Leviticus 1

1 The Lord called Moses and spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting, saying,

And the Lord called Moses, and spoke to him from the tabernacle of the testimony, saying:

2 “Go and speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you present an offering to the Lord, you may bring as your offering an animal from the herd of cattle or the flock of sheep or goats.

Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them: The man among you that shall offer to the Lord a sacrifice of the cattle, that is, offering victims of oxen and sheep,

3 If your offering is a burnt offering from a herd of cattle, you must offer a male without any defects. Bring it to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting so it can be accepted before the Lord.

If his offering be a holocaust, and of the herd, he shall offer a male without blemish, at the door of the testimony, to make the Lord favourable to him:

4 Put your hand on the head of the burnt offering, so it can be accepted on your behalf to make you right.

And he shall put his hand upon the head of the victim, and it shall be acceptable, and help to its expiation.

5 You are to kill the bull in the Lord's presence, and Aaron's sons, the priests, are to take the blood and sprinkle it on all sides of the altar at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

And he shall immolate the calf before the Lord, and the priests the sons of Aaron shall offer the blood thereof, pouring it round about the altar, which is before the door of the tabernacle.

6 Then you are to skin the burnt offering and cut it into pieces.

And when they have flayed the victim, they shall cut the joints into pieces,

7 The sons of Aaron the priest shall start a fire on the altar and put wood on it.

And shall put fire on the altar, having before laid in order a pile of wood:

8 Then the priests shall carefully place the pieces, including the head and the fat, on the wood burning on the altar.

And they shall lay the parts that are cut out in order thereupon, to wit, the head, and all things that cleave to the liver,

9 You shall wash the insides and legs with water, and the priest shall burn all of it on the altar as a burnt offering, a food offering, to be accepted by the Lord.

The entrails and feet being washed with water: and the priest shall burn them upon the altar for a holocaust, and a sweet savour to the Lord.

10 If your offering is a burnt offering from a flock, either sheep or goats, you must offer a male without any defects.

And if the offering be of the hocks, a holocaust of sheep or of goats, he shall offer a male without blemish:

11 You are to kill it on the north side of the altar in the Lord's presence, and Aaron's sons, the priests, are to take the blood and sprinkle it on all sides of the altar.

And he shall immolate it at the side of the altar that looketh to the north, before the Lord: but the sons of Aaron shall pour the blood thereof upon the altar round about:

12 Then you are to cut it into pieces, and the priest shall carefully place the pieces, including the head and the fat, on the wood burning on the altar.

And they shall divide the joints, the head, and all that cleave to the liver: and shall lay them upon the wood, under which the fire is to be put:

13 You shall wash the insides and legs with water, and the priest shall burn all of it on the altar as a burnt offering, a food offering, to be accepted by the Lord.

But the entrails and the feet they shall wash with water. And the priest shall offer it all and burn it all upon the altar for a holocaust, and most sweet savour to the Lord.

14 If your offering to the Lord is a burnt offering of birds, you are to offer a turtledove or a young pigeon.

But if the oblation of a holocaust to the Lord be of birds, of turtles, or of young pigeons,

15 The priest shall take it to the altar, twist off its head, and burn it on the altar. Its blood shall be drained out on the side of the altar.

The priest shall offer it at the altar: and twisting back the neck, and breaking the place of the wound, he shall make the blood run down upon the brim of the altar.

16 He must remove the crop and the feathers, and throw them to the east side of the altar into the ash pile.

But the crop of the throat, and the feathers he shall cast beside the altar at the east side, in the place where the ashes are wont to be poured out,

17 He shall tear it open by its wings, but not completely apart. The priest is to burn it on the altar on the burning wood. It is a burnt offering, a food offering, to be accepted by the Lord.

And he shall break the pinions thereof, and shall not cut, nor divide it with a knife, and shall burn it upon the altar, putting fire under the wood. It is a holocaust and oblation of most sweet savour to the Lord.