Leviticus:1

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* And the Lord called Moses , and spoke to him from the tabernacle of the testimony , saying : * Speak to the children of Israel , and thou shalt say to them : The man among you that shall offer to the Lord a sacrifice of the cattle , that is , offering victims of oxen and sheep , * If his offering be a holocaust , and of the herd , he shall offer a male without blemish , at the door of the testimony , to make the Lord favourable to him : * And he shall put his hand upon the head of the victim , and it shall be acceptable , and help to its expiation . * And he shall immolate the calf before the Lord , and the priests the sons of Aaron shall offer the blood thereof , pouring it round about the altar , which is before the door of the tabernacle . * And when they have flayed the victim , they shall cut the joints into pieces , * And shall put fire on the altar , having before laid in order a pile of wood : * And they shall lay the parts that are cut out in order thereupon , to wit , the head , and all things that cleave to the liver , * The entrails and feet being washed with water : and the priest shall burn them upon the altar for a holocaust , and a sweet savour to the Lord . * And if the offering be of the hocks , a holocaust of sheep or of goats , he shall offer a male without blemish : * And he shall immolate it at the side of the altar that looketh to the north , before the Lord : but the sons of Aaron shall pour the blood thereof upon the altar round about : * And they shall divide the joints , the head , and all that cleave to the liver : and shall lay them upon the wood , under which the fire is to be put : * But the entrails and the feet they shall wash with water . And the priest shall offer it all and burn it all upon the altar for a holocaust , and most sweet savour to the Lord . * But if the oblation of a holocaust to the Lord be of birds , of turtles , or of young pigeons , * The priest shall offer it at the altar : and twisting back the neck , and breaking the place of the wound , he shall make the blood run down upon the brim of the altar . * But the crop of the throat , and the feathers he shall cast beside the altar at the east side , in the place where the ashes are wont to be poured out , * And he shall break the pinions thereof , and shall not cut , nor divide it with a knife , and shall burn it upon the altar , putting fire under the wood . It is a holocaust and oblation of most sweet savour to the Lord .

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