The Burnt Offering
1Then the Lord summoned Moses1:1 Ps 77:20; Mt 8:4; Heb 3:2 and spoke to him from the tent of meeting:1:1 Ex 27:21
2“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When any of you brings an offering to the Lord from the livestock, you may bring your offering from the herd or the flock.
3“If his offering is a burnt offering1:3 Gn 22:2; Lv 3:5 from the herd, he is to bring an unblemished male.1:3 Ex 29:1 He will bring it to the entrance to the tent of meeting so that he1:3 Or it may be accepted by the Lord.1:3 Lv 19:5; Heb 9:14; 1Pt 1:19
4He is to lay his hand on1:4 Ex 29:10; Lv 3:2; 8:14,18,22; 16:21; Nm 8:10,12 the head of the burnt offering so it can be accepted1:4 Gn 33:10; Lv 7:18; 19:7; 22:23,25,27 on his behalf to make atonement for him.1:4 Ex 30:15
5He is to slaughter the bull before the Lord; Aaron’s sons the priests1:5 Lv 4:16 are to present the blood1:5 Heb 9:12 and splatter it1:5 Ex 24:6; 29:16,20 on all sides of the altar that is at the entrance to the tent of meeting.
6Then he is to skin the burnt offering1:6 Lv 7:8; 9:11; 2Ch 29:34 and cut it into pieces.1:6 Lit its pieces, also in v. 12
7The sons of Aaron the priest will prepare a fire on the altar and arrange wood on the fire.
10“But if his offering for a burnt offering is from the flock, from sheep or goats,1:10 Lv 4:23 he is to present an unblemished male.
11He will slaughter it on the north side of the altar before the Lord. Aaron’s sons the priests will splatter its blood against the altar on all sides.
12He will cut the animal into pieces with its head and its fat, and the priest will arrange them on top of the burning wood on the altar.
13But he is to wash the entrails and legs with water. The priest will then present all of it and burn it on the altar; it is a burnt offering, a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the Lord.
14“If his offering to the Lord is a burnt offering of birds,1:14 Gn 40:17; Lv 17:13 he is to present his offering from the turtledoves1:14 Gn 15:9; Lv 1:14; 5:7,11; 12:6,8; 14:22,30; 15:14,29; Nm 6:10; Ps 74:19; Sg 2:12; Jr 8:7 or young pigeons.1:14 Or or pigeons1:14 Gn 8:8–12; Lv 5:7,11
15Then the priest is to bring it to the altar, and will twist off its head and burn it on the altar; its blood should be drained at the side of the altar.
16He will remove its digestive tract,1:16 Or its crop, or its crissum cutting off the tail feathers, and throw it on the east side of the altar at the place for ashes.1:16 Lv 4:12; 6:10–11; 1Kg 13:3,5; Jr 31:40
17He will tear it open by its wings without dividing the bird.1:17 Gn 15:9–10 Then the priest is to burn it on the altar on top of the burning wood. It is a burnt offering, a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the Lord.
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