Laws for Burnt Offerings
1. The LORD called to Moses and spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting, saying,
2. “Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When any of you brings an offering to the LORD, you may bring as your offering an animal from the herd or the flock.
3. If one’s offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he is to offer an unblemished male. He must bring it to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting for its acceptance before the LORD.
4. He is to lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering so it can be accepted on his behalf to make atonement for him.
5. Then he is to slaughter the young bull before the LORD, and Aaron’s sons the priests are to present the blood and sprinkle it on all sides of the altar at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
6. And the burnt offering must be flayed and cut into pieces.
7. The sons of Aaron the priest shall prepare a fire on the altar and arrange wood on the fire.
8. Then Aaron’s sons the priests are to arrange the pieces, the head, and the fat atop the burning wood on the altar.
9. But its entrails and legs must be washed with water. The priest shall then burn all of it on the altar as a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
10. But if one’s offering is a burnt offering from the flock—whether from the sheep or the goats—he must offer an unblemished male.
11. He is to slaughter it on the north side of the altar before the LORD, and Aaron’s sons the priests shall sprinkle its blood against the altar on all sides.
12. And the one presenting the offering shall cut it into pieces, with its head and its fat, and the priest shall arrange them on the burning wood on the altar.
13. But the entrails and legs must be washed with water. Then the priest shall present all of it and burn it on the altar; it is a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
14. If his offering to the LORD is a burnt offering of birds, he is to offer a turtledove or a young pigeon.
15. The priest shall bring it to the altar, wring off its head, and burn it on the altar; its blood should be drained out on the side of the altar.
16. Then he shall remove its crop with its feathers and throw it to the east side of the altar, where the ashes are.
17. He shall tear it open by its wings without dividing the bird completely. Then the priest shall burn it on the wood burning on the altar; it is a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.