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Leviticus 9:3-13 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

3. Tell the people of Israel that they must offer sacrifices as well. They must offer a goat as a sacrifice for sin, and a bull and a ram as a sacrifice to please the Lord. The bull and the ram must be a year old and have nothing wrong with them.

4. Then the people must offer a bull and a ram as a sacrifice to ask the Lord's blessing and also a grain sacrifice mixed with oil. Do this, because the Lord will appear to you today.

5. After the animals and the grain had been brought to the front of the sacred tent, and the people were standing there in the presence of the Lord,

6. Moses said:The Lord has ordered you to do this, so that he may appear to you in all his glory.

7. Aaron, step up to the altar and offer the sacrifice to please the Lord, then offer the sacrifices for the forgiveness of your sins and for the sins of the people, just as the Lord has commanded.

8. Aaron stepped up to the altar and killed the bull that was to be the sacrifice for his sins.

9. His sons brought him the blood. He dipped a finger in it, smeared some on the four corners of the bronze altar, and poured out the rest at its foot.

10. But he sent up in smoke the fat, the kidneys, and the lower part of the liver, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

11. Then Aaron burnt the skin and the flesh outside the camp.

12. After Aaron had killed the ram that was sacrificed to please the Lord, Aaron's sons brought him the blood, and he splattered it against all four sides of the altar.

13. They brought him each piece of the animal, including the head, and he burnt them all on the altar.