You are to skin the burnt offering and cut it into pieces. After the slaughter, the offerer skins and cuts up the animal — complete preparation before the priests take over. The skinning and cutting exposes every part for inspection and for the fire. The burnt offering that is to be completely consumed requires complete preparation: no portion left intact that might be withheld from the altar. Romans 12:1 says offer your bodies as a living sacrifice — the burnt offering's total consumption is the Old Testament form of the total consecration Paul calls every believer to.

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