Rung 1 of 8
The story
What happens, plainly.
Hashem calls to Moshe from the Tent of Meeting and teaches him the offerings. A person who wants to come near may bring an olah, burned whole on the altar, from the cattle, the flock or the birds. Or he may bring a mincha of fine flour with oil and frankincense, never with leaven or honey and always with salt, the salt of the covenant. Or a shelamim, a peace offering, whose fat and blood go only to the altar. Then come the sin offerings for mistakes made without meaning to: one for the anointed kohen, one for the whole community, one for a leader, one for an ordinary person. If a person cannot afford a sheep, he brings two birds, and if not birds, a tenth of an ephah of flour. The parsha ends with the guilt offering, for one who misused holy things or took from his neighbor and swore falsely: he gives it back, adds a fifth, and is forgiven.