1:3 he shall offer. The layman offering the sacrifice (vv. 4–6, 9) was to kill, skin, cut up, and wash the animal, whereas the priest brings it to God by putting the blood and flesh on the altar.

entrance of the tent. The screened-off courtyard surrounding the tabernacle of meeting. The great altar and a laver for washing the sacrifices stood in the courtyard (v. 9).