Leviticus 1

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Laws for Burnt Offerings

¹Then the LORD called to Moses and spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting, saying,

¹And He called to Moses, and YHWH spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting, saying,

²“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When any of you brings an offering to the LORD, you may bring as your offering an animal from the herd or the flock.

²“Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them: When any man from you brings near an offering to YHWH—from the livestock, from the herd, or from the flock—you shall bring near your offering.

³If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he is to present an unblemished male. He must bring it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting for its acceptance before the LORD.

³If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he shall bring near an unblemished male; to the door of the Tent of Meeting he shall bring it near of his own free will before the face of YHWH.

⁴He is to lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, so it can be accepted on his behalf to make atonement for him.

⁴And he shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it will be accepted for him, to make atonement upon him.

⁵And he shall slaughter the young bull before the LORD, and Aaron’s sons the priests are to present the blood and splatter it on all sides of the altar at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

⁵And he shall slaughter the son of the herd before the face of YHWH, and the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall bring near the blood, and they shall sprinkle the blood on the altar all around, which is at the door to the Tent of Meeting.

⁶Next, he is to skin the burnt offering and cut it into pieces.

⁶And he shall skin the burnt offering, and he shall cut it into its pieces.

⁷The sons of Aaron the priest shall put a fire on the altar and arrange wood on the fire.

⁷And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire on the altar, and they shall arrange the wood on the fire.

⁸Then Aaron’s sons the priests are to arrange the pieces, including the head and the fat, atop the burning wood on the altar.

⁸And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall arrange the pieces with the head and with the fat on the wood that is on the fire that is on the altar.

⁹The entrails and legs must be washed with water, and the priest shall burn all of it on the altar as a burnt offering, a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

⁹And its entrails and its legs he shall wash with the water, and the priest shall burn all of it on the altar, a burnt offering, a fire offering, a pleasing aroma to YHWH.

¹⁰If, however, one’s offering is a burnt offering from the flock—from the sheep or goats—he is to present an unblemished male.

¹⁰And if his offering is from the flock—from the sheep or from the goats—he shall bring near an unblemished male for a burnt offering.

¹¹He shall slaughter it on the north side of the altar before the LORD, and Aaron’s sons the priests are to splatter its blood against the altar on all sides.

¹¹And he shall slaughter it on the north side of the altar before the face of YHWH, and the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall sprinkle its blood on the altar all around.

¹²He is to cut the animal into pieces, and the priest shall arrange them, including the head and fat, atop the burning wood that is on the altar.

¹²And he shall cut it into its pieces, and with its head and with its fat, and the priest shall arrange them on the wood that is on the fire that is on the altar.

¹³The entrails and legs must be washed with water, and the priest shall present all of it and burn it on the altar; it is a burnt offering, a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

¹³And the entrails and the legs he shall wash with the water, and the priest shall bring all of it and burn it on the altar; it is a burnt offering, a fire offering, a pleasing aroma to YHWH.

¹⁴If, instead, one’s offering to the LORD is a burnt offering of birds, he is to present a turtledove or a young pigeon.

¹⁴And if his offering to YHWH is a burnt offering from the bird, then he shall bring near his offering from the turtledoves or from the sons of the pigeon.

¹⁵Then the priest shall bring it to the altar, twist off its head, and burn it on the altar; its blood should be drained out on the side of the altar.

¹⁵And the priest shall bring it near to the altar, and he shall wring off its head, and he shall burn it on the altar; and its blood shall be drained out upon the side of the altar.

¹⁶And he is to remove the crop with its contents^a and throw it to the east side of the altar, in the place for ashes.

¹⁶And he shall remove its crop with its feathers, and he shall cast it beside the altar eastward, into the place of the ashes.

¹⁷He shall tear it open by its wings, without dividing the bird completely. And the priest is to burn it on the altar atop the burning wood. It is a burnt offering, a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

¹⁷And he shall split it by its wings, he shall not divide it completely, and the priest shall burn it on the altar, on the wood that is on the fire. It is a burnt offering, a fire offering, a pleasing aroma to YHWH.