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Leviticus 3:7

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If he is presenting a lamb for his offering, he must present it before the LORD.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

If he offer a lamb for his oblation, then shall he offer it before Jehovah;

KJV

If he offer a lamb for his offering, then shall he offer it before the Lord.

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This verse in Leviticus 3

Commentary

4 notes on this verse
If he offer a lamb for his offering,.... Which was of the flock, and must be of the first year; this is a rule laid down by Maimonides (i), that where ever this word is used in the law, it signifies one of the first year: then shall he offer it before the Lord; bring it into the court, and present it to the priest. (i) Maaseh Hakorbanot, c. 1. sect. 14.

This 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 Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

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].
A lamb - A sheep. The word signifies a full-grown sheep, in its prime.

The words behind it

10 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.

  • אִם־if

    ʾim-H518 →1069 times

  • כֶּ֥שֶׂבa young ram

    kesevH3775 →13 times

  • הֽוּא־he

    hu'-H1931 →1879 times

  • מַקְרִ֖יב[is] presenting

    makrivH7126 →280 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • קָרְבָּנ֑וֹpresent his

    karebanoH7133 →82 times

  • וְהִקְרִ֥יבand he will present

    vehikrivH7126 →280 times

  • אֹת֖וֹ<obj.> it

    ʾotoH853 →10935 times

  • לִפְנֵ֥י<to> before

    lifneiH6440 →2123 times

  • יְהוָֽה׃Yahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

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

Related verses

6 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.

1 Kings 8:62Then the king and all Israel with him offered sacrifices before the LORD.3 worksLeviticus 17:8–9Tell them that if anyone from the house of Israel or any foreigner living among them offers a burnt offering or a sacrifice2 worksEphesians 5:2and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.2 worksHebrews 9:14how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!2 worksLeviticus 3:1“If one’s offering is a peace offering and he offers an animal from the herd, whether male or female, he must present it without blemish before the LORD.2 worksEphesians 5:12For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.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

    Hebrews 9:14

    how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!

    it leads to

    • Hebrews 10:22

      let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

    • 1 Peter 1:19

      but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot.

    • 1 John 1:7

      But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.

    • Hebrews 9:12

      He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption.

    • 1 Peter 2:24

      He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”

  • Through

    Ephesians 5:2

    and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.

    it leads to

    • John 13:34

      A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another.

    • Galatians 2:20

      I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved…

    • Colossians 3:14

      And over all these virtues put on love, which is the bond of perfect unity.

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 3 →

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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