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Leviticus 17:6

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The priest will then sprinkle the blood on the altar of the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and burn the fat as a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And the priest shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar of Jehovah at the door of the tent of meeting, and burn the fat for a sweet savor unto Jehovah.

KJV

And the priest shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar of the Lord at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and burn the fat for a sweet savour unto the Lord.

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This verse in Leviticus 17

Commentary

3 notes on this verse
And the priest shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar of the Lord,.... The altar of burnt: offering, Lev 1:5, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation; near to which it stood, see Lev 1:5, and burn the fat for a sweet savour to the Lord; the fat that covered the inwards, the kidneys, the flanks and caul of the liver; see Lev 3:3.

This site's exposition

which they offer in the open field

on Leviticus 17:5-7

Verse 7 gives the reason the two verses before it withhold. Sacrifice in the open field was going to devils, and the Hebrew word there is se'irim, hairy ones or goats, which Adam Clarke ties to the goat worship Israel had lived beside in Egypt. The text calls it going a whoring, language it uses because the nation is held to be married to God, so a sacrifice laid on another power breaks a bond rather than misplaces a ritual. Verse 5 turns every animal killed for meat into a peace offering, which puts a priest and an altar inside the family meal.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

proposed

Upon the altar - This verse contains a reason of the foregoing law, because of God's propriety in the blood and fat, wherewith also God was well pleased, and the people reconciled. And these two parts only are mentioned, as the most eminent, and peculiar, though other parts also were reserved for God.

The words behind it

15 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְזָרַ֨קand he will sprinkle

    vezarakH2236 →35 times

  • הַכֹּהֵ֤ןthe priest

    hakohenH3548 →750 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • הַדָּם֙the blood

    hadamH1818 →360 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • מִזְבַּ֣ח[the] altar of

    mizbachH4196 →401 times

  • יְהוָ֔הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • פֶּ֖תַח[the] entrance of

    petachH6607 →164 times

  • אֹ֣הֶל[the] tent of

    ʾohelH168 →345 times

  • מוֹעֵ֑דmeeting

    moedH4150 →223 times

  • וְהִקְטִ֣ירand he will make smoke

    vehiktirH6999 →116 times

  • הַחֵ֔לֶבthe fat

    hachelevH2459 →92 times

  • לְרֵ֥יחַto an odor of

    lereiachH7381 →58 times

  • נִיחֹ֖חַsoothing

    nichoachH5207 →43 times

  • לַיהוָֽה׃to Yahweh

    layahwehH3068 →6520 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

11 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Numbers 18:17But you must not redeem the firstborn of an ox, a sheep, or a goat; they are holy. You are to sprinkle their blood on the altar and burn their fat as an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.4 worksLeviticus 3:2He is to lay his hand on the head of the offering and slaughter it at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. Then Aaron’s sons the priests shall sprinkle the blood on all sides of the altar.3 worksLeviticus 3:5Then Aaron’s sons are to burn it on the altar atop the burnt offering that is on the burning wood, as an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.2 worksLeviticus 3:11Then the priest is to burn them on the altar as food, an offering made by fire to the LORD.2 worksLeviticus 4:31Then he is to remove all the fat, just as it is removed from the peace offering, and the priest is to burn it on the altar as a pleasing aroma to the LORD. In this way the priest will make atonement for him, and he will be forgiven.2 worksLeviticus 3:13He must lay his hand on its head and slaughter it in front of the Tent of Meeting. Then Aaron’s sons shall sprinkle its blood on all sides of the altar.2 works
The other 5 cross-references, with their words ▾
Leviticus 3:16Then the priest is to burn the food on the altar as an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma. All the fat is the LORD’s.2 worksLeviticus 3:8He is to lay his hand on the head of his offering and slaughter it in front of the Tent of Meeting. Then Aaron’s sons shall sprinkle its blood on all sides of the altar.2 worksExodus 29:18Then burn the entire ram on the altar; it is a burnt offering to the LORD, a pleasing aroma, an offering made by fire to the LORD.2 worksExodus 29:13Take all the fat that covers the entrails and the lobe of the liver, and both kidneys with the fat on them, and burn them on the altar.2 worksLeviticus 7:23“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘You are not to eat any of the fat of an ox, a sheep, or a goat.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Leviticus 4:31

    Then he is to remove all the fat, just as it is removed from the peace offering, and the priest is to burn it on the altar as a pleasing aroma to the LORD.…

    it leads to

    • Leviticus 4:26

      He must burn all its fat on the altar, like the fat of the peace offerings; thus the priest will make atonement for that man’s sin, and he will be forgiven.

    • Genesis 8:21

      When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth.…

    • Leviticus 4:35

      And he shall remove all the fat, just as the fat of the lamb is removed from the peace offerings, and he shall burn it on the altar along with the offerings made by…

  • Through

    Leviticus 3:5

    Then Aaron’s sons are to burn it on the altar atop the burnt offering that is on the burning wood, as an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

    it leads to

    • Leviticus 6:12

      The fire on the altar shall be kept burning; it must not be extinguished. Every morning the priest is to add wood to the fire, arrange the burnt offering on it, and burn the…

  • Through

    Leviticus 3:11

    Then the priest is to burn them on the altar as food, an offering made by fire to the LORD.

    it leads to

    • Leviticus 21:17

      “Say to Aaron, ‘For the generations to come, none of your descendants who has a physical defect may approach to offer the food of his God.

    • Leviticus 21:6

      They must be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God. Because they present to the LORD the offerings made by fire, the food of their God, they must be…

    • Leviticus 21:8

      You are to regard him as holy, since he presents the food of your God. He shall be holy to you, because I the LORD am holy—I who set you apart.

    • Leviticus 3:5

      Then Aaron’s sons are to burn it on the altar atop the burnt offering that is on the burning wood, as an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

Where this verse is studied

About Leviticus

Moses and Aaron Appear before Pharaoh, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Moses and Aaron Appear before Pharaoh, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Leviticus: the study guide →Read Leviticus 17 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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