Leviticus 1:4-7

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⁴ The person bringing it is to lay his hand upon its head, and it then becomes his substitute: the death of the animal will be accepted by God instead of the death of the man who brings it, as the penalty for his sins.^{[a] 5} The man shall then kill the animal there before the Lord, and Aaron’s sons, the priests, will present the blood before the Lord, sprinkling it upon all sides of the altar at the entrance of the Tabernacle. ^6-7 Then the priests will skin^[b] the animal and quarter it, and build a wood fire upon the altar,