Leviticus 1–7

1ST CHAPTER

¹The Lord called Moses and spoke to him from the tent of meeting. He said, ²“Tell the Israelites: If any of you bring a sacrifice to the Lord, you must offer an animal from your cattle, sheep, or goats. 

Burnt Offerings of Cattle

³“If you bring a burnt offering from your cattle, you must offer a male that has no defects. Offer it at the entrance to the tent of meeting so that the Lord will accept you. ⁴Place your hand on the animal’s head. The burnt offering will be accepted to make peace with the Lord. ⁵Then slaughter the bull in the Lord’s presence. Aaron’s sons, the priests, will offer the blood. They will throw it against all sides of the altar that is at the entrance to the tent of meeting. ⁶Skin the burnt offering, and cut it into pieces. ⁷Then the sons of the priest Aaron will start a fire on the altar and lay the wood on the fire. ⁸Aaron’s sons, the priests, will also lay the pieces, the head, and the fat on top of the wood burning on the altar. ⁹Wash the internal organs and legs. Then the priest will burn all of it on the altar. It is a burnt offering, an offering by fire, a soothing aroma to the Lord. 

Burnt Offerings of Sheep or Goats

¹⁰“If your offering is a sheep or goat, you must bring a male that has no defects. ¹¹Slaughter it in the Lord’s presence on the north side of the altar. Aaron’s sons, the priests, will throw the blood against the altar on all sides. ¹²Then cut it into pieces. The priest will lay the head and the fat on the wood burning on the altar. ¹³Wash the internal organs and legs. Then the priest will burn all of it on the altar. It is a burnt offering, an offering by fire, a soothing aroma to the Lord. 

Burnt Offerings of Birds

¹⁴“If your offering to the Lord is a bird, you must sacrifice a mourning dove or pigeon. ¹⁵The priest must bring it to the altar. He will break its neck and burn the bird on the altar. First, he will drain the blood against the side of the altar. ¹⁶Remove the gizzard with its filth and throw it on the east side of the altar on the place for the ashes. ¹⁷Then pull on the bird’s wings to tear the bird open, but don’t pull the wings off. Then the priest will lay the bird on the wood burning on the altar. It is a burnt offering, an offering by fire, a soothing aroma to the Lord.” 

2ND CHAPTER

Uncooked Grain Offerings

¹⸤The Lord continued,⸥ “Now, if any of you bring a grain offering to the Lord, your offering must be flour. Pour olive oil on it, and put incense on it. ²Then bring it to Aaron’s sons, the priests. Take from this a handful of flour with olive oil, and all the incense. The priest will burn it on the altar as a reminder. It is an offering by fire, a soothing aroma to the Lord. ³The rest of the grain offering will belong to Aaron and his sons. It is very holy, set apart from the Lord’s offering by fire. 

Cooked Grain Offerings

⁴“If you bring a grain offering which has been baked in an oven, it must be rings of unleavened bread made of flour mixed with olive oil or wafers of unleavened bread brushed with olive oil. ⁵If your grain offering is prepared in a frying pan, it, too, will be unleavened bread made of flour mixed with olive oil. ⁶Break it into pieces and pour olive oil over it. It is a grain offering. ⁷If your grain offering is prepared in a skillet, it will be made of flour with olive oil. 

⁸“Bring the Lord the grain offering prepared in any of these ways. Offer it to the priest who will bring it to the altar. ⁹The priest will remove part of the grain offering and burn it as a reminder on the altar. It is an offering by fire, a soothing aroma to the Lord. ¹⁰The rest of the grain offering belongs to Aaron and his sons. It is very holy, set apart from the Lord’s offering by fire. 

Other Ingredients

¹¹“Every grain offering that you bring to the Lord must be prepared without yeast. Never burn yeast or honey as an offering to the Lord. ¹²You may bring them to the Lord as offerings of your first products. But they must never be placed on the altar to make a soothing aroma. ¹³Also put salt on each of your grain offerings. The salt of God’s promise^amust never be left out of your grain offerings. Put salt on all your offerings. 

Offering the First Grain Harvested

¹⁴“If you bring a grain offering to the Lord from the first grain you harvest, roast the cracked grain over fire. ¹⁵Put olive oil on it, and place incense on it. It is a grain offering. ¹⁶The priest will burn the flour, olive oil, and all the incense as a reminder. It is an offering by fire to the Lord.” 

3RD CHAPTER

Fellowship Offerings of Cattle

¹⸤The Lord continued,⸥ “If your sacrifice is a fellowship offering of cattle in the Lord’s presence, it must be a male or female animal that has no defects. ²Place your hand on the animal’s head. Then slaughter it at the entrance to the tent of meeting. Then Aaron’s sons, the priests, will throw the blood against the altar on all sides. ³From your offering remove the fat that covers the internal organs ⁴and the two kidneys with the fat on them and offer them by fire to the Lord. Also cut off the lobe of the liver along with the kidneys. ⁵Then Aaron’s sons will lay them on top of the burnt offering on the burning wood. It is an offering by fire, a soothing aroma to the Lord. 

Fellowship Offerings of Sheep

⁶“If your sacrifice is a fellowship offering of sheep to the Lord, you must bring a male or female animal that has no defects. ⁷If your offering is a lamb, you must bring it to the Lord. ⁸Place your hand on the animal’s head. Slaughter it in front of the tent of meeting. Then Aaron’s sons will throw the blood against the altar on all sides. ⁹Then take the fat from the fellowship offering and offer it by fire to the Lord. Remove all the fat from the tail and the fat that covers the internal organs. ¹⁰Also remove the two kidneys with the fat on them along with the lobe of the liver. ¹¹Then the priest will burn the fellowship offering on the altar. It is food, an offering by fire to the Lord. 

Fellowship Offerings of Goats

¹²“If your offering is a goat, you must bring it to the Lord. ¹³Place your hand on its head. Slaughter it in front of the tent of meeting. Then Aaron’s sons will throw the blood against the altar on all sides. ¹⁴Then bring the fat that covers the internal organs ¹⁵and the two kidneys with the fat on them as an offering by fire to the Lord. Also remove the lobe of the liver along with the kidneys. ¹⁶Then the priest will burn them on the altar. It is food, an offering by fire to the Lord. It is a soothing aroma. All the fat belongs to the Lord. ¹⁷This is a permanent law for generations to come wherever you live: Never eat any fat or blood.” 

4TH CHAPTER

Offerings for Unintentional Wrongdoing

¹The Lord spoke to Moses, ²“Tell the Israelites: If a person unintentionally does something wrong—even one thing that is forbidden by any of the Lord’s commands—this is what he must do. 

Offerings for Wrongdoing by the Chief Priest

³“If the anointed priest does something wrong and brings guilt on the people, he must bring a bull that has no defects as an offering for sin to the Lord. ⁴He must bring the bull into the Lord’s presence at the entrance to the tent of meeting. He will place his hand on the bull’s head. He will then slaughter the bull in the Lord’s presence. ⁵Then the anointed priest will take some of the bull’s blood and bring it into the tent of meeting. ⁶The priest will dip his finger in it and sprinkle some of the blood seven times in the Lord’s presence facing the canopy in the holy place. ⁷Then the priest will put some of the blood on the horns of the altar for sweet-smelling incense in the Lord’s presence in the tent of meeting. He will pour the rest of the bull’s blood at the bottom of the altar for burnt offerings at the entrance to the tent of meeting. ⁸He will remove all of the fat from the bull that is the offering for sin, the fat that covers the internal organs, ⁹and the two kidneys with the fat on them. He will also remove the lobe of the liver and the kidneys ¹⁰the same way they were removed from the bull used for the fellowship offering. The priest will lay them on the altar for burnt offerings. ¹¹Then he will take the entire bull (the skin, meat, head, legs, internal organs, and excrement) ¹²to a clean^aplace outside the camp where the ashes are dumped. He will burn it there on a wood fire. 

Offerings for Wrongdoing by the Whole Congregation

¹³“If the whole congregation of Israel unintentionally does something wrong, without the assembly being aware of it, if they do even one thing that is forbidden by any of the Lord’s commands, they will be guilty. ¹⁴When the wrong they have done becomes known, the congregation must sacrifice a bull as an offering for sin. They must bring it in front of the tent of meeting. ¹⁵The leaders of the congregation will place their hands on the bull’s head in the Lord’s presence. One of them will slaughter it in the Lord’s presence. ¹⁶Then the anointed priest will bring some of the bull’s blood into the tent of meeting. ¹⁷The priest will dip his finger in some of the blood and sprinkle it seven times in the Lord’s presence facing the canopy. ¹⁸He will also put some blood on the horns of the altar in the Lord’s presence in the tent of meeting. He will pour the rest of the blood at the bottom of the altar for burnt offerings at the entrance to the tent of meeting. ¹⁹He will remove all the fat and burn it on the altar. ²⁰He will do the same thing with this bull that he did with the bull used as the offering for sin. So the priest will make peace with the Lord for the people, and they will be forgiven. ²¹Then he will take the bull outside the camp and will burn it the same way he burned the first bull. It is an offering for sin for the community. 

Offerings for Wrongdoing by a Leader

²²“When a leader unintentionally does something wrong—even one thing that is forbidden by any of the commands of the Lord his God—he will be guilty. ²³When he is told…