Leviticus

燔祭的條例

1耶和華從會幕中呼叫摩西，對他說：

2「你曉諭以色列人說：你們中間若有人獻供物給耶和華，要從牛群羊群中獻牲畜為供物。

3「他的供物若以牛為燔祭，就要在會幕門口獻一隻沒有殘疾的公牛，可以在耶和華面前蒙悅納。

4他要按手在燔祭牲的頭上，燔祭便蒙悅納，為他贖罪。

5他要在耶和華面前宰公牛；亞倫子孫作祭司的，要奉上血，把血灑在會幕門口、壇的周圍。

6那人要剝去燔祭牲的皮，把燔祭牲切成塊子。

7祭司亞倫的子孫要把火放在壇上，把柴擺在火上。

8亞倫子孫作祭司的，要把肉塊和頭並脂油擺在壇上火的柴上。

9但燔祭的臟腑與腿要用水洗。祭司就要把一切全燒在壇上，當作燔祭，獻與耶和華為馨香的火祭。

10「人的供物若以綿羊或山羊為燔祭，就要獻上沒有殘疾的公羊。

11要把羊宰於壇的北邊，在耶和華面前；亞倫子孫作祭司的，要把羊血灑在壇的周圍。

12要把燔祭牲切成塊子，連頭和脂油，祭司就要擺在壇上火的柴上；

13但臟腑與腿要用水洗，祭司就要全然奉獻，燒在壇上。這是燔祭，是獻與耶和華為馨香的火祭。

14「人奉給耶和華的供物，若以鳥為燔祭，就要獻斑鳩或是雛鴿為供物。

15祭司要把鳥拿到壇前，揪下頭來，把鳥燒在壇上；鳥的血要流在壇的旁邊；

16又要把鳥的嗉子和髒物除掉，丟在壇的東邊倒灰的地方。

17要拿着鳥的兩個翅膀，把鳥撕開，只是不可撕斷；祭司要在壇上、在火的柴上焚燒。這是燔祭，是獻與耶和華為馨香的火祭。」

1And the Lord called Moses, and spoke to him from the tabernacle of the testimony, saying:

2Speak 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,

3If 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:

4And he shall put his hand upon the head of the victim, and it shall be acceptable, and help to its expiation.

5And 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.

6And when they have flayed the victim, they shall cut the joints into pieces,

7And shall put fire on the altar, having before laid in order a pile of wood:

8And they shall lay the parts that are cut out in order thereupon, to wit, the head, and all things that cleave to the liver,

9The 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.

10And if the offering be of the hocks, a holocaust of sheep or of goats, he shall offer a male without blemish:

11And he shall immolate it at the side of the altar that looketh to the north, before the Lord: but the sons of Aaron shall pour the blood thereof upon the altar round about:

12And they shall divide the joints, the head, and all that cleave to the liver: and shall lay them upon the wood, under which the fire is to be put:

13But the entrails and the feet they shall wash with water. And the priest shall offer it all and burn it all upon the altar for a holocaust, and most sweet savour to the Lord.

14But if the oblation of a holocaust to the Lord be of birds, of turtles, or of young pigeons,

15The priest shall offer it at the altar: and twisting back the neck, and breaking the place of the wound, he shall make the blood run down upon the brim of the altar.

16But the crop of the throat, and the feathers he shall cast beside the altar at the east side, in the place where the ashes are wont to be poured out,

17And he shall break the pinions thereof, and shall not cut, nor divide it with a knife, and shall burn it upon the altar, putting fire under the wood. It is a holocaust and oblation of most sweet savour to the Lord.