Holy Scripture

Leviticus 1:14

A church father on this verse
“In very many ceremonies of the law one who needed to be cleansed was ordered to be cleansed by [offering] these [birds]. A pigeon indicates simplicity and a turtledove indicates chastity, for a pigeon is a lover of simplicity and a turtledove is a lover of chastity—so that if by chance one loses its mate it will not s…”
Bede, 8th c. — Homilies on the Gospels 1.18

Source: Septuagint

Original

14And if he bring his gift, a burnt offering to the Lord, of birds, then shall he bring his gift of doves or pigeons.

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12And they shall divide it by its limbs, and its head and its fat, and the priests shall pile them up on the wood which is on the fire, on the altar.

13And they shall wash the entrails and the feet with water, and the priest shall bring all the parts and put them on the altar: it is a burnt offering, a sacrifice, a smell of sweet savor to the Lord.

— Leviticus 1:14 —

15And the priest shall bring it to the altar, and shall wring off its head; and the priest shall put it on the altar, and shall wring out the blood at the bottom of the altar.

16And he shall take away the crop with the feathers, and shall cast it forth by the altar toward the east to the place of the ashes.

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