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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Leviticus 1 NIV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/leviticus/1.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/leviticus/1-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NIV</a> > Leviticus 1</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../exodus/40.htm" title="Exodus 40">◄</a> Leviticus 1 <a href="../leviticus/2.htm" title="Leviticus 2">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New International Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/niv/esv/leviticus/1.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="sectionhead">The Burnt Offering</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/1-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>The <span class="name">Lord</span> called to Moses and spoke to him from the tent of meeting. He said, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘When anyone among you brings an offering to the <span class="name">Lord</span>, bring as your offering an animal from either the herd or the flock.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>“ ‘If the offering is a burnt offering from the herd, you are to offer a male without defect. You must present it at the entrance to the tent of meeting so that it will be acceptable to the <span class="name">Lord</span>. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>You are to lay your hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it will be accepted on your behalf to make atonement for you. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>You are to slaughter the young bull before the <span class="name">Lord</span>, and then Aaron’s sons the priests shall bring the blood and splash it against the sides of the altar at the entrance to the tent of meeting. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>You are to skin the burnt offering and cut it into pieces. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>The sons of Aaron the priest are to put fire on the altar and arrange wood on the fire. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Then Aaron’s sons the priests shall arrange the pieces, including the head and the fat, on the wood that is burning on the altar. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>You are to wash the internal organs and the legs with water, and the priest is to burn all of it on the altar. It is a burnt offering, a food offering, an aroma pleasing to the <span class="name">Lord</span>.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>“ ‘If the offering is a burnt offering from the flock, from either the sheep or the goats, you are to offer a male without defect. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>You are to slaughter it at the north side of the altar before the <span class="name">Lord</span>, and Aaron’s sons the priests shall splash its blood against the sides of the altar. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>You are to cut it into pieces, and the priest shall arrange them, including the head and the fat, on the wood that is burning on the altar. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>You are to wash the internal organs and the legs with water, and the priest is to bring all of them and burn them on the altar. It is a burnt offering, a food offering, an aroma pleasing to the <span class="name">Lord</span>.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>“ ‘If the offering to the <span class="name">Lord</span> is a burnt offering of birds, you are to offer a dove or a young pigeon. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The priest shall bring it to the altar, wring off the head and burn it on the altar; its blood shall be drained out on the side of the altar. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>He is to remove the crop and the feathers <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or crop with its contents; the meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.">a</a></sup></span> and throw them down east of the altar where the ashes are. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>He shall tear it open by the wings, not dividing it completely, and then the priest shall burn it on the wood that is burning on the altar. It is a burnt offering, a food offering, an aroma pleasing to the <span class="name">Lord</span>.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">16</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or <i>crop with its contents</i>; the meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.</span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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