New American Bible, Revised Edition

Leviticus 1:4-12 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

4. and shall lay a hand on the head of the burnt offering, so that it may be acceptable to make atonement for the one who offers it.

5. The bull shall then be slaughtered 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.

6. Then the burnt offering shall be flayed and cut into pieces.

7. After Aaron’s sons, the priests, have put burning embers on the altar and laid wood on them,

8. 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;

9. 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.

10. If a person’s burnt offering is from the flock, that is, a sheep or a goat, the offering must be a male without blemish.

11. It shall be slaughtered on the north side of the altar before the Lord, and Aaron’s sons, the priests, shall splash its blood on all the sides of the altar.

12. When it has been cut into pieces, the priest shall lay these, together with the head and suet, on top of the wood and the embers on the altar;