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. The bull with its hide and meat and guts he burned outside the camp, just as God had commanded Moses.
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Moses presented the ram for the Whole-Burnt-Offering. Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram.
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Moses slaughtered it and splashed the blood against all sides of the Altar.
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He cut the ram up into pieces and then burned the head, the pieces, and the fat.
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He washed the entrails and the legs with water and then burned the whole ram on the Altar. It was a Whole-Burnt-Offering, a pleasing fragrance - a gift to God, just as God had commanded Moses.
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