A reading from the book of Leviticus. The Lord called Moses and spoke to him from the ten of

meeting, saying, speak to the people of Israel and say to them, when any one of you brings an offering to the

Lord, you shall bring your offering of livestock from the herd or from the flock. If his offering is a burnt

offering from the herd, he shall offer

a mail without blemish. He shall bring it to the entrance of the tent of meeting, that he may be

accepted before the Lord. He shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it shall be

accepted for him to make atonement for him. Then he shall kill the bull before the Lord. And Aaron's sons, the priests,

shall bring the blood and throw the blood against the sides of the altar that is at the entrance

of the tent of meeting. Then he shall flay the burnt offering and cut it into pieces. And the sons

of Aaron, the priest, shall put fire on the altar and arrange wood on the fire. And Aaron's sons, the priests,

shall arrange the pieces, the head and the fat, on the wood that is on the fire on the altar.

But its entrails and its legs he shall wash with water. And the priest shall burn all of it on the

altar as a burnt offering, a food offering with a pleasing aroma to the

Lord. If his gift for a burnt offering is from the flock, from the sheep or goats, he shall bring a male

without blemish, and he shall kill it on the north side of the altar before the Lord. And Aaron's sons,

the priests, shall throw its blood against the sides of the altar,

and he shall cut it into pieces, with its head and its fat,

and the priest shall arrange them on the wood that is on the fire on the altar,

but the entrails and the legs he shall wash with water,

and the priest shall offer all of it and burn it on the altar.

It is a burnt offering, a food offering with a pleasing aroma to the Lord.

If his offering to the Lord is a burnt offering of birds,

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