The Third Book of Moses,
Commonly Called
Leviticus
1
1 The
LORD
called to Moses,
and spoke to
him from the Tent
of Meeting, saying,
2 “Speak
to the children
of Israel, and
tell them, ‘When
anyone of you
offers an offering
to the LORD,
you shall offer
your offering of
the livestock, from
the herd and
from the flock.
3 “ ‘If his
offering is a
burnt offering
from the herd,
he shall offer
a male without
defect. He shall
offer it at
the door of
the Tent of
Meeting, that he
may be accepted
before the LORD.
4 He
shall lay his
hand on the
head of the
burnt offering,
and it shall
be accepted for
him to make
atonement for him.
5 He
shall kill the
bull before the
LORD. Aaron’s sons,
the priests, shall
present the blood
and sprinkle the
blood around on
the altar that
is at the
door of the Tent
of Meeting.
6 He shall
skin the burnt
offering and cut it
into pieces.
7 The
sons of Aaron
the priest shall
put fire on the
altar, and lay
wood in order
on the fire;
8 and
Aaron’s sons, the
priests, shall lay
the pieces, the
head, and the
fat in order
on the wood
that is on
the fire which is
on the altar;
9 but
he shall wash
its innards and
its legs with
water. The priest
shall burn all
of it on
the altar, for
a burnt offering,
an offering made
by fire, of
a pleasant aroma
to the LORD.
10 “ ‘If his
offering is from
the flock, from
the sheep or
from the goats,
for a burnt
offering, he shall
offer a male
without defect.
11 He
shall kill it
on the north
side of the
altar before the
LORD. Aaron’s sons,
the priests, shall
sprinkle its blood
around on the
altar.
12 He
shall cut it
into its pieces,
with its head
and its fat.
The priest shall
lay them in
order on the
wood that is
on the fire which
is on the
altar,
13 but
the innards and
the legs he
shall wash with
water. The priest
shall offer the
whole, and burn
it on the
altar. It is
a burnt offering,
an offering made
by fire, of
a pleasant aroma
to the LORD.
14 “ ‘If
his offering to
the LORD is
a burnt offering
of birds, then
he shall offer
his offering from
turtledoves or of
young pigeons.
15 The
priest shall bring
it to the
altar, and wring
off its head,
and burn it
on the altar;
and its blood
shall be drained
out on the
side of the
altar;
16 and
he shall take
away its crop
and its feathers,
and cast it beside
the altar on
the east part,
in the place
of the ashes.
17 He
shall tear it
by its wings,
but shall
not divide it apart.
The priest shall
burn it on
the altar, on
the wood that
is on the fire.
It is a
burnt offering, an
offering made
by fire, of
a pleasant aroma
to the LORD.