No Burnt Offering Accepted From Hands Stained by Robbery

Another interpretation of "And the LORD spoke, etc., Command Aaron, etc., This is the Torah of the burnt offering" (Leviticus 6:1-2): The Holy One, blessed be He, said: Fulfill what is written above on this matter, and afterward "And this is the Torah of the burnt offering." Why? "For I the LORD love justice, I hate robbery in a burnt offering" (Isaiah 61:8) — even in a burnt offering. What is written above on this matter? "And it shall be, when he sins and is guilty, that he shall restore the robbed thing which he robbed" (Leviticus 5:23), and afterward "This is the Torah of the burnt offering." If you seek to bring near an offering, do not rob any person of anything. Why? "For I the LORD love justice, I hate robbery in a burnt offering." And when do you offer up a burnt offering and I accept it? When you cleanse your hands of robbery. David said: "Who shall ascend the mountain of the LORD, and who shall stand in His holy place? He that has clean hands and a pure heart" (Psalms 24:3-4). And from the beginning of the offerings you learn: "Speak to the children of Israel and say to them, A man (adam) when he brings near from among you an offering" (Leviticus 1:2). Why is "adam" said? Rather, the Holy One, blessed be He, said: When you bring near before Me, you shall be like Adam the first man, who did not rob from others, for he was alone in the world; so you too shall not rob from the creatures. Why? "For I the LORD love justice, I hate robbery in a burnt offering."