Leviticus 1

1Now the Lord called to Moses, and spoke to him from the tabernacle of testimony,

2'Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, 'If a man among you should offer gifts to the Lord from the cattle—the oxen or the sheep—you shall offer your gifts.

3If his gift should be a whole burnt offering from the oxen, he shall offer a male without blemish. He shall offer it at the door of the tabernacle of testimony as acceptable before the Lord.

4Then he shall put his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it will be accepted on his behalf to make atonement for him.

5He shall kill the young bull before the Lord; and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall offer the blood and sprinkle the blood all around on the altar by the doors of the tabernacle of testimony.

6Then he shall skin the whole burnt offering and cut it into its pieces.

7The sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire on the altar, and lay the wood on the fire.

8Then the priests, Aaron's sons, shall lay the parts, the head and the fat, upon the wood and fire on the altar;

9but he shall wash its entrails and its legs with water. The priest shall then put all of it on the altar as a burnt offering, a sacrifice for a sweet aroma to the Lord.

10'If his gift to the Lord should be from the sheep—from the lambs or the kids—as a whole burnt offering, he shall offer a male without blemish, and put his hand on its head.

11He shall kill it on the north side of the altar before the Lord; and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall sprinkle its blood all around on the altar.

12Then they shall cut it into its pieces, with its head and its fat; and the priests shall lay them upon the wood and fire on the altar;

13but he shall wash the entrails and the legs with water. Then the priest shall offer all of it, and put it on the altar as a burnt offering, a sacrifice for a sweet aroma to the Lord.

14'But if you should offer a gift to the Lord from the birds for a burnt offering, he shall offer his gift from the turtledoves or young pigeons.

15The priest shall offer it on the altar, wring off its head, and put it on the altar; its blood shall be drained out at the base of the altar.

16Then he shall remove its crop with its feathers, and cast it beside the altar on the east side, into the place for ashes.

17Then he shall split it at its wings, but shall not divide it; and the priest shall put it upon the wood and fire on the altar as a burnt offering, a sacrifice for a sweet aroma to the Lord.