Chapter 1
1 THE HaShem called unto Moses, and spoke unto him out of the
tent of meeting, saying:
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them: When
any man of you bringeth an offering unto HaShem, ye shall bring your offering of
the cattle, even of the herd or of the flock.
3 If his offering
be a burnt-offering of the herd, he shall offer it a male without blemish; he
shall bring it to the door of the tent of meeting, that he may be accepted
before HaShem.
4 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the
burnt-offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.
5 And he shall kill the bullock before HaShem; and Aaron's
sons, the priests, shall present the blood, and dash the blood round about
against the altar that is at the door of the tent of meeting.
6 And he shall flay the burnt-offering, and cut it into its
pieces.
7 And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire upon the
altar, and lay wood in order upon the fire.
8 And Aaron's sons, the priests, shall lay the pieces, and
the head, and the suet, in order upon the wood that is on the fire which is upon
the altar;
9 but its inwards and its legs shall he wash with water; and
the priest shall make the whole smoke on the altar, for a burnt-offering, an
offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto HaShem.
10 And if his offering be of the flock, whether of the sheep,
or of the goats, for a burnt-offering, he shall offer it a male without blemish.
11 And he shall kill it on the side of the altar northward
before HaShem; and Aaron's sons, the priests, shall dash its blood against the
altar round about.
12 And he shall cut it into its pieces; and the priest shall
lay them, with its head and its suet, in order on the wood that is on the fire
which is upon the altar.
13 But the inwards and the legs shall he wash with water; and
the priest shall offer the whole, and make it smoke upon the altar; it is a
burnt-offering, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto HaShem.
14 And if his offering to HaShem be a burnt-offering of
fowls, then he shall bring his offering of turtle-doves, or of young pigeons.
15 And the priest shall bring it unto the altar, and pinch
off its head, and make it smoke on the altar; and the blood thereof shall be
drained out on the side of the altar.
16 And he shall take away its crop with the feathers thereof,
and cast it beside the altar on the east part, in the place of the ashes.
17 And he shall rend it by the wings thereof, but shall not
divide it asunder; and the priest shall make it smoke upon the altar, upon the
wood that is upon the fire; it is a burnt-offering, an offering made by fire, of
a sweet savour unto HaShem.
Sources: Portions copyright © 1997 by Benyamin Pilant, All Rights Reserved
JPS Electronic Edition, based on the 1917 JPS translation, Copyright © 1998 by Larry Nelson, All Rights Reserved
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