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17 and tear it open by its wings without dividing it into two parts.[a] Finally, the priest must offer it up in smoke on the altar on the wood which is in the fire—it is a burnt offering, a gift of a soothing aroma to the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 1:17 tn Heb “he shall not divide it.” Several Hebrew mss, Smr, LXX, and Syriac have a vav on the negative, yielding the translation, “but he shall not divide it into two parts.” Cf. NIV “not severing it completely” (NRSV similar).

17 He shall tear it open by the wings, not dividing it completely,(A) and then the priest shall burn it on the wood(B) that is burning on the altar. It is a burnt offering, a food offering, an aroma pleasing to the Lord.

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