Leviticus 1:4-6
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
4 and shall lay a hand[a] on the head(A) of the burnt offering, so that it may be acceptable(B) to make atonement(C) for the one who offers it. 5 The bull shall then be slaughtered[b] before the Lord, and Aaron’s sons, the priests, shall offer its blood by splashing it on all the sides of the altar which is at the entrance of the tent of meeting.(D) 6 Then the burnt offering shall be flayed and cut into pieces.
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- 1:4 Lay a hand: the imposition of a single hand for the sacrifices in chaps. 1–5 may be a means of designating the animal as belonging to the offerer. See note on 16:21. Atonement: see note on 16:6.
- 1:5 Shall then be slaughtered: lit., “he shall slaughter the bull.” Slaughtering is not something the offerer must do (as opposed to, for example, hand placement [v. 4] or the presentation of sacrificial portions as an elevated offering [7:29–34]). Thus the verb is construed impersonally here.
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