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The ordinary worshipper washes prepared portions with water in an earthen basin while a white-linen priest awaits beside the bronze altar and fire. Preparation phase of the prescribed rite.
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Leviticus 1:12-13

The portions washed for the altar

The Burnt Offering · Leviticus 1

Story guide: The offering is divided, its inward parts and legs washed, and the priest burns it on the altar.

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12And he shall cut it into its pieces, with its head and its fat, and the priest shall arrange them on the wood that is on the fire, which is on the altar.

13But he shall wash the entrails and the legs with water, and the priest shall present all of it and turn it into smoke on the altar. It is a burnt offering, a food offering, a pleasing aroma to Yahweh.

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