"Aaron's sons, the priests, are to bring the blood and sprinkle it around the altar that stands at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. He is to skin the burnt offering and cut it into pieces.

He is to cut up its head and fat into separate pieces arrange them in rows on the wood over the fire that burns on the altar,

As to the ram, he cut it into parts at the joints, burned the head, the internal organs, and the fat,

"You are not to cut your hair in ritualistic patterns on your head or deface the edges of your beard.

"They are not to cut their hair in ritualistic patterns on their heads, deface the edges of their beards, or make incisions in their flesh.

You are not to bring to the LORD an animal that has been emasculated, crushed, torn, or cut apart. You are not to practice this in your land.

I'll destroy your high places and cut down your sun pillars. Then I'll cast your dead bodies on top of the bodies of your idols. I'll loathe you.