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Welcome to Vayikra / And He Called - this week’s Torah reading
Prophecy 83, 108, 143;
Leviticus 1:1-5:19; Deuteronomy 25:17-19;
1 Samuel 15:1-34;
Matthew 5:23-30;
Leviticus 1:1-5:19
1 And YAHUVEH called to Moses and spoke to him out of the tent of the
congregation, saying, 2 Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, If any one of you brings an
offering to YAHUVEH, from livestock of the herd, or from the flock, you shall
bring near your offering. 3 If his burnt offering is out of the herd, a male, without blemish, he shall
bring it to the opening of the tent of meeting, at his pleasure, before the face
of YAHUVEH. 4 And he shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it is
accepted for him to make atonement for him. 5 And he shall kill the son of the herd before the face of YAHUVEH. And the sons
of Aaron, the priests, shall bring near the blood and sprinkle the blood on the
altar all around at the opening of the tent of the meeting place. 6 And he shall skin the burnt offering, and shall cut it into pieces. 7 And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire on the altar and arrange wood
on the fire. 8 And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall arrange the pieces, with the head
and the fat, on the wood on the fire, which is on the altar. 9 And he shall wash its inward parts and its legs with water. And the priest
shall burn as incense the whole of it on the altar for a burnt offering, a fire
offering of soothing fragrance to YAHUVEH. 10 And if his offering is out of the flock, out of the sheep, or out of the
goats, for a burnt offering, a male, without blemish, he shall bring it near. 11 And he shall slaughter it by the side of the altar northward, before the face
of YAHUVEH. And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall sprinkle its blood all
around on the altar. 12 And he shall cut it to pieces with both its head and its fat, and the priest
shall arrange them on the wood which is on the fire on the altar. 13 And he shall wash the inward parts and the legs with water, and the priest
shall bring near all of it and burn it as incense on the altar; it is a burnt
offering, a fire offering of soothing fragrance to YAHUVEH. 14 And if the burnt offering is a burnt offering out of the fowls to YAHUVEH,
then he shall bring near his offering, of turtledoves or of the offspring of the
dove. 15 And the priest shall bring it near to the altar and shall nip off its head.
And he shall burn it as incense on the altar; its blood shall be drained by the
side of the altar. 16 And he shall remove its crop with its feathers, and shall throw it near the
altar eastward, to the place of the ashes. 17 And he shall cleave it with its wings, not dividing it, and the priest shall
burn it as incense on the altar, on the wood which is on the fire; a burnt
offering; it is a fire offering of soothing fragrance to YAHUVEH.
*~ Leviticus Chapter 2 ~*
1 And when a person brings near an offering, a food offering to YAHUVEH, his
offering shall be of flour. And he shall pour oil on it; and he shall put
frankincense on it. 2 And he shall bring it to the sons of Aaron the priest, and he shall take from
it the fullness of his handful from its flour, and from its oil, with all its
frankincense. And the priest shall burn it as incense on the altar, a memorial
offering, a fire offering, a soothing fragrance to YAHUVEH. 3 And the rest of the food offering is for Aaron and for his sons, most holy, of
the fire offerings of YAHUVEH. 4 And when you bring near an offering, a food offering baked in an oven, it
shall be of fine flour, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, or unleavened thin
cakes anointed with oil. 5 And if your offering is a food offering baked in a pan, it shall be of
unleavened fine flour, mixed with oil. 6 You shall divide it into bits, and you should pour oil on it; it is a food
offering. 7 And if your offering is a food offering on a griddle, your offering shall be
fine flour mixed with oil; 8 And you shall bring the food offering made of these things to YAHUVEH, and
shall bring it to the priest. And the priest shall bring it near to the altar. 9 And the priest shall lift up the food offering, its memorial offering, and
shall burn it as incense on the altar, a fire offering, a soothing fragrance to
YAHUVEH. 10 And the rest of the food offering is for Aaron and his sons, most holy, of
the offerings of YAHUVEH. 11 Any food offering which you shall bring to YAHUVEH, you shall not make with
leaven; for all leaven and all honey you shall not burn it as incense, a fire
offering to YAHUVEH. 12 As an offering of first-fruits, you shall bring them to YAHUVEH, but they
shall not go up on the altar for a soothing fragrance. 13 And every offering of your food offering you shall season with salt, and you
shall not let the salt of the covenant of your ELOHIM be lacking from your food
offering; you shall offer salt with all your offerings. 14 And if you bring near a food offering of first-fruits to YAHUVEH, fresh ears
roasted with fire, grains from a garden, you shall bring near your first-fruits
for a food offering. 15 And you shall put oil on it, and lay frankincense on it; it is a food
offering. 16 And the priest shall burn it as incense, with its memorial offering from its
grains, and from its oil, besides all its frankincense, a fire offering to
YAHUVEH. *~ Leviticus Chapter 3 ~*
1 And if his offering is a sacrifice of peace offering, if he is offering it
from the herd, whether male or female, without blemish, he shall bring it near
before the face of YAHUVEH. 2 And he shall lay his hand on the head of his offering and slaughter it at the
opening of the tent of the congregation. And the sons of Aaron, the priests,
shall sprinkle the blood on the altar all around. 3 And he shall bring near from the sacrifice of the peace offering a fire
offering to YAHUVEH, the fat which covers the inward parts, and all the fat on
the inward parts, 4 and the two kidneys, and the fat on them, on the loins, and the fatty lobe by
the liver beside the kidneys, he shall remove. 5 And the sons of Aaron shall burn it as incense on the altar, on the burnt
offering on the wood on the fire, a fire offering of a soothing fragrance to
YAHUVEH. 6 And if his offering for a sacrifice of peace offerings is from the flock, male
or female, without blemish, he shall bring it near. 7 If he is bringing near a sheep for his offering, then he shall bring it near
before the face of YAHUVEH. 8 And he shall lay his hand on the head of his offering and shall slaughter it
in front of the tabernacle of the congregation. And the sons of Aaron shall
sprinkle its blood on the altar all around. 9 And he shall bring near from the sacrifice of the peace offerings a fire
offering to YAHUVEH, its fat; he shall remove the entire fat tail close by the
backbone, and all the fat that covers the inward parts, and all the fat that is
on the inward parts, 10 and the two kidneys, and the fat on them, on the loins, and he shall remove
the lobe by the liver, beside the kidneys; he shall remove it. 11 And the priest shall burn it as incense on the altar, bread of the fire
offering to YAHUVEH. 12 And if his offering is a goat, then he shall bring it near before the face of
YAHUVEH. 13 And he shall lay his hand on its head and shall slaughter it in front of the
tabernacle of the congregation. And the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle its blood
all around on the altar. 14 And he shall bring near from it his offering, a fire offering to YAHUVEH, the
fat covering the inward parts, and all the fat on the inward parts, 15 and the two kidneys, and the fat on them, on the loins, and the lobe on the
liver, beside the kidneys, he shall remove. 16 And the priest shall burn them as incense on the altar, bread of the fire
offering for a soothing fragrance; all the fat belongs to YAHUVEH. 17It shall be a never ending statute for your generations in all your dwellings.
You shall not eat any fat or any blood. *~ Leviticus Chapter 4 ~*
1 And YAHUVEH spoke to Moses, saying, 2 Speak to the sons of Israel saying, When a person sins against any of the
commands of YAHUVEH through ignorance, which is not to be done, and shall do any
one of them; 3 if the priest who is anointed sins, resulting in guilt to the people, then he
shall bring near for his sin which he has sinned a bull, a son of the herd,
without blemish, to YAHUVEH for a sin offering. 4 And he shall bring the bull into the opening of the tabernacle of the
congregation, before the face of YAHUVEH. And he shall lay his hand on the head
of the bull and shall slaughter the bull before the face of YAHUVEH. 5 And the priest who is anointed shall take some of the blood of the bull and
shall bring it to the tabernacle of the congregation. 6 And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle some of the
blood seven times before the face of YAHUVEH, at the front of the veil of the
holy place. 7 And the priest shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of sweet
incense, at the opening of the tent of the congregation, before the face of
YAHUVEH. 8 And all the fat of the bull of the sin offering, he shall lift up the fat
which is covering over the inward parts, and all the fat which is on the inward
parts, 9 and the two kidneys, and the fat which is on them, which is on the flanks, and
he shall remove the lobe on the liver beside the kidneys. 10 As it is raised up from the sacrifice of the peace offerings of the bull, the
priest shall burn them as incense on the altar of burnt offering. 11 And the skin of the bull, and all its flesh with its head, and with its legs,
and the inward parts, and its dung, 12 he shall bring out all the bull to the outside of the camp, to a clean place,
to the place of the pouring of ashes; and he shall burn it on the wood with
fire; it shall be burned at the place of pouring of ashes. 13 If all the company of Israel shall sin through ignorance, and the thing has
been hidden from the eyes of the assembly, and they do that which is not to be
done to any of all the commands of YAHUVEH, and are guilty; 14 when the sin shall be known, that which they have sinned against it, then the
congregation shall bring near a bull, a son of the herd, for a sin offering. And
they shall bring it in front of the tabernacle of the congregation. 15 And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands on the head of the
bull before the face of YAHUVEH. And they shall slaughter the bull before the
face of YAHUVEH. 16 And the priest who is anointed shall bring in some of the blood of the bull
to the tabernacle of the congregation. 17 And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood and shall sprinkle seven
times before the face of YAHUVEH, at the front of the veil. 18 And he shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar before the face
of YAHUVEH in the tent of the meeting of the congregation. And he shall pour out
all the blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering at the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation. 19 And he shall lift up all its fat from it and shall burn it as incense on the
altar. 20 And he shall do with the bull as he has done to the bull of the sin offering,
so he shall do to it. And the priest shall atone for them; and it shall be
forgiven them. 21 And he shall bring the bull to the outside of the camp, and he shall burn it
as he burned the first bull; it is a sin offering of the congregation. 22 When a ruler sins and has acted against one of all the commands of YAHUVEH
his ELOHIM, which is not to be done, through ignorance, and is guilty; 23 or his sin which he has sinned shall be made known to him, then he shall
bring his offering, a buck of the goats, a male, without blemish; 24 and he shall lay his hand on the head of the he-goat and shall slaughter it
in the place where he slaughters the burnt offering, before the face of YAHUVEH;
it is a sin offering. 25 And the priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering, and with his
finger he shall put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering; and he shall
pour out its blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering. 26 And he shall burn it as incense on the altar, with all its fat, as the fat of
the sacrifice of the peace offerings. And the priest shall atone for him because
of his sin; and it shall be forgiven him. 27 And if any person of the people of the land sin through ignorance by doing
that which is not to be done, against one of the commands of YAHUVEH, and is
guilty; 28 or his sin which he has sinned shall be made known to him, then he shall
bring his offering, an ewe of the goats, without blemish, a female, for his sin
which he has sinned; 29 then he shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and shall
slaughter the sin offering in the place of the burnt offering. 30 And the priest shall take some of its blood with his finger and shall put it
on the horns of the altar of burnt offering. And he shall pour out all its blood
at the base of the altar; 31 and he shall take off all its fat, as has been taken off the sacrifice of
peace offerings. And the priest shall burn it as incense on the altar for a
soothing fragrance to YAHUVEH. And the priest shall atone for him, and it is
forgiven him. 32 And if he brings a lamb as his offering, a female, without blemish, he shall
bring it, 33 and he shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering, and he shall
slaughter it for a sin offering in the place where he slaughters the burnt
offering. 34 And the priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering with his
finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour
out all the blood at the bottom of the altar. 35 And he shall take off all its fat, as is taken off the fat of the lamb from
the sacrifice of peace offerings. And the priest shall burn them as incense on
the altar, on the fire offerings of YAHUVEH. And the priest shall atone for him
for his sin which he has sinned; and it is forgiven him. *~ Leviticus Chapter 5 ~*
1 And when a person sins, and hears the voice of swearing, and he is a witness,
or has seen, or has known, if he does not reveal it, then he shall bear his
iniquity. 2 Or if a soul touches any unclean thing, or the unclean dead body of an animal,
or the unclean dead body of livestock, or the dead body of unclean swarming
things, it being hidden from him that he is unclean and is guilty, 3 or if he touches the uncleanness of man, any of his uncleanness by which he is
unclean, and it is hidden from him, and he knows, then he is guilty. 4 Or if a person swears, speaking rashly with the lips, to do evil, or to do
good, anything which the man speaks rashly with an oath, and it is hidden from
him, and he knows, then he is guilty of one of these. 5 And it shall be when he is guilty of one of these, then he shall confess that
in which he has sinned. 6 And he shall bring his guilt offering to YAHUVEH for his sin which he has
sinned, a female out of the flock, a lamb, or a doe of the goats, for a sin
offering. And the priest shall atone for him regarding his sin. 7 And if his hand does not reach to a lamb, then he shall bring his guilt
offering, he who has sinned, two turtledoves, or two offspring of a dove, to
YAHUVEH; one for a sin offering, and one for a burnt offering. 8 And he shall bring them to the priest, who shall bring near for a sin offering
first. And he shall nip off its head from its neck, but shall not divide it. 9 And he shall sprinkle some of the blood of the sin offering on the side of the
altar, and that which remains of the blood shall be drained at the base of the
altar; it is a sin offering. 10 And he shall offer the second for a burnt offering, as by decree. And the
priest shall atone for him, because of his sin which he has sinned; and it shall
be forgiven him. 11 And if his hand cannot reach to two turtledoves, or two offspring of a dove,
then he who sinned shall bring his offering, a tenth of an ephah of fine flour
for a sin offering; he shall not put oil on it, nor put frankincense on it; for
it is a sin offering. 12 And he shall bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take from it his
full handful, the memorial offering, and shall burn it as incense on the altar,
on the fire offering of YAHUVEH; it is a sin offering. 13 And the priest shall atone for him, for his sin which he sinned from one of
these; and it shall be forgiven him. And it shall be for the priest as a food
offering. 14 And YAHUVEH spoke to Moses saying, 15 If a person acts unfaithfully and sins through ignorance, against the holy
things of YAHUVEH, then he shall bring his guilt offering to YAHUVEH, a ram,
without blemish out of the flock, at your evaluation in silver shekels, by the
shekel of the sanctuary, for a guilt offering. 16 And he shall make good that in which he sinned against the holy thing, and he
shall add its fifth part to it, and give it to the priest. And the priest shall
atone for him with the ram of the guilt offering; and it shall be forgiven him. 17 And if a person sins, and he has done that which is not to be done from any
one of all the commands of YAHUVEH, and does not know it, and he is guilty, and
bears his iniquity, 18 then he shall bring a ram, without blemish from the flock, at your evaluation
for a guilt offering to the priest. And the priest shall atone for him, for his
sin of error which he erred, and he did not know; and it shall be forgiven him. 19 It is a guilt offering; truly he is guilty before the face of YAHUVEH.
Deuteronomy 25:17-19
17 Remember what Amalek did to you by the way as you came forth out of Egypt;
(Ex 17:8-16) 18 how he met you on the way and attacked your back, all the feeble ones in the
rear, when you were faint and weary; and he did not fear Elohim. 19 And it shall be, when YAHUVEH your Elohim gives you rest from all your
enemies all around in the land which YAHUVEH your Elohim is giving to you as an
inheritance to possess it, you shall blot out the remembrance of Amalek from
under the heavens; you shall not forget.