Leviticus 1

Laws for Burnt Offerings

1 a The Lord called Moses and spoke to him b from the tent of meeting, saying, 2 "Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, c When any one of you brings an offering to the Lord, you shall bring your offering of livestock from the herd or from the flock.

3 "If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he shall offer d a male without blemish. He shall bring it to the entrance of the tent of meeting, that he may be accepted before the Lord. 4 e He shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it shall be f accepted for him g to make atonement for him. 5 Then he shall kill the bull before the Lord, and Aaron's sons the priests shall bring the blood h and throw the blood against the sides of the altar that is at the entrance of the tent of meeting. 6 Then he shall flay the burnt offering and cut it into pieces, 7 and the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire on the altar and i arrange wood on the fire. 8 And Aaron's sons the priests shall arrange the pieces, the head, and the fat, on the wood that is on the fire on the altar; 9 but its entrails and its legs he shall wash with water. And the priest shall burn all of it on the altar, as j a burnt offering, a food offering 1 with a k pleasing aroma to the Lord.

10 "If his gift for a burnt offering is from the flock, from the sheep or goats, he shall bring a male without blemish, 11 l and he shall kill it on the north side of the altar before the Lord, and Aaron's sons the priests shall throw its blood against the sides of the altar. 12 And he shall cut it into pieces, with its head and its fat, and the priest shall arrange them on the wood that is on the fire on the altar, 13 but the entrails and the legs he shall wash with water. And the priest shall offer all of it and burn it on the altar; it is j a burnt offering, a food offering with k a pleasing aroma to the Lord.

14 "If his offering to the Lord is a burnt offering of birds, then he shall bring his offering of m turtledoves or pigeons. 15 And the priest shall bring it to the altar and wring off its head and burn it on the altar. Its blood shall be drained out on the side of the altar. 16 He shall remove its crop with its contents 2 and cast it n beside the altar on the east side, in the place for ashes. 17 He shall tear it open by its wings, but o shall not sever it completely. And the priest shall burn it on the altar, on the wood that is on the fire. It is a burnt offering, a food offering with a pleasing aroma to the Lord.

  1. Cross References
    Exodus 19:3
    While Moses went up to God. The Lord called to him out of the mountain, saying, "Thus you shall say to the house of Jacob, and tell the people of Israel:
  2. Cross References
    Exodus 40:34 - 35
    Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.
  3. Cross References
    Leviticus 22:18 - 19
    Speak to Aaron and his sons and all the people of Israel and say to them, When any one of the house of Israel or of the sojourners in Israel presents a burnt offering as his offering, for any of their vows or freewill offerings that they offer to the Lord.
  4. Cross References
    Exodus 12:5
    Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male a year old. You may take it from the sheep or from the goats.
  5. Cross References
    Leviticus 3:2
    And he shall lay his hand on the head of his of...
    Leviticus 3:8
    Lay his hand on the head of his offering, and k...
    Leviticus 3:13
    And lay his hand on its head and kill it in fro...
    Leviticus 4:4
    He shall bring the bull to the entrance of the ...
    Leviticus 4:15
    And the elders of the congregation shall lay th...
    Leviticus 4:24
    And shall lay his hand on the head of the goat ...
    Leviticus 4:29
    And he shall lay his hand on the head of the si...
    Leviticus 4:33
    And lay his hand on the head of the sin offerin...
    Leviticus 8:14
    Then he brought the bull of the sin offering, a...
    Leviticus 8:18
    Then he presented the ram of the burnt offering...
    Leviticus 8:22
    Then he presented the other ram, the ram of ord...
    Leviticus 16:21
    And Aaron shall lay both his hands on the head ...
    Exodus 29:10
    Then you shall bring the bull before the tent o...
    Exodus 29:15
    Then you shall take one of the rams, and Aaron ...
    Exodus 29:19
    You shall take the other ram, and Aaron and his...
  6. Cross References
    Leviticus 22:21
    And when anyone offers a sacrifice of peace offerings to the Lord to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering from the herd or from the flock, to be accepted it must be perfect; there shall be no blemish in it.
    Leviticus 22:27
    When an ox or sheep or goat is born, it shall remain seven days with its mother, and from the eighth day on it shall be acceptable as a food offering to the Lord.
    Isaiah 56:7
    These I will bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer; their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted on my altar; for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples.
    Romans 12:1
    I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.
    Philippians 4:18
    I have received full payment, and more. I am well supplied, having received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent, a fragrant offering, a sacrifice acceptable and pleasing to God.
  7. Cross References
    Leviticus 4:20
    Thus shall he do with the bull. As he did with ...
    Leviticus 4:26
    And all its fat he shall burn on the altar, lik...
    Leviticus 4:31
    And all its fat he shall remove, as the fat is ...
    Leviticus 4:35
    And all its fat he shall remove as the fat of t...
    Numbers 15:25
    And the priest shall make atonement for all the...
    2 Chronicles 29:23 - 24
    Then the goats for the sin offering were brough...
    Leviticus 9:7
    Then Moses said to Aaron, "Draw near to the alt...
    Leviticus 16:24
    And he shall bathe his body in water in a holy ...
  8. Cross References
    Leviticus 3:8
    Lay his hand on the head of his offering, and kill it in front of the tent of meeting; and Aaron's sons shall throw its blood against the sides of the altar.
    2 Chronicles 35:11
    And they slaughtered the Passover lamb, and the priests threw the blood that they received from them while the Levites flayed the sacrifices.
    Hebrews 12:24
    And to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.
    1 Peter 1:2
    According to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood: May grace and peace be multiplied to you.
  9. Cross References
    Genesis 22:9
    When they came to the place of which God had told him, Abraham built the altar there and laid the wood in order and bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood.
  10. Cross References
    Leviticus 2:3
    But the rest of the grain offering shall be for...
    Leviticus 2:9 - 10
    And the priest shall take from the grain offeri...
    Leviticus 2:11
    No grain offering that you bring to the Lord sh...
    Leviticus 2:16
    And the priest shall burn as its memorial porti...
    Leviticus 3:5
    Then Aaron's sons shall burn it on the altar on...
    Leviticus 3:9
    Then from the sacrifice of the peace offering h...
    Leviticus 3:11
    And the priest shall burn it on the altar as a ...
    Leviticus 3:14
    Then he shall offer from it, as his offering fo...
    Leviticus 3:16
    And the priest shall burn them on the altar as ...
    Leviticus 4:35
    And all its fat he shall remove as the fat of t...
    Exodus 29:18
    And burn the whole ram on the altar. It is a bu...
    Exodus 29:25
    Then you shall take them from their hands and b...
    Exodus 29:41
    The other lamb you shall offer at twilight, and...
  11. Cross References
    Genesis 8:21
    And when the Lord smelled the pleasing aroma, the Lord said in his heart, "I will never again curse the ground because of man, for the intention of man's heart is evil from his youth. Neither will I ever again strike down every living creature as I have done.
  12. Cross References
    Leviticus 1:5
    Then he shall kill the bull before the Lord, and Aaron's sons the priests shall bring the blood and throw the blood against the sides of the altar that is at the entrance of the tent of meeting.
  13. Cross References
    Leviticus 1:9
    But its entrails and its legs he shall wash with water. And the priest shall burn all of it on the altar, as a burnt offering, a food offering with a pleasing aroma to the Lord.
  14. Cross References
    Leviticus 1:9
    But its entrails and its legs he shall wash with water. And the priest shall burn all of it on the altar, as a burnt offering, a food offering with a pleasing aroma to the Lord.
  15. Cross References
    Leviticus 5:7
    But if he cannot afford a lamb, then he shall bring to the Lord as his compensation for the sin that he has committed two turtledoves or two pigeons, one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering.
    Leviticus 12:8
    And if she cannot afford a lamb, then she shall take two turtledoves or two pigeons, one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering. And the priest shall make atonement for her, and she shall be clean.'
    Luke 2:24
    And to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the Law of the Lord, "a pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.
  16. Cross References
    Leviticus 6:10
    And the priest shall put on his linen garment and put his linen undergarment on his body, and he shall take up the ashes to which the fire has reduced the burnt offering on the altar and put them beside the altar.
  17. Cross References
    Genesis 15:10
    And he brought him all these, cut them in half, and laid each half over against the other. But he did not cut the birds in half.
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