Leviticus 1

The Burnt Offering

1 The 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 anyone among you brings an offering to the LORD, bring as your offering an animal from either the herd or the flock.
3 “ ‘If the offering is a burnt offering from the herd, you are to offer a male without defect. You must present it at the entrance to the tent of meeting so that it will be acceptable to the LORD.
4 You are to lay your hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it will be accepted on your behalf to make atonement for you.
5 You are to slaughter the young bull before the LORD, and then Aaron’s sons the priests shall bring the blood and splash it against the sides of the altar at the entrance to the tent of meeting.
6 You are 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 Then Aaron’s sons the priests shall arrange the pieces, including the head and the fat, on the wood that is burning on the altar.
9 You are to wash the internal organs and the legs with water, and the priest is to burn all of it on the altar. It is a burnt offering, a food offering, an aroma pleasing to the LORD.
10 “ ‘If the offering is a burnt offering from the flock, from either the sheep or the goats, you are to offer a male without defect.
11 You are to slaughter it at the north side of the altar before the LORD, and Aaron’s sons the priests shall splash its blood against the sides of the altar.
12 You are to cut it into pieces, and the priest shall arrange them, including the head and the fat, on the wood that is burning on the altar.
13 You are to wash the internal organs and the legs with water, and the priest is to bring all of them and burn them on the altar. It is a burnt offering, a food offering, an aroma pleasing to the LORD.
14 “ ‘If the offering to the LORD is a burnt offering of birds, you are to offer a dove or a young pigeon.
15 The priest shall bring it to the altar, wring off the head and burn it on the altar; its blood shall be drained out on the side of the altar.
16 He is to remove the crop and the feathers[a] and throw them down east of the altar where the ashes are.
17 He shall tear it open by the wings, not dividing it completely, and then the priest shall burn it on the wood that is burning on the altar. It is a burnt offering, a food offering, an aroma pleasing to the LORD.

Cross References 43

  • 1. S Exodus 3:4; S Exodus 25:22">Exodus 25:22; Exodus 19:3; Exodus 25:22">Exodus 25:22
  • 2. S Exodus 27:21; S Exodus 40:2; Numbers 7:89
  • 3. Leviticus 7:16,38; Leviticus 22:21; Leviticus 23:38; Leviticus 27:9
  • 4. Leviticus 22:18-19; Numbers 15:3
  • 5. S Genesis 8:20
  • 6. ver 10; Leviticus 22:27; Ezra 8:35; Malachi 1:8
  • 7. S ver 5; S Exodus 12:5; S Leviticus 22:19,20; Deuteronomy 15:21; Hebrews 9:14; 1 Peter 1:19
  • 8. Leviticus 6:25; Leviticus 17:9; Numbers 6:16; Dt 12:5-6,11
  • 9. Isaiah 58:5
  • 10. S Exodus 29:10,15; Leviticus 3:2
  • 11. ver 3; Leviticus 4:29; Leviticus 6:25; Ezekiel 45:15
  • 12. S Genesis 32:20
  • 13. S Exodus 29:36; S Exodus 32:30; 2 Chronicles 29:23-24
  • 14. Exodus 29:11; Leviticus 3:2,8
  • 15. S ver 3; Exodus 29:1; Numbers 15:8; Deuteronomy 18:3; Psalms 50:9; Psalms 69:31
  • 16. Leviticus 8:2; Leviticus 10:6; Leviticus 21:1
  • 17. S Exodus 29:20; Hebrews 12:24; 1 Peter 1:2
  • 18. Leviticus 7:8
  • 19. Exodus 29:17
  • 20. ver 17; S Genesis 22:9; Leviticus 3:5; Leviticus 6:12
  • 21. ver 12; S Exodus 29:13; Leviticus 8:20
  • 22. Leviticus 9:13
  • 23. S Exodus 29:17
  • 24. Leviticus 6:22
  • 25. ver 13; Exodus 29:18; Leviticus 9:14
  • 26. ver 3
  • 27. Lev 23:8,25,36; Numbers 28:6,19
  • 28. ver 13; Genesis 8:21; Leviticus 2:2; Leviticus 3:5,16; Leviticus 17:6; Numbers 18:17; Numbers 28:11-13; Numbers 15:8-10; Ephesians 5:2
  • 29. S Genesis 22:7
  • 30. S ver 3; Exodus 12:5; Leviticus 3:12; Leviticus 4:23,28; Leviticus 5:6; Numbers 15:11
  • 31. S Exodus 29:11
  • 32. S Exodus 29:20; ver 5
  • 33. S ver 8
  • 34. S Exodus 29:17
  • 35. Leviticus 6:22
  • 36. S ver 9
  • 37. Deuteronomy 12:27
  • 38. S Genesis 15:9; Leviticus 5:7; Luke 2:24
  • 39. Leviticus 5:8
  • 40. Leviticus 5:9
  • 41. Leviticus 4:12; Leviticus 6:10; Numbers 4:13
  • 42. S Genesis 15:10
  • 43. S ver 7; Leviticus 5:8

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Or "crop with its contents" ; the meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

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