Leviticus 1  Legacy Standard Bible

The Statutes of Burnt Offerings

1 Then ^[a](A)Yahweh called to Moses and spoke to him from the tent of meeting, saying, ² “Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘When any man from among you brings an ^[b](B)offering near to Yahweh, you shall bring your ^[c]offering of animals from ^(C)the herd or the flock. ³ If his offering is a ^(D)burnt offering from the herd, he shall bring it near, a male ^(E)without blemish; he shall bring it near ^(F)to the doorway of the tent of meeting, that he may be accepted before Yahweh. ^4 (G)And he shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, that it may be accepted for him to make ^(H)atonement on his behalf. ^5 (I)Then he shall slaughter the ^[d]young bull before Yahweh; and Aaron’s sons the priests shall bring near ^(J)the blood and ^(K)splash the blood around on the altar that is at the doorway of the tent of meeting. ^6 (L)And he shall then skin the burnt offering and cut it into its pieces. ^7 (M)And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire on the altar and arrange wood on the fire. ⁸ Then Aaron’s sons the priests shall arrange the pieces, the head, and the ^(N)suet over the wood which is on the fire that is on the altar. ⁹ Its ^(O)entrails, however, and its legs he shall wash with water. And ^(P)the priest shall offer up in smoke all of it on the altar for a burnt offering, an offering by fire of ^(Q)a soothing aroma to Yahweh.

¹⁰ ‘But if his offering is from the flock, of the sheep or of the goats, for a burnt offering, he shall bring near a ^(R)male without blemish. ^11 (S)And he shall slaughter it on the side of the altar northward before Yahweh, and Aaron’s sons the priests shall splash its blood around on the altar. ¹² He shall then cut it into its pieces with its head and its ^(T)suet, and the priest shall arrange them on the wood which is on the fire that is on the altar. ¹³ The entrails, however, and the legs he shall wash with water. And ^(U)the priest shall bring all of it near and offer it up in smoke on the altar; it is a burnt offering, an offering by fire of a soothing aroma to Yahweh.

¹⁴ ‘But if his offering to Yahweh is a burnt offering of birds, then he shall bring near his offering from the ^(V)turtledoves or from young pigeons. ¹⁵ And the priest shall bring it near to the altar and wring off its head and offer it up in smoke on the altar; and its blood is to be drained out ^(W)on the side of the altar. ¹⁶ He shall also take away its crop with its feathers and cast it beside the altar eastward, to the place of the ^[e](X)ashes. ¹⁷ Then he shall tear it by its wings, but ^(Y)he shall not separate it. And the priest shall offer it up in smoke on the altar on the wood which is on the fire; ^(Z)it is a burnt offering, an offering by fire of a soothing aroma to Yahweh.