The priest shall bring it to the altar, wring off the head and burn it on the altar; its blood shall be drained out on the side of the altar. The bird offering differs from the animal offerings in its preparation: the priest performs the entire preparation rather than the offerer, and the method is adapted to the bird's small size. The wringing off of the head and the draining of the blood against the altar's side are the avian equivalents of the slaughter and blood-splash of the animal offerings. The blood drained against the altar maintains the principle that the blood — the life — is presented to God even when the offering is the smallest and least costly.

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