1Then he called to Moses, and Yahweh spoke to him from the tent of meeting, saying:
2“Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them: When any person among you brings an offering to Yahweh, you shall bring your offering from the livestock, from the herd or from the flock.
3If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he shall offer a male without blemish; at the entrance of the tent of meeting he shall offer it, for his acceptance before Yahweh.
4He shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it will be accepted on his behalf to make atonement for him.
5Then he shall slaughter the young bull before Yahweh, and the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall bring the blood and dash the blood against the altar all around, which is at the entrance of the tent of meeting.
6He shall then skin the burnt offering and cut it into its pieces.
7The sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire on the altar and arrange wood on the fire.
8And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall arrange the pieces, the head, and the fat, on the wood that is on the fire that is on the altar.
9But its entrails and its legs he shall wash with water, and the priest shall turn all of it into smoke 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 shall offer a male without blemish.
11He shall slaughter it on the north side of the altar before Yahweh, and the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall dash its blood against the altar all around.
12He shall cut it into its pieces, with its head and its fat, and the priest shall arrange them on the wood that is on the fire that is on the altar.
13But the entrails and the legs he shall wash with water, and the priest shall bring all of it and turn it into smoke 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 from birds, then he shall bring his offering from the turtledoves or from the young pigeons.
15The priest shall bring it to the altar and wring off its head and turn it into smoke on the altar, and its blood shall be drained out against the wall of the altar.
16He shall remove its crop with its feathers and throw it beside the altar, on the east side, at the place of the ashes.
17He shall tear it open by its wings but not divide it completely, and the priest shall turn it into smoke on the altar, on the wood that is on the fire. It is a burnt offering, a fire offering, a pleasing aroma to Yahweh.
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