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.

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