1. So the Lord called out to Moses from inside the Meeting Tent and said,
2. “Tell the Israelites: When you bring an offering to the Lord, the offering must be one of your tame animals—it can be a sheep, a goat, or one of your cattle.
3. “If you offer one of your cattle as a burnt offering, it must be a bull that has nothing wrong with it. You must take the animal to the entrance of the Meeting Tent where the Lord will accept the offering.
4. You must put your hand on the animal’s head while it is being killed. So the Lord will accept it as your burnt offering to make you pure.
5. “You must kill the young bull in front of the Lord. Then Aaron’s sons, the priests, will bring the blood to the altar that is near the entrance of the Meeting Tent. He will splash the blood on all four sides of the altar.
6. You must remove the skin from that animal and then cut the animal into pieces.
7. Aaron’s sons, the priests, will put the fire on the altar and arrange the wood on the fire.
8. They will lay the pieces of the animal, including the head and fat, on top of the burning wood.
9. You must wash the legs and inner parts of the animal with water. Then the priest will bring all these parts to the altar to be offered as a burnt offering, a sweet-smelling gift to the Lord.
10. “If you offer a sheep or a goat as a burnt offering, it must be a male that has nothing wrong with it.