Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law. - Matthew 5:18

Every Jot and Tittle: All the Commandments in the Bible

13. Animal Sacrifice

It's hard to keep track of all of the animal sacrifices that God commands us to make. There are daily, weekly, monthly, harvest, fifty days after harvest, and ten days of sacrifices during the seventh month. There are special festivals that require sacrifice: Paschal, Passover, and Yom Kippur. There are different kinds of sacrifice: burnt, meat, peace, sin, trespass, heave, and wave offerings. And special sacrifices are required for: sins through ignorance, childbirth, abnormal vaginal bleeding, men with running issues out of their flesh, and after being cleansed with leprosy. I tried to count the number of animals that each person would have to kill each year. The result was 1367, and that didn't include the special sacrifices.

God may have changed his mind about animal sacrifice, though. In Isaiah he said, "Bring no more vain oblations." And in Jeremiah God said, "Eat your own goddamned sacrifices. I never asked for any." (I'm paraphrasing here.)

General Rules
The Daily Sacrifice
The Sabbath Sacrifice
The Monthly Sacrifice
The Harvest Sacrifice
Sacrifice fifty days after the Harvest Sacrfice
Sacrifice during the seventh month
The Paschal Sacrifice
The Passover Sacrifices
The Yom Kippur Sacrifice
Burnt Offerings
Meat Offerings
Peace Offerings
Sin Offerings
Trespass Offerings
Heave Offerings
Wave Offerings
Sacrifices for people who sin through ignorance
Sacrifices for mothers after childbirth
Sacrifice for abnormal vaginal bleeding
Sacrifice from a man with a running issue out of his flesh
Sacrifice after being cleansed of leprosy
God changes his mind about animal sacrifice

(Numbered P and N links are to the positive and negative commandments on Maimonides's list.)

General Rules for Animal Sacrifice

Every firstborn donkey shall be redeemed by sacrificing a lamb.

Every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb. Exodus 13:13a
But the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb. Exodus 34:20a

Maimonides: P81: Redeem the firstling of an ass - Ex 13:13

If a firstborn donkey is not redeemed, break its neck.

If thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck. Exodus 13:13b
If thou redeem him not, then shalt thou break his neck. Exodus 34:20b

Maimonides: P82: Break the neck of the firstling of an ass - Ex 13:13

When you make blood sacrifices to God, don't include any leavened bread.

Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread. Exodus 23:18a
Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven. Exodus 34:25

Maimonides: N115: Don't slaughter the Passover offering while leavened bread remains in your possession - Ex 23:18; Punishment: Whipping

Don't let any of the fat of God's sacrifice remain until the next morning.

Neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning. Exodus 23:18b

Maimonides: N116: Don't leave the sacrificial portions of the Passover offering overnight - Ex 23:18

An animal that is devoted to God must be killed.

Notwithstanding no devoted thing, that a man shall devote unto the LORD of all that he hath, both of man and beast, and of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most holy unto the LORD. None devoted, which shall be devoted of men, shall be redeemed; but shall surely be put to death. Leviticus 27:28-29

Priests must wear special linen garments and breeches on their flesh while making animal sacrifices.

The priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linen breeches shall he put upon his flesh ... And he shall put off his garments, and put on other garments. Leviticus 6:10

They must dump the ashes outside the camp in a clean place.

The priest shall ... take up the ashes which the fire hath consumed with the burnt offering on the altar, and he shall put them beside the altar. ... and carry forth the ashes without the camp unto a clean place. Leviticus 6:10-11

Maimonides: P30: Remove the ashes from the altar - Lev 6:3

The fire on the altar must never go out.

The fire upon the altar shall be burning in it; it shall not be put out: and the priest shall burn wood on it every morning, and lay the burnt offering in order upon it; and he shall burn thereon the fat of the peace offerings. The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never go out. Leviticus 6:12-13

Maimonides: P29: The perpetual fire on the altar - Lev 6:6>; N81: Don't extinguish the altar fire - Lev 6:6; Punishment: Whipping

If the sacrifice is a vow or voluntary, you can eat some of the animal on the day it is killed and some the next day. Burn whatever is left on the third day.

But if the sacrifice of his offering be a vow, or a voluntary offering, it shall be eaten the same day that he offereth his sacrifice: and on the morrow also the remainder of it shall be eaten: But the remainder of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day shall be burnt with fire. Leviticus 7:16-17
If ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD ... if ought remain until the third day, it shall be burnt in the fire. Leviticus 19:6

Maimonides: P91: Burn the remnant of consecrated offerings - Lev 7:17

Kill your animal sacrifices at the door of the tabernacle.

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto Aaron, and unto his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them; This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded, saying, What man soever there be of the house of Israel, that killeth an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or that killeth it out of the camp, And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to offer an offering unto the Lord before the tabernacle of the Lord; blood shall be imputed unto that man; he hath shed blood; and that man shall be cut off from among his people: To the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices, which they offer in the open field, even that they may bring them unto the Lord, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest, and offer them for peace offerings unto the Lord. And the priest shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar of the Lord at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and burn the fat for a sweet savour unto the Lord. ... And thou shalt say unto them, Whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers which sojourn among you, that offereth a burnt offering or sacrifice, And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to offer it unto the Lord; even that man shall be cut off from among his people. Leviticus 17:1-9

Don't sacrifice animals to devils.

And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils, after whom they have gone a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations. Leviticus 17:7

Don't offer God any blemished animals.

Whatsoever he be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers in Israel, that will offer his oblation for all his vows, and for all his freewill offerings, which they will offer unto the LORD for a burnt offering; Ye shall offer at your own will a male without blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats. But whatsoever hath a blemish, that shall ye not offer: for it shall not be acceptable for you. And whosoever offereth a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD to accomplish his vow, or a freewill offering in beeves or sheep, it shall be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish therein. Leviticus 22:18-24
Thou shalt not sacrifice unto the LORD thy God any bullock, or sheep, wherein is blemish, or any evilfavouredness: for that is an abomination unto the LORD thy God. Deuteronomy 17:1

Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scurvy, or scabbed, ye shall not offer these unto the LORD, nor make an offering by fire of them upon the altar unto the LORD. Leviticus 22:22
If there be any blemish therein, as if it be lame, or blind, or have any ill blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto the LORD thy God. Deuteronomy 15:21

Ye shall not offer unto the LORD that which is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut; neither shall ye make any offering thereof in your land. Leviticus 22:24

Maimonides: P61: Offer only unblemished sacrifices - Lev 22:21; N91: Don't dedicate blemished beasts to be offered upon the altar - Lev 22:20; N92: Don't slaughter a blemished beasts for sacrifice - Lev 22:22; N93: Don't dash the blood of blemished beasts upon the altar - Lev 22:24; N94: Don't burn the sacrificial portions of a blemished beast upon the altar - Lev 22:22; N95: Don't sacrifice a beast with a temporary blemish - Dt 17:1; N97: Don't cause an offering to become blemished - Lev 22:21; N361: Castration - Lev 22:24; Punishment: Whipping

When making a vow, don't offer God any animals with extra or missing body parts.

Either a bullock or a lamb that hath any thing superfluous or lacking in his parts ... for a vow it shall not be accepted. Leviticus 22:23a

But animals with extra or missing body parts may be used in freewill offerings.

Either a bullock or a lamb that hath any thing superfluous or lacking in his parts, that mayest thou offer for a freewill offering. Leviticus 22:23b

Don't get your sacrificial animals from strangers.

Neither from a stranger's hand shall ye offer the bread of your God of any of these; because their corruption is in them, and blemishes be in them: they shall not be accepted for you. Leviticus 22:25

Maimonides: N96: Don't offer the blemished sacrifice of a gentile - Lev 22:25; Punishment: Whipping

Wait until a bullock, sheep, or goat is eight days old before killing and burning its dead body for God.

When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it shall be seven days under the dam; and from the eighth day and thenceforth it shall be accepted for an offering made by fire unto the LORD. Leviticus 22:27

Maimonides: P60: Offer cattle of a minimum age - Lev 22:27

Don't kill a newborn animal and its mother on the same day.

And whether it be cow, or ewe, ye shall not kill it and her young both in one day. Leviticus 22:28

Maimonides: N101: Don't slaughter the mother and her young on the same day - Lev 22:28; Punishment: Whipping

When making your sacrifices, don't change or exchange holy animals for defective ones.

And if it be a beast, whereof men bring an offering unto the LORD, all that any man giveth of such unto the LORD shall be holy. He shall not alter it, nor change it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good. Leviticus 27:9-10

Maimonides: P87: Holiness of substituted offerings - Lev 27:10; N106: Don't change a beast that has been consecrated as an offering - Lev 27:10; Punishment: Whipping

Don't sanctify the firstlings of your beasts, since they are the Lord's.

The firstling of the beasts, which should be the Lord's firstling, no man shall sanctify it; whether it be ox, or sheep: it is the Lord's. Leviticus 27:26

Maimonides: N107: Don't change one's holy offering for another -Lev 27:26

When doing your burnt and peace offerings, include 0.3 deal of flour and half a hin of wine for a drink offering.

And when thou preparest a bullock for a burnt offering, or for a sacrifice in performing a vow, or peace offerings unto the Lord: Then shall he bring with a bullock a meat offering of three tenth deals of flour mingled with half an hin of oil. And thou shalt bring for a drink offering half an hin of wine, for an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord. Thus shall it be done for one bullock, or for one ram, or for a lamb, or a kid. Numbers 15:8-11

Everyone must sacrifice animals to God.

All that are born of the country shall do these things after this manner, in offering an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD. And if a stranger sojourn with you, or whosoever be among you in your generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD ; as ye do, so he shall do. One ordinance shall be both for you of the congregation, and also for the stranger that sojourneth with you, an ordinance for ever in your generations: as ye are, so shall the stranger be before the LORD. One law and one manner shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you. Numbers 15:13-16

Every clean descendant of Aaron, both male and female, may eat heave offerings and wave offerings.

And this is thine; the heave offering of their gift, with all the wave offerings of the children of Israel: I have given them unto thee, and to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: every one that is clean in thy house shall eat of it. Numbers 18:11

Don't redeem firstling cows, sheep, and goats.

The firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat thou shalt not redeem; they are holy. Numbers 18:17a

Maimonides: N108: Don't redeem the firstling of a clean beast - Num 18:17

Sprinkle the blood of firstling cows, sheep, and goats on the altar and burn their fat for a sweet savor unto the Lord.

The firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat ... thou shalt sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shalt burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a sweet savour unto the LORD. Numbers 18:17b

Do all of your burnt offerings, heave offerings, sacrifices, vows, etc. in a special place that God will someday choose for you.

But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come: And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks: And there ye shall eat before the LORD your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the LORD thy God hath blessed thee. Deuteronomy 12:5-7
There shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the LORD ... Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in every place that thou seest: But in the place which the LORD shall choose in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, and there thou shalt do all that I command thee. Deuteronomy 12:11-14
Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto the place which the LORD shall choose. And thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood, upon the altar of the LORD thy God: and the blood of thy sacrifices shall be poured out upon the altar of the LORD thy God, and thou shalt eat the flesh. Deuteronomy 12:26-27

Maimonides: P83: Bringing due offerings on the first festival - Dt 12:5-6; P84: Bring all offerings to the sanctuary - Dt 12:14; P85: Bring all offerings due from outside the land of Israel to the sanctuary - Dt 12;26; N89: Don't offer any sacrifice outside the sanctuary court - Dt 12:13-14; N90: Don't slaughter any of the holy offerings outside the sanctuary court; Punishment: Death

The Daily Sacrifice

Sacrifice to God one bullock and two first-year lambs each day, one in the morning and one in the evening.

Kill a bullock two lambs each day (one in the morning and one in the evening) as a sacrifice to God.

Thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for atonement ... Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar; two lambs of the first year day by day continually. The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning; and the other lamb thou shalt offer at even. Exodus 29:36-39

This shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD: where I will meet you, to speak there unto thee. And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and the tabernacle shall be sanctified by my glory. And I will sanctify the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar: I will sanctify also both Aaron and his sons, to minister to me in the priest's office. And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God. Exodus 29:42-45

This commandment is repeated in Numbers 28, with a few differences. Unlike in Exodus 29, the bullock is omitted but the lambs must be unblemished. (See What animals must you sacrifice each day?)

This is the offering made by fire which ye shall offer unto the Lord; two lambs of the first year without spot day by day, for a continual burnt offering. The one lamb shalt thou offer in the morning, and the other lamb shalt thou offer at even. Numbers 28:3-4

Offer burnt offerings unto the LORD upon the altar of the burnt offering continually morning and evening. 1 Chronicles 16:40

Maimonides: P39: The daily burnt offering - Num 28:3

The Sabbath sacrifice

On each Sabbath, kill two first-year unblemished lambs.

And on the sabbath day two lambs of the first year without spot, and two tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, and the drink offering thereof: This is the burnt offering of every sabbath, beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering. Numbers 28:9-10

Maimonides: P41: The Sabbath additional offering - Num 28:9

The Monthly (or New Moon) Sacrifice

On the first day of every month, kill and burn two young bulls, one ram, and seven first-year unspotted lambs.

And in the beginnings of your months ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the Lord; two young bullocks, and one ram, seven lambs of the first year without spot. Numbers 28:11

And three tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, for one bullock; and two tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, for one ram; And a several tenth deal of flour mingled with oil for a meat offering unto one lamb; for a burnt offering of a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the Lord. Numbers 28:12-13

And their drink offerings shall be half an hin of wine unto a bullock, and the third part of an hin unto a ram, and a fourth part of an hin unto a lamb: this is the burnt offering of every month throughout the months of the year. And one kid of the goats for a sin offering unto the Lord shall be offered, beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering. Numbers 28:14-15

Ezekiel 46:6

Numbers 28

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Maimonides: P42: The new moon additional offering - Num 28:11

The Harvest Sacrifices

Each year at harvest time, kill two young bulls, one ram, and seven lambs as burnt offerings, and one kid of the goats for a burnt offering.

In the day of the firstfruits, when ye bring a new meat offering unto the LORD, after your weeks be out, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: But ye shall offer the burnt offering for a sweet savour unto the Lord; two young bullocks, one ram, seven lambs of the first year; And their meat offering of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals unto one bullock, two tenth deals unto one ram, A several tenth deal unto one lamb, throughout the seven lambs; And one kid of the goats, to make an atonement for you. Ye shall offer them beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, (they shall be unto you without blemish) and their drink offerings. Numbers 28:26-31

Maimonides: P45: The Shevuoth (Feast of Weeks) additional offering - Num 28:26-31

Fifty days after the harvest sacrifice

Fifty days after the harvest sacrifice, kill seven unblemished year-old lambs, one young bullock, two rams, one young goat, and two more year-old lambs.

And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete: Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the Lord. ... seven lambs without blemish of the first year, and one young bullock, and two rams: they shall be for a burnt offering unto the Lord, with their meat offering, and their drink offerings, even an offering made by fire, of sweet savour unto the Lord. Then ye shall sacrifice one kid of the goats for a sin offering, and two lambs of the first year for a sacrifice of peace offerings. And the priest shall wave them ... for a wave offering before the Lord, with the two lambs: they shall be holy to the Lord for the priest. ... It shall be a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations. Leviticus 23:15-21

Include two loaves of bread when you're sacrificing the seven lambs.

Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals; they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken with leaven; they are the firstfruits unto the LORD. And ye shall offer with the bread seven lambs.... Leviticus 23:17

Maimonides: P46: Bring two loaves on Shevuoth (Feast of Weeks) - Lev 23:17

Sacrifices during the seventh month

On the first day of the seventh month, kill a young bull, one ram, and seven unblemished first-year lambs. Add a kid of the goats for a sin offering.

And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month ... ye shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet savour unto the LORD; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year without blemish: And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals for a bullock, and two tenth deals for a ram, And one tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs: And one kid of the goats for a sin offering, to make an atonement for you: Beside the burnt offering of the month, and his meat offering, and the daily burnt offering, and his meat offering, and their drink offerings, according unto their manner, for a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD. Numbers 29:1-6

Maimonides: P47: The New Year additional offering - Num 29:1-2

On the tenth day of the seventh month kill a young bull, a ram, and seven unblemished first-year lambs as burnt offerings, and a kid of the goats for a sin offering.

On the tenth day of this seventh month ... ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the Lord for a sweet savour; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year; they shall be unto you without blemish: And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals to a bullock, and two tenth deals to one ram, A several tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs: One kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the sin offering of atonement, and the continual burnt offering, and the meat offering of it, and their drink offerings. Numbers 29:7-11

Maimonides: P48: AThe tenth day of Tishri (the seventh month) additional offering - Num 29:7-8

On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, kill thirteen young bulls, two rams, and fourteen unblemished first-year lambs for burnt offerings, and one kid of the goats for a sin offering.

And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ... ye shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord; thirteen young bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year; they shall be without blemish: And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals unto every bullock of the thirteen bullocks, two tenth deals to each ram of the two rams, And a several tenth deal to each lamb of the fourteen lambs: And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering. Numbers 29:12-16

Maimonides: P50: The Feast of Tabernacles additional offering - Num 29:13

On the second day of the seventh month, kill twelve young bulls, two rams, and fourteen unspotted first-year lambs for meat offerings, and one kid of the goats for a sin offering.

And on the second day ye shall offer twelve young bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs of the first year without spot: And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner: And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and the meat offering thereof, and their drink offerings. Numbers 29:17-19

On the third day of the seventh month, kill eleven bulls, two rams, and fourteen unblemished first-year lambs for meat offerings, and one goat for a sin offering.

And on the third day eleven bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish; And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner: And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering. Numbers 29:20-22

On the fourth day of the seventh month, kill ten bulls, two rams, and fourteen unblemished first-year lambs for meat offerings, and one goat for a sin offering.

And on the fourth day ten bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish: Their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner: And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering. Numbers 29:23-25

On the fifth day of the seventh month, kill nine bulls, two rams, and fourteen unspotted first-year lambs for meat offerings, and one goat for a sin offering.

And on the fifth day nine bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without spot: And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner: And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering. Numbers 29:26-28

On the sixth day of the seventh month, kill eight bulls, two rams, and fourteen unblemished first-year lambs for meat offerings, and one goat for a sin offering.

And on the sixth day eight bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish: And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner: And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering. Numbers 29:29-31

On the seventh day of the seventh month, kill seven bulls, two rams, and fourteen unblemished first-year lambs for meat offerings, and one goat for a sin offering.

And on the seventh day seven bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish: And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner: And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering. Numbers 29:32-34

On the eighth day of seventh month, kill one bull, one ram, and seven unblemished first-year lambs for meat offerings, and one goat for a sin offering.

On the eighth day ye shall ... offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord: one bullock, one ram, seven lambs of the first year without blemish: Their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullock, for the ram, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner: And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering. These things ye shall do unto the Lord in your set feasts, beside your vows, and your freewill offerings, for your burnt offerings, and for your meat offerings, and for your drink offerings, and for your peace offerings. Numbers 29:35-39

Maimonides: P51: The Shemini Atzereth additional offering - Num 29:35-38

The Paschal Sacrifice

On the tenth day of Nisan, find an unblemished lamb and kill it on the evening of the 14th day.

In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb ... Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats: And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening. Exodus 12:3-6

Maimonides
P55: Slaughter the Passover offering - Ex 12:8: Penalty for failing to slaughter the Paschal lamb: Death; (One of two posiitve commandments with the death penalty - the other is circumcision P215)

After killing the lamb, smear some of its blood on the sides and top of your door post.

Take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses. Exodus 12:7

Roast the lamb and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.

Eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs. Exodus 12:8

Maimonides: P56: Eat the Passover offering - Ex 12:8

Don't eat the lamb raw or sodden with water.

Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire. Exodus 12:9a

Maimonides
N125: Don't eat the passover offering boiled or raw - Ex 12:9: Punishment: Whipping

Eat all of it.

Eat ... his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof. Exodus 12:9b

Don't leave any until the morning.

Ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning. Exodus 12:10a
Neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of the passover be left unto the morning. Exodus 34:25
On the same day it shall be eaten up; ye shall leave none of it until the morrow: I am the LORD. Leviticus 22:30
Neither shall there any thing of the flesh, which thou sacrificedst the first day at even, remain all night until the morning. Deuteronomy 16:4

Maimonides: N117: Don't allow any of the meat of the Passover offering to remain till morning - Ex 12:10; N118: Don't allow any of the meat of the Festival offering of the fourteenth of Nisan to remain until the third day - Dt 16:4; N120: Don't allow any of the meat of the Thank offering to remain until morning - Lev 22:30

Burn the leftovers.

That which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire. Exodus 12:10b

Eat it fast, with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand.

Eat it with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the LORD's passover. Exodus 12:11

Eat it in one house.

In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth ought of the flesh abroad out of the house. Exodus 12:46a

Maimonides: N123: Don't remove the Passover offering from where it is eaten - Ex 12:46; Punishment: Whipping

Don't break any of its bones.

Neither shall ye break a bone thereof. Exodus 12:46b

Maimonides: N121: Don't break any bones of the Passover offering - Ex 12:46; Punishment: Whipping

The Passover Sacrifices

On each of the seven days of Passover, kill and burn two young bulls, one ram, and seven first-year lambs.

But ye shall offer a sacrifice made by fire for a burnt offering unto the Lord; two young bullocks, and one ram, and seven lambs of the first year: they shall be unto you without blemish: And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil: three tenth deals shall ye offer for a bullock, and two tenth deals for a ram; A several tenth deal shalt thou offer for every lamb, throughout the seven lambs: And one goat for a sin offering, to make an atonement for you. Numbers 28:19-22

Ye shall offer these beside the burnt offering in the morning, which is for a continual burnt offering. After this manner ye shall offer daily, throughout the seven days, the meat of the sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord: it shall be offered beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering. Numbers 28:23-24
Ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD seven days. Leviticus 23:8

Maimonides: P43: The Passover additional offering - Lev 23:8

The Yom Kippur sacrifice

Perform each year's Yom Kippur sacrifices.

Thus shall Aaron come into the holy place: with a young bullock for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering. Leviticus 16:3

He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with a linen girdle, and with the linen mitre shall he be attired: these are holy garments; therefore shall he wash his flesh in water, and so put them on. Leviticus 16:4

And he shall take of the congregation of the children of Israel two kids of the goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt offering. Leviticus 16:5

And Aaron shall offer his bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and make an atonement for himself, and for his house. Leviticus 16:6

And he shall take the two goats, and present them before the Lord at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the Lord, and the other lot for the scapegoat. Leviticus 16:7-8

And Aaron shall bring the goat upon which the Lord's lot fell, and offer him for a sin offering. Leviticus 16:9

But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall be presented alive before the Lord, to make an atonement with him, and to let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness. Leviticus 16:10

And Aaron shall bring the bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and shall make an atonement for himself, and for his house, and shall kill the bullock of the sin offering which is for himself. Leviticus 16:9

Like he did Aaron's sons.

And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before the Lord, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the vail: And he shall put the incense upon the fire before the Lord, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is upon the testimony, that he die not. Leviticus 16:12-13

And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy seat eastward; and before the mercy seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times. Leviticus 16:14

Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within the vail, and do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat. Leviticus 16:15

And he shall make an atonement for the holy place, because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions in all their sins: and so shall he do for the tabernacle of the congregation, that remaineth among them in the midst of their uncleanness. And there shall be no man in the tabernacle of the congregation when he goeth in to make an atonement in the holy place, until he come out, and have made an atonement for himself, and for his household, and for all the congregation of Israel. And he shall go out unto the altar that is before the Lord, and make an atonement for it; and shall take of the blood of the bullock, and of the blood of the goat, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about. And he shall sprinkle of the blood upon it with his finger seven times, and cleanse it, and hallow it from the uncleanness of the children of Israel. Leviticus 16:16-19

And when he hath made an end of reconciling the holy place, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar, he shall bring the live goat: And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness: And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness. Leviticus 16:20-22

And Aaron shall come into the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall put off the linen garments, which he put on when he went into the holy place, and shall leave them there: And he shall wash his flesh with water in the holy place, and put on his garments, and come forth, and offer his burnt offering, and the burnt offering of the people, and make an atonement for himself, and for the people. Leviticus 16:23-24

And the fat of the sin offering shall he burn upon the altar. And he that let go the goat for the scapegoat shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward come into the camp. Leviticus 16:25-26

And the bullock for the sin offering, and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the holy place, shall one carry forth without the camp; and they shall burn in the fire their skins, and their flesh, and their dung. And he that burneth them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp. Leviticus 16:27-28

And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you: For on that day shall the priest make an atonement for you, to cleanse you, that ye may be clean from all your sins before the Lord. It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever. ... And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you, to make an atonement for the children of Israel for all their sins once a year. Leviticus 16:29-34

Maimonides: P49: The service of the Day of Atonement - Lev 16:1-34

Burnt Offerings

Sacrifice an unblemished young bull as a burnt offering.

If any man of you bring an offering unto the LORD, ye shall bring your offering of the cattle, even of the herd, and of the flock. If his offering be a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary will at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD. Leviticus 1:2-3

And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him. And he shall kill the bullock before the LORD. Leviticus 1:4-5a

The priests, Aaron's sons, shall bring the blood, and sprinkle the blood round about upon the altar that is by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. And he shall flay the burnt offering, and cut it into his pieces. Leviticus 1:5b-6

And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire upon the altar, and lay the wood in order upon the fire: And the priests, Aaron's sons, shall lay the parts, the head, and the fat, in order upon the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar. Leviticus 1:7-8

But his inwards and his legs shall he wash in water: and the priest shall burn all on the altar, to be a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD. Leviticus 1:9

Maimonides: P63: The Burnt offering - Lev 1:2-3

Sacrifice an unblemished male sheep (or goat) as a burnt offering.

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. Leviticus 1:10

And he shall kill it on the side of the altar northward before the LORD. Leviticus 1:11a

The priests, Aaron's sons, shall sprinkle his blood round about upon the altar. And he shall cut it into his pieces, with his head and his fat. Leviticus 1:11b-12a

The priest shall lay them in order on the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar. Leviticus 1:12b

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. Leviticus 1:13

And [he] will make an offering by fire unto the Lord, a burnt offering, or a sacrifice in performing a vow, or in a freewill offering, or in your solemn feasts, to make a sweet savour unto the Lord, of the herd or of the flock: Then shall he that offereth his offering unto the Lord bring a meat offering of a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of oil. And the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering shalt thou prepare with the burnt offering or sacrifice, for one lamb. Numbers 15:3-5

Or for a ram, thou shalt prepare for a meat offering two tenth deals of flour mingled with the third part of an hin of oil. And for a drink offering thou shalt offer the third part of an hin of wine, for a sweet savour unto the Lord. Numbers 15:6-7

Sacrifice a dove or pigeon as a burnt offering.

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. Leviticus 1:14

The priest shall bring it unto the altar, and wring off his head, and burn it on the altar 1:15a

The blood thereof shall be wrung out at the side of the altar. Leviticus 1:15b

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. 1:16

And he shall cleave it with the wings thereof, but shall not divide it asunder. 1:17a

The priest shall burn it upon the altar, upon the wood that is upon the fire: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD. 1:17b

Burnt offerings must burn all night on the altar.

Command Aaron and his sons, saying, This is the law of the burnt offering: It is the burnt offering, because of the burning upon the altar all night unto the morning, and the fire of the altar shall be burning in it. Leviticus 6:9

Meat Offerings

Make a meat offering to the Lord.

And when any will offer a meat offering unto the LORD, his offering shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon: And he shall bring it to Aaron's sons the priests: and he shall take thereout his handful of the flour thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof; and the priest shall burn the memorial of it upon the altar, to be an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD: And the remnant of the meat offering shall be Aaron's and his sons': it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the LORD made by fire. Leviticus 2:1-3

And if thou bring an oblation of a meat offering baken in the oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, or unleavened wafers anointed with oil. And if thy oblation be a meat offering baken in a pan, it shall be of fine flour unleavened, mingled with oil. Thou shalt part it in pieces, and pour oil thereon: it is a meat offering. And if thy oblation be a meat offering baken in the fryingpan, it shall be made of fine flour with oil. And thou shalt bring the meat offering that is made of these things unto the LORD: and when it is presented unto the priest, he shall bring it unto the altar. And the priest shall take from the meat offering a memorial thereof, and shall burn it upon the altar: it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD. And that which is left of the meat offering shall be Aaron's and his sons': it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the LORD made by fire. Leviticus 2:4-10

And this is the law of the meat offering: the sons of Aaron shall offer it before the LORD, before the altar. And he shall take of it his handful, of the flour of the meat offering, and of the oil thereof, and all the frankincense which is upon the meat offering, and shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savour, even the memorial of it, unto the LORD. And the remainder thereof shall Aaron and his sons eat: with unleavened bread shall it be eaten in the holy place; in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation they shall eat it. It shall not be baken with leaven. I have given it unto them for their portion of my offerings made by fire; it is most holy, as is the sin offering, and as the trespass offering. All the males among the children of Aaron shall eat of it. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations concerning the offerings of the LORD made by fire: every one that toucheth them shall be holy. Leviticus 6:14-18

And in Numbers 15.

Then shall he that offereth his offering unto the LORD bring a meat offering of a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of oil. ... Or for a ram, thou shalt prepare for a meat offering two tenth deals of flour mingled with the third part of an hin of oil. ... Then shall he bring with a bullock a meat offering of three tenth deals of flour mingled with half an hin of oil. Numbers 15:4-9

Maimonides: P40: The high priestt's daily meal offering - Lev 6:14; P67: The meal offering - Lev 2:1; P88: The priests must eat the residue of the meal offerings - Lev 6:16; N124: Don't bake the residue of a meal offering with leaven - Lev 6:10; N138: Don't eat the meal offering of a priest - Lev 6:16; Punishment: Whipping

Don't use yeast or honey in your meat offerings.

No meat offering, which ye shall bring unto the LORD, shall be made with leaven: for ye shall burn no leaven, nor any honey, in any offering of the LORD made by fire. Leviticus 2:11

Maimonides
N98: Don't offer leaven or honey upon on the altar - Lev 2:11: Punishment: Whipping

Season your meat offerings with salt.

And every oblation of thy meat offering shalt thou season with salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meat offering: with all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt. Leviticus 2:13

Maimonides: P62: Bringing salt with every offering - Lev 2:13; N99: Don't offer a sacrifice without salt - Lev 2:13; Punishment: Whipping

Make meat offerings of your first fruits.

And if thou offer a meat offering of thy firstfruits unto the LORD, thou shalt offer for the meat offering of thy firstfruits green ears of corn dried by the fire, even corn beaten out of full ears. And thou shalt put oil upon it, and lay frankincense thereon: it is a meat offering. And the priest shall burn the memorial of it, part of the beaten corn thereof, and part of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof: it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD. Leviticus 2:14-15

Meat offerings must be completely burnt.

For every meat offering for the priest shall be wholly burnt. Leviticus 6:23a

They must not be eaten.

For every meat offering ... shall not be eaten. Leviticus 6:23b

Maimonides: N139: Don't eat the meat of sin offerings whose blood has been brought within the sanctuary - Lev 6:23; Punishment: Whipping

Peace Offerings

Make peace offerings with cattle.

And if his oblation be a sacrifice of peace offering, if he offer it of the herd; whether it be a male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before the LORD. Leviticus 3:1

And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. Leviticus 3:2

Aaron's sons the priests shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about. Leviticus 3:2

And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, And the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away. And Aaron's sons shall burn it on the altar upon the burnt sacrifice, which is upon the wood that is on the fire: it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD. Leviticus 3:3-5

Maimonides: P66: The peace offering - Lev 3:1-17

Make peace offerings with lambs.

And if his offering for a sacrifice of peace offering unto the LORD be of the flock; male or female, he shall offer it without blemish. If he offer a lamb for his offering, then shall he offer it before the LORD. Leviticus 3:6-7

And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation. Leviticus 3:8

Aaron's sons shall sprinkle the blood thereof round about upon the altar. Leviticus 3:8

And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat thereof, and the whole rump, it shall he take off hard by the backbone; and the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away. And the priest shall burn it upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire unto the LORD. Leviticus 3:9-11

Make peace offerings with goats.

And if his offering be a goat, then he shall offer it before the LORD. Leviticus 3:12

And he shall lay his hand upon the head of it, and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation. Leviticus 3:13

The sons of Aaron shall sprinkle the blood thereof upon the altar round about. Leviticus 3:13

And he shall offer thereof his offering, even an offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away. And the priest shall burn them upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire for a sweet savour. Leviticus 3:14-16

When making your peace offerings remember this: All the fat is the Lord's!

All the fat is the LORD's. It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood. Leviticus 3:16-17

The law of the peace offering.

And this is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which he shall offer unto the Lord. If he offer it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and cakes mingled with oil, of fine flour, fried. Besides the cakes, he shall offer for his offering leavened bread with the sacrifice of thanksgiving of his peace offerings. And of it he shall offer one out of the whole oblation for an heave offering unto the Lord, and it shall be the priest's that sprinkleth the blood of the peace offerings. Leviticus 7:11-14

Maimonides: P66: The Peace offering - Lev 7:11-12

A peace offering must be eaten the same day that the animal is killed. No leftovers are allowed.

And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving shall be eaten the same day that it is offered; he shall not leave any of it until the morning. Leviticus 7:15
If ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD ... It shall be eaten the same day ye offer it. Leviticus 19:5

Don't eat a peace offering on the third day after the animal is sacrificed.

If any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings be eaten at all on the third day, it shall not be accepted, neither shall it be imputed unto him that offereth it: it shall be an abomination, and the soul that eateth of it shall bear his iniquity. Leviticus 7:18
If it be eaten at all on the third day, it is abominable; it shall not be accepted. Therefore every one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned the hallowed thing of the LORD. Leviticus 19:7-8

Maimonides: N131: Don't eat nothar (meat leftover from offerings) - Lev 19:6-8; N132: Don't eat piggul (a sacrifice made with improper intentions) - Lev 7:18; Punishment: death

If any of the flesh of your peace offering touches any unclean thing, don't eat it.

Of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings ... The flesh that toucheth any unclean thing shall not be eaten. Leviticus 7:18-19a

Maimonides: N130: Don't eat meat of consecrated offerings which have become unclean - Lev 7:19; Punishment: Whipping

Burn the flesh of your peace offering that touched the unclean thing.

Of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings ... The flesh that toucheth any unclean thing shall ... shall be burnt with fire. Leviticus 7:18-19b

Maimonides: P90: Burn consecrated offerings that have become unclean - Lev 7:19

Eat the clean flesh from your peace offering.

Of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings ... all that be clean shall eat thereof. Leviticus 7:18-19c

Sin Offerings

Anyone or anything that touches the flesh of the sin offering is holy.

This is the law of the sin offering: ... Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof shall be holy. Leviticus 6:25-27

Maimonides: P64: The sin offering - Lev 6:25

If the blood of a sin offering is sprinkled on a garment, it must be washed in the holy place.

This is the law of the sin offering: ... When there is sprinkled of the blood thereof upon any garment, thou shalt wash that whereon it was sprinkled in the holy place. Leviticus 6:25-27

If a sin offering is boiled in an earthen vessel, the vessel must be broken.

This is the law of the sin offering: ... the earthen vessel wherein it is sodden shall be broken. Leviticus 6:25-28

If it's boiled in a brass pot, the pot must be scoured and rinsed with water.

This is the law of the sin offering: ... it be sodden in a brasen pot, it shall be both scoured, and rinsed in water. Leviticus 6:25-28

Don't eat a sin offering if its blood has entered the tabernacle.

No sin offering, whereof any of the blood is brought into the tabernacle of the congregation to reconcile withal in the holy place, shall be eaten: it shall be burnt in the fire. Leviticus 6:30

Trespass Offerings

If you commit any of these four sins, then you must confess that you have sinned and kill a female lamb or young goat as a trespass offering.

And if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and is a witness, whether he hath seen or known of it; if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity. Or if a soul touch any unclean thing, whether it be a carcase of an unclean beast, or a carcase of unclean cattle, or the carcase of unclean creeping things, and if it be hidden from him; he also shall be unclean, and guilty. Or if he touch the uncleanness of man, whatsoever uncleanness it be that a man shall be defiled withal, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty. Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these.
And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these things, that he shall confess that he hath sinned in that thing: And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD for his sin which he hath sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a kid of the goats, for a sin offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his sin. Leviticus 5:1-6

Maimonides: P72: The offering of a higher or lower value - Lev 5:1-11

If you can't afford a lamb, kill two doves or pigeons instead; one as a sin offering and one as a burnt offering.

And if he be not able to bring a lamb, then he shall bring for his trespass, which he hath committed, two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, unto the LORD; one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering. And he shall bring them unto the priest, who shall offer that which is for the sin offering first, and wring off his head from his neck, but shall not divide it asunder: And he shall sprinkle of the blood of the sin offering upon the side of the altar; and the rest of the blood shall be wrung out at the bottom of the altar: it is a sin offering. And he shall offer the second for a burnt offering, according to the manner: and the priest shall make an atonement for him for his sin which he hath sinned, and it shall be forgiven him. Leviticus 5:7-10

Maimonides: N112: Don't sever the head of the bird of sin offering during melikah (pinching the bird's head) - Lev 5:8

If you can't afford birds, burn one tenth of an ephah of your best flour.

But if he be not able to bring two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, then he that sinned shall bring for his offering the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a sin offering; he shall put no oil upon it, neither shall he put any frankincense thereon: for it is a sin offering. Then shall he bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take his handful of it, even a memorial thereof, and burn it on the altar, according to the offerings made by fire unto the LORD: it is a sin offering. And the priest shall make an atonement for him as touching his sin that he hath sinned in one of these, and it shall be forgiven him: and the remnant shall be the priest's, as a meat offering. Leviticus 5:11-13

Maimonides: N102: Don't put olive oil on the meal offering of a sinner - Lev 5:11; N103: Don't put frankincense the meal offering of a sinner - Lev 5:11; Punishment: Whipping

If you sin against your neighbor by lying, stealing, or violence, kill an unblemished ram as a trespass offering.

After making restitution (+20%) to your neighbor.

If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the Lord, and lie unto his neighbour in that which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship, or in a thing taken away by violence, or hath deceived his neighbour; Or have found that which was lost, and lieth concerning it, and sweareth falsely; in any of all these that a man doeth, sinning therein: Then it shall be, because he hath sinned ... he shall bring his trespass offering unto the Lord, a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest: And the priest shall make an atonement for him before the Lord: and it shall be forgiven him for any thing of all that he hath done in trespassing therein. Leviticus 6:2-7

The law of the most holy trespass offering.

This is the law of the trespass offering: it is most holy. In the place where they kill the burnt offering shall they kill the trespass offering: and the blood thereof shall he sprinkle round about upon the altar. And he shall offer of it all the fat thereof; the rump, and the fat that covereth the inwards, And the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the flanks, and the caul that is above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away: And the priest shall burn them upon the altar for an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is a trespass offering. Leviticus 7:1-5

All the priests shall eat the trespass offering in the holy place after cooking it in the oven and/or frying pan. It is most holy. The priests also get to keep the skin of the trespass offering. They are to share the skin and the meat equally among themselves.

Every male among the priests shall eat thereof: it shall be eaten in the holy place: it is most holy. As the sin offering is, so is the trespass offering: there is one law for them: the priest that maketh atonement therewith shall have it. And the priest that offereth any man's burnt offering, even the priest shall have to himself the skin of the burnt offering which he hath offered. And all the meat offering that is baken in the oven, and all that is dressed in the fryingpan, and in the pan, shall be the priest's that offereth it. And every meat offering, mingled with oil, and dry, shall all the sons of Aaron have, one as much as another. Leviticus 7:6-10

Maimonides: P65: The guilt offering - Lev 7:1

Heave Offerings

Make a heave offering.

And the right shoulder shall ye give unto the priest for an heave offering of the sacrifices of your peace offerings. He among the sons of Aaron, that offereth the blood of the peace offerings, and the fat, shall have the right shoulder for his part. ... The heave shoulder have I taken of the children of Israel from off the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and have given them unto Aaron the priest and unto his sons by a statute for ever from among the children of Israel. This is the portion of the anointing of Aaron, and of the anointing of his sons, out of the offerings of the LORD made by fire, in the day when he presented them to minister unto the LORD in the priest's office. Leviticus 7:32-34

When you eat the bread of the land, include a cake of your first dough for a heave offering.

When ye eat of the bread of the land, ye shall offer up an heave offering unto the LORD. Ye shall offer up a cake of the first of your dough for an heave offering: as ye do the heave offering of the threshingfloor, so shall ye heave it. Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto the LORD an heave offering in your generations. Numbers 15:19-21

Maimonides: P133: The dough offering - Num 15:20

Wave Offerings

Make a wave offering.

Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, He that offereth the sacrifice of his peace offerings unto the LORD shall bring his oblation unto the LORD of the sacrifice of his peace offerings. His own hands shall bring the offerings of the LORD made by fire, the fat with the breast, it shall he bring, that the breast may be waved for a wave offering before the LORD. ... For the wave breast ... have I taken of the children of Israel from off the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and have given them unto Aaron the priest and unto his sons by a statute for ever from among the children of Israel. This is the portion of the anointing of Aaron, and of the anointing of his sons, out of the offerings of the LORD made by fire, in the day when he presented them to minister unto the LORD in the priest's office. Leviticus 7:29-34

Offer the first fruits of your harvest to God as a wave offering, with an unblemished one-year-old lamb as a burnt offering. Include a meat offering and a liter of wine.

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest: And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it. Ye shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf an he lamb without blemish of the first year for a burnt offering unto the LORD. And the meat offering thereof shall be two tenth deals of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto the LORD for a sweet savour : and the drink offering thereof shall be of wine, the fourth part of an hin. Leviticus 23:10-13

Maimonides: P44: The meal offering of new barley - Lev 23:10

Sacrifices for people who sin through ignorance

If a priest sins through ignorance, he must kill an unblemished bullock (or an unblemished ram).

If a soul shall sin through ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which ought not to be done, and shall do against any of them: If the priest that is anointed do sin according to the sin of the people; then let him bring for his sin, which he hath sinned, a young bullock without blemish unto the LORD for a sin offering. And he shall bring the bullock unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD; and shall lay his hand upon the bullock's head, and kill the bullock before the LORD. Leviticus 4:2-4

And the priest that is anointed shall take of the bullock's blood, and bring it to the tabernacle of the congregation: And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven times before the LORD, before the vail of the sanctuary. And the priest shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar of sweet incense before the LORD, which is in the tabernacle of the congregation; and shall pour all the blood of the bullock at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. Leviticus 4:5-7

And he shall take off from it all the fat of the bullock for the sin offering; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away, As it was taken off from the bullock of the sacrifice of peace offerings: and the priest shall burn them upon the altar of the burnt offering. And the skin of the bullock, and all his flesh, with his head, and with his legs, and his inwards, and his dung, Even the whole bullock shall he carry forth without the camp unto a clean place, where the ashes are poured out, and burn him on the wood with fire: where the ashes are poured out shall he be burnt. Leviticus 4:8-12

If the congregation sins through ignorance, kill a bullock (blemished or unblemished).

And if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance, and the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which should not be done, and are guilty; When the sin, which they have sinned against it, is known, then the congregation shall offer a young bullock for the sin, and bring him before the tabernacle of the congregation. And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock before the LORD: and the bullock shall be killed before the LORD. Leviticus 4:13-15

And the priest that is anointed shall bring of the bullock's blood to the tabernacle of the congregation: And the priest shall dip his finger in some of the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before the LORD, even before the vail. And he shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar which is before the LORD, that is in the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall pour out all the blood at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 4:16-18

And he shall take all his fat from him, and burn it upon the altar. And he shall do with the bullock as he did with the bullock for a sin offering, so shall he do with this: and the priest shall make an atonement for them, and it shall be forgiven them. And he shall carry forth the bullock without the camp, and burn him as he burned the first bullock: it is a sin offering for the congregation. 4:19-21

Numbers 15 has a slightly different procedure for a congregation that sins through ignorance. It too calls for the sacrifice of a young bullock, but it also requires a meat offering, drink offering, and the killing of a young goat for a sin offering. (See What should a congregation do if it sins through ignorance?)

Then it shall be, if ought be committed by ignorance without the knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one young bullock for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour unto the LORD, with his meat offering, and his drink offering, according to the manner, and one kid of the goats for a sin offering. And the priest shall make an atonement for all the congregation of the children of Israel, and it shall be forgiven them; for it is ignorance: and they shall bring their offering, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD, and their sin offering before the LORD, for their ignorance: And it shall be forgiven all the congregation of the children of Israel, and the stranger that sojourneth among them; seeing all the people were in ignorance. Numbers 15:24-26

Maimonides: P68: The offering of a court that has erred - Lev 4:13

If a ruler sins through ignorance, kill a young unblemished male goat.

If a ruler sins through ignorance, he shall bring a young, male, unblemished goat. He shall put his hand on the goat's head and kill it in the place where they kill burnt offerings before the Lord.

When a ruler hath sinned, and done somewhat through ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD his God concerning things which should not be done, and is guilty; Or if his sin, wherein he hath sinned, come to his knowledge; he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a male without blemish: And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat, and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt offering before the LORD: it is a sin offering. Leviticus 4:22-24

And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out his blood at the bottom of the altar of burnt offering. And he shall burn all his fat upon the altar, as the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings: and the priest shall make an atonement for him as concerning his sin, and it shall be forgiven him. Leviticus 4:25-26

If an ordinary person sins through ignorance, kill a young unblemished female sheep or goat.

And if any one of the common people sin through ignorance, while he doeth somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which ought not to be done, and be guilty; Or if his sin, which he hath sinned, come to his knowledge: then he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a female without blemish, for his sin which he hath sinned. And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and Slay the sin offering in the place of the burnt offering. Leviticus 4:27-29

And the priest shall take of the blood thereof with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar. And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat is taken away from off the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savour unto the LORD; and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven him. Leviticus 4:30-31

If he bring a lamb for a sin offering, he shall bring it a female without blemish. And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay it for a sin offering in the place where they kill the burnt offering. And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar: And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of the peace offerings; and the priest shall burn them upon the altar, according to the offerings made by fire unto the LORD: and the priest shall make an atonement for his sin that he hath committed, and it shall be forgiven him. Leviticus 4:32-35

What should you do if you sin through ignorance?

And if any soul sin through ignorance, then he shall bring a she goat of the first year for a sin offering. And the priest shall make an atonement for the soul that sinneth ignorantly, when he sinneth by ignorance before the LORD, to make an atonement for him; and it shall be forgiven him. Ye shall have one law for him that sinneth through ignorance, both for him that is born among the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them. Numbers 15:27-29

Maimonides: P69: Tha fixed sin offering - Lev 4:27-35

If you unknowingly defile some holy things, kill an unblemished ram or pay the priests whatever such a ram is worth. In addition you must pay the priests a 20% fine.

If a soul commit a trespass, and sin through ignorance, in the holy things of the LORD; then he shall bring for his trespass unto the LORD a ram without blemish out of the flocks, with thy estimation by shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering. And he shall make amends for the harm that he hath done in the holy thing, and shall add the fifth part thereto, and give it unto the priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering, and it shall be forgiven him. Leviticus 5:15-16

Maimonides: P71: The unconditional guilt offering - Lev 5:15-16

If you sin without knowing it, you are still guilty. Kill an unblemished ram for a trespass offering.

And if a soul sin, and commit any of these things which are forbidden to be done by the commandments of the Lord; though he wist it not, yet is he guilty, and shall bear his iniquity. And he shall bring a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his ignorance wherein he erred and wist it not, and it shall be forgiven him. It is a trespass offering: he hath certainly trespassed against the Lord. Leviticus 5:17-19

Maimonides: P70: The suspensive guilt offering - Lev 5:17-19

Sacrifice for mothers after childbirth

After childbirth, the mother must kill a lamb for a burnt offering and a dove or pigeon for a sin offering.

And when the days of her purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb of the first year for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtledove, for a sin offering, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest: Who shall offer it before the Lord, and make an atonement for her; and she shall be cleansed from the issue of her blood. This is the law for her that hath born a male or a female. And if she be not able to bring a lamb, then she shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons; the one for the burnt offering, and the other for a sin offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for her, and she shall be clean. Leviticus 12:6-8

Maimonides: P76: The offering after childbirth - Lev 12:6

Sacrifice for abnormal vaginal bleeding.

Sacrifices required after abnormal vaginal bleeding

And if a woman have an issue of her blood many days out of the time of her separation, or if it run beyond the time of her separation; all the days of the issue of her uncleanness shall be as the days of her separation: she shall be unclean. ... And on the eighth day she shall take unto her two turtles, or two young pigeons, and bring them unto the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for her before the Lord for the issue of her uncleanness. Leviticus 15:25-30

Maimonides: P75: Offering brought by a zavah (a woman with abnorma vaginal bleeding) - Lev 15:28-29

Sacrifice from a man with a running issue out of his flesh

On the eighth day after a man is cleansed of a running issue out of his flesh, he must bring two doves or two pigeons to a priest who will kill one for a sin offering and one for a burnt offering.

When any man hath a running issue out of his flesh, because of his issue he is unclean ... And when he that hath an issue is cleansed of his issue; then he shall number to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in running water, and shall be clean. And on the eighth day he shall take to him two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, and come before the LORD unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and give them unto the priest: And the priest shall offer them, the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him before the LORD for his issue. Leviticus 15:13-15

Maimonides: P74: Offering brought by zav (man with an abnormal discharge from his penis) - Lev 15:13-14

Sacrifice after being cleansed of leprosy

Perform these sacrifices after being cleansed of leprosy.

This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing ... On the eighth day he shall take two he lambs without blemish, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish, and three tenth deals of fine flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, and one log of oil. Leviticus 14:2-10

The priest will present you and your things to God at the door of the tabernacle. Then he'll kill the lamb for a trespass offering and wave it for a wave offering before the Lord. It is most holy.

And the priest that maketh him clean shall present the man that is to be made clean, and those things, before the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: And the priest shall take one he lamb, and offer him for a trespass offering , and the log of oil, and wave them for a wave offering before the LORD: And he shall slay the lamb in the place where he shall kill the sin offering and the burnt offering, in the holy place: for as the sin offering is the priest's, so is the trespass offering: it is most holy. Leviticus 14:11-13

Then he will take some of the blood and put it on the tip of your right ear, and on your right thumb, and on your right big toe.

And the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and the priest shall put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot. Leviticus 14:14

Next he will take some of the oil and pour it on the palm of his right hand. He'll then dip his right finger in the oil and sprinkle the oil with his finger seven times in front of God.

And the priest shall take some of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand: And the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before the LORD. Leviticus 14:15-16

He will then wipe some of the oil on the tip of your right ear, right thumb, and big toe on top of the blood that he wiped on you before.

And of the rest of the oil that is in his hand shall the priest put upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the blood of the trespass offering: Leviticus 14:17

Then the priest will pour whatever oil is left over on top of your head.

And the remnant of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall pour upon the head of him that is to be cleansed: and the priest shall make an atonement for him before the LORD. Leviticus 14:18

Finally, he will make a sin and burnt offering for you. When he finishes with that, you'll be clean.

And the priest shall offer the sin offering, and make an atonement for him that is to be cleansed from his uncleanness; and afterward he shall kill the burnt offering: And the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the meat offering upon the altar: and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and he shall be clean. Leviticus 14:19-20

If you are too poor to pay for the above ceremony, you can skip the two rams and lamb, and substitute a couple doves or pigeons instead. You've got to do all the rest the stuff though: kill the lamb for a trespass offering, spread blood and oil on your right ear, thumb, big toe, etc. The works.

And if he be poor, and cannot get so much; then he shall take one lamb for a trespass offering to be waved, to make an atonement for him, and one tenth deal of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering, and a log of oil; And two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, such as he is able to get; and the one shall be a sin offering, and the other a burnt offering. And he shall bring them on the eighth day for his cleansing unto the priest, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, before the LORD. And the priest shall take the lamb of the trespass offering, and the log of oil, and the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the LORD: And he shall kill the lamb of the trespass offering, and the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot: And the priest shall pour of the oil into the palm of his own left hand: And the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil that is in his left hand seven times before the LORD: And the priest shall put of the oil that is in his hand upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the place of the blood of the trespass offering: And the rest of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall put upon the head of him that is to be cleansed, to make an atonement for him before the LORD. And he shall offer the one of the turtledoves, or of the young pigeons, such as he can get; Even such as he is able to get, the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, with the meat offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for him that is to be cleansed before the LORD. This is the law of him in whom is the plague of leprosy, whose hand is not able to get that which pertaineth to his cleansing. Leviticus 14:21-32

Maimonides: P77: The offering brought by a leper - Lev 14:10

See here for more details about this ceremony.

God changes his mind about animal sacrifice

Don't bring God any more vain oblations.

Bring no more vain oblations. Isaiah 1:13

Eat your own sacrifices and burnt offerings. God never asked for them and doesn't want them.

Put your burnt offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh. For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices. Jeremiah 7:21-22