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Lord called to Moses and spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting. He said, 2 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘When any of you brings an offering to the Lord, you may bring your offering from the herd or the flock.
3 ‘If the offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he must offer a male without defect. He must offer it at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting so that he may be accepted before the Lord. 4 He 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. 5 He is to slaughter the bull before the Lord, and then Aaron’s sons the priests shall bring the blood and sprinkle it against the altar on all sides at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. 6 Then he is to skin the burnt offering and cut it into pieces. 7 The sons of Aaron the priest are to put fire on the altar and arrange wood on the fire. 8 Aaron’s sons the priests shall arrange the pieces, including the head and the fat, on the burning wood on the altar. 9 He is to wash the entrails and the legs with water, and the priest is to burn all of it on the altar as a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, an aroma pleasing to the Lord.
10 ‘If his gift is a burnt offering from the flock, from either the sheep or the goats, he must offer a male without defect. 11 He is to slaughter it on the north side of the altar before the Lord, and Aaron’s sons the priests shall sprinkle its blood against the altar on all sides. 12 He is to cut it into its pieces, with its head and its fat; and the priest shall arrange them on top of the burning wood on the altar. 13 He is to wash the entrails and the legs with water. Then the priest shall bring all of it and burn it on the altar. It is a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, an aroma pleasing to the Lord.
14 ‘If his offering to the Lord is a burnt offering of birds, then he is to bring his offering of turtledoves or young pigeons. 15 The priest shall bring it to the altar, wring off its head, and burn it on the altar; its blood shall be drained out at the side of the altar. 16 He is to remove its crop with its contents and throw it beside the altar on the east side, in the place for ashes. 17 He shall tear it open by its wings, but without severing it completely. Then the priest shall burn it on the altar on top of the burning wood. It is a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, an aroma pleasing to the Lord.”