THE TARGUM OF ONKELOS

ON

THE BOOK VAIYIKRA

OR

LEVITICUS.

SECTION OF THE LAW XXIV.

VAIYIKRA

I. And the Lord called untoMosheh, and the Lord spake with him from the tabernacle of ordinance, saying:Speak with the sons of Israel, and say to them: When one of you will bring anoffering before the Lord of the cattle, of oxen or of sheep, you shall offeryour oblations. If his oblation be a burnt offering of the oxen, (it shall be)a male, unblemished; he shall offer him at the door of the tabernacle ofordinance; he shall offer him for acceptance before the Lord. And he shall layhis hand upon the head of the burnt offering, that it may be acceptable for himto propitiate on his behalf. And he shall sacrifice the young bullock beforethe Lord; and the sons of Aharon the priest shall bring the blood, and sprinklethe blood round about upon the altar which is at the door of the tabernacle ofordinance. And he shall take away (the skin) of the burnt offering, and divideit, by its members. And the sons of Aharon the priest shall put fire upon thealtar, and lay the wood in order upon the fire. And the priests, the sons ofAharon, shall arrange the limbs and the head and the fat on the wood upon thefire which is on the altar. But his inwards and his legs he shall wash withwater; and the priest shall burn the whole upon the altar an entire burntoffering, an oblation to be received with acceptance before the Lord.

               Andif his oblation be from the flock, of the sheep or the young of the goats for aburnt offering, he shall bring a perfect male. And he shall sacrifice him atthe north side of the altar before the Lord; and the priests the sons of Aharonshall sprinkle his blood round about upon the altar. And he shall divide him byhis members, and his head and his feet; and the priest shall lay them upon thewood which is on the fire upon the altar. But the inwards and the legs he shallwash with water, and the priest shall bring the whole and burn (it) upon thealtar: it is a whole burnt offering, an oblation to be received with acceptancebefore the Lord.

               Butif the burnt offering of his oblation before the Lord be from fowl, he shallbring his oblation from the turtles or the young of a pigeon. And the priestshall offer it upon the altar, and pour its blood by the side of the altar: andhe shall remove its crop with its food, and throw it on the east side of thealtar, at the place where they empty the ashes. And he shall cleave it throughits wings, (but) divide (it) not; and the priest shall burn it at the altarupon the wood that is on the fire: it is a burnt offering, an oblation thatshall be received with acceptance before the Lord.

II. But if a man bring anoblation of a mincha[1]before the Lord, his oblation shall be of meal, and he shall pour oil upon it,and put frankincense thereon, and bring it to the priests the sons of Aharon;and the priest shall take from it his handful of the meal with its oil, and allits frankincense, and burn the memorial of it at the altar; an oblation to bereceived with favour before the Lord. And that which remaineth of the minchashall be Aharon’s and his sons’; it is most holy among the oblations of theLord. And when thou bringest the oblation of a minch baked in the oven, itshall be of meal cake unleavened, mingled with oil, with unleavened wafersanointed with oil. And if the mincha be (prepared) in a pan, thy oblation shallbe of meal mingled with oil; unleavened shall it be. And thou shalt break it inpieces, and pour oil thereon; it is a mincha. But if thy oblation be a minchafrom the gridiron, thou shalt make it of meal with oil. And the mincha which ismade of these thou shalt bring before the Lord, and present it to the priest,and he will offer it at the altar. And the priest shall separate its memorialfrom the mincha, and burn upon the altar an oblation to be received with favourbefore the Lord. And that which remaineth of the mincha shall be Aharon’s  and his sons’: it is most holy amongthe oblations of the Lord. No mincha which you offer before the Lord may bemade with leaven; for no leaven or honey shall you burn with any oblationbefore the Lord. In the oblation of first fruits you may offer them before theLord, but not burn them at the altar, that they may be accepted with favour.And every offering of thy mincha thou shalt salt with salt; and thou mayest notwithhold the slat of the covenant of thy God from upon thy mincha; upon everyoblation thou shalt offer salt. And when thou offerest the mincha of firstfruits before the Lord, green ears[2]dried with fire, broken and soft, shalt thou offer as the mincha of thy firstfruits. And thou shalt put oil on it, and lay frankincense thereon: it is amincha; and the priest shall burn its memorial of its broken grain and of itsoil with all frankincense, an oblation before the Lord.

III. And if his oblation bea victim of the sanctified things;[3]if from oxen, whether male or female, he shall offer it perfect before theLord. And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his oblation at the door ofthe tabernacle of ordinance; and the priests the sons of Aharon shall sprinklethe blood round about upon the altar. And the oblation of the sacred victim thefat that covereth the inwards, even all the fat that is upon the inwards, andthe two kidneys and the fat which is upon them on the sides, and the caul thatis upon the liver with the kidneys, he shall remove. And the sons of Aharonshall burn it at the altar, with the burnt offering which is on the wood uponthe fire, an oblation[4]to be received with grace before the Lord. But if his oblation of a consecratedvictim before the Lord be from the flock, whether male or female, he shalloffer it perfect. If his oblation be a lamb, he shall present it before theLord, and lay his hand upon the head of his oblation, and slay it before thetabernacle of ordinance; and the sons of Aharon shall sprinkle its blood uponthe altar round about. And of his oblation of the consecrated victim before theLord, its fat, the entire tail close by the backbone, he shall remove; the fatwhich covereth the inwards, even all the fat which is upon the inwards, and thetwo kidneys and the fat which is upon the inwards, and the two kidneys  and the fat which is upon them upon thesides, and the caul that is over the liver, with the kidneys, he shall takeaway; and the priest shall burn it at the altar; it is the meat (lechem, breand) of an oblation before the Lord.

               Butif his oblation be from the young goats, he shall present it before the Lord,and lay his hand upon its head, and slay it before the tabernacle of ordinance;and the sons of Aharon shall sprinkle its blood upon the altar round about. Andof his oblation he shall offer as an oblation before the Lord the fat whichcovereth the inwards, and all the fat which is upon the inwards, and the twokidneys, and the fat which is upon them on the sides; but the caul that is overthe liver with the kidneys he shall take away. And the priest shall burn themat the altar: it is the meat of an oblation to be received with acceptance; allthe fat (shall be offered) before the Lord. It is an everlasting statute untoyour generations, and in all your dwellings, that neither the fat nor the bloodshall be eaten.

               IV.And the Lord spake with Mosheh, saying: Speak with the sons of Israel, saying:When a man sinneth through ignorance of any of the precepts of the Lord, as tothat which should not be done, and acteth contrary to one of them: if the highpriest sin after the manner of the people’s sin, let him bring before the Lordfor the sin that he hath sinned a young bullock without blemish for his sin.And he shall bring the bullock to the door of the tabernacle of ordinancebefore the Lord, and lay his hand upon the bullock’s head, and slay the bullockbefore the Lord. And the high priest shall take of the blood of the bullock andcarry it into the tabernacle of ordinance. And the priest shall dip hisfinger  in the blood, and sprinkle(some) of the blood seven times in the presence of the Lord before the veil ofthe sanctuary. And th priest shall put some of the blood upon the horns of thealtar of sweet incense before the Lord in the tabernacle of ordinance, and allthe (remaining) blood of the bullock he shall pour out at the foundation of thealtar of burnt sacrifice which is at the door of the tabernacle of ordinance.And all the fat of the bullock of the sin offering he shall separate from it;the fat which covereth the inwards, and all the fat which is upon the inwards,and the two kidneys, and the fat which is upon them that is by the flanks; andthe caul that is upon the liver, together with the kidneys, he shall remove, asit was separated from the bullock of the consecrated victims, and the priestshall offer it upon the altar of burnt sacrifice. But the skin of the bullockand all his flesh, with his head, and with his legs, and his inwards, and hisfood, he shall carry forth,[5]even the whole bullock, without the camp unto a clean place, to a place for thepouring out of ashes, and burn him upon wood in the fire; at the place for thepouring out of ashes shall he be burned.

               Andif the whole congregation (kenishta)of Israel shall mistake, and the thing be hid form the eyes of the assembly, (kehala), and they shall have done (somewhat against) one ofall the commandments of the Lord which it is not right to do, and have becomeguilty; when the sin that they have sinned is known, the assembly shall offer ayoung bullock for a sin offering, and bring him before the tabernacle ofordinance. And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon thehead of the bullock in the presence of the Lord, and kill the bullock beforethe Lord. And the high priest shall bring of the blood of the bullock into thetabernacle of ordinance; and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, andsprinkle seven times in the presence of the Lord before the veil. And some ofthe blood he shall put upon the horns of the altar that is before the Lord inthe tabernacle of ordinance, and all (the rest of the) blood he shall pour outat the foundation of the altar of burnt sacrifice which is at the door of thetabernacle of ordinance. And all the fat he shall separate from him, andsacrifice at the altar. And he shall do with the bullock as he did with thebullock of the sin offering, so shall he do with him; and the priest shallatone for them, and it shall be forgiven them. And he shall carry forth[6]the bullock without the camp, and brn him as he burned the former bullock: itis a sin offering for the congregation.

               Shoulda ruler sin and do (contrary to) any of the commandments of the Lord his Godwhat is not right to do, through ignorance, and be guilty; when his sin becomesknown to him in what he hath transgressed, he shall bring his oblation, a kidof the goats, a male, unblemished; and he shall lay his hand upon the head ofthe goat, and kill him at the place where the burnt sacrifice is slain beforethe Lord; it is a sin offering. And the priest shall take of the blood of thesin offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burntsacrifice, and pour out the blood at the foundation of the altar of burntsacrifice. And he shall burn all the fat at the altar, as the fat of thesanctified oblation (is burned); and the priest shall atone on his behalf forhis sin, and it shall be forgiven him.

               Andif one of the people of the land inadvertently sin in doing contrary to any ofthe commandments of the Lord what is not right to do, and become guilty; whenhis sin is known to him, in what he hath sinned, he shall bring his oblation, afemale kid of the goats, unblemished, for the sin that he hath sinned. And heshall lay his hand on the lead of the sin offering, and kill the sin offeringat the place of burnt sacrifice; and the priest shall take of the blood withhis finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and pourout all the blood at the foundation of the altar. And he shall remove all thefat, as he took away the fat from the consecrated offerings, and

the priest shall burn it atthe altar, to be received with acceptance before the Lord; and the priest shallatone for him, and it shall be forgiven him. But if he present a lamb for hissin offering, he shall bring a female unblemished, and lay his hand upon thehead of the sin offering, and kill the sin offering at the place where theburnt sacrifice is killed. And the priest shall take of the blood of the sinoffering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burntsacrifice, and pour out all the blood at the foundation of the altar. And heshall remove all the fat, as he removed the fat of the lamb of the sanctifiedoblations, and the priest shall burn it at the altar with the oblations of theLord; and the priest shall atone for him, for the sin that he hath sinned, andit shall be forgiven him.

               V.And if a man sin, and (one) hear the voice (which demands) swearing that he isa witness, or that he hath seen or known, if he will not show it, he shall bearhis sin. Or if a man shall have touched anything unclean, whether the carcaseof an unclean beast, or the carcase of unclean cattle, or the carcase of anunclean reptile, and it be hidden from him, he shall be defiled and guilty. Orif he shall touch the uncleanness of a man, any uncleanness which defileth him,and it be hidden from him; but (afterwards) becometh aware of it and is guilty;- or if a man swear, declaring with his lips, for evil or for good, accordingto whatever the man shall declare by oath, and (the truth) be hidden from him,and he (afterwards) have knowledge thereof, he is guilty of one of these. Andit shall be that when (he knoweth that) he is guilty in one of these (things)he shall confess that he hath sinned thereby; and shall bring his sin offeringbefore the Lord for the sin that he hath sinned; a she-lamb from the flock, ora kid of the goats, for a sin offering; and the priest shall atone for him andfor his sin. But if his hands be not sufficient to offer a lamb, let him bringfor the sin that he hath sinned two turtle doves, or two young pigeons beforethe Lord, one for the sin offering, and one for the burnt sacrifice. And heshall bring them to the priest, and he shall offer the sin offering first, andwring off its head near to the spine, but he shall not divide (the bird). Andhe shall sprinkle the blood of the sin offering upon the side (wall) of thealtar, and pour out the remainder of the blood at the base of the altar; it isa sin offering. And the second he shall make a burnt sacrifice, according tothe proper (rite); and the priest shall make atonement for the sin that he hathsinned, and it shall be forgiven him. But if (neither) two turtle doves nor apair of young pigeons pertain to him, he shall bring, as his oblation for thesin that he hath sinned, the tenth of three sein of flour for a sin offering;he shall not put oil upon it, nor put frankincense upon it, for it is a sinoffering. And he shall bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take ahandful of it as the memorial thereof, and burn it at the altar with theoblations of the Lord: it is a sin offering. And the priest shall makeatonement for him, for the sin that he hath sinned in ay one of these (things),and it shall be forgiven him: and to the priest it shall be, as the mincha.

               Andthe Lord spake with Mosheh, saying: When a man hath indeed falsified, but hathsinned inadvertently concerning things consecrated to the Lord, he shall bringfor his trespass offering before the Lord a ram without blemish from the flockby its value in silver shekels, in the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespassoffering. And that which he had defaulted of the holy thing he shall make good,and add a fifth thereupon, and give it to the priest; and the priest shall makeatonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering, and it shall beforgiven him.

               Andif a man sin and do against any of the commandments of the Lord that which isnot right to do, and know not, and sin, he shall bear his sin. But he shallbring a lamb unblemished form the flock according to the estimation for atrespass offering (or according to the estimation of the trespass) unto thepriest; and the priest shall atone for his error which he hath committedunwittingly, and it shall be forgiven him. It is a trepass offering for the sinthat he hath sinned; he shall offer the trespass offering before the Lord.

               VI.And the Lord spake with Mosheh, saying: If a man sin and falsify with falsehood[7]before the Lord, and deal falsely with his neighbour in a thing deposited, orin fellowship of hands, or by rapine or violence against his neighbour; or ifhe have found that which had been lost and deny it, and swear falsely, by anyone of all these which a man doeth and sinneth therein; it shall be that whenhe hath (so) transgressed and become guilty, he shall return what he hathrobbed by robbery, or taken away by violence, or the deposit which wasdeposited with im, or the lost thing that he had found: or all that about whichhe had sworn falsely, he shall make it good in the capital, and add one fifththereon; unto him to whom it belongeth shall he give it on the day of his(offering for) guilt. And the trespass offering that he shall bring before theLord (must be) a ram unblemished form the flock according to the estimation ofthe trespass, unto the priest. And the priest shall make atonement for him beforethe Lord, and it shall be forgiven him for any one of all (these) in which hemay have acted to be guilty thereby.[8]