The Burnt Offering

1 Then the Lord summoned Moses^(A) and spoke to him from the tent of meeting:^{(B) 2} “Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When any of you brings an offering to the Lord from the livestock, you^[a] may bring your offering from the herd or the flock.

³ “If his gift is a burnt offering^(C) from the herd, he is to bring an unblemished male.^(D) He must bring it to the entrance to the tent of meeting so that he^[b] may be accepted by the Lord.^{(E) 4} He is to lay his hand on^(F) the head of the burnt offering so it can be accepted^(G) on his behalf to make atonement for him.^{(H) 5} He is to slaughter the bull before the Lord; Aaron’s sons the priests^(I) are to present the blood^(J) and sprinkle it^(K) on all sides of the altar that is at the entrance to the tent of meeting. ⁶ Then he must skin the burnt offering^(L) and cut it into pieces.^{[c] 7} The sons of Aaron the priest will prepare a fire on the altar and arrange wood on the fire. ⁸ Aaron’s sons the priests are to arrange the pieces, the head, and the suet^(M) on top of the burning wood on the altar. ⁹ The offerer must wash its entrails^(N) and shanks^(O) with water. Then the priest will burn all of it on the altar as a burnt offering, a fire offering^(P) of a pleasing aroma^(Q) to the Lord.

¹⁰ “But if his gift for a burnt offering is from the flock, from sheep or goats,^(R) he is to present an unblemished male. ¹¹ He will slaughter it on the north side of the altar before the Lord. Aaron’s sons the priests will sprinkle its blood against the altar on all sides. ¹² He will cut the animal into pieces^[d] with its head and its suet, and the priest will arrange them on top of the burning wood on the altar. ¹³ But he is to wash the entrails and shanks with water. The priest will then present all of it and burn it on the altar; it is a burnt offering, a fire offering of a pleasing aroma to the Lord.

The Burnt Offering

^8 [a]The Lord spoke to Moses: ⁹ “Command Aaron and his sons: This is the law of the burnt offering; the burnt offering itself must remain on the altar’s hearth all night until morning, while the fire of the altar is kept burning on it. ¹⁰ The priest is to put on his linen robe and linen undergarments.^[b](A) He is to remove the ashes of the burnt offering the fire has consumed on the altar, and place them beside the altar. ¹¹ Then he must take off his garments, put on other clothes,^(B) and bring the ashes outside the camp to a ceremonially clean place. ¹² The fire on the altar is to be kept burning; it must not go out. Every morning the priest will burn wood on the fire. He is to arrange the burnt offering on the fire and burn the fat portions from the fellowship offerings^(C) on it. ¹³ Fire must be kept burning on the altar continually; it must not go out.