Leviticus 1

¹ The LORD called Moses and spoke to him from the tent of meeting:

² “Speak to the Israelites and tell them: ‘When any of you brings an offering to the LORD, bring your offering from the domestic animals, from the herd or the flock.

³ If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he is to present a male without defect. He is to present it at the entrance to the tent of meeting, so that it may be accepted before the LORD.

⁴ He is to lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it will be accepted on his behalf to make atonement for him.

⁵ He is to slaughter the young bull before the LORD, and Aaron’s sons, the priests, are to present the blood and splatter it all around the altar at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

⁶ Then he is to skin the burnt offering and cut it into pieces.

⁷ Aaron the priest’s sons are to put fire on the altar and arrange wood on the fire.

⁸ Aaron’s sons, the priests, are to arrange the pieces, the head, and the fat on the wood that is on the fire on the altar.

⁹ He is to wash the entrails and legs with water, and the priest is to burn it all on the altar. It is a burnt offering, a fire offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

¹⁰ If his offering for a burnt offering is from the flock, from the sheep or goats, he is to present a male without defect.

¹¹ He is to slaughter it on the north side of the altar, before the LORD, and Aaron’s sons, the priests, are to splatter its blood all around the altar.

¹² Then he is to cut it into pieces, along with the head and the fat, and the priest is to arrange them on the wood that is on the fire on the altar.

¹³ He is to wash the entrails and legs with water. The priest is to present it all and burn it on the altar. It is a burnt offering, a fire offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

¹⁴ If his offering to the LORD is a burnt offering of birds, he is to present his offering of turtledoves or young pigeons.

¹⁵ The priest is to bring it to the altar, wring off its head, and burn it on the altar; its blood is to be drained against the side of the altar.

¹⁶ He is to remove its crop with its contents and throw it beside the altar, on the east side, where the ashes are.

¹⁷ He is to tear the bird open by its wings without severing them, and the priest is to burn it on the altar, on the wood that is on the fire. It is a burnt offering, a fire offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.’”

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