¹⁴ If a person offers a bird as a burnt offering to the Lord, the offering brought must be a turtledove or a pigeon.^{(A) 15} Having brought it to the altar, the priest shall wring its head off and burn it on the altar. The blood shall be drained out against the side of the altar.^{(B) 16} He shall remove its crissum^[a] by means of its feathers and throw it on the ash heap at the east side of the altar. ¹⁷ Then, having torn the bird open by its wings without separating the halves, the priest shall burn it on the altar, on the wood and the embers. It is a burnt offering, a sweet-smelling oblation to the Lord.

⁷ If, however, the person cannot afford an animal of the flock,^(A) that person shall bring to the Lord as reparation for the wrong committed two turtledoves or two pigeons, one for a purification offering and the other for a burnt offering. ⁸ The guilty party shall bring them to the priest, who shall offer the one for the purification offering first.^(B) Wringing its head at the neck, yet without breaking it off, ⁹ he shall sprinkle some of the blood of the purification offering against the side of the altar. The rest of the blood shall be drained out against the base of the altar. It is a purification offering. ¹⁰ The other bird he shall offer as a burnt offering according to procedure. Thus the priest shall make atonement on the person’s behalf for the wrong committed, so that the individual may be forgiven.