Leviticus 3:6
in Leviticus 3If, however, one’s peace offering to the LORD is from the flock, he must present a male or female without blemish.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And if his oblation for a sacrifice of peace-offerings unto Jehovah be of the flock; male or female, he shall offer it without blemish.
KJV
And if his offering for a sacrifice of peace offering unto the Lord be of the flock; male or female, he shall offer it without blemish.
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This verse in Leviticus 3
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
if his offering for a sacrifice
on Leviticus 3:6-8
The same rite runs again for a sheep, and the text writes it out in full rather than saying as before. Nothing changes in the hand on the head, the place of killing or the blood on the altar. A man who can bring a bullock and a man who can bring one lamb are given identical words, and the animal is the only thing that differs between them.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And if his offering, for a sacrifice of peace offering unto Lord, be of the flock,.... As it might be: and be either male or female; which he pleased: he shall offer it without blemish; See Gill on Lev 3:1.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
To command by an express law the tail of a certain sheep to be offered in sacrifice to God, might well surprise us; but the wonder ceases, when we are told of those broad-tailed Eastern sheep, and of the extreme delicacy of that part which was so particularly specified in the statute [PAXTON].
The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאִם־ | veim- | and if | H518 → | 1069 times |
| מִן־ | min- | [is] one of | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| הַצֹּ֧אן | hatzon | the flock | H6629 → | 274 times |
| קָרְבָּנ֛וֹ | karebano | present his | H7133 → | 82 times |
| לְזֶ֥בַח | lezevach | to a sacrifice of | H2077 → | 162 times |
| שְׁלָמִ֖ים | shelamim | peace offering<s> | H8002 → | 87 times |
| לַיהוָ֑ה | layahweh | to Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| זָכָר֙ | zakhar | a male | H2145 → | 82 times |
| א֣וֹ | ʾo | or | H176 → | 321 times |
| נְקֵבָ֔ה | nekevah | a female | H5347 → | 22 times |
| תָּמִ֖ים | tamim | unblemished | H8549 → | 91 times |
| יַקְרִיבֶֽנּוּ׃ | yakrivenu | he will present it | H7126 → | 280 times |
וְאִם־and if
veim-H518 →1069 times
מִן־[is] one of
min-H4480 →1188 times
הַצֹּ֧אןthe flock
hatzonH6629 →274 times
קָרְבָּנ֛וֹpresent his
karebanoH7133 →82 times
לְזֶ֥בַחto a sacrifice of
lezevachH2077 →162 times
שְׁלָמִ֖יםpeace offering<s>
shelamimH8002 →87 times
לַיהוָ֑הto Yahweh
layahwehH3068 →6520 times
זָכָר֙a male
zakharH2145 →82 times
א֣וֹor
ʾoH176 →321 times
נְקֵבָ֔הa female
nekevahH5347 →22 times
תָּמִ֖יםunblemished
tamimH8549 →91 times
יַקְרִיבֶֽנּוּ׃he will present it
yakrivenuH7126 →280 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
Galatians 3:28There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
it leads to
- 1 Corinthians 12:12–13
The body is a unit, though it is composed of many parts. And although its parts are many, they all form one body. So it is with Christ.
- Colossians 3:11
Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all and is in all.
- Romans 3:29–30
Is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too,
- Galatians 5:6
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. All that matters is faith, expressed through love.
- Romans 10:12–15
For there is no difference between Jew and Greek: The same Lord is Lord of all, and gives richly to all who call on Him,
- 1 Corinthians 12:12–13
Through
Galatians 4:4But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
it leads to
- Isaiah 7:14
Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call Him Immanuel.
- Mark 1:15
“The time is fulfilled,” He said, “and the kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe in the gospel!”
- John 1:14
The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
- Isaiah 7:14
About Leviticus

This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
