How did I ever misread this?

I was always had the mental picture that only the priests were allowed to sacrifice at the Tent of Meeting. (I don't know whether this is true for the Temple service, but I'll look into that.)

But reading Leviticus 1 this morning it stood out to me that the man bringing the sacrifice has to slaughter the animal and cut it apart. The priests then place the meat on the altar. If the #sacrifice is a pigeon then the #priest does everything.

Is this how you understand it as well as this is news to me and I have read these passages many times in my live and never "saw" this?

#sacrifices #tentofmeeting