The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Leviticus 01
1 Yahweh† 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 Yahweh, you shall offer your
offering ofthe 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 Yahweh.
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 Yahweh.
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 fatin 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 Yahweh.
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 Yahweh. 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 Yahweh.
14 “ ‘If his offering to Yahweh 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 Yahweh.