Leviticus 1

¹ Yahweh summoned Moses and, speaking to him from the Tent of Meeting, said,

² 'Speak to the Israelites; say to them, "When any of you brings an offering to Yahweh, he can offer ananimal either from the herd or from the flock.

³ "If his offering is to be a burnt offering from the herd, he must offer an unblemished male; he wil offer itat the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, to make it acceptable to Yahweh.

⁴ He must lay his hand on the victim's head, and it will be accepted as effectual for his expiation.

⁵ He wil then slaughter the bul before Yahweh, and the priests descended from Aaron wil offer theblood. They wil pour it all around the altar which stands at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

⁶ He wil then skin the victim and quarter it.

⁷ The priests descended from Aaron will put a fire on the altar and arrange wood on the fire.

⁸ The priests descended from Aaron will then arrange the quarters, the head and the fat on the wood onthe fire on the altar.

⁹ He wil wash the entrails and shins in water, and the priest wil burn it all on the altar as a burnt offering,food burnt as a smel pleasing to Yahweh.

¹⁰ "If his offering is to be of an animal from the flock, of a lamb or a goat to be offered as a burnt offering,he must offer an unblemished male.

¹¹ He will slaughter it on the north side of the altar, before Yahweh, and the priests descended fromAaron will pour the blood al around the altar.

¹² He will then quarter it, and the priest wil arrange the quarters, the head and the fat on the wood on thefire on the altar.

¹³ He will wash the entrails and shins in water, and the priest wil burn it al on the altar as a burnt offering, food burnt as a smel pleasing to Yahweh.

¹⁴ "If his offering to Yahweh is to be a burnt offering of a bird, he must offer a turtledove or a youngpigeon.

¹⁵ The priest wil offer it at the altar and wring off its head, which he wil burn on the altar; its blood mustthen be squeezed out on the side of the altar.

¹⁶ He will then remove the crop and the feathers and throw them on the eastern side of the altar, wherethe fatty ashes are put.

¹⁷ He will then split it in half with a wing on each side, but without separating the two parts. The priest wilthen burn it on the altar, on the wood which is on the fire, as a burnt offering, food burnt as a smel pleasing toYahweh." '