Leviticus 1:9

But his inwards and his legs shall he wash in water: and the priest shall burn all on the altar, to be a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord.

Cross-references

Leviticus 1:13 repeats the same instruction to wash entrails and legs and burn them, for a different animal offering.

Leviticus 1:17 applies the same 'pleasing aroma' and ritual to bird offerings, showing consistency in the burnt offering law.

Leviticus 8:21 recounts Moses washing and burning the ram exactly as commanded here, during Aaron's ordination.

Leviticus 9:14 shows the washing of entrails and legs carried out by Aaron, fulfilling the ritual step described here.

Leviticus 22:22 prohibits blemished animals as offerings by fire, directly qualifying what can be a pleasing aroma.

In Leviticus 3:5, the peace offering is burned on top of the burnt offering, both producing a pleasing aroma.

In Leviticus 4:31, the sin offering's fat is burned for a pleasing aroma — same terminology for a different offering.

Leviticus 6:10 Historical context

In Leviticus 6:10, the priest removes ashes from the burnt offering — a later step in the same sacrificial ritual.

In Leviticus 7:5, the same 'offering by fire' language applies to the guilt offering, showing parallel ritual terminology.

Genesis 8:21 first records God smelling the pleasing aroma of Noah's burnt offering, the foundational instance of this phrase.

In Ephesians 5:2, Christ's self-sacrifice is explicitly called a 'fragrant offering' — directly applying the burnt offering's pleasing aroma to his atonement.

Ezekiel 20:41 applies 'pleasing aroma' metaphorically to God's acceptance of Israel, echoing the sacrificial language.

In Exodus 29:17, the ram's entrails and legs are washed — an identical instruction as in the burnt offering here.

Ezekiel 40:38 specifies a chamber for rinsing the burnt offering, directly implementing the washing command.

In Philippians 4:18, Paul calls the Philippians' gift a 'fragrant offering' — using OT sacrificial language for Christian generosity.

In 2 Corinthians 2:15, Paul uses the 'pleasing aroma' imagery of sacrifices to describe believers as the aroma of Christ to God.

2 Chronicles 4:6 describes basins for washing items used in burnt offerings, echoing the washing of entrails and legs.

In Exodus 29:25, the offering is burned on the altar as a 'pleasing aroma' — the same phrase used here.

In Exodus 29:13, the fat parts are burned on the altar as a pleasing aroma during priestly consecration — same ritual concept.