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The Book of Exodus dedicates a significant portion of its text to the detailed sacrificial and ceremonial laws, which were given to Moses to govern the worship of God.
Exodus 29:10-14 outlines a sacrificial system that includes various types of sacrifices, such as:
These were to be carried out by a specific priesthood (the Levites) for the atonement of sins. See Exodus 29:38–46. The instructions for what animals to bring and how the rituals work in different cases are given later in Leviticus 4–6.
The Quran does not include ANY of these specific sacrificial or priestly laws. Instead, it redefines the act of sacrifice as a commemoration of Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son, and it focuses on the intention behind the act rather than the specific rituals.
Islamic law includes a tradition of animal sacrifice (qurbani) during certain festivals, but it is not for the atonement of sins, as it is in the biblical tradition.