Introduction to the Sacrificial Regulations
1Then the
2“Speak to the Israelites and tell them, ‘When someone among you presents an offering to the
Burnt Offering Regulations: Animal from the Herd
3“‘If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd he must present it as a flawless male; he must present it at the entrance of the Meeting Tent for its acceptance before the
4He must lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it will be accepted for him to make atonement on his behalf.
5Then the one presenting the offering must slaughter the bull before the
6Next, the one presenting the offering must skin the burnt offering and cut it into parts,
7and the sons of Aaron, the priest, must put fire on the altar and arrange wood on the fire.
8Then the sons of Aaron, the priests, must arrange the parts with the head and the suet on the wood that is in the fire on the altar.
9Finally, the one presenting the offering must wash its entrails and its legs in water and the priest must offer all of it up in smoke on the altar – it is a burnt offering, a gift of a soothing aroma to the
Animal from the Flock
10“‘If his offering is from the flock for a burnt offering – from the sheep or the goats – he must present a flawless male,
11and must slaughter it on the north side of the altar before the
12Next, the one presenting the offering must cut it into parts, with its head and its suet, and the priest must arrange them on the wood which is in the fire, on the altar.
13Then the one presenting the offering must wash the entrails and the legs in water, and the priest must present all of it and offer it up in smoke on the altar – it is a burnt offering, a gift of a soothing aroma to the
From the Birds
14“‘If his offering to the
15The priest must present it at the altar, pinch off its head and offer the head up in smoke on the altar, and its blood must be drained out against the side of the altar.
16Then the priest must remove its entrails by cutting off its tail feathers, and throw them to the east side of the altar into the place of fatty ashes,
17and tear it open by its wings without dividing it into two parts. Finally, the priest must offer it up in smoke on the altar on the wood which is in the fire – it is a burnt offering, a gift of a soothing aroma to the