The Bible
Leviticus Chapter 1
1Yahweh called to Moses, and spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting, saying, 2"Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, 'When anyone of you offers an offering to Yahweh, you are to offer your offering of the livestock, from the herd and from the flock.
3"'If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he should offer a male without defect. He is to offer it at the door of the Tent of Meeting, so he would be accepted in Yahweh's presence. 4He should lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it will be accepted for him to make atonement for him. 5He should kill the bull in Yahweh's presence. Aaron's sons, the priests, will present the blood and sprinkle the blood around on the altar that is at the door of the Tent of Meeting. 6He should skin the burnt offering and cut it into pieces. 7The sons of Aaron the priest are to put fire on the altar, and lay wood in order on the fire; 8and Aaron's sons, the priests, should lay the pieces, the head, and the fat in order on the wood that is on the fire which is on the altar; 9but he is to wash its innards and its legs with water. The priest will burn all of it on the altar, for a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to Yahweh.
10"'If his offering is from the flock, from the sheep or the goats, for a burnt offering, he is to offer a male without defect. 11He is to kill it on the north side of the altar in Yahweh's presence. Aaron's sons, the priests, shall sprinkle its blood around on the altar. 12Let him cut it into pieces, with its head and its fat. The priest is to lay them in order on the wood that is on the fire which is on the altar, 13but wash the innards and the legs with water. The priest is to offer all of it, and burn it on the altar. It is a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to Yahweh.
14"'If his offering to Yahweh is a burnt offering of birds, then let him offer his offering from turtledoves or young pigeons. 15The priest is to bring it to the altar, and wring off its head, and burn it on the altar; and its blood shall be drained out on the side of the altar; 16take away its crop and its feathers, and throw it beside the altar on the east side, in the place for the ashes. 17He should tear it by its wings, but not pull it apart. The priest is to burn it on the altar, on the wood that is on the fire. It is a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to Yahweh.
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