and the priest is to offer ¹  the burnt offering and the grain offering on the altar. So the priest is to make atonement for him and he will be clean.

You must build the altar of the Lord your God with whole stones and offer burnt offerings on it to the Lord your God.

Now if he were on earth, he would not be a priest, since there are already priests who offer ¹  the gifts prescribed by the law.

And he did not enter to offer ¹  himself again and again, the way the high priest enters the sanctuary year after year with blood that is not his own,

“He will then make one of the turtledoves ¹  or young pigeons, which are within his means, ² 

Then he must offer the ram as a peace offering ¹  to the Lord, with the basket of bread made without yeast; the priest must also offer his grain offering and his drink offering.

“You must not offer ¹  the blood of my sacrifice with bread containing yeast; the fat of my festal sacrifice must not remain until morning. ² 

You must not offer strange incense on it, nor burnt offering, nor meal offering, and you must not pour out a drink offering on it.

“You must not offer the blood of my sacrifice with yeast; the sacrifice from the feast of Passover must not remain until the following morning. ¹ 

When you have finished purifying it, you will offer an unblemished young bull and an unblemished ram from the flock.

For every high priest is taken from among the people ¹  and appointed ²  to represent them before God, ³  to offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins.

Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, acknowledging his name.

“‘If his offering is a goat he must present it before the Lord,

Let them present thank offerings, and loudly proclaim what he has done! ¹ 

The second lamb you are to offer around sundown; you are to prepare for it the same meal offering as for the morning and the same drink offering, for a soothing aroma, an offering made by fire to the Lord.

You must not present anything that has a flaw, ¹  because it will not be acceptable for your benefit. ² 

You must offer these in addition to the burnt offering in the morning which is for a continual burnt offering.

You must not present to the Lord something with testicles that are bruised, crushed, torn, or cut off; ¹  you must not do this in your land.

On the day you wave the sheaf you must also offer ¹  a flawless yearling lamb ²  for a burnt offering to the Lord,

This man Elkanah went up with all his family to make the yearly sacrifice to the Lord and to keep his vow,