⁴ You are to lay your hand on the head^(A) of the burnt offering,^(B) and it will be accepted^(C) on your behalf to make atonement^(D) for you.

²³ The goats^(A) for the sin offering were brought before the king and the assembly, and they laid their hands^(B) on them. ²⁴ The priests then slaughtered the goats and presented their blood on the altar for a sin offering to atone^(C) for all Israel, because the king had ordered the burnt offering and the sin offering for all Israel.^(D)

² You are to lay your hand on the head^(A) of your offering and slaughter it^(B) at the entrance to the tent of meeting.^(C) Then Aaron’s sons the priests shall splash^(D) the blood against the sides^(E) of the altar.^(F)

¹⁵ “Take one of the rams,^(A) and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on its head.^(B)

¹⁰ “Bring the bull to the front of the tent of meeting, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on its head.^(A)

A Living Sacrifice

12 Therefore, I urge you,^(A) brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice,^(B) holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.

³¹ They shall remove all the fat, just as the fat is removed from the fellowship offering, and the priest shall burn it on the altar^(A) as an aroma pleasing to the Lord.^(B) In this way the priest will make atonement^(C) for them, and they will be forgiven.^(D)

²⁶ He shall burn all the fat on the altar as he burned the fat of the fellowship offering. In this way the priest will make atonement^(A) for the leader’s sin, and he will be forgiven.^(B)

²⁰ and do with this bull just as he did with the bull for the sin offering. In this way the priest will make atonement^(A) for the community, and they will be forgiven.^(B)