1. And the Lord called Moses, and spoke to him from the tabernacle of the testimony, saying:
2. Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them: The man among you that shall offer to the Lord a sacrifice of the cattle, that is, offering victims of oxen and sheep,
3. If his offering be a holocaust, and of the herd, he shall offer a male without blemish, at the door of the testimony, to make the Lord favourable to him:
4. And he shall put his hand upon the head of the victim, and it shall be acceptable, and help to its expiation.
5. And he shall immolate the calf before the Lord, and the priests the sons of Aaron shall offer the blood thereof, pouring it round about the altar, which is before the door of the tabernacle.
6. And when they have flayed the victim, they shall cut the joints into pieces,
7. And shall put fire on the altar, having before laid in order a pile of wood:
8. And they shall lay the parts that are cut out in order thereupon, to wit, the head, and all things that cleave to the liver,
9. The entrails and feet being washed with water: and the priest shall burn them upon the altar for a holocaust, and a sweet savour to the Lord.
10. And if the offering be of the hocks, a holocaust of sheep or of goats, he shall offer a male without blemish: