[1] The LORD said: When you offer sacrifices to ask my blessing, you may offer either a bull or a cow, but there must be nothing wrong with the animal. [2] Lead it to the entrance of the sacred tent, lay your hand on its head, and have it killed there. A priest from Aaron's family will splatter its blood against the four sides of the altar. [3] Offer all of the fat on the animal's insides, [4] as well as the lower part of the liver and the two kidneys with their fat. [5] Some of the priests will lay these pieces on the altar and send them up in smoke with a smell that pleases me, together with the sacrifice that is offered to please me. [6] Instead of a bull or a cow, you may offer any sheep or goat that has nothing wrong with it. [7] If you offer a sheep, you must present it to me at the entrance to the sacred tent. [8] Lay your hand on its head and have it killed there. A priest will then splatter its blood against the four sides of the altar. [9] Offer the fat on the tail, the tailbone, and the insides, [10] as well as the lower part of the liver and the two kidneys with their fat. [11] One of the priests will lay these pieces on the altar and send them up in smoke as a food offering for me. [12] If you offer a goat, you must also present it to me [13] at the entrance to the sacred tent. Lay your hand on its head and have it killed there. A priest will then splatter its blood against the four sides of the altar. [14] Offer all of the fat on the animal's insides, [15] as well as the lower part of the liver and the two kidneys with their fat. [16] One of the priests will put these pieces on the altar and send them up in smoke as a food offering with a smell that pleases me. All fat belongs to me. [17] So you and your descendants must never eat any fat or any blood, not even in the privacy of your own homes. This law will never change.
