Leviticus 1:16 He is to remove the crop and the feathers and throw them down east of the altar where the ashes are.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
He is to remove the crop and the feathers and throw them down east of the altar where the ashes are.

English Standard Version
He shall remove its crop with its contents and cast it beside the altar on the east side, in the place for ashes.

New American Standard Bible
'He shall also take away its crop with its feathers and cast it beside the altar eastward, to the place of the ashes.

King James Bible
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:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He will remove its digestive tract, cutting off the tail feathers, and throw it on the east side of the altar at the place for ashes.

International Standard Version
and then he is to eviscerate it and throw the viscera and the feathers to the east side of the altar, where the fatty ashes are located.

American Standard Version
and he shall take away its crop with the filth thereof, and cast it beside the altar on the east part, in the place of the ashes:

Douay-Rheims Bible
But the crop of the throat, and the feathers he shall cast beside the altar at the east side, in the place where the ashes are wont to be poured out,

Darby Bible Translation
And he shall remove its crop with its feathers, and cast it beside the altar on the east, into the place of the ashes;

Young's Literal Translation
and he hath turned aside its crop with its feathers, and hath cast it near the altar, eastward, unto the place of ashes;

Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

1:10-17 Those who could not offer a bullock, were to bring a sheep or a goat; and those who were not able to do that, were accepted of God, if they brought a turtle-dove, or a pigeon. Those creatures were chosen for sacrifice which were mild, and gentle, and harmless; to show the innocence and meekness that were in Christ, and that should be in Christians. The offering of the poor was as typical of Christ's atonement as the more costly sacrifices, and expressed as fully repentance, faith, and devotedness to God. We have no excuse, if we refuse the pleasant and reasonable service now required. But we can no more offer the sacrifice of a broken heart, or of praise and thanksgiving, than an Israelite could offer a bullock or a goat, except as God hath first given to us. The more we do in the Lord's service, the greater are our obligations to him, for the will, for the ability, and opportunity. In many things God leaves us to fix what shall be spent in his service, whether of our time or our substance; yet where God's providence has put much into a man's power, scanty offerings will not be accepted, for they are not proper expressions of a willing mind. Let us be devoted in body and soul to his service, whatever he may call us to give, venture, do, or suffer for his sake.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

14-17. if the burnt sacrifice … be of fowls—The gentle nature and cleanly habits of the dove led to its selection, while all other fowls were rejected, either for the fierceness of their disposition or the grossness of their taste; and in this case, there being from the smallness of the animal no blood for waste, the priest was directed to prepare it at the altar and sprinkle the blood. This was the offering appointed for the poor. The fowls were always offered in pairs, and the reason why Moses ordered two turtledoves or two young pigeons, was not merely to suit the convenience of the offerer, but according as the latter was in season; for pigeons are sometimes quite hard and unfit for eating, at which time turtledoves are very good in Egypt and Palestine. The turtledoves are not restricted to any age because they are always good when they appear in those countries, being birds of passage; but the age of the pigeons is particularly marked that they might not be offered to God at times when they are rejected by men [Harmer]. It is obvious, from the varying scale of these voluntary sacrifices, that the disposition of the offerer was the thing looked to—not the costliness of his offering.