Leviticus 1

1Yahweh called to Moses and spoke to him from the tent of meeting:

2“Speak to the Israelites and say to them: When any of you brings an offering to Yahweh, you are to bring your offering from the livestock, from the herd or from the flock.

3If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he is to offer a male without defect. He is to bring it to the entrance of the tent of meeting, so that he may be accepted before Yahweh.

4He is to lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it will be accepted on his behalf to make atonement for him.

5He is to slaughter the young bull before Yahweh, and Aaron’s sons the priests are to present the blood and splash it against the altar on all sides, the altar that is at the entrance of the tent of meeting.

6Then he is to skin the burnt offering and cut it into its pieces.

7The sons of Aaron the priest are to put fire on the altar and arrange wood on the fire.

8Then Aaron’s sons the priests are to arrange the pieces, the head, and the fat on the wood that is on the fire on the altar.

9He is to wash its entrails and its legs with water, and the priest is to burn all of it on the altar as a burnt offering, a fire offering, a pleasing aroma to Yahweh.

10If his offering for a burnt offering is from the flock, from the sheep or from the goats, he is to offer a male without defect.

11He is to slaughter it on the north side of the altar before Yahweh, and Aaron’s sons the priests are to splash its blood against the altar on all sides.

12He is to cut it into its pieces, with its head and its fat, and the priest is to arrange them on the wood that is on the fire on the altar.

13He is to wash the entrails and the legs with water, and the priest is to offer all of it and burn it on the altar. It is a burnt offering, a fire offering, a pleasing aroma to Yahweh.

14If his offering to Yahweh is a burnt offering of birds, he is to bring his offering from the turtledoves or from the young pigeons.

15The priest is to bring it to the altar, wring off its head, and burn it on the altar, and its blood is to be drained out on the side of the altar.

16He is to remove its crop with its contents and throw it beside the altar on the east side, in the place for the ashes.

17He is to tear it open by its wings without dividing it, and the priest is to burn it on the altar, on the wood that is on the fire. It is a burnt offering, a fire offering, a pleasing aroma to Yahweh.