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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 ESV</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="../">ESV</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">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/leviticus/1.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Laws for Burnt Offerings</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/1-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> called Moses and spoke to him from the tent of meeting, saying, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When any one of you brings an offering to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, you shall bring your offering of livestock from the herd or from the flock.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>“If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he shall offer a male without blemish. He shall bring it to the entrance of the tent of meeting, that he may be accepted before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>He shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Then he shall kill the bull before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Then he shall flay 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>and the sons of Aaron the priest shall 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>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; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>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<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or an offering by fire; so throughout Leviticus">a</a></sup></span> with a pleasing aroma to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>“If his gift for a burnt offering is from the flock, from the sheep or goats, he shall bring a male without blemish, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>and he shall kill it on the north side of the altar before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, and Aaron’s sons the priests shall throw 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>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, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>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 a burnt offering, a food offering with a pleasing aroma to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>“If his offering to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> is a burnt offering of birds, then he shall bring his offering of turtledoves or pigeons. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>He shall remove its crop with its contents<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or feathers">b</a></sup></span> and cast it beside the altar on the east side, in the place for ashes. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>He shall tear it open by its wings, but 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 <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">9</span> Or <i><span class="catch-word">an</span> offering by fire</i>; so throughout Leviticus<br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">16</span> Or <i>feathers</i><br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. The ESV® text has been reproduced in cooperation with and by permission of Good News Publishers. Unauthorized reproduction of this publication is prohibited. 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