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Leviticus 1:15-17
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Leviticus 1:15-17
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
15 The priest shall bring it to the altar and wring off its head and turn it into smoke on the altar, and its blood shall be drained out against the side of the altar.(A) 16 He shall remove its entrails close to its tail feathers and throw it at the east side of the altar, in the place for ashes.(B) 17 He shall tear it open by its wings without severing it. Then the priest shall turn it into smoke on the altar, on the wood that is on the fire; it is a burnt offering, an offering by fire[a] of pleasing odor to the Lord.(C)
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- 1.17 Or a gift
Leviticus 1:15-17
New International Version
Leviticus 1:15-17
New International Version
15 The priest shall bring it to the altar, wring off the head(A) and burn it on the altar; its blood shall be drained out on the side of the altar.(B) 16 He is to remove the crop and the feathers[a] and throw them down east of the altar where the ashes(C) are. 17 He shall tear it open by the wings, not dividing it completely,(D) and then the priest shall burn it on the wood(E) that is burning on the altar. It is a burnt offering, a food offering, an aroma pleasing to the Lord.
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- Leviticus 1:16 Or crop with its contents; the meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
Leviticus 1:15-17
English Standard Version
Leviticus 1:15-17
English Standard Version
15 And the priest shall bring it to the altar and wring off its head and burn it on the altar. Its blood shall be drained out on the side of the altar. 16 He shall remove its crop with its contents[a] and cast it (A)beside the altar on the east side, in the place for ashes. 17 He shall tear it open by its wings, but (B)shall not sever it completely. And the priest shall burn it on the altar, on the wood that is on the fire. It is a burnt offering, a food offering with a pleasing aroma to the Lord.
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- Leviticus 1:16 Or feathers
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