Midrash for Kiddushin 71:19

קמיצות דכתיב (ויקרא ב, ב) והביאה אל בני אהרן וקמץ בני אהרן ולא בנות אהרן

And should you say, they are indeed called sons that act corruptly, but not good sons - then come and hear: And it is said, and it shall come to pass that, in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This whole passage expresses the firm belief that Israel can never be entirely rejected by God for all time. That in turn is based on the conviction that the Jew will never sin so completely as to render a return to God impossible, and the final verse quoted refers to such a religious regeneration.');">²¹</span> <big><b>MISHNAH: </b></big>THE [RITES OF] LAYING HANDS, WAVING, BRINGING NEAR [THE MEAL-OFFERING], TAKING THE HANDFUL, BURNING [THE FAT], WRINGING [THE NECK OF BIRD SACRIFICES], RECEIVING AND SPRINKLING [THE BLOOD], ARE PERFORMED<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The meaning of these is made clear in the texts quoted in the GEMARA:');">²²</span>

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