14 “ ‘If the whole burnt offering for the Lord is a bird, it must be a dove or a young pigeon.
15 The priest will bring it to the altar and pull off its head, which he will burn on the altar; the bird’s blood must be drained out on the side of the altar.
16 The priest must remove the bird’s crop and its contents and throw them on the east side of the altar, where the ashes are.
17 Then he must tear the bird open by its wings without dividing it into two parts. He must burn the bird on the altar, on the wood which is on the fire. It is a whole burnt offering, an offering made by fire, and its smell is pleasing to the Lord.