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New Testament
Leviticus
Leviticus was written by Moses during Israel's wandering in the wilderness about 1400 BC. It consists mostly of laws for the religious and civil life of Israel.
Laws for the Offerings
11Then the Lord summoned Moses and spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting. 2He said, “Speak to the Israelites and tell them these things.”
Regulations for the Whole Burnt Offering
When any of you present an offering to the Lord, when it is from the livestock, you may present your offering from the herd or the flock.
3If a person's offering is a whole burnt offering[] selected from the herd, he shall present a male without blemish. He shall present it at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting so that it[] will be accepted before the Lord. 4He shall lay[] his hand on the head of the burnt offering so that it may be accepted for him to make atonement on his behalf. 5He shall slaughter the young bull[] before the Lord. Then Aaron's sons, the priests, shall present the blood and splash the blood against all the sides of the altar at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. 6They are to skin the burnt offering and cut it up into sections. 7The sons of Aaron the priest are to stoke the fire on the altar and lay out wood on the fire. 8Then Aaron's sons, the priests, are to lay out the sections, together with the head and the fat, on the wood that is on the fire on the altar. 9Then they are to wash its inner organs and its lower legs with water. The priest shall send it all up in smoke on the altar as a whole burnt offering, an offering made by fire,[] with a pleasing aroma to the Lord.
10If a person's offering for a whole burnt offering is from the flock, from the sheep or from the goats, he shall present a male without blemish. 11He shall slaughter it on the north side of the altar in the presence of the Lord. Then Aaron's sons, the priests, shall splash its blood against all sides of the altar. 12When he has cut it into sections, together with its head and its fat, the priest is to lay them out on the wood that is on the fire on the altar. 13Then he is to wash the inner organs and the lower legs with water. The priest shall present all of it and send it up in smoke on the altar. It is a whole burnt offering, an offering made by fire, with a pleasing aroma to the Lord.
14If a person's offering to the Lord for a whole burnt offering consists of birds, he shall present a turtledove or some kind of pigeon as his offering. 15The priest shall bring it to the altar, wring off its head, and send it up in smoke on the altar. Its blood is to be drained out on the side of the altar. 16He is to remove its digestive system by cutting off its tail feathers[] and throwing them into the place for the ashes at the east side of the altar. 17He is to tear it open by its wings, without tearing it apart. Then the priest shall send it up in smoke on the altar, upon the wood that is on the fire. It is a whole burnt offering, an offering made by fire, with a pleasing aroma to the Lord.
Footnotes
- 1:3 This offering (the 'olah, that which goes up) was completely burned up on the altar. It is, therefore, called the whole burnt offering to distinguish it from the other sacrifices, which were only partially burned on the altar. The full name, the whole burnt offering, is sometimes abbreviated to the burnt offering.
- 1:3 Or he
- 1:4 Or press
- 1:5 Literally son of a bull. Son may simply indicate a class rather than an age.
- 1:9 Or a food offering or a special offering or a gift. The Hebrew term isheh was traditionally thought to be an offering made by fire because of its similarity to the Hebrew word for fire, but some contexts and similar words in other Semitic languages suggest that the term may sometimes refer to a gift of food. In some verses the Hebrew word for food is added to the description of the offering. The Lord, of course, does not literally need food. Our usual translation is an offering made by fire, but when the offering is not burned, it is simply translated gift.
- 1:16 The meaning of this Hebrew expression is uncertain. It may refer to the crop or gizzard, which is part of a bird's digestive system.