Moses then took them from their palms and offered them up in smoke on the altar on top of the burnt offering -- they were an ordination offering for a soothing aroma; it was a gift to the Lord.

Then he slaughtered the ox and the ram -- the peace offering sacrifices which were for the people -- and Aaron's sons handed the blood to him and he splashed it against the altar's sides.

for the people who were in the land before you have done all these abominations, and the land has become unclean.

So do not make the land vomit you out because you defile it just as it has vomited out the nations that were before you.

The foreigner who resides with you must be to you like a native citizen among you; so you must love him as yourself, because you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.

So they placed him in custody until they were able to make a clear legal decision for themselves based on words from the mouth of the Lord.