¹⁸ And he said to me, “Son of man,^[a] thus says the Lord Yahweh: ‘These are the statutes of the altar on the day when it is made,^[b] to sacrifice a burnt offering on it and to sprinkle blood on it. ¹⁹ And you must give to the Levitical priests who are from the offspring of Zadok, the ones coming near me,” declares^[c] the Lord Yahweh, “to serve me, a bull, a calf^[d] as a sin offering.

²⁰ You must take some of its blood and put it on the four horns of the altar,^[e] and the four corners of the ledge, and on the rim all around; thus you must purify it and make atonement for it. ²¹ And you must take the bull, the sin offering, and you must burn it in the designated place of the temple outside of the holy place. ²² And on the second day you must offer a he-goat without defect as a sin offering, and they must purify the altar like^[f] they purified with the bull. ²³ When you are finished^[g] from purifying, you must offer a bull, a calf,^[h] without defect, and a ram from the flock without defect. ²⁴ And you must bring them near before^[i] Yahweh, and the priests must throw salt on them, and they must offer them as a burnt offering to Yahweh. ²⁵ For seven days you must provide a goat of sin offering for the day and a bull, a calf,^[j] and a ram from the flock without defect; you must provide them. ²⁶ Seven days they must purify the altar and they must cleanse it and so they will consecrate it.^{[k] 27} And they will finish the days, and then^[l] on the eighth day and beyond that the priests will offer on the altar your burnt offerings and your fellowship offerings, and then I will be pleased with you,” declares^[m] the Lord Yahweh.