KJV King James Version
But he shall wash the inwards and the legs with water: and the priest shall bring [it] all, and burn [it] upon the altar: it [is] a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
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Leviticus 1:13
But he shall wash the inwards and the legs with water: and the priest shall bring [it] all, and burn [it] upon the altar: it [is] a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The entrails and legs must be washed with water, and the priest shall present all of it and burn it on the altar; it is a burnt offering, a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
WEB World English Bible
but the innards and the legs he shall wash with water. The priest shall offer the whole, and burn it on the altar. It is a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to Yahweh.
ASV American Standard Version
but the inwards and the legs shall he wash with water; and the priest shall offer the whole, and burn it upon the altar: it is a burnt-offering, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and the inwards and the legs he doth wash with water, and the priest hath brought the whole near, and hath made perfume on the altar; it is a burnt-offering, a fire-offering of sweet fragrance to Jehovah.
Surrounding context — Leviticus 1
10 And if his offering [be] of the flocks, [namely], of the sheep, or of the goats, for a burnt sacrifice; he shall bring it a male without blemish.
11 And he shall kill it on the side of the altar northward before the LORD: and the priests, Aaron’s sons, shall sprinkle his blood round about upon the altar.
12 And he shall cut it into his pieces, with his head and his fat: and the priest shall lay them in order on the wood that [is] on the fire which [is] upon the altar:
13 But he shall wash the inwards and the legs with water: and the priest shall bring [it] all, and burn [it] upon the altar: it [is] a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
14 And if the burnt sacrifice for his offering to the LORD [be] of fowls, then he shall bring his offering of turtledoves, or of young pigeons.
15 And the priest shall bring it unto the altar, and wring off his head, and burn [it] on the altar; and the blood thereof shall be wrung out at the side of the altar:
16 And he shall pluck away his crop with his feathers, and cast it beside the altar on the east part, by the place of the ashes:
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וְהַקֶּ֥רֶבH7130 · qe.reventrails: amongוְהַכְּרָעַ֖יִםH3767 · ka.ralegיִרְחַ֣ץH7364 · ra.chatsto wash: washבַּמָּ֑יִםH4325 · ma.yimwaterוְהִקְרִ֨יבH7126 · qa.ravto present: comeהַכֹּהֵ֤ןH3548 · ko.henpriestאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַכֹּל֙H3605 · kolallוְהִקְטִ֣ירH6999 · qa.tarto offer: burnהַמִּזְבֵּ֔חָהH4196 · miz.be.achaltarעֹלָ֣הH5930 · o.lahburnt offeringה֗וּאH1931 · huhe/she/itאִשֵּׁ֛הH801 · ish.shahfood offeringרֵ֥יחַH7381 · re.acharomaנִיחֹ֖חַH5207 · ni.cho.achsoothingלַיהוָֽה׃ פH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORD
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