Leviticus 1

¹ Yahweh called Moses, and from the Tent of Meeting addressed him, saying,

² ‘Speak to the sons of Israel; say to them, “When any of you brings an offering to Yahweh, he can offer an animal from either herd or flock.

³ If his offering is a holocaust of an animal out of the herd, he is to offer a male without blemish; it is to be offered at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, so that it may be accepted before Yahweh.

⁴ He is to lay his hand on the victim’s head, and it shall be accepted as effectual for his atonement.

⁵ Then he must immolate the bull before Yahweh, and the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall offer the blood. They will pour it out on the borders of the altar which stands at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

⁶ Then he must skin the victim and quarter it.

⁷ The sons of Aaron, the priests, must put fire on the altar and arrange wood on this fire.

⁸ Then the sons of Aaron, the priests, are to put the pieces, the head and the fat on the wood on the altar fire.

⁹ He is to wash the entrails and legs in water, and the priest is to burn all of it on the altar. This holocaust will be a burnt offering[*b] and the fragrance of it will appease Yahweh.

¹⁰ If his offering is an animal out of the flock, a lamb or a goat offered as a holocaust, he is to offer a male without blemish.

¹¹ He must immolate it on the north side of the altar, before Yahweh, and the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall pour out the blood on the borders of the altar.

¹² Then he is to quarter it, and the priest is to arrange the quarters, as well as the head and the fat, on the wood on the altar fire.

¹³ He is to wash the entrails and legs in water, and the priest shall burn all of it on the altar. This holocaust will be a burnt offering and the fragrance of it will appease Yahweh.

¹⁴ If his offering to Yahweh is a holocaust of a bird, he is to offer a turtledove or a young pigeon.

¹⁵ The priest shall offer it at the altar and wring off its head, which he is to burn on the altar; then its blood is to be drained out on the side of the altar.

¹⁶ Then he shall remove the crop and the feathers; these he is to throw on the eastern side of the altar, where the ashes from the fat are placed.

¹⁷ He is to divide it in two halves with a wing on each side, but without separating the two parts. Then the priest shall burn it on the altar, on the wood that is on the fire. This holocaust will be a burnt offering and its fragrance will appease Yahweh.