Leviticus 1

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.