The Burnt Offering

Leviticus 1 in full: the offerer lays a hand on the victim's head "and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him" (Lev 1:4, KJV); the whole is consumed on the altar, "an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD" (Lev 1:9); the offering is graded by means — herd, flock, or fowl — so the poor are never priced out. The priests' handbook adds the perpetual fire: "the fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never go out" (Lev 6:13). The New Testament's verbal echo of the aroma formula: "Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour" (Eph 5:2) — an echo in the KJV's own words, carried as echo, not citation. Sources: KJV (PD); research brief §1, §3.