God declared: "These are the instructions for the Altar. On the day it's set up for Burnt Offerings and for the application of blood, you will give the Levitical Priests from the family of Zadok — the ones authorized to approach me and serve me — a bull for a Sin Offering.
Take some of its blood and apply it to the four horns of the Altar, the four corners of the ledge, and the rim all around. This is how you purify the Altar and make Atonement for it. Then take the bull and burn it in the designated place outside the sacred area.
On the second day, offer a male goat without defect as a Sin Offering, and purify the Altar just as you did with the bull. Once the purification is complete, offer a bull without defect and a ram without defect. Present them before the Lord. The Priests will sprinkle salt on them and offer them as a Burnt Offering.
For seven days, provide a male goat daily as a Sin Offering, along with a bull and a ram — all without defect. For seven days they will make Atonement for the Altar, cleansing and consecrating it.
And when those seven days are finished — from the eighth day forward — the Priests will offer your Burnt Offerings and your Peace Offerings on the Altar. And I will accept you," declares the Lord God.