Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible RHE
New Revised Standard NRS
1 And the Lord called Moses, and spoke to him from the tabernacle of the testimony, saying:
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The Lord summoned Moses and spoke to him from the tent of meeting, saying:
2 Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them: The man among you that shall offer to the Lord a sacrifice of the cattle, that is, offering victims of oxen and sheep:
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Speak to the people of Israel and say to them: When any of you bring an offering of livestock to the Lord, you shall bring your offering from the herd or from the flock.
3 If his offering be a holocaust, and of the herd, he shall offer a male without blemish, at the door of the testimony, to make the Lord favourable to him.
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If the offering is a burnt offering from the herd, you shall offer a male without blemish; you shall bring it to the entrance of the tent of meeting, for acceptance in your behalf before the Lord.
4 And he shall put his hand upon the head of the victim: and it shall be acceptable, and help to its expiation.
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You shall lay your hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it shall be acceptable in your behalf as atonement for you.
5 And he shall immolate the calf before the Lord: and the priests the sons of Aaron shall offer the blood thereof, pouring it round about the altar, which is before the door of the tabernacle.
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The bull shall be slaughtered before the Lord; and Aaron's sons the priests shall offer the blood, dashing the blood against all sides of the altar that is at the entrance of the tent of meeting.
6 And when they have flayed the victim, they shall cut the joints into pieces:
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The burnt offering shall be flayed and cut up into its parts.
7 And shall put fire on the altar, having before laid in order a pile of wood.
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The sons of the priest Aaron shall put fire on the altar and arrange wood on the fire.
8 And they shall lay the parts that are cut out in order thereupon: to wit, the head, and all things that cleave to the liver;
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Aaron's sons the priests shall arrange the parts, with the head and the suet, on the wood that is on the fire on the altar;
9 The entrails and feet being washed with water. And the priest shall burn them upon the altar for a holocaust, and a sweet savour to the Lord.
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but its entrails and its legs shall be washed with water. Then the priest shall turn the whole into smoke on the altar as a burnt offering, an offering by fire of pleasing odor to the Lord.
10 And if the offering be of the flocks, a holocaust of sheep or of goats, he shall offer a male without blemish.
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If your gift for a burnt offering is from the flock, from the sheep or goats, your offering shall be a male without blemish.
11 And he shall immolate it at the side of the altar that looketh to the north, before the Lord: but the sons of Aaron shall pour the blood thereof upon the altar round about.
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It shall be slaughtered on the north side of the altar before the Lord, and Aaron's sons the priests shall dash its blood against all sides of the altar.
12 And they shall divide the joints, the head, and all that cleave to the liver: and shall lay them upon the wood, under which the fire is to be put.
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It shall be cut up into its parts, with its head and its suet, and the priest shall arrange them on the wood that is on the fire on the altar;
13 But the entrails and the feet they shall wash with water. And the priest shall offer it all and burn it all upon the altar for a holocaust, and most sweet savour to the Lord.
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but the entrails and the legs shall be washed with water. Then the priest shall offer the whole and turn it into smoke on the altar; it is a burnt offering, an offering by fire of pleasing odor to the Lord.
14 But if the oblation of a holocaust to the Lord be of birds, of turtles, or of young pigeons:
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If your offering to the Lord is a burnt offering of birds, you shall choose your offering from turtledoves or pigeons.
15 The priest shall offer it at the altar: and twisting back the neck, and breaking the place of the wound, he shall make the blood run down upon the brim of the altar.
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The priest shall bring it to the altar and wring off its head, and turn it into smoke on the altar; and its blood shall be drained out against the side of the altar.
16 But the crop of the throat, and the feathers he shall cast beside the altar at the east side, in the place where the ashes are wont to be poured out.
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He shall remove its crop with its contents and throw it at the east side of the altar, in the place for ashes.
17 And he shall break the pinions thereof, and shall not cut, nor divide it with a knife: and shall burn it upon the altar, putting fire under the wood. It is a holocaust and oblation of most sweet savour to the Lord.
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He shall tear it open by its wings without severing it. Then the priest shall turn it into smoke on the altar, on the wood that is on the fire; it is a burnt offering, an offering by fire of pleasing odor to the Lord.
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