Lasting Statutes

8 Then[fn] Yahweh spoke to Aaron, saying, 9 “You and your sons with you may not drink wine or[fn] strong drink when you come to the tent of assembly, so that[fn] you will not die—it is a lasting statute for your[fn] generations— 10 and to distinguish between the holy and the unholy,[fn] as well as[fn] between the unclean and the clean, 11 and to teach the Israelites[fn] all the rules that Yahweh has spoken to them through[fn] Moses.”

12 Then[fn] Moses spoke to Aaron and to his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, “As for the remaining parts,[fn] take the remainder of the grain offering from Yahweh’s offerings made by fire and eat it, the unleavened bread, beside the altar, because it is a most holy thing.[fn] 13 And you shall eat it in a holy place, because it is your allotted portion and the allotted portion of your sons from Yahweh’s offerings made by fire, for so I have been commanded. 14 And the wave offering’s breast section and the upper thigh of the contribution offering you[fn] must eat in a clean place, you and your sons and your daughters with you, because they are given as your allotted portion and your sons’ allotted portion from the sacrifices of the Israelites’[fn] fellowship offerings. 15 They must bring the thigh of the contribution offering and the breast section of the wave offering in addition to the offerings made by fire, consisting of the fat portions, to wave as a wave offering before[fn] Yahweh; and it will be for you and for your sons with you as a lasting rule, just as Yahweh had commanded.”