CHAP. XV. JEWISH OFFERINGS. 359 



cut it into pieces. The head, with the fat, and 

 the other parts were laid upon the wood oftliefire 

 which was kindled upon the altar, the legs and the 

 inside of the body having been previously cleansed 

 with water. The whole of it was consumed ; and 

 neither the priests, nor the individual who presented 

 it, were permitted to reserve any portion of the sa- 

 crifice. Turtle doves, or young pigeons, were also 

 accepted as a burnt offering ; and the priest having 

 plucked the bird, and wrung off its head, burnt it 

 on the wood.* The fire upon the altar was required 

 to burn incessantly ; and the priest replenished it 

 with wood every morning, the offering being laid 

 in order thereon, and the fat of the peace offering 

 being burnt upon it. 



2. The meat offering^ consisted of fine flour, with 

 oil and frankincense. The priest took a handful 

 of the flour, and a portion of the oil, with all the 

 frankincense, and burnt them on the altar, the re- 

 mainder belonging to the priest who officiated on 

 the occasion. This offering was also permitted to 

 consist of unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled 

 with oil, or of unleavened cakes anointed with oil, 

 which might be baked either in the oven or the 

 pan ; and being cut into pieces, oil was poured upon 

 them, and a portion was burnt on the altar by the 

 priest, who reserved the remainder for himself. No 

 honey or leaven were allowed, but an abundance 

 of salt was required in every offering which was 



* Levit. vi. 12, 13. " The fire upon the altar.... shall not be put out." 

 " The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar : it shall never go out." 

 f Levit. ii. 1. et seq. 



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