The LORD called Moses and spoke to him from the tent of meeting,
saying, “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When any
one of you brings an offering to the LORD, you shall bring your
offering of livestock from the herd or from the flock.
“If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he shall
offer a male without blemish. He shall bring it to the entrance of
the tent of meeting, that he may be accepted before the LORD. He
shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it shall
be accepted for him to make atonement for him. Then he shall kill
the bull before the LORD, and Aaron's sons the priests shall bring
the blood and throw the blood against the sides of the altar that
is at the entrance of the tent of meeting. Then he shall flay the
burnt offering and cut it into pieces, and the sons of Aaron the
priest shall put fire on the altar and arrange wood on the fire.
And Aaron's sons the priests shall arrange the pieces, the head,
and the fat, on the wood that is on the fire on the altar; but its
entrails and its legs he shall wash with water. And the priest
shall burn all of it on the altar, as a burnt offering, a food
offering with a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
“If his gift for a burnt offering is from the flock, from the
sheep or goats, he shall bring a male without blemish, and he shall
kill it on the north side of the altar before the LORD, and Aaron's
sons the priests shall throw its blood against the sides of the
altar. And he shall cut it into pieces, with its head and its fat,
and the priest shall arrange them on the wood that is on the fire
on the altar, but the entrails and the legs he shall wash with
water. And the priest shall offer all of it and burn it on the
altar; it is a burnt offering, a food offering with a pleasing
aroma to the LORD.
“If his offering to the LORD is a burnt offering of birds, then
he shall bring his offering of turtledoves or pigeons. And the
priest shall bring it to the altar and wring off its head and burn
it on the altar. Its blood shall be drained out on the side of the
altar. He shall remove its crop with its contents and cast it
beside the altar on the east side, in the place for ashes. He shall
tear it open by its wings, but shall not sever it completely. And
the priest shall burn it on the altar, on the wood that is on the
fire. It is a burnt offering, a food offering with a pleasing aroma
to the LORD.
