws muab xyeem nrug cov mivnyuas yaaj hov yog npaum le kws nwg pub tau, hab yuav muab ib hee⚓ roj nrug ib efa moov. ⁶Thaus hli xab nwg yuav xyeem ib tug thaav nyuj kws tsw muaj chaw thuaj hab rau tug mivnyuas yaaj hab ib tug txwv yaaj kws tsw muaj chaw thuaj le. ⁷Tej kws nwg muab ua kevcai xyeem qoob loos yuav muab ib efa^q moov nrug tug thaav nyuj hab ib efa moov nrug tug txwv yaaj, hab nrug cov mivnyuas yaaj npaum le kws nwg pub tau, hab yuav muab ib hee^r roj nrug ib efa moov. ⁸Thaus tug thawj nkaag lug nwg yuav nkaag ntawm zaaj qaab khaav lub qhov rooj, hab tawm tuab txujkev rov moog.
⁹“ ‘Thaus cov pejxeem tuaj rua ntawm Yawmsaub lub xubndag tuaj ua kevcai lawv le kws teem tseg, tug kws nkaag lub rooj loog saab peg lug yuav tsum tawm lub rooj loog saab nraag moog, hab tug kws nkaag lub rooj loog saab nraag lug yuav tsum tawm lub rooj loog saab peg moog. Tsw xob kheev leejtwg tawm lub rooj loog kws nwg nkaag lug moog, tassws txhua tug yuav tawm ncaaj nraim moog. ¹⁰Thaus cov pejxeem nkaag moog tug thawj yuav nkaag nrug puab ua ke moog, hab thaus puab tawm moog, nwg kuj yuav tsum tawm moog hab.
¹¹“ ‘Tej qoob loos kws coj tuaj ua kevcai xyeem rua tej kevcai hab tej swjhawm kws teem ca, mas yuav muab ib efa^q moov nrug ib tug thaav txwv nyuj, hab ib efa nrug ib tug txwv yaaj hab nrug cov mivnyuas yaaj npaum le kws yug pub tau, hab yuav muab ib hee^r roj nrug ib efa moov. ¹²Thaus tug thawj coj tej kws nwg zoo sab muab xyeem pub xwb, tsw has ua kevcai hlawv xyeem hab ua kevcai xyeem sws raug zoo kws nwg zoo sab pub xyeem rua Yawmsaub, mas yuav muab lub rooj loog kws tig rua saab nub tuaj qheb rua nwg, hab nwg yuav xyeem tej kws nwg coj tuaj ua kevcai hlawv xyeem hab ua kevcai xyeem sws raug zoo ib yaam le nwg ua rua nub Xanpatau. Mas nwg yuav tawm moog. Thaus nwg tawm moog lawm, yuav kaw rooj loog.
¹³“ ‘Nwg yuav npaaj ib tug mivnyuas yaaj kws noob nyoog muaj ib xyoos tsw muaj chaw thuaj le lug ua kevcai hlawv xyeem rua Yawmsaub txhua nub. Nwg yuav npaaj rua txhua taagkig. ¹⁴Hab nwg yuav npaaj tej moov kws ua kevcai xyeem qoob loos ua ke rua txhua taagkig, yuav muab ib feem rau huv ib efa moov, hab muab roj ib feem peb huv ib hee⚓ lug xyaw cov moov, ua kevcai xyeem qoob loos rua Yawmsaub. Nuav yog txuj kevcai kws yuav swv moog ib txhws. ¹⁵Yog le nuav txhad yuav npaaj tug mivnyuas yaaj hab tej moov kws ua kevcai xyeem qoob loos hab tej roj rua txhua taagkig, ua kevcai hlawv xyeem moog ib txhws.
¹⁶“ ‘Vaajtswv Yawmsaub has le nuav tas, Yog tug thawj muab nwg qub txeeg qub teg ib qho pub rua nwg tej tub, mas yaam hov yuav ua puab teej puab tug, yuav ua qub txeeg qub teg rua puab moog ib txhws. ¹⁷Tassws yog nwg muab nwg qub txeeg qub teg ib qho pub rua nwg ib tug tub qhe, yaam hov yuav ua nwg teej tug moog txug xyoo kws tso nwg nyob ywj pheej,⚓ mas xyoo hov tej ntawd yuav thim rov moog ua tug thawj teej tug. Tsuas yog tug thawj cov tub txhad tuav tau tej kws leej txwv pub rua puab moog ib txhws le xwb. ¹⁸Tug thawj tsw xob txeeb tej pejxeem qub txeeg qub teg ib qho le es muab puab ntab tawm ntawm tej kws yog puab teej puab tug moog. Nwg yuav tsum muab nwg teej nwg tug pub ua qub txeeg qub teg rua nwg cov tub ntaag, sub kuv cov tuabneeg txhad tsw muaj ib tug twg raug ntab tawm huv nwg teej nwg tug moog.’ ”
¹⁹Nwg coj kuv taug txujkev ntawm ib saab qhov rooj lug rua huv cov pov thawj tej chaav kws dawb huv saab peg, mas qhov ntawd kuv pum ib qho chaw kws yog chaav kawg nkaus rua saab nub poob. ²⁰Mas nwg has rua kuv tas, “Nuav yog lub chaw kws cov pov thawj hau tej nqaj kws xyeem ntxuav kev txhum hab tej kws xyeem daws txem, hab yog lub chaw kws puab yuav ci tej ncuav kws ua kevcai xyeem qoob loos, sub txhad tsw coj tawm moog rua lub tshaav puam saab nrau mas tej kws dawb huv txhad tsw rhuav tshem cov pejxeem.” ²¹Mas nwg coj kuv tawm moog rua lub tshaav puam saab nrau, hab coj kuv moog txug plaub lub kaum tshaav puam hov, mas txhua lub kaum hov muaj ib lub tshaav puam. ²²Ntawm plaub lub kaum tshaav puam hov muaj ib lub tshaav puam miv miv, ntev plaub caug tshwm daav peb caug tshwm, plaub lub tshaav puam hov sws luag ib yaam nkaus. ²³Huv plaub lub nrog tshaav puam hov muaj thwv cib tib ua ib zaaj, hab ua qhov txus rua huv qaab thoob plawg ib ncig. ²⁴Mas nwg has rua kuv tas, “Nuav yog tej chaw hau nqaj, yog tej chaw kws cov kws ua num huv lub tuam tsev yuav hau tej nqaj kws cov pejxeem coj tuaj xyeem.”

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The Manner of Worship

¹‘Thus says the Lord God: “The gateway of the inner court that faces toward the east shall be shut the six ⚓working days; but on the Sabbath it shall be opened, and on the day of the New Moon it shall be opened. ²⚓The prince shall enter by way of the vestibule of the gateway from the outside, and stand by the gatepost. The priests shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings. He shall worship at the threshold of the gate. Then he shall go out, but the gate shall not be shut until evening. ³Likewise the people of the land shall worship at the entrance to this gateway before the Lord on the Sabbaths and the New Moons. ⁴The burnt offering that ⚓the prince offers to the Lord on the ⚓Sabbath day shall be six lambs without blemish, and a ram without blemish; ⁵⚓and the grain offering shall be one ephah for a ram, and the grain offering for the lambs, as much as he wants to give, as well as a hin of oil with every ephah. ⁶On the day of the New Moon it shall be a young bull without blemish, six lambs, and a ram; they shall be without blemish. ⁷He shall prepare a grain offering of an ephah for a bull, an ephah for a ram, as much as he wants to give for the lambs, and a hin of oil with every ephah. ⁸⚓When the prince enters, he shall go in by way of the vestibule of the gateway, and go out the same way.
⁹“But when the people of the land ⚓come before the Lord on the appointed feast days, whoever enters by way of the north ⚓gate to worship shall go out by way of the south gate; and whoever enters by way of the south gate shall go out by way of the north gate. He shall not return by way of the gate through which he came, but shall go out through the opposite gate. ¹⁰The prince shall then be in their midst. When they go in, he shall go in; and when they go out, he shall go out. ¹¹At the festivals and the appointed feast days ⚓the grain offering shall be an ephah for a bull, an ephah for a ram, as much as he wants to give for the lambs, and a hin of oil with every ephah.
¹²“Now when the prince makes a voluntary burnt offering or voluntary peace offering to the Lord, the gate that faces toward the east ⚓shall then be opened for him; and he shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings as he did on the Sabbath day. Then he shall go out, and after he goes out the gate shall be shut.
¹³⚓“You shall daily make a burnt offering to the Lordof a lamb of the first year without blemish; you shall prepare it every morning. ¹⁴And you shall prepare a grain offering with it every morning, a sixth of an ephah, and a third of a hin of oil to moisten the fine flour. This grain offering is a perpetual ordinance, to be made regularly to the Lord. ¹⁵Thus they shall prepare the lamb, the grain offering, and the oil, as a ⚓regular burnt offering every morning.”

The Prince and Inheritance Laws

¹⁶‘Thus says the Lord God: “If the prince gives a gift of some of his inheritance to any of his sons, it shall belong to his sons; it is their possession by inheritance. ¹⁷But if he gives a gift of some of his inheritance to one of his servants, it shall be his until ⚓the year of liberty, after which it shall return to the prince. But his inheritance shall belong to his sons; it shall become theirs. ¹⁸Moreover ⚓the prince shall not take any of the people’s inheritance by evicting them from their property; he shall provide an inheritance for his sons from his own property, so that none of My people may be scattered from his property.” ’ ”

How the Offerings Were Prepared

¹⁹Now he brought me through the entrance, which was at the side of the gate, into the holy ⚓chambers of the priests which face toward the north; and there a place was situated at their extreme western end. ²⁰And he said to me, “This is the place where the priests shall ⚓boil the trespass offering and the sin offering, and where they shall ⚓bake the grain offering, so that they do not bring them out into the outer court ⚓to sanctify the people.”
²¹Then he brought me out into the outer court and caused me to pass by the four corners of the court; and in fact, in every corner of the court there was another court. ²²In the four corners of the court were enclosed courts, forty cubits long and thirty wide; all four corners were the same size. ²³There was a row of building stones all around in them, all around the four of them; and cooking hearths were made under the rows of stones all around. ²⁴And he said to me, “These are the kitchens where the ministers of the temple shall ⚓boil the sacrifices of the people.”