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The bull shall then be slaughtered[a] 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.(A) Then the burnt offering shall be flayed and cut into pieces. After Aaron’s sons, the priests, have put burning embers on the altar and laid wood on them, they shall lay the pieces of meat, together with the head and the suet, on top of the wood and the embers on the altar; but the inner organs and the shanks shall be washed with water. The priest shall then burn all of it on the altar as a burnt offering, a sweet-smelling oblation to the Lord.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 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.

You are to slaughter(A) the young bull(B) before the Lord, and then Aaron’s sons(C) the priests shall bring the blood and splash it against the sides of the altar(D) at the entrance to the tent of meeting. You are to skin(E) the burnt offering and cut it into pieces.(F) The sons of Aaron the priest are to put fire on the altar and arrange wood(G) on the fire. Then Aaron’s sons the priests shall arrange the pieces, including the head and the fat,(H) on the wood(I) that is burning on the altar. You are to wash the internal organs and the legs with water,(J) and the priest is to burn all of it(K) on the altar.(L) It is a burnt offering,(M) a food offering,(N) an aroma pleasing to the Lord.(O)

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