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16 Slaughter the ram, and take its blood and splash it all around on the altar. 17 You shall cut the ram into pieces, wash its internal organs and its legs, and put them with the other pieces and with its head. 18 You shall burn the whole ram on the altar. This is a whole burnt offering to the Lord. It is a pleasant aroma, an offering made by fire[a] to the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 29:18 Or perhaps a food offering or a special offering. The Hebrew term isheh was traditionally thought to be an offering made by fire because of its similarity to the Hebrew word for fire, but some contexts and some similar words in other Semitic languages suggest it may, at least at times, mean a gift of food. The Lord, of course, does not literally need food.

16 Slaughter it and take the blood and splash it against the sides of the altar. 17 Cut the ram into pieces and wash(A) the internal organs and the legs, putting them with the head and the other pieces. 18 Then burn the entire ram on the altar. It is a burnt offering to the Lord, a pleasing aroma,(B) a food offering presented to the Lord.

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