Leviticus 1:6-11 Sacrifices (A Supposed Contradiction)

Robert B. Laurin claims that Ezekiel 44:11; 2 Chronicles 29:22, 24, 34 conflict with Leviticus 1:6-9 since the pentateuchal account suggests that it is the offerer himself who would kill the animal, skin it, cut it in pieces, and wash the entrails and feet, whereas the other accounts (in Ezekiel and 2 Chronicles) say that the Levites do the killing or the priests (in the case of 2 Chronicles).

While I initially thought that Lev. 1:6 clearly was talking about the offerer (not the priest or one of the Levites), John Gill's discussion and Adam Clarke helped me to see the textual variants associated with this verse and the rabbinic comments about it: I have consulted Mark Rooker's Leviticus commentary too. However, a careful reading of Lev. 1:6-9 demonstrates there is no inherent conflict between the accounts.

NET Bible (Leviticus 1:6-9): Next, the one presenting the offering[p] must skin the burnt offering and cut it into parts, and the sons of Aaron, the priest,[q] must put fire on the altar and arrange wood on the fire. Then the sons of Aaron, the priests, must arrange the parts with the head and the suet[r] on the wood that is in the fire on the altar.[s] Finally, the one presenting the offering[t] must wash its entrails and its legs in water and the priest must offer all of it up in smoke on the altar[u]—it is[v] a burnt offering, a gift[w] of a soothing aroma to the Lord.

NET Note: tn Heb “Then he”; the referent (the offerer) has been specified in the translation for clarity. The LXX and Smr have “they” rather than “he” in both halves of this verse, suggesting that the priests, not the offerer, were to skin and cut the carcass of the bull into pieces (cf. the notes on vv. 5a and 9a). To see other points made by the NET Bible, see https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Leviticus+1-6&version=NET