The Burnt Offering
1Then Yahweh called to Moses and spoke to him from the tent of meeting. He said, 2“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When any of you brings an offering to Yahweh, bring your offering from the livestock — from the herd or the flock. 3If the offering is a burnt offering from the herd, you must offer a male without defect. Bring it to the entrance of the tent of meeting so that it will be accepted for you before Yahweh. 4Lay your hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it will be accepted on your behalf to make atonement for you. 5Slaughter the bull before Yahweh, and Aaron’s sons the priests are to bring the blood and splash it against the altar on all sides at the entrance to the tent of meeting. 6Skin the burnt offering and cut it into pieces. 7The sons of Aaron the priest are to put fire on the altar and arrange wood on the fire. 8Then Aaron’s sons the priests are to arrange the pieces, the head, and the fat on the wood that is burning on the altar. 9Wash the inner parts and the legs with water, and the priest is to burn all of it on the altar as a burnt offering, a fire offering, a pleasing aroma to Yahweh. 10If the offering is a burnt offering from the flock, from the sheep or the goats, you must offer a male without defect. 11Slaughter it at the north side of the altar before Yahweh, and Aaron’s sons the priests are to splash its blood against the altar on all sides. 12Cut it into pieces, with its head and its fat, and the priest is to arrange them on the wood that is burning on the altar. 13Wash the inner parts and the legs with water, and the priest is to bring it all and burn it on the altar. It is a burnt offering, a fire offering, a pleasing aroma to Yahweh. 14If the offering to Yahweh is a burnt offering of birds, bring your offering from the turtledoves or the young pigeons. 15The priest is to bring it to the altar, wring off its head, and burn it on the altar; its blood is to be drained out against the side of the altar. 16He is to remove its crop with its contents and throw it to the east side of the altar, in the place for ashes. 17He is to tear it open by its wings without dividing it in two, and the priest is to burn it on the altar, on the wood that is on the fire. It is a burnt offering, a fire offering, a pleasing aroma to Yahweh.
