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Exodus 29:16-18
New Catholic Bible
Exodus 29:16-18
New Catholic Bible
16 Kill the ram and gather its blood and pour it around the altar. 17 Cut the ram into pieces. Wash the entrails and the legs and put them with the pieces and the head. 18 Then burn the entire ram on the altar. It is a pleasing fragrance[a] to the Lord, a burnt offering to the Lord.
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- Exodus 29:18 A pleasing fragrance: an anthropomorphism expressing the idea that the Lord accepts the sacrifice (see Gen 8:21; Lev 1:9; Num 28:2). Burnt offering: a sacrifice in which the entire animal is burned.