Lev 1:3-17 | NASB2020 | STEP | If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd , he shall offer a male without defect ; he shall offer it at the doorway of the tent of meeting , so that he may be accepted before the Lord .

Leviticus 1:3-17

3 If his offering is a ^aburnt offering from the herd, he shall offer a male ^bwithout defect; he shall offer it ^cat the doorway of the tent of meeting, so that he may be accepted before the Lord. 4 And ^dhe shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, so that it may be accepted for him to make ^eatonement on his behalf. 5 Then ^fhe shall ^{▼▼I.e., following a prescribed ritual, and so through ch 22}slaughter the ^{▼▼Lit son of the herd}bull before the Lord; and Aaron’s sons the priests shall offer up ⁱthe blood and ^jsprinkle the blood around on the altar that is at the doorway of the tent of meeting. 6 ^kHe shall then skin the burnt offering and cut it into its pieces. 7 And ^lthe sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire on the altar and arrange wood on the fire. 8 Then Aaron’s sons the priests shall arrange the pieces, with the head and the ^msuet, on the wood which is on the fire that is on the altar. 9 Its ⁿentrails, however, and its legs he shall wash with water. And ^othe priest shall offer all of it up in smoke on the altar as a burnt offering, an offering by fire as ^pa soothing aroma to the Lord.

10 ‘But if his offering is from the flock, either from the sheep or from the goats, as a burnt offering, he shall offer a ^qmale without defect. 11 And ^rhe shall slaughter it on the side of the altar northward before the Lord, and Aaron’s sons the priests shall sprinkle its blood around on the altar. 12 He shall then cut it into its pieces with its head and its ^ssuet, and the priest shall arrange them on the wood which is on the fire that is on the altar. 13 The entrails, however, and the legs he shall wash with water. And ^tthe priest shall offer all of it, and offer it up in smoke on the altar; it is a burnt offering, an offering by fire of a soothing aroma to the Lord.

14 ‘But if his offering to the Lord is a burnt offering of birds, then he shall bring his offering from the ^uturtledoves or from young doves. 15 The priest shall bring it to the altar, and pinch off its head, and offer it up in smoke on the altar; and its blood is to be drained out ^von the side of the altar. 16 He shall also remove its craw with its feathers and throw it beside the altar eastward, to the place of the ^wfatty ashes. 17 Then he shall tear it by its wings, but ^xshall not sever it. And the priest shall offer it up in smoke on the altar, on the wood which is on the fire; ^yit is a burnt offering, an offering by fire of a soothing aroma to the Lord.