Levítico 1
La Biblia de las Américas
La ley de los holocaustos
1 El Señor llamó a Moisés(A) y le habló desde la tienda de reunión, diciendo: 2 Habla a los hijos de Israel y diles: «Cuando alguno de vosotros traiga una ofrenda[a] al Señor(B), traeréis vuestra ofrenda[b] de animales del ganado o del rebaño(C). 3 Si su ofrenda es un holocausto del ganado(D), ofrecerá un macho sin defecto(E); lo ofrecerá a la entrada de la tienda de reunión(F), para que sea aceptado delante del Señor. 4 Pondrá su mano sobre la cabeza del holocausto(G), y le será aceptado para hacer expiación por él(H). 5 Entonces degollará el novillo[c] delante del Señor(I); y los sacerdotes hijos de Aarón ofrecerán la sangre(J) y la rociarán[d] por todos los lados sobre el altar que está a la entrada de la tienda de reunión(K). 6 Después desollará el holocausto y lo cortará en pedazos(L). 7 Y los hijos del sacerdote Aarón pondrán fuego en el altar(M), y colocarán leña sobre el fuego. 8 Luego los sacerdotes hijos de Aarón arreglarán las piezas, la cabeza y el sebo sobre la leña que está en el fuego sobre el altar(N). 9 Pero las entrañas y las patas las lavará él con agua(O). Y el sacerdote lo quemará todo sobre el altar como holocausto(P); es ofrenda encendida de aroma agradable para el Señor(Q).
10 »Mas si su ofrenda para holocausto es del rebaño, de los corderos o de las cabras, ofrecerá un macho sin defecto(R). 11 Y lo degollará al lado norte del altar, delante del Señor; y los sacerdotes hijos de Aarón rociarán la sangre sobre el altar, por todos los lados(S). 12 Después lo dividirá en sus piezas, con su cabeza y el sebo(T), y el sacerdote los colocará sobre la leña que está en el fuego sobre el altar. 13 Pero las entrañas y las patas las lavará con agua, y el sacerdote lo ofrecerá todo, quemándolo sobre el altar; es holocausto, una ofrenda encendida de aroma agradable para el Señor(U).
14 »Mas si su ofrenda para el Señor es un holocausto de aves, entonces traerá su ofrenda de tórtolas o de pichones(V). 15 Y el sacerdote la traerá al altar, le quitará la cabeza y la quemará sobre el altar; y su sangre será exprimida sobre el costado del altar(W). 16 Le quitará también el buche con sus plumas y lo echará junto al altar, hacia el oriente, en el lugar de las cenizas[e](X). 17 La henderá después por las alas, sin dividirla(Y); y el sacerdote la quemará en el altar(Z), sobre la leña que está en el fuego; es holocausto, una ofrenda encendida de aroma agradable para el Señor.
Footnotes
- Levítico 1:2 Heb., corbán
- Levítico 1:2 Heb., corbán
- Levítico 1:5 Lit., hijo del ganado
- Levítico 1:5 Lit., rociarán la sangre
- Levítico 1:16 O, las cenizas del sebo
Leviticus 1
Evangelical Heritage Version
Laws for the Offerings
1 Then the Lord summoned Moses and spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting. 2 He said, “Speak to the Israelites and tell them these things.”
Regulations for the Whole Burnt Offering
When any of you present an offering to the Lord, when it is from the livestock, you may present your offering from the herd or the flock.
3 If a person’s offering is a whole burnt offering[a] selected from the herd, he shall present a male without blemish. He shall present it at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting so that it[b] will be accepted before the Lord. 4 He shall lay[c] his hand on the head of the burnt offering so that it may be accepted for him to make atonement on his behalf. 5 He shall slaughter the young bull[d] before the Lord. Then Aaron’s sons, the priests, shall present the blood and splash the blood against all the sides of the altar at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. 6 They are to skin the burnt offering and cut it up into sections. 7 The sons of Aaron the priest are to stoke the fire on the altar and lay out wood on the fire. 8 Then Aaron’s sons, the priests, are to lay out the sections, together with the head and the fat, on the wood that is on the fire on the altar. 9 Then they are to wash its inner organs and its lower legs with water. The priest shall send it all up in smoke on the altar as a whole burnt offering, an offering made by fire,[e] with a pleasing aroma to the Lord.
10 If a person’s offering for a whole burnt offering is from the flock, from the sheep or from the goats, he shall present a male without blemish. 11 He shall slaughter it on the north side of the altar in the presence of the Lord. Then Aaron’s sons, the priests, shall splash its blood against all sides of the altar. 12 When he has cut it into sections, together with its head and its fat, the priest is to lay them out on the wood that is on the fire on the altar. 13 Then he is to wash the inner organs and the lower legs with water. The priest shall present all of it and send it up in smoke on the altar. It is a whole burnt offering, an offering made by fire, with a pleasing aroma to the Lord.
14 If a person’s offering to the Lord for a whole burnt offering consists of birds, he shall present a turtledove or some kind of pigeon as his offering. 15 The priest shall bring it to the altar, wring off its head, and send it up in smoke on the altar. Its blood is to be drained out on the side of the altar. 16 He is to remove its digestive system by cutting off its tail feathers[f] and throwing them into the place for the ashes at the east side of the altar. 17 He is to tear it open by its wings, without tearing it apart. Then the priest shall send it up in smoke on the altar, upon the wood that is on the fire. It is a whole burnt offering, an offering made by fire, with a pleasing aroma to the Lord.
Footnotes
- Leviticus 1:3 This offering (the ‘olah, that which goes up) was completely burned up on the altar. It is, therefore, called the whole burnt offering to distinguish it from the other sacrifices, which were only partially burned on the altar. The full name, the whole burnt offering, is sometimes abbreviated to the burnt offering.
- Leviticus 1:3 Or he
- Leviticus 1:4 Or press
- Leviticus 1:5 Literally son of a bull. Son may simply indicate a class rather than an age.
- Leviticus 1:9 Or a food offering or a special offering or a gift. 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 similar words in other Semitic languages suggest that the term may sometimes refer to a gift of food. In some verses the Hebrew word for food is added to the description of the offering. The Lord, of course, does not literally need food. Our usual translation is an offering made by fire, but when the offering is not burned, it is simply translated gift.
- Leviticus 1:16 The meaning of this Hebrew expression is uncertain. It may refer to the crop or gizzard, which is part of a bird’s digestive system.
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