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Leviticus 1:11Then the Lord called to Moses and spoke to him from the Meeting Tent:Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AIFlowchartCross Refs:Exod 19:3Exod 25:22Exod 40:34-35Exod 29:42Exod 24:1-2Exod 24:12Exod 33:7Exod 39:32John 1:17Num 7:89
Leviticus 1:22“Speak to the Israelites and tell them, ‘When someone among you presents an offering to the Lord, you must present your offering from the domesticated animals, either from the herd or from the flock.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AIFlowchartCross Refs:Lev 22:18-19Rom 12:61 Chr 16:29Eph 5:2Gen 4:3Gen 4:5Rom 12:1
Leviticus 1:33“‘If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd he must present it as a flawless male; he must present it at the entrance of the Meeting Tent for its acceptance before the Lord.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AIFlowchartCross Refs:Deut 15:21Heb 9:14Lev 22:19-24Exod 12:5Eph 5:27Heb 10:8-10Deut 17:1Heb 7:261 Pet 1:18-19Eph 2:18
Leviticus 1:44He must lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it will be accepted for him to make atonement on his behalf.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AIFlowchartCross Refs:2 Chr 29:23-24Lev 3:2Lev 3:8Exod 29:10Exod 29:15Lev 4:20Lev 4:26Rom 12:11 John 2:2Exod 29:19
Leviticus 1:55Then the one presenting the offering must slaughter the bull before the Lord, and the sons of Aaron, the priests, must present the blood and splash the blood against the sides of the altar, which is at the entrance of the Meeting Tent.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AIFlowchartCross Refs:Lev 1:11Lev 3:8Lev 3:21 Pet 1:22 Chr 35:11Heb 12:24Lev 3:13Exod 29:162 Chr 29:22-24Exod 24:6-8
Leviticus 1:66Next, the one presenting the offering must skin the burnt offering and cut it into parts,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AIFlowchartCross Refs:Lev 7:8Gen 3:21
Leviticus 1:77and the sons of Aaron, the priest, must put fire on the altar and arrange wood on the fire.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AIFlowchartCross Refs:Gen 22:9Lev 6:12-131 Chr 21:262 Chr 7:1Lev 9:24-10:1Mal 1:10Neh 13:31
Leviticus 1:88Then the sons of Aaron, the priests, must arrange the parts with the head and the suet on the wood that is in the fire on the altar.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AIFlowchartCross Refs:Lev 9:13-141 Kgs 18:231 Kgs 18:33Exod 29:17-18Lev 1:12Lev 8:18-21
Leviticus 1:99Finally, the one presenting the offering must wash its entrails and its legs in water and the priest must offer all of it up in smoke on the altar —it is a burnt offering, a gift of a soothing aroma to the Lord.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AIFlowchartCross Refs:Gen 8:21Lev 1:13Eph 5:22 Cor 2:15Exod 29:18Ezek 20:41Lev 3:11Exod 29:25Ezek 20:28Jer 4:14
Leviticus 1:1010“‘If his offering is from the flock for a burnt offering —from the sheep or the goats—he must present a flawless male,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AIFlowchartCross Refs:Lev 1:2-3Gen 8:20Lev 22:19Mal 1:14Exod 12:5Isa 53:6-7John 1:29Lev 4:23Gen 4:4
Leviticus 1:1111and must slaughter it on the north side of the altar before the Lord, and the sons of Aaron, the priests, will splash its blood against the altar’s sides.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AIFlowchartCross Refs:Lev 1:5Exod 40:22Ezek 8:5Lev 1:7-9Lev 6:25Lev 7:2Lev 9:12-14
Leviticus 1:1212Next, the one presenting the offering must cut it into parts, with its head and its suet, and the priest must arrange them on the wood that is in the fire on the altar.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AIFlowchart
Leviticus 1:1313Then the one presenting the offering must wash the entrails and the legs in water, and the priest must present all of it and offer it up in smoke on the altar—it is a burnt offering, a gift of a soothing aroma to the Lord.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AIFlowchartCross Refs:Lev 1:9
Leviticus 1:1414“‘If his offering to the Lord is a burnt offering of birds, he must present his offering from the turtledoves or from the young pigeons.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AIFlowchartCross Refs:Lev 5:7Luke 2:24Lev 12:82 Cor 8:12Gen 15:9Heb 7:26Matt 11:29
Leviticus 1:1515The priest must present it at the altar, pinch off its head and offer the head up in smoke on the altar, and its blood must be drained out against the side of the altar.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AIFlowchartCross Refs:1 John 2:27Isa 53:10Isa 53:4-5Lev 5:8-9Matt 26:1-27Ps 22:1Ps 22:21Ps 69:1-21
Leviticus 1:1616Then the priest must remove its entrails by cutting off its tail feathers, and throw them to the east side of the altar into the place of fatty ashes,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AIFlowchartCross Refs:1 Pet 1:2Heb 13:11-14Lev 16:27Lev 4:12Luke 1:35Lev 6:10-11
Leviticus 1:1717and tear it open by its wings without dividing it into two parts. Finally, the priest must offer it up in smoke on the altar on the wood which is in the fire—it is a burnt offering, a gift of a soothing aroma to the Lord.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AIFlowchartCross Refs:Gen 15:101 Pet 1:19-211 Pet 3:18Heb 10:6-12Heb 13:15-16John 19:30Lev 1:13Lev 1:9-10Lev 5:8Matt 27:50
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