Leviticus 1
WEB·Leviticus 1
1Yahweh called to Moses, and spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting, saying,
KJVAnd the LORDH3068 calledH7121(H8799) unto MosesH4872, and spakeH1696(H8762) unto him out of the tabernacleH168 of the congregationH4150, sayingH559(H8800),
2 “Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘When anyone of you offers an offering to Yahweh, you shall offer your offering of the livestock, from the herd and from the flock.
KJVSpeakH1696(H8761) unto the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478, and sayH559(H8804) unto them, If any manH120 of you bringH7126(H8686) an offeringH7133 unto the LORDH3068, ye shall bringH7126(H8686) your offeringH7133 of the cattleH929, even of the herdH1241, and of the flockH6629.
3 “‘If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he shall offer a male without defect. He shall offer it at the door of the Tent of Meeting, that he may be accepted before Yahweh.
KJVIf his offeringH7133 be a burnt sacrificeH5930 of the herdH1241, let him offerH7126(H8686) a maleH2145 without blemishH8549: he shall offerH7126(H8686) it of his own voluntary willH7522 at the doorH6607 of the tabernacleH168 of the congregationH4150 beforeH6440 the LORDH3068.
4 He shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.
KJVAnd he shall putH5564(H8804) his handH3027 upon the headH7218 of the burnt offeringH5930; and it shall be acceptedH7521(H8738) for him to make atonementH3722(H8763) for him.
5 He shall kill the bull before Yahweh. Aaron’s sons, the priests, shall present the blood and sprinkle the blood around on the altar that is at the door of the Tent of Meeting.
KJVAnd he shall killH7819(H8804) the bullockH1121H1241 beforeH6440 the LORDH3068: and the priestsH3548, Aaron'sH175 sonsH1121, shall bringH7126(H8689) the bloodH1818, and sprinkleH2236(H8804) the bloodH1818 round aboutH5439 upon the altarH4196 that is by the doorH6607 of the tabernacleH168 of the congregationH4150.
6 He shall skin the burnt offering and cut it into pieces.
KJVAnd he shall flayH6584(H8689) the burnt offeringH5930, and cutH5408(H8765) it into his piecesH5409.
7 The sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire on the altar, and lay wood in order on the fire;
KJVAnd the sonsH1121 of AaronH175 the priestH3548 shall putH5414(H8804) fireH784 upon the altarH4196, and lay the woodH6086 in orderH6186(H8804) upon the fireH784:
8 and Aaron’s sons, the priests, shall lay the pieces, the head, and the fat in order on the wood that is on the fire which is on the altar;
KJVAnd the priestsH3548, Aaron'sH175 sonsH1121, shall layH6186 the partsH5409, the headH7218, and the fatH6309, in orderH6186(H8804) upon the woodH6086 that is on the fireH784 which is upon the altarH4196:
9 but he shall wash its innards and its legs with water. The priest shall burn all of it on the altar, for a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to Yahweh.
KJVBut his inwardsH7130 and his legsH3767 shall he washH7364(H8799) in waterH4325: and the priestH3548 shall burnH6999(H8689) all on the altarH4196, to be a burnt sacrificeH5930, an offering made by fireH801, of a sweetH5207 savourH7381 unto the LORDH3068.
10 “‘If his offering is from the flock, from the sheep or from the goats, for a burnt offering, he shall offer a male without defect.
KJVAnd if his offeringH7133 be of the flocksH6629, namely, of the sheepH3775, or of the goatsH5795, for a burnt sacrificeH5930; he shall bringH7126(H8686) it a maleH2145 without blemishH8549.
11 He shall kill it on the north side of the altar before Yahweh. Aaron’s sons, the priests, shall sprinkle its blood around on the altar.
KJVAnd he shall killH7819(H8804) it on the sideH3409 of the altarH4196 northwardH6828 beforeH6440 the LORDH3068: and the priestsH3548, Aaron'sH175 sonsH1121, shall sprinkleH2236(H8804) his bloodH1818 round aboutH5439 upon the altarH4196.
12 He shall cut it into its pieces, with its head and its fat. The priest shall lay them in order on the wood that is on the fire which is on the altar,
KJVAnd he shall cutH5408(H8765) it into his piecesH5409, with his headH7218 and his fatH6309: and the priestH3548 shall lay them in orderH6186(H8804) on the woodH6086 that is on the fireH784 which is upon the altarH4196:
13 but the innards and the legs he shall wash with water. The priest shall offer the whole, and burn it on the altar. It is a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to Yahweh.
KJVBut he shall washH7364(H8799) the inwardsH7130 and the legsH3767 with waterH4325: and the priestH3548 shall bringH7126(H8689) it all, and burnH6999(H8689) it upon the altarH4196: it is a burnt sacrificeH5930, an offering made by fireH801, of a sweetH5207 savourH7381 unto the LORDH3068.
14 “‘If his offering to Yahweh is a burnt offering of birds, then he shall offer his offering from turtledoves or of young pigeons.
KJVAnd if the burnt sacrificeH5930 for his offeringH7133 to the LORDH3068 be of fowlsH5775, then he shall bringH7126(H8689) his offeringH7133 of turtledovesH8449, or of youngH1121 pigeonsH3123.
15 The priest shall bring it to the altar, and wring off its head, and burn it on the altar; and its blood shall be drained out on the side of the altar;
KJVAnd the priestH3548 shall bringH7126(H8689) it unto the altarH4196, and wring offH4454(H8804) his headH7218, and burnH6999(H8689) it on the altarH4196; and the bloodH1818 thereof shall be wrung outH4680(H8738) at the sideH7023 of the altarH4196:
16 and he shall take away its crop and its feathers, and cast it beside the altar on the east part, in the place of the ashes.
KJVAnd he shall pluck awayH5493(H8689) his cropH4760 with his feathersH5133, and castH7993(H8689) it besideH681 the altarH4196 on the east partH6924, by the placeH4725 of the ashesH1880:
17 He shall tear it by its wings, but shall not divide it apart. The priest shall burn it on the altar, on the wood that is on the fire. It is a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to Yahweh.
KJVAnd he shall cleaveH8156(H8765) it with the wingsH3671 thereof, but shall not divide it asunderH914(H8686): and the priestH3548 shall burnH6999(H8689) it upon the altarH4196, upon the woodH6086 that is upon the fireH784: it is a burnt sacrificeH5930, an offering made by fireH801, of a sweetH5207 savourH7381 unto the LORDH3068.
Leviticus 1
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