Leviticus 4:32
in Leviticus 4If, however, he brings a lamb as a sin offering, he must bring an unblemished female.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And if he bring a lamb as his oblation for a sin-offering, he shall bring it a female without blemish.
KJV
And if he bring a lamb for a sin offering, he shall bring it a female without blemish.
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This verse in Leviticus 4
Commentary
5 notes on this verseAnd if he bring a lamb for a sin offering,.... As he might if he would; the Jews observe, that in all places a lamb is put before a goat, as being more excellent in its kind; but here it is mentioned after, which shows, they say, that they are equally alike (p): he shall bring it a female without blemish; typical of Christ the Lamb of God, without spot and without blemish, 1Pe 1:19. (p) T. Bab. Pesachim, fol. 57. 2. & Ceritot, fol. 28. 2.
This site's exposition
If, however, he brings a lamb as a sin offering
on Leviticus 4:32-35
The chapter closes by giving the common man a choice nobody above him is given. He may bring a lamb in place of the goat.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
That is certainly a very bad thing to make atonement for which so many innocent and useful creatures must be slain and mangled thus. To value Christ, the great and true sin-offering, whose blood cleanses from all sin, which it was not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away. Now, if any man sin, Christ is the propitiation ( 1 John ii.
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The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
A lamb - A sheep. See Lev 3:7 note. Three points are to be observed in regard to the victims for sin-offerings. (a) The common people had to offer a female, as the less valuable animaI; they might present either a sheep or a goat to suit their convenience: (b) the rulers had always to offer a male-goat: (c) the goat was preferred to the sheep, unlike the victim for a peace-offering or burnt-offering. The sin-offerings were not accompanied by meat-offerings or drink-offerings. See Num 15:3-11.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
In these two latter instances, the blood of the sin offering was applied to the altar of burnt offering--the place where bloody sacrifices were appointed to be immolated.
The words behind it
8 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 |
| כֶּ֛בֶשׂ | keves | a male lamb | H3532 → | 107 times |
| יָבִ֥יא | yavi' | he will bring | H935 → | 2568 times |
| קָרְבָּנ֖וֹ | karebano | present his | H7133 → | 82 times |
| לְחַטָּ֑את | lechatat | to a sin offering | H2403 → | 295 times |
| נְקֵבָ֥ה | nekevah | a female | H5347 → | 22 times |
| תְמִימָ֖ה | temimah | unblemished | H8549 → | 91 times |
| יְבִיאֶֽנָּה׃ | yevienah | he will bring it | H935 → | 2568 times |
וְאִם־and if
veim-H518 →1069 times
כֶּ֛בֶשׂa male lamb
kevesH3532 →107 times
יָבִ֥יאhe will bring
yavi'H935 →2568 times
קָרְבָּנ֖וֹpresent his
karebanoH7133 →82 times
לְחַטָּ֑אתto a sin offering
lechatatH2403 →295 times
נְקֵבָ֥הa female
nekevahH5347 →22 times
תְמִימָ֖הunblemished
temimahH8549 →91 times
יְבִיאֶֽנָּה׃he will bring it
yevienahH935 →2568 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
1 Peter 2:24He 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.”
it leads to
- Isaiah 53:4–6
Surely He took on our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken by God, struck down and afflicted.
- Matthew 8:17
This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: “He took on our infirmities and carried our diseases.”
- Romans 6:11
So you too must count yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.
- Revelation 22:2
down the middle of the main street of the city. On either side of the river stood a tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit and yielding a fresh crop for each month.…
- 1 John 2:29
If you know that He is righteous, you also know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of Him.
- Isaiah 53:4–6
Through
1 Peter 3:18For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,
it leads to
- 2 Corinthians 5:21
God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Hebrews 9:28
so also Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many; and He will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who eagerly await Him.
- Hebrews 9:26
Otherwise, Christ would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by…
- 2 Corinthians 5:21
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About Leviticus
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; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.