²Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them: The man among you that shall offer to the Lord a sacrifice of the cattle, that is, offering victims of oxen and sheep:

³If his offering be a holocaust, and of the herd, he shall offer a male without blemish, at the door of the testimony, to make the Lord favourable to him.

⁴And he shall put his hand upon the head of the victim: and it shall be acceptable, and help to its expiation.

⁵And he shall immolate the calf before the Lord: and the priests the sons of Aaron shall offer the blood thereof, pouring it round about the altar, which is before the door of the tabernacle.

⁶And when they have flayed the victim, they shall cut the joints into pieces:

⁷And shall put fire on the altar, having before laid in order a pile of wood.

⁸And they shall lay the parts that are cut out in order thereupon: to wit, the head, and all things that cleave to the liver;

⁹The entrails and feet being washed with water. And the priest shall burn them upon the altar for a holocaust, and a sweet savour to the Lord.

¹⁰And if the offering be of the flocks, a holocaust of sheep or of goats, he shall offer a male without blemish.

¹¹And he shall immolate it at the side of the altar that looketh to the north, before the Lord: but the sons of Aaron shall pour the blood thereof upon the altar round about.

¹²And they shall divide the joints, the head, and all that cleave to the liver: and shall lay them upon the wood, under which the fire is to be put.

¹³But the entrails and the feet they shall wash with water. And the priest shall offer it all and burn it all upon the altar for a holocaust, and most sweet savour to the Lord.

¹⁴But if the oblation of a holocaust to the Lord be of birds, of turtles, or of young pigeons:

¹⁵The priest shall offer it at the altar: and twisting back the neck, and breaking the place of the wound, he shall make the blood run down upon the brim of the altar.

¹⁶But the crop of the throat, and the feathers he shall cast beside the altar at the east side, in the place where the ashes are wont to be poured out.

¹⁷And he shall break the pinions thereof, and shall not cut, nor divide it with a knife: and shall burn it upon the altar, putting fire under the wood. It is a holocaust and oblation of most sweet savour to the Lord.

Chapter 2

When any one shall offer an oblation of sacrifice to the Lord, his offering shall be of fine flour: and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense,

²And shall bring it to the sons of Aaron the priests. And one of them shall take a handful of the flour and oil, and all the frankincense; and shall put it a memorial upon the altar for a most sweet savour to the Lord.

³And the remnant of the sacrifice shall be Aaron’s, and his sons’, holy of holies of the offerings of the Lord.

⁴But when thou offerest a sacrifice baked in the oven of flour, to wit, loaves without leaven, tempered with oil, and unleavened wafers, anointed with oil:

⁵If thy oblation be from the fryingpan, of flour tempered with oil, and without leaven:

⁶Thou shalt divide it into little pieces, and shalt pour oil upon it.

⁷And if the sacrifice be from the gridiron, in like manner the flour shall be tempered with oil.

⁸And when thou offerest it to the Lord, thou shalt deliver it to the hands of the priest.

⁹And when he hath offered it, he shall take a memorial out of the sacrifice, and burn it upon the altar for a sweet savour to the Lord.

¹⁰And whatsoever is left, shall be Aaron’s, and his sons’: holy of holies of the offerings of the Lord.

¹¹Every oblation that is offered to the Lord shall be made without leaven: neither shall any leaven or honey be burnt in the sacrifice to the Lord.

¹²You shall offer only the firstfruits of them and gifts: but they shall not be put upon the altar, for a savour of sweetness.

¹³Whatsoever sacrifice thou offerest, thou shalt season it with salt: neither shalt thou take away the salt of the covenant of thy God from thy sacrifice. In all thy oblations thou shalt offer salt.

¹⁴But if thou offer a gift of the firstfruits of thy corn to the Lord, of the ears yet green, thou shalt dry it at the fire, and break it small like meal; and so shalt thou offer thy firstfruits to the Lord:

¹⁵Pouring oil upon it and putting on frankincense, because it is the oblation of the Lord.

¹⁶Whereof the priest shall burn for a memorial of the gift, part of the corn broken small and of the oil, and all the frankincense.

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