Animal Sacrifice

There were various sorts of sacrifice: grain offerings, wine offerings and animal sacrifices. Animal sacrifices are most extensively described in the laws of the Old Testament.
An animal sacrifice was an expensive gift, partly because animals (that served as food) had to be killed.

Goats, sheep, cattle and also doves were sacrificed. The sacrificial animal almost always had to be a male.
The animal was not to have any faults, and had to be healthy.