Leviticus 1

The Burnt Offering

1Then the Lord summoned Moses ^aand spoke to him from the tent of meeting: ^b2“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When any of you brings an offering to the Lord from the livestock, you ^cmay bring your offering from the herd or the flock.

³“If his gift is a burnt offering ^dfrom the herd, he is to bring an unblemished male. ^eHe must bring it to the entrance to the tent of meeting so that he ^fmay be accepted by the Lord. ^g4He is to lay his hand on ^hthe head of the burnt offering so it can be accepted ⁱon his behalf to make atonement for him. ^j5He is to slaughter the bull before the Lord; Aaron’s sons the priests ^kare to present the blood ^land sprinkle it ^mon all sides of the altar that is at the entrance to the tent of meeting. ⁶Then he must skin the burnt offering ⁿand cut it into pieces. ^o7The sons of Aaron the priest will prepare a fire on the altar and arrange wood on the fire. ⁸Aaron’s sons the priests are to arrange the pieces, the head, and the suet ^pon top of the burning wood on the altar. ⁹The offerer must wash its entrails ^qand shanks ^rwith water. Then the priest will burn all of it on the altar as a burnt offering, a fire offering ^sof a pleasing aroma ^tto the Lord.

¹⁰“But if his gift for a burnt offering is from the flock, from sheep or goats, ^uhe is to present an unblemished male. ¹¹He will slaughter it on the north side of the altar before the Lord. Aaron’s sons the priests will sprinkle its blood against the altar on all sides. ¹²He will cut the animal into pieces ^vwith its head and its suet, and the priest will arrange them on top of the burning wood on the altar. ¹³But he is to wash the entrails and shanks with water. The priest will then present all of it and burn it on the altar; it is a burnt offering, a fire offering of a pleasing aroma to the Lord.

¹⁴“If his gift to the Lord is a burnt offering of birds, ^whe is to present his offering from the turtledoves ^xor young pigeons. ^yz15Then the priest must bring it to the altar, and must twist off its head and burn it on the altar; its blood should be drained at the side of the altar. ¹⁶He will remove its digestive tract, ^acutting off the tail feathers, and throw it on the east side of the altar at the place for ashes. ^b17He will tear it open by its wings without dividing the bird. ^cThen the priest is to burn it on the altar on top of the burning wood. It is a burnt offering, a fire offering of a pleasing aroma to the Lord.