Leviticus 1

Chapter 1

The Law of Burnt Offerings

¹Then ^athe Lord 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 of you brings an ^1aoffering to the Lord, you shall bring your offering of animals from ^bthe herd or the flock.

³‘If his offering is a ^aburnt offering from the herd, he shall offer it, a male ^bwithout defect; he shall offer it ^cat the doorway of the tent of meeting, that he may be accepted before the Lord.

⁴‘^aHe 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‘^aHe shall slay the ¹young bull before the Lord; and Aaron’s sons the priests shall offer up ^bthe blood and ^csprinkle the blood around on the altar that is at the doorway of the tent of meeting.

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

⁷‘^aThe 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 the Lord.

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

¹¹‘^aHe shall slay it on the side of the altar northward before the Lord, and Aaron’s sons the priests shall sprinkle 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 offer all of it, and offer it up in smoke on the altar; it is a burnt offering, an offering by fire of a soothing aroma to the Lord.

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

¹⁵‘The priest shall bring it 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 ^ashall not sever 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 the Lord.