The sons of Aaron the priest are to put fire on the altar and arrange wood(A) on the fire. Then Aaron’s sons the priests shall arrange the pieces, including the head and the fat,(B) on the wood(C) that is burning on the altar. You are to wash the internal organs and the legs with water,(D) and the priest is to burn all of it(E) on the altar.(F) It is a burnt offering,(G) a food offering,(H) an aroma pleasing to the Lord.(I)

10 “‘If the offering is a burnt offering from the flock, from either the sheep(J) or the goats,(K) you are to offer a male without defect. 11 You are to slaughter it at the north side of the altar(L) before the Lord, and Aaron’s sons the priests shall splash its blood against the sides of the altar.(M) 12 You are to cut it into pieces, and the priest shall arrange them, including the head and the fat,(N) on the wood that is burning on the altar. 13 You are to wash the internal organs and the legs with water,(O) and the priest is to bring all of them and burn them(P) on the altar.(Q) It is a burnt offering,(R) a food offering, an aroma pleasing to the Lord.

14 “‘If the offering to the Lord is a burnt offering of birds, you are to offer a dove or a young pigeon.(S) 15 The priest shall bring it to the altar, wring off the head(T) and burn it on the altar; its blood shall be drained out on the side of the altar.(U) 16 He is to remove the crop and the feathers[a] and throw them down east of the altar where the ashes(V) are. 17 He shall tear it open by the wings, not dividing it completely,(W) and then the priest shall burn it on the wood(X) that is burning on the altar. It is a burnt offering, a food offering, an aroma pleasing to the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 1:16 Or crop with its contents; the meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire upon the altar, and lay the wood in order upon the fire:

And the priests, Aaron's sons, shall lay the parts, the head, and the fat, in order upon the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar:

But his inwards and his legs shall he wash in water: and the priest shall burn all on the altar, to be a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord.

10 And if his offering be of the flocks, namely, of the sheep, or of the goats, for a burnt sacrifice; he shall bring it a male without blemish.

11 And he shall kill it on the side of the altar northward before the Lord: and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall sprinkle his blood round about upon the altar.

12 And he shall cut it into his pieces, with his head and his fat: and the priest shall lay them in order on the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar:

13 But he shall wash the inwards and the legs with water: and the priest shall bring it all, and burn it upon the altar: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord.

14 And if the burnt sacrifice for his offering to the Lord be of fowls, then he shall bring his offering of turtledoves, or of young pigeons.

15 And the priest shall bring it unto the altar, and wring off his head, and burn it on the altar; and the blood thereof shall be wrung out at the side of the altar:

16 And he shall pluck away his crop with his feathers, and cast it beside the altar on the east part, by the place of the ashes:

17 And he shall cleave it with the wings thereof, but shall not divide it asunder: and the priest shall burn it upon the altar, upon the wood that is upon the fire: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord.

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