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The Law of Burnt Offerings

^1 (C1)The LORD ^(F1)called to Moses and spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting, saying,² "Speak to the ^(F1)children of Israel and say to them, 'When any one of you brings an ^(C1)offering to the LORD, you shall bring your offering of domestic animals from ^(C2)the herd (cattle, oxen) or from the flock (sheep, goats).³ 'If his offering is a ^(C1)burnt offering from the herd, he shall offer a male ^(C2)without blemish; he shall offer it ^(C3)at the doorway of the Tent of Meeting so that he may be accepted before the LORD. ^(VR1)4 '^(C1)He shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering transferring symbolically his guilt to the sacrifice, that it may be ^(F1)accepted for him to make ^(C2)atonement on his behalf. ^(VR1)5 '^(C1)He shall kill the young bull before the LORD; and Aaron's sons the priests shall present ^(C2)the blood and ^(C3)sprinkle the blood around on the altar that is at the doorway of the Tent of Meeting.⁶ 'Then ^(C1)he shall skin the burnt offering and cut it into pieces.⁷ '^(C1)The sons of Aaron the high priest shall put fire on the altar of burnt offering and arrange wood on the fire.⁸ 'Then Aaron's sons the priests shall arrange the pieces, the head and the ^(C1)fat, on the wood which is on the fire that is on the altar.⁹ 'But he shall wash its ^(C1)entrails and its legs with water. The ^(C2)priest shall offer all of it up in smoke on the altar as a burnt offering. It is an offering by fire, ^(C3)a sweet and soothing aroma to the LORD. ^(VR1)

¹⁰ 'But if his offering is from the flock, of the sheep or of the goats, as a burnt offering, he shall offer a ^(C1)male without blemish.¹¹ '^(C1)He shall kill it on the north side of the altar before the LORD, and Aaron's sons the priests shall sprinkle its blood around on the altar.¹² 'He shall cut it into pieces, with its head and its ^(C1)fat, and the priest shall arrange them on the wood which is on the fire that is on the altar.¹³ 'But he shall wash the entrails and legs with water. ^(C1)The priest shall offer all of it, and offer it up in smoke on the altar. It is a burnt offering, an offering by fire, a sweet and soothing aroma to the LORD.

¹⁴ 'But if his offering to the LORD is a burnt offering of birds, then he shall bring ^(C1)turtledoves or young pigeons as his offering.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 ^(C1)on the side of the altar.¹⁶ 'He shall remove its ^(F1)crop with its feathers and throw it next to the east side of the altar, in the place for ^(C1)ashes.¹⁷ 'Then he shall tear it open by its wings, but ^(C1)shall not sever it. And the priest shall offer it up in smoke on the altar, on the wood that is on the fire. ^(C2)It is a burnt offering, an offering by fire, a sweet and soothing aroma to the LORD.