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The Law of Burnt Offerings

¹ Now ^(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 anyone of you brings an ^(C1)offering to the LORD, you shall bring your offering of livestock from ^(C2)the herd or the flock.³ 'If his offering is a ^(C1)burnt offering from the herd, he shall offer a male ^(C2)without defect; he shall offer it ^(C3)at the doorway of the tent of meeting, so that he may be accepted before the LORD.⁴ 'And ^(C1)he shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, so that it may be accepted for him to make ^(C2)atonement on his behalf.⁵ 'Then ^(C1)he shall ^(F1)slaughter the ^(F2)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 'And ^(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, with the head and the ^(C1)suet, on 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 all of it up in smoke on the altar as a burnt offering, an offering by fire as ^(C3)a soothing aroma to the LORD.

¹⁰ 'But if his offering is from the flock, either from the sheep or from the goats, as a burnt offering, he shall offer a ^(C1)male without defect.¹¹ 'And ^(C1)he shall slaughter 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 doves.¹⁵ 'The priest shall bring it to the altar, and pinch 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 remove its craw with its feathers and throw it beside the altar eastward, to the place of the ^(C1)fatty 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.