“And they presented the burnt offering unto him, with the pieces thereof, and the head: and he burnt them upon the altar.”
They handed him the burnt offering piece by piece, including the head, and he burned them on the altar. The sons hand Aaron the burnt offering pieces — the divided animal — piece by piece, including the head. Aaron arranges and burns each piece as it is handed to him. The piece-by-piece presentation communicates the thoroughness of the offering: every part of the animal is presented deliberately, not thrown on the fire in bulk. The high priest who arranges the pieces on the altar is performing the act of presentation with the same intentionality that the priests were commanded to show in Leviticus 1:8.
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