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

⁷ “‘Anyone who cannot afford^(A) a lamb^(B) is to bring two doves or two young pigeons^(C) to the Lord as a penalty for their sin—one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. ⁸ They are to bring them to the priest, who shall first offer the one for the sin offering. He is to wring its head from its neck,^(D) not dividing it completely,^{(E) 9} and is to splash^(F) some of the blood of the sin offering against the side of the altar;^(G) the rest of the blood must be drained out at the base of the altar.^(H) It is a sin offering.