358 THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS. CHAP. XV. 



right shoulder," were taken together with " one 

 unleavened cake, a cake of oiled bread, and one 

 wafer," placed "on the fat, and upon the right 

 shoulder," and burnt on the altar. 



Herodotus* describes ** the sacrifice of a pig to 

 the Moon," in which " the end of the tail, the 

 spleen, and the cault, were covered with all the 

 fat ' that was upon the inwards,* and then burnt, 

 the rest of the victim being eaten on the day of the 

 full moon." But this I have already noticed t, as 

 well as the difference observed in the manner of 

 making offerings to some Deities. § 



Many of the religious rites of the Jews bear a 

 striking resemblance to those of Egypt, particularly 

 the manner in which the sacrifices were performed; 

 it may therefore not be irrelevant to state the nature 

 of some of the pruicipal offerings mentioned in the 

 Levitical law. Among the first were the holocaust 

 or burnt offering ; the meat offering ; the sin and 

 trespass offering, or sacrifice of expiation ; and the 

 peace offering, or sacrifice of thanksgiving. 



1. The holocaust was ordered || to be a bullock, a 

 sheep, or a goat, a male without blemish ; and the 

 person who offered it, having brought it to the door 

 of the tabernacle of the congregation, and having 

 put his hand upon its head, it was accepted to 

 make atonement for him. He tlien killed it; and 

 the priests taking the blood, and sprinkling it upon 

 the altar of meat offering, flayed the victim, and 



* Ilcrodot. ii. 47. f Epiploon, or onientuin. 



% ride supra, p. 182. and 300. 



§ Herodot. ii.39. Suprd, p. 182. 337. .355. 



Ij Levit. i. 2. ef secj. Vide Calniet. 



