Leviticus 1–3

CHAPTER 1

The Statutes of Burnt Offerings

¹Then ^1aYahweh called to Moses and spoke to him from the tent of meeting, saying,

²“Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘When any man from among you brings an ^1aoffering near to Yahweh, you shall bring your ²offering of animals from ^bthe herd or the flock.

³‘If his offering is a ^aburnt offering from the herd, he shall bring it near, a male ^bwithout blemish; he shall bring it near ^cto the doorway of the tent of meeting, that he may be accepted before Yahweh.

⁴‘^aAnd he shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, that it may be accepted for him to make ^batonement on his behalf.

⁵‘^aThen he shall slaughter the ¹young bull before Yahweh; and Aaron’s sons the priests shall bring near ^bthe blood and ^csplash the blood around on the altar that is at the doorway of the tent of meeting.

⁶‘^aAnd he shall then skin the burnt offering and cut it into its pieces.

⁷‘^aAnd the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire on the altar and arrange wood on the fire.

⁸‘Then Aaron’s sons the priests shall arrange the pieces, the head, and the ^asuet over the wood which is on the fire that is on the altar.

⁹‘Its ^aentrails, however, and its legs he shall wash with water. And ^bthe priest shall offer up in smoke all of it on the altar for a burnt offering, an offering by fire of ^ca soothing aroma to Yahweh.

¹⁰‘But if his offering is from the flock, of the sheep or of the goats, for a burnt offering, he shall bring near a ^amale without blemish.

¹¹‘^aAnd he shall slaughter it on the side of the altar northward before Yahweh, and Aaron’s sons the priests shall splash its blood around on the altar.

¹²‘He shall then cut it into its pieces with its head and its ^asuet, and the priest shall arrange them on the wood which is on the fire that is on the altar.

¹³‘The entrails, however, and the legs he shall wash with water. And ^athe priest shall bring all of it near and offer it up in smoke on the altar; it is a burnt offering, an offering by fire of a soothing aroma to Yahweh.

¹⁴‘But if his offering to Yahweh is a burnt offering of birds, then he shall bring near his offering from the ^aturtledoves or from young pigeons.

¹⁵‘And the priest shall bring it near to the altar and wring off its head and offer it up in smoke on the altar; and its blood is to be drained out ^aon the side of the altar.

¹⁶‘He shall also take away its crop with its feathers and cast it beside the altar eastward, to the place of the ^1aashes.

¹⁷‘Then he shall tear it by its wings, but ^ahe shall not separate it. And the priest shall offer it up in smoke on the altar on the wood which is on the fire; ^bit is a burnt offering, an offering by fire of a soothing aroma to Yahweh.

CHAPTER 2

The Statutes of Grain Offerings

¹‘Now when anyone brings near a ^agrain offering as an offering to Yahweh, his offering shall be of fine flour, and he shall pour oil on it and put frankincense on it.

²‘He shall then bring it to Aaron’s sons the priests; and he shall take from it ^ahis handful of its fine flour and of its oil with all of its frankincense. And the priest shall offer it up in smoke as its ^bmemorial portion on the altar, an offering by fire of a soothing aroma to Yahweh.

³‘^aAnd the remainder of the grain offering belongs to ^bAaron and his sons: a thing most holy of the offerings to Yahweh by fire.

⁴‘Now when you bring near an offering of a grain offering baked in an oven, it shall be ^aunleavened cakes of fine flour mixed with oil or unleavened wafers ¹spread with oil.

⁵‘And if your offering is a grain offering made ^aon the griddle, it shall be of fine flour, unleavened, mixed with oil;

⁶you shall break it into bits and pour oil on it; it is a grain offering.

⁷‘Now if your offering is a grain offering made ^ain a ¹pan, it shall be made of fine flour with oil.

⁸‘And you will bring in the grain offering which is made of these things to Yahweh, and it shall be brought near to the priest, and he shall bring it to the altar.

⁹‘The priest then shall raise up from the grain offering ^aits memorial portion, and he shall offer it up in smoke on the altar as an offering by fire of a soothing aroma to Yahweh.

¹⁰‘^aAnd the remainder of the grain offering belongs to Aaron and his sons: a thing most holy of the offerings to Yahweh by fire.

¹¹‘^aNo grain offering, which you bring near to Yahweh, shall be made with leaven, for you shall not offer ¹up in smoke any leaven or any honey as an ^boffering by fire to Yahweh.

¹²‘^aAs an offering of first fruits you shall bring them near to Yahweh, but they shall not ascend for a soothing aroma on the altar.

¹³‘Every grain offering of yours, moreover, you shall season with salt, so that ^athe salt of the covenant of your God shall not be lacking from your grain offering; with all your offerings you shall bring salt near.

¹⁴‘Also if you bring near a grain offering of early ripened things to Yahweh, you shall bring near ^afresh heads of grain roasted in the fire, grits of new growth, for the grain offering of your early ripened things.

¹⁵‘You shall then put oil on it and place frankincense on it; it is a grain offering.

¹⁶‘And the priest shall offer up in smoke ^aits memorial portion, part of its grits and its oil with all its frankincense as an offering by fire to Yahweh.

CHAPTER 3

The Statutes of Peace Offerings

¹‘Now if his offering is a ^asacrifice of peace offerings, if he is going to bring near one from the herd, whether male or female, he shall bring it near ^bwithout blemish before Yahweh.

²‘^aThen he shall lay his hand on the head of his offering and ^bslaughter it at the doorway of the tent of meeting, and Aaron’s sons the priests shall splash the blood around on the altar.

³‘From the sacrifice of the peace offerings he shall bring an offering by fire near to Yahweh, the fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails,

⁴and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, which is on the loins, and the ¹lobe of the liver, which he shall remove with the kidneys.

⁵‘Then ^aAaron’s sons shall offer it up in smoke on the altar ^bon the burnt offering, which is on the wood that is on the fire; ^cit is an offering by fire of a soothing aroma to Yahweh.

⁶‘But if his offering for a sacrifice of peace offerings to Yahweh is from the flock, he shall bring it near, male or female, ^awithout blemish.

⁷‘If he is going to bring near ^aa lamb for his offering, then he shall bring it near ^bbefore Yahweh,

⁸and ^ahe shall lay his hand on the head of his offering and ^bslaughter it before the tent of meeting, and Aaron’s sons shall ^csplash its blood around on the altar.

⁹‘And from the ^asacrifice of peace offerings he shall bring near as an offering by fire to Yahweh its fat, ¹the entire fat tail which he shall remove close to the backbone, and the fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails,

¹⁰and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, which is on the loins, and the ¹lobe of the liver, which he shall remove ^awith the kidneys.

¹¹‘Then the priest shall offer it up in smoke ^aon the altar as ^bfood, an offering by fire to Yahweh.

¹²‘Moreover, if his offering is ^aa goat, then he shall bring it near before Yahweh,

¹³and he shall lay his hand on its head and slaughter it before the tent of meeting, and the sons of Aaron shall splash its blood around on the altar.

¹⁴‘And from it he shall bring near his offering as an offering by fire to Yahweh the fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails,

¹⁵and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, which is on the loins, and the ¹lobe of the liver, which he shall remove ^awith the kidneys.

¹⁶‘And the priest shall offer them up in smoke on the altar as food, an offering by fire for a soothing aroma; ^aall fat is Yahweh’s.

¹⁷‘It is a ^aperpetual statute throughout your generations in all your places of habitation: you shall not eat any fat ^bor any blood.’”