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The Law of Burnt Offerings

¹ Then ^(C1)the 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 ^(F1)(C1)offering to the LORD, you shall bring your ^(F1)offering of animals from ^(C2)the herd or the flock.³ 'If his offering is a ^(C1)burnt offering from the herd, he shall offer it, a male ^(C2)without defect; he shall offer it ^(C3)at the doorway of the tent of meeting, that he may be accepted before the LORD.⁴ '^(C1)He shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, that it may be accepted for him to make ^(C2)atonement on his behalf.⁵ '^(C1)He shall slay the ^(F1)young bull before the LORD; and Aaron's sons the priests shall offer up ^(C2)the blood and ^(C3)sprinkle the blood around on the altar that is at the doorway of the tent of meeting.⁶ '^(C1)He shall then skin the burnt offering and cut it into its pieces.⁷ '^(C1)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 ^(C1)suet over the wood which is on the fire that is on the altar.⁹ 'Its ^(C1)entrails, however, and its legs he shall wash with water. And ^(C2)the priest shall offer up in smoke all of it on the altar for a burnt offering, an offering by fire of ^(C3)a 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 ^(C1)male without defect.¹¹ '^(C1)He 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 ^(C1)suet, 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 ^(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 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 ^(C1)turtledoves 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 ^(C1)on 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 ^(F1)(C1)ashes.¹⁷ 'Then he shall tear it by its wings, but ^(C1)shall not sever it. And the priest shall offer it up in smoke on the altar on the wood which is on the fire; ^(C2)it is a burnt offering, an offering by fire of a soothing aroma to the LORD.