Leviticus 1

The Law of Burnt Offerings

1Then 1the 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 23offering to the Lord, you shall bring your 4offering of animals from 5the herd or the flock. 3If his offering is a 6burnt offering from the herd, he shall offer it, a male 7without defect; he shall offer it 8at the doorway of the tent of meeting, that he may be accepted before the Lord. 49He shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, that it may be accepted for him to make 10atonement on his behalf. 511He shall slay the 12young bull before the Lord; and Aaron’s sons the priests shall offer up 13the blood and 14sprinkle the blood around on the altar that is at the doorway of the tent of meeting. 615He shall then skin the burnt offering and cut it into its pieces. 716The sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire on the altar and arrange wood on the fire. 8Then Aaron’s sons the priests shall arrange the pieces, the head and the 17suet over the wood which is on the fire that is on the altar. 9Its 18entrails, however, and its legs he shall wash with water. And 19the priest shall offer up in smoke all of it on the altar for a burnt offering, an offering by fire of 20a 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 21male without defect. 1122He 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. 12He shall then cut it into its pieces with its head and its 23suet, and the priest shall arrange them on the wood which is on the fire that is on the altar. 13The entrails, however, and the legs he shall wash with water. And 24the 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 25turtledoves or from young pigeons. 15The 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 26on the side of the altar. 16He shall also take away its crop with its feathers and cast it beside the altar eastward, to the place of the 2728ashes. 17Then he shall tear it by its wings, but 29shall not sever it. And the priest shall offer it up in smoke on the altar on the wood which is on the fire; 30it is a burnt offering, an offering by fire of a soothing aroma to the Lord.