Leviticus 1:1-13
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1Then 1,aYahweh 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 from among you brings an 1,aoffering near to Yahweh, you shall bring your 2offering of animals from bthe herd or the flock. 3‘If his offering is a aburnt offering from the herd, he shall bring it near, a male bwithout blemish; he shall bring it near cto the doorway of the tent of meeting, that he may be accepted before Yahweh. 4‘aAnd he shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, that it may be accepted for him to make batonement on his behalf. 5‘aThen he shall slaughter the 1young bull before Yahweh; and Aaron’s sons the priests shall bring near bthe blood and csplash the blood around on the altar that is at the doorway of the tent of meeting. 6‘aAnd he shall then skin the burnt offering and cut it into its pieces. 7‘aAnd 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 asuet over the wood which is on the fire that is on the altar. 9‘Its aentrails, however, and its legs he shall wash with water. And bthe priest shall offer up in smoke all of it on the altar for a burnt offering, an offering by fire of ca soothing aroma to Yahweh.
10‘But if his offering is from the flock, of the sheep or of the goats, for a burnt offering, he shall bring near a amale without blemish. 11‘aAnd he shall slaughter it on the side of the altar northward before Yahweh, and Aaron’s sons the priests shall splash its blood around on the altar. 12‘He shall then cut it into its pieces with its head and its asuet, 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 athe priest shall bring all of it near and offer it up in smoke on the altar; it is a burnt offering, an offering by fire of a soothing aroma to Yahweh.